"Fight him now, better than later" - Ali Abdelaziz reveals which UFC light heavyweight other fighters are ducking

Founder and president of Dominance MMA Management, Ali Abdelaziz via Instagram.

Ali Abdelaziz recently claimed, in a tweet, that fighters in the light heavyweight division of the UFC are avoiding Russian contender Magomed Ankalaev.

He warned the contenders to fight the Russian before it's too late, as Ankalaev will only get more dangerous with time.

He tweeted:

A lot of this light heavyweight in the UFC avoiding Magomed Ankalaev fight him now better than later

Magomed Ankalaev recently defeated former title challenger Volkan Oezdemir via unanimous decision at UFC 267.

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Despite having an impressive seven-fight winning streak, Ankalaev admitted that he was confused as to why his name was being mentioned by so few potential opponents.

Ankalaev said via a translator:

“It’s hard to say why they don’t call my name, because I have a winning streak in the division. And then I see other guys have two, three fights and they’re already fighting for the title. This is what I wonder about."

The Russian is confident about getting his shot at the title. However, he is still worried about his progressing age and admitted that he doesn't want to wait too long.

Ali Abdelaziz recently got into a heated argument with Conor McGregor

A few weeks back, Ali Abdelaziz got into an intense argument with former UFC featherweight and lightweight double-champion Conor McGregor.

The feud began when McGregor tweeted a screenshot of Khabib Nurmagomedov's face from an April 2018 bus attack.

Soon after McGregor wrote the tweet, Abdelaziz defended his client Nurmagomedov who had defeated the Irishman via fourth-round submission in October 2018.

The deleted tweets between Abdelaziz and McGregor. [Image Source: MMA Junkie.]

Things got serious when McGregor shared a screenshot of a Google search for inbreeding in Dagestan, where Nurmagomedov and many of Abdelaziz's other clients are from.

Ali Abdelaziz, a Muslim, has previously publicly chastised McGregor for insults directed at both Islam and Dagestan. Abdelaziz praised the people of Dagestan, calling them honorable and hard working. He further added that Dagestanis have a lot of integrity, something which he believes McGregor knew nothing about.

The dispute eventually ended on a rather heated note, with some more tweets exchanged between the two.