This past Saturday night in the main event of UFC 320 , the light heavyweight title was on the line. Magomed Ankalaev (21-2-1, 1 NC) was looking to defend his title for the first time against the man he took it from in former champion Alex “Poatan” Pereira (13-3).
These two fought for the title back in March and Magomed Ankalaev won a relatively close decision. He was the clear winner in my mind, but the fight was decently close. That was Pereira’s fourth title fight in less than 11 months. There was a lot of rumblings that Pereira was not healthy for that first fight.
Ankalaev said that Pereira was just making excuses while Poatan was saying that he would prove at UFC 320 that he wasn’t 100% in that first fight. Well, that’s exactly what Poatan did on Saturday night.
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