Alex Poatán after defeat in UFC 313 (Photo: Instagram/UFC Canada)
the defeat of Alex Poatán for Magomed Ankalayev continues to generate reactions from various MMA personalities. Morne Visser, head coach of Dricus Du Plessis, was made public in an interview with the Australian program 'Submission Radio' last Thursday (24) to praise the Russian's performance in UFC 313, who nullified the Brazilian and came away with the victory by unanimous decision.
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“Look how bad he (Alex Pereira) was in the last fight. Ankalaev simply outplayed him. A lot of people say it was a boring fight – I say it was a brilliant fight. The game plan from Ankalaev and the team was absolutely superb,” he said.
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“Look how bad he [Alex Pereira] looked in his last fight. Ankalaev just outplayed him. A lot of people say it was a boring fight — I say it was a brilliant fight. The game plan of Ankalaev and team was absolutely superb.… pic.twitter.com/mecjQoJttF
— Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) April 25, 2025
Coach criticized Poatan's skills
When expanding further on Ankalaev's performance, Visser did not hold back on criticizing the Brazilian. Despite recognizing Poatan's knockout power, he made it clear that he did not see any notable characteristics in the fighter's game beyond his striking.
“The only thing Pereira does is wait for you to miss and then he hits the cross. What else does he know how to do? He is terrible at it.” clinch, it's terrible on the ground, it's terrible on grapple. Congratulations to Ankalaev — the hate comes from envy. Dricus always laughed at that because we just wanted to fight such a big name, that's the only reason we want to fight him. No hate, no envy, nothing to be envious of.”
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