Alex Pereira felt a “great sensation” elbowing and punching Magomed Ankalaev to win the UFC title back, but seeing reports of his rival being injured going into UFC 320 seems to have annoyed “Poatan.”
Pereira, again champion at 205 pounds, claims he was dealing with much more serious issues prior to UFC 320 and that didn’t stop him from avenging a previous decision defeat to Ankalaev.
“I’ve always been injured,” Pereira told Connect Cast. “Ankalaev is talking about a broken rib now, I don’t know what he had. Man, if you see my injuries today, fighting him today, he would feel like shit. He won’t come back to fighting again. ‘He was like that? Fuck, what am I doing in this organization?’ He would leave. He would quit, man.
“I won’t even say anything,” Pereira added. “I’d bet with him. I will show my medical report. What I have and what he has. I doubt this guy has the things I have, man.”
Asked about Ankalaev’s rib injury specifically, since Pereira landed several strikes to that area to lead to the knockout, “Poatan” thought it was “a bit strange” that Ankalaev was attacked with elbows to the ribs and wasn’t showing any pain immediately after the stoppage.
“He was hit more than 30 times and when the fight was over he got up like nothing happened,” Pereira said. “It’s a bit strange.”
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