Movsar Evloev has expressed confidence in Magomed Ankalaev's chances against Alex Pereira at UFC 313, suggesting that Ankalaev can win through striking alone. He noted that Pereira's striking defense is weak, relying chiefly on his knockout power. Evloev praised Ankalaev's high-level striking skills and experience in both amateur and professional MMA, emphasizing his ability to exploit Pereira's defensive gaps. While Pereira has formidable knockout power, achieving seven of his UFC victories via knockout, Evloev believes this won't be enough against a well-rounded opponent like Ankalaev.
Even if [Ankalaev] do not use his wrestling, I think he have enough skills in striking to beat [Pereira]. Ankalaev is good enough to beat this guy.
Pereira usually [does] not defend himself very well. Just believe in his power and he just go through. But Ankalaev is different.
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