Video: Poatan scares Glover Teixeira during physical preparation to face Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 320

Glover Teixeira (left) is a football coach Alex Poatán. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @alexpoatanpereira

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the trainings of Alex Poatán are going full steam ahead for the revenge against Magomed Ankalayev, scheduled for October 4th, at UFC 320. After being defeated by the Russian in UFC 313, in March, the Brazilian has taken his preparation seriously, but still finds time to joke with his coach, Glover Teixeira.

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In a video posted to Instagram, Poatan appears to be performing the Battle Rope exercise with intensity. However, at the end, he throws the ropes toward Glover, who was filming the entire thing, and ends up getting a fright (images below).

“Wait for it… the best part is at the end,” Poatan wrote in the caption of the post.

Glover's spontaneous reaction drew laughter from fans in the comments. Before the video cut off, the coach blurted out, "I saw...", leaving fans to enjoy the scene in the comments.

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Alex Poatan in UFC

Alex Poatán arrived at the UFC with little experience in professional MMA, but with high expectations, after having defeated Israel adesanya in kickboxing. In his initial career with the organization, he achieved three victories, two by knockout, which earned him the opportunity to face Adesanya for the middleweight title (up to 83,9 kg).

In the first fight for the belt, Poatan defeated Adesanya by knockout in the fifth round, but in the rematch against the Nigerian he ended up knocked out in the second round.

Later, Poatan moved to the light heavyweight division (up to 93kg), where he built a sequence of impressive victories over Jan Blachowicz, Jiri Prochazka (twice), Jamahal hill e Khalil rountreeThese results guaranteed him the division title and three belt defenses in record time.

The duel against Magomed Ankalayev It would have represented Poatan's fourth title defense, but the Russian dominated the action and won by decision, paving the way for a highly anticipated rematch at UFC 320.