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Magomed Ankalaev points the finger at Bogdan Guskov for their lackluster affair.
The crowd grew restless during Ankalaev's (21-2-1 MMA, 12-2-1 UFC) fight against Guskov (18-3-1 MMA, 4-1-1 UFC) in Saturday's UFC Fight Night 282 headliner at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Ankalaev wound up finishing Guskov by Round 5 TKO .
Ankalaev thinks it's unfair that he was getting booed throughout the fight.
"Whether the fight was boring or not wasn't up to me," Ankalaev said in a translated interview with Red Corner MMA . "I was pressing forward. I wanted to fight, but my opponent stayed on the back foot and kept moving away. So I decided to wrestle and finish him on the ground."
Amongst those who criticized the fight were Paulo Costa (16-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC), who made a splash in his return to 205 pounds by finishing Azamat Murzakanov at UFC 327 in April.
"Costa didn't perform well in his division,…
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