Alex Pereira Comes Up With Shocking Training Regime Ahead Of Magomed Ankalaev Fight

Alex Pereira reveals a shocking training regimen for his fight against Magomed Ankalaev, leaving MMA fans eager for the showdown

Alex Pereira and Magomed Ankalaev

Alex Pereira is going through some hardcore training methods for his upcoming bout. After defending his UFC light heavyweight title for three instances in 2024, Pereira will be defending his title for a fourth time in 2025. However, this time, the fight is expected to be one of the toughest of Pereira’s career. Building up to the all important fight against Magomed Ankalaev, ‘Poatan’ looks to be dead serious about his approach.

In a recent video uploaded on social media, Alex Pereira is seen training on the snow with Glover Texeira. As both the athletes had bare upper bodies, the snowy white background added to the intrigue of the clip. Surely, this was an attempt by Pereira to increase his endurance significantly.

After all, it is well known that Magomed Ankalaev has some very strong wrestling skills. On the contrary, if Pereira has one major weakness, it might be cited as his defense against an athlete who would want to control him on the ground. However, with the winning momentum on Pereira’s side, his latest training video will only consolidate his chances of retaining. And there’s more. With the fight coming up, Ankalaev had some scathing comments for the champion. The video might have been a subtle reminder to his opponent as well.

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Magomed Ankalaev seems pretty much confident about defeating the Brazilian champion. In a recent rant against the champion, the Russian fighter addressed Pereira as a ‘fake humble boy.’ Ankalaev also pointed out that he wanted to hurt Pereira very badly.

“I’ve been climbing mountains, chopping wood, swimming in freezing lakes and Alex been dancing and making video like TikTok chick,” said Ankalaev.

Well, now Pereira, too, is training in the snow! Thus, with some interesting battles going on even before the fight started, it will be interesting to see how things pan out from here on.