Newly-crowned undisputed light heavyweight champion, Magomed Ankalaev has hit out at arch-rival, for his display at UFC 313 over the course of the weekend, claiming the Brazilian knockout artist was just “running” from him during their tense title headliner.
Ankalaev, who emerged with a contentious unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) victory over the dominant Sao Paulo native, handed Pereira his first loss at the light heavyweight limit, and began his own reign as undisputed champion to boot.
Receiving flak for his own performance in ‘Sin City’, Russian star, Ankalaev was accused of just holding Pereira at the fence to amass control time, without inflicting much significant damage.