🗿🤼♂️ Movsar Evloev doesn’t think that
Magomed Ankalaev needs to wrestle to beat Alex Pereira this
weekend.He also added about Pereira:
„Pereira doesn’t defend himself very well. He just believes in his
power.“
🎥 @Home_of_Fight
pic.twitter.com/NzoFWJYI0j— Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight)
March 3, 2025
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Movsar
Evloev has a bold prediction for the upcoming title fight
between Alex
Pereira (12-2) and Magomed
Ankalaev (19-1).
Ankalaev challenges Pereira for the light heavyweight title in the
main event at UFC 313
on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Many expect
Ankalaev’s wrestling to pose the biggest threat to knockout artist
Pereira. However, Evloev believes Ankalaev doesn’t have to wrestle
to beat the former Glory Kickboxing champ. According to Evloev,
Pereira’s striking defense has enough holes for Ankalaev to exploit
and get the win.
“Even if [Ankalaev] do not use his wrestling, I think he have
enough skills in striking to beat [Pereira]. Ankalaev is good
enough to beat this guy,” Evloev told Home of Fight. “And Pereira
usually [does] not defend himself very well. Just believe in his
power and he just go through. But Ankalaev is different. He [has]
high-level skillset. Big experience [in] amateur MMA, and he’s a
monster in professional MMA.”
Pereira has proven knockout power in his hands, with seven of his
nine
UFC wins coming via knockout. “Poatan” won the title against
Jiri
Prochazka in November 2023 and has since defended it three
times within the span of a year.
Meanwhile, Ankalaev has also displayed impressive striking to go
with his elite wrestling skillset. The Russian has finished six of
his 11 UFC wins so far, all of them via knockout.