Alex Poatán was defeated by Magomed Ankalayev No. UFC 313 (Photo: Instagram)
Without a doubt, the performance of Alex Poatán against Magomed Ankalayev No. UFC 313 surprised the Brazilian's fans, especially those who follow his career closely. As in the case of master Vinicius 'Revira', Poatan's former coach. The expert assessed the performance as below expectations and pointed out that the former champion was more inactive than usual. According to him, Ankalaev's strategy, which avoided the Brazilian's traps and feints, ended up frustrating his stand-up game throughout the five rounds.
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In an interview with 'PVT', 'Revira' highlighted that, despite the defeat, Poatan has mental strength and determination as fundamental qualities and recalled that the fighter has competed several times even when injured. In the coach's view, this different mentality will be decisive for the Pataxó to come back even stronger in his next performance.
“He is a guy with a very strong mind. He has fought several times with a broken finger or a cracked hand. Injuries have never stopped him from fighting. He trained even when injured, and he never let his injury stop his dream. He has always been a very out-of-the-box guy… I feel like he was very still in that fight, and Ankalaev’s movement kind of frustrated him. Usually, he always nudges the guys to respond and he takes it. Ankalaev didn’t let him feint, when he feinted, Ankalaev would step in. He played the anti-game. So, I think he got a little lost there, but I believe he will come back a different person,” said master Vinicius Revira.
Alex Poatán e Magomed Ankalayev faced each other in UFC 313, where the Russian came out victorious by unanimous decision of the judges. Since then, the Brazilian has been accused of refusing a rematch, but he made it clear that he needs to recover from injuries and return to the octagon in the second half of the year.
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