{"id":465230,"date":"2022-12-11T14:24:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T22:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=465230"},"modified":"2022-12-11T14:24:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T22:24:55","slug":"magomed-ankalaev-opens-up-on-ufc-282-post-fight-interview-i-know-i-won-that-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/magomed-ankalaev-opens-up-on-ufc-282-post-fight-interview-i-know-i-won-that-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Magomed Ankalaev opens up on UFC 282 post-fight interview: “I know I won that fight”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magomed Ankalaev has cleared the air following his split draw against Jan Blachowicz at UFC 282.<\/p>\n

Ankalaev and Blachowicz stepped up on short notice to save the UFC 282 card. They fought for the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. The title was vacated by Ji\u0159\u00ed Proch\u00e1zka, who suffered a shoulder injury while preparing for a planned rematch with Glover Teixeira.<\/p>\n

Ankalaev vs. Blachowicz went the distance, and most media members had Ankalaev winning the fight. Ultimately, the judges were split and no new titleholder was crowned. Now, it’ll be Teixeira and Jamahal Hill fighting for the vacant 205-pound gold at UFC 283<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After the fight, Joe Rogan interviewed Ankalaev, who had a translator with him. At one point, the translator claimed Ankalaev said this could be his last fight in the UFC due to poor judging. Ankalaev has since taken to his Twitter<\/a> account to say the quote was mistranslated.<\/p>\n

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I wanna clear something up, what I said after the fight was I don\u2019t want to fight in this city anymore because of the horrible judging, I did not say anything about I don\u2019t wanna fight in the UFC.<\/p>\n

I wanna thank @danawhite<\/a> and @Mickmaynard2<\/a> for the opportunity<\/p>\n

— Magomed Ankalaev (@AnkalaevM) December 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n