If you ask a UFC analyst, Alex Pereira should not have been booked in a rematch with Magomed Ankalaev.
Pereira lost the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship from Ankalaev in March. Ankalaev forced Pereira to fight while he went backwards, which was unknown territory for ‘Patan’. The constant pressure of Ankalaev paid dividends because he was able to win the unanimous decision victory to first achieve UFC Gold in his Pro MMA career.
While Pereira is the throne looking for 205 pounds, Chael Sonnen is not so certain that someone really wants this fight.
“Nobody asked for this rematch,” Sonen said Nice junkie. “You didn’t ask for it. I didn’t ask for it. You couldn’t go to Twitter, you couldn’t go to Google, you couldn’t even get a grock to show you a person who asked this rematch early. (Dana White) said:” Listen, it’s best against the best. This is this fight. “
Sonnen expected Pereira to try his hand in the heavyweight division to shake things up in the weight class.
“I still wanted him to be a heavyweight,” Sonen said. “There is no other fight on 205 that I want to see for him. He definitely wants to be a heavyweight, and he even tells that story on his own Instagram where he puts photos on the scale, and he is 246. He releases the message to the public:” I am big enough for this, this is what I want to do. ” But why do we have to beat him twice “
Although Pereira has plagued a switch to heavyweight in the past, it is clear that he thinks there are an unfinished things with Ankalaev. If “Patan” can take revenge on Ankalaev, he will continue to add to his estate as a double UFC-light heavyweight champion. A loss is the situation that Sunen fears, because it could harm Pereira’s stock.
Alex Pereira will challenge Magomed Ankalaev for the 205-pound gold in the main event of UFC 320 on October 4.
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