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Having Magomed Ankalaev fight at UFC 320 instead of PFL’s ‘pretty’ Dakota Ditcheva ‘actually hurting’ UFC
Ankalaev (20-1-1, 1 NC) will defend his light heavyweight title in a rematch against Alex Pereira atop the UFC 320 pay-per-view (PPV) event on Sat. night (Oct. 4, 2025) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. As for Ditcheva, she remains unbooked as of this writing but has two new opponents to look forward to in 2026.
Magomed Ankalaev plans future heavyweight move after securing light heavyweight title defenses, aiming for greater challenges.
“I had a hole in my jaw underneath my chin where he’d clocked me. He’d fractured ribs. He’d basically beaten me up and for the next two days, I couldn’t walk because he destroyed my legs and destroyed my arms.”
UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov has prasied Magomed Ankalaev as the latter attempts to successfully defend his UFC light heavyweight title this weekend.
Magomed Ankalaev is UFC light heavyweight champion. That might impress the “Big Ank” fans who stood and cheered when Ankalaev defeated Alex Pereira to capture the 205-pound crown in the UFC 313 pay-per-view (PPV) main event, but former UFC light heavyweight kingpin, Quinton Jackson, remains unimpressed.