{"id":167338,"date":"2025-09-25T01:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T01:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/167338\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T01:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T01:31:08","slug":"magomed-ankalaev-responds-to-clown-alex-pereiras-ufc-pi-story-promises-ko-at-ufc-320","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/167338\/","title":{"rendered":"Magomed Ankalaev responds to &#8216;clown&#8217; Alex Pereira&#8217;s UFC PI story, promises KO at UFC 320"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Magomed Ankalaev thinks Alex Pereira should focus on doing better in their rematch instead of talking trash before <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/events\/ufc-320-ankalaev-vs-pereira-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:UFC 320;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">UFC 320<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) accused Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) of <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/alex-pereira-claims-sh-t-005252822.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:intentionally avoiding him;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">intentionally avoiding him<\/a> at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas less than two weeks out from their light heavyweight title bout on Oct. 4 at T-Mobile Arena (<a href=\"https:\/\/go.web.plus.espn.com\/bOQO4M\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ESPN+;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ESPN+<\/a> pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN).<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Ankalaev initially remained silent about the accusations, which came in the form of a heated rant posted by Pereira. The champion issued statements on his social media Wednesday, dismissing the claims and telling &#8220;Poatan&#8221; that he&#8217;s lucky to be getting a second chance (via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ankalaevm\/status\/1970993712567292337?s=61\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">X<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>Ankalaev won the first fight at UFC 313 in March <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2025\/03\/09\/ufc-313-results-magomed-ankalaev-alex-pereira-unanimous-decision\/82082899007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:by unanimous decision;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">by unanimous decision<\/a>, extending his unbeaten streak inside the octagon to 14 fights. He is looking for a more clear-cut win in the rematch, however, and posted a bold prediction that will close his chapter with Pereira for good (via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AnkalaevM\/status\/1970999571024314854\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">X<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2025\/09\/24\/ufc-320-magomed-ankalaev-responds-clown-alex-pereira-plans-knockout\/86337439007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Magomed Ankalaev responds to &#039;clown&#039; Alex Pereira, plans KO at UFC 320;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Magomed Ankalaev responds to &#8216;clown&#8217; Alex Pereira, plans KO at UFC 320<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Magomed Ankalaev thinks Alex Pereira should focus on doing better in their rematch instead of talking trash before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[11038,49,48,1161,641,30467,638,82,86195,640,86194],"class_list":["post-167338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-alex-pereira","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-espn","tag-fighting","tag-magomed-ankalaev","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-talking-trash","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-performance-institute"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}