Dominick Cruz breaks out the Magomed Ankalaev’s key to victory

Dominick Cruz wants Magomed Ankalaev to use his full skills against Alex Pereira at UFC 313.

Ankalaev (20-1-1 MMA, 11-1-1 UFC) challenges the master of the light heavy weight Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) on Saturday in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (ESPN+PAY-PER-VIEW, ESPNEWS/DISNEY+, ESPN+).

Ankalaev previously said that he did not have to wrestle Pereira to beat him, but the former UFC Bantamweight Champion believes that this would be a mistake. Nobody had an answer to “Poatan” on their feet at 205 pounds, and Cruz believes that it would not be advisable for Ankalaev to follow a resistant path.

“We saw the series that Pereira put together. It is time for us to see him against a giant who can really take his blow,” said Cruz to Helen Yee. “That is the difference. Can Ankalaev take over? When you have seen Pereira, he trains with heavyweights in boxing so that his blow looks phenomenal. If you only watch the films that you can see, but Ankalaev lets you see nothing. So you have no reading processes, you don’t know how good his strike is or not.

“And he says he will strike, but I hope not to be honest because they really want to challenge Pereira, and I think Ankalaev can best challenge him by hitting it and mixing the mutual wrestling. There is a beauty to see exactly that alone, to mix the two of the arts instead of just wrestling it, or I will only hit it. I think that’s the key to beating someone like Pereira. “

Pereia’s strength has closed the lights from his last three opponents, where he switched off Jiri Prochazka twice, Jamahal Hill, and most recently Khalil Rountree at UFC 307.

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