I guess Magomed Ankalaev is a chump. According to Alex Pereira.
At UFC 313, Pereira and Ankalaev went to war against one another and the latter beat the 38-year-old in a unanimous decision victory. The bout was extremely close, which is a big reason why Pereira and Ankalaev are scheduled to fight again on October 4th.
But Ankalaev seemingly doesn't want any smoke with the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion before their big rematch. According to the challenger, the 205-pound champion went out of his way to duck him at the UFC Performance Institute.
“Something funny happened when we left the P.I.,” Pereira said on his YouTube channel. “I saw Ankalaev’s coach. He was there, and I was looking at him. You could tell he was looking at us, trying to say hi, but I didn’t want to talk too much. But I didn’t see Ankalaev. It was funny. When we left the P.I., I left and went to the car. When I got to the car, a guy from my team was still there, and he saw a P.I. staff, and she was saying, ‘Ankalaev, you can come. He already left.’
“He was hiding from me. He thinks I’m going to meet him, and I’m going to fight him. I’m not an idiot. We’re getting ready for a fight. I’m a professional. But to think about it and hide in a room, and the girl said, ‘You can come, he already left.’ What the f*ck?”
Now there’s no explanation on why Ankalaev allegedly hid from Pereira. The former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion’s manager, Plinio Cruz, felt that the possible reason was Ankalaev’s tweet about sending Pereira back to his old job at the tire shop after UFC 320.
But all Pereira saw was a dogshit champ because he showed how much of a coward he was at the Performance Institute.
“Sometimes it’s like they say, it could be his manager,” Pereira said. “Everyone says that, but then we see that his manager isn’t there, so now it’s up to him. But really, he can say that and more. I’ll just stay in my lane. I’m never going to mess with him. I’m never going to get there. Of course, if he comes at me, I’m going to defend myself. But then what kind of champ is that? He’s a dogshit champ. That’s it. The only dumb thing I said. Not because of what he says, but today he has to hide in a room. He showed that he’s a chump. He’s hiding now, but we’ll be in the octagon. There’s nowhere to go unless he climbs the cage. He’s a dogshit champion.”