Magomed
Ankalaev and Jiri
Prochazka have been going at each other.
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It all started when Ankalaev dethroned Alex
Pereira via unanimous decision in the main event at UFC 313
last Saturday. While Prochazka congratulated Ankalaev, he said most
fans don’t like the Dagestani as a champ. Ankalaev responded by
calling Prochazka a fraud.
Addressing Ankalaev’s comments, Prochazka claimed the only fraud
between them is the champ. According to “BJP,” Ankalaev was cordial
with him when they previously ran into each other at the UFC
Performance Institute. Prochazka believes it’s the high of the
title win that is making Ankalaev act “gangster” now. However, the
former champ also claims that Ankalaev’s win came against the
worst-ever version of “Poatan.”
“[Ankalaev] can think what he wants, but I know the only person who
is a fraud is him,” Prochazka told Ariel Helwani. “Because when I met him in the UFC
Performance Institute in Las Vegas, he was there, he was very nice,
he was friendly, ‘Hello nice to meet you. All good?’ And right now
he is superstar and big gangster. And right now he is playing these
games and he is hyped. And I understand. He won the title against
worst performance of Alex
Pereira. And only fraud person here is Magomed
Ankalaev.”
Ankalaev hit back at the Czech reminding him of his two stoppage
losses against Pereira.
“Alex send this guy to the hospital [two] time make him sleep,”
Ankalaev wrote on X. “He should not talk or do any interviews …
Alex is next or whatever do you want? I don’t care.”
Pereira defended the light heavyweight title three before losing it
to Ankalaev, who is now unbeaten in 14 outings since 2018.
Meanwhile, Prochazka has finished all five of his UFC wins while
only dropping two title fights against Pereira.