LAS VEGAS – Magomed Ankalaev knew he had the UFC light heavyweight title the moment the final bell rang against Alex Pereira . Although Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) thought he did enough to win the decision, and some online supported his claim, Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) thought Pereira didn’t do enough and that he was the one looking to fight the entire time. “I was confident,” Ankalaev said at the UFC 313 post-fight press conference when asked how confident he was on winning a decision. “I kept on moving forward. I kept on pressuring him, and he kept on running away from me
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