‘I Want To Fight Sooner’

Receiving a name out for an October showdown within the Center East by surging mild heavyweight contender, Magomed Ankalaev, division champion, Alex Pereria seems lower than serious about remaining sidelined till UFC 308 – favoring a faster return to motion.

Pereira, the present undisputed mild heavyweight champion, headlined UFC 300 final weekend, efficiently defending his division crown for the primary time in a one-sided opening round knockout win over former champion, Jamahal Hill.

And as for Ankalaev, the Russian finisher returned on the UFC Apex facility again in January, rematching Pereira’s compatriot, Johnny Walker, the place he scored a second spherical knockout win of his personal.

Reacting to Pereira’s devastating first spherical stoppage in opposition to Hill earlier this month, Ankalaev vowed to show his personal knockout win in opposition to the Sao Paulo finisher, offering him a clash at FUC 308 in October. 

Alex Pereira opts out of UFC 308 return

Nonetheless, so far as Pereira is worried, if Ankalaev can’t provide him a return earlier than October, he’ll probably skirt the bout in favor of a faster comeback battle.

“I don’t need to battle on the finish of the yr,” Alex Pereira informed MMA Fighting. “I need to battle sooner, so perhaps that exhibits he (Magomed Ankalaev) received’t be prepared. I don’t know why he mentioned that.”

“This man is sophisticated,” Alex Pereira defined. “Truthfully, I’ve to see what’s greatest. I’m right here to battle, however I don’t perceive greatest about different issues like the place is greatest [to fight] and the place isn’t. If I’ve to battle there, I’ll, but when it’s not a date I need, then it’s not greatest for me. I can say no.”

Successful mild heavyweight gold final November, Pereira dispatched fellow UFC 300 function, Jiri Prochazka within the pair’s vacant title conflict at Madison Sq. Backyard.

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