LAS VEGAS – One of the big questions heading into this weekend’s UFC light heavyweight title fight is whether Magomed Ankalaev will choose to wrestle Alex Pereira.
It might be an obvious call to many to wrestle the former two-division Glory Kickboxing champion, who has four consecutive knockouts in his past four UFC bouts. Yet, Ankalaev (20-1-1 MMA, 11-1-1 UFC) has a past underutilizing his wrestling in many’s opinion, and he’s not making any promises that he’ll wrestle Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) in the main event of UFC 313 (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+), which takes place at T-Mobile Arena.
“We’ll come out there in the stand-up, and then we’ll see what happens,” Ankalaev told reporters through an interpreter at Wednesday’s UFC 313 media day.
