Morning Report: Magomed Ankalaev vows Alex Pereira ‘will never be the same’ after UFC 313 main event

Magomed Ankalaev doesn’t simply wish to beat Alex Pereira. He needs to vary his entire profession trajectory.

The rivals face off in the principle occasion of UFC 313 on March 8. Ankalaev has earned his shot the laborious approach, compiling a 13-fight undefeated streak over the previous seven years to land a championship alternative. Although Ankalaev doesn’t have the title worth of a few of Pereira’s different potential opponents (together with heavyweight champion Jon Jones and middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis), he vows to cease the Pereira hype practice once they collide at T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas.

On Sunday, Ankalaev tweeted, “This man hold touring and he overlook he will likely be combating for his life March 8. He won’t ever be the identical after this battle [Dana White], mark my phrase.”

Ankalaev’s risk alludes to Pereira’s globe-trotting habits, which included him flying to Sydney to help coaching associate Sean Strickland this previous Saturday within the co-main occasion of UFC 312. As Pereira watched from the front row alongside Israel Adesanya, Strickland went on to lose a listless choice to middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis.

“Poatan” additionally has a rising social media presence, a lot to the chagrin of Ankalaev, who in contrast Pereira to a “TikTok chick.”

“I by no means wanna harm somebody in my life like I would like harm Alex,” Ankalaev wrote. He’s a pretend humble boy.”

“I’ve been climbing mountain, chopping wooden, swimming in freezing lake, and Alex been dancing and making video like TikTok chick,” he added.

On paper, Ankalaev seems to be the proper foil for Ankalaev, who is understood for mixing in wrestling with a potent hanging recreation. Nonetheless, Pereira is arguably essentially the most harmful knockout artist in all of MMA, so it stays to be seen if Ankalaev will truly danger standing and buying and selling with the Brazilian famous person.

Tremendous 1. Dricus du Plessis needs Khamzat Chimaev AND Alex Pereira somewhere down the line.

Tremendous 2. Zhang Weili sees a future fight with Valentina Shevchenko within the card.

Onward. Sean Strickland isn’t discouraged after losing to du Plessis once more.

Info. Din Thomas calls Strickland out for talking one way ahead of a fight and walking a different way when he steps into the cage.

Language. Khamzat Chimaev wasn’t a fan of the UFC 312 main event.

Canelo. Canelo Alvarez has booked a fight with William Scull for Might 3, with the plan to have Alvarez battle Terence Crawford in September subsequent.

On to the Subsequent One. What’s subsequent for Dricus du Plessis, Zhang Weili, Sean Strickland, and Tatiana Suarez?

UFC 312 post-fight present.

Relive essentially the most thrilling moments from UFC 312.

Hear from the champs, plus Dana White and Israel Adesanya.

DC prompt reax.

Jack Slack Podcast. A deep dive into simply how du Plessis retains getting away with no matter it’s he’s doing contained in the cage.

Licensed.

Subsequent?

Might occur to anybody.

Convey it.

Get hype!

Stable evaluation.

Be careful.

Brandon Moreno (22-8-2) vs. Steve Erceg (12-3); UFC Mexico City, March 29

UFC 312 wasn’t a nasty card, however high to backside it was definitely gentle on thrills. It seems like we’re already looking forward to UFC 313—heck, it seems like we’re already looking forward to this Saturday’s UFC APEX card!

Congrats to the victors. The machine rolls on.

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