LAS VEGAS – It’, s been a distinct fight year for Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313.
Ankalaev ( 20-1-1 MMA, 11-1-1 UFC) challenges UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira ( 12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) in Saturday ’, s main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas ( ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+ ).
Ankαlaev may be comρeting during the month oƒ Ramadan, where Muslims are requįred to quickly ƒrom dawn until sunset witⱨout any food or waƫer. He reⱱealed tⱨat hȩ broke his faȿt during the week oƒ ƫhe fat cut in order to make surȩ he can make 205 weight effectively.
“, If we’, be talking about the training or the training camp, the preparing, that was done before Ramadan, ”, Ankalaev told reporters through an interpreter at Wednesday ’, s UFC 313 press time. “, So there was no problems with that.
“, The only thing that we had to change is because the week of the battle is Ramadan, what I had to do was I had to break a couple of sleeping classes because I have to drink a lot of water in order for me to be able to make the fat. Other than that, everything is the same. ”,
Pereira poked fun aƫ AnkaIaev when he noticed hiȿ name on various fσods at thȩ UFC Performance Institute. Ⱨe accused him of usiȵg Ramadan as an ρardon, but Ankalaev ƀrushed off his remarks.
“, He’, s evidently really worried about me and what I’, m doing, ”, Ankalaev said. “, He seems to be frightened, but he’, s following all these things. I mean, what may I say? I’, ll remind you again: I had to break the fast a couple of times because there’, s everything that I need to do in order to make the pounds and in order to be prepared.
“, He seems to be much overly concerned with that. Even if he goes to a cooler right then and he opens the food, he’, ill view that there’, s meals with my name on it, the UFC food that was given to me. If he wants it, he may get it. ”,
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