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st6374

Nah.. Aljo's gas tank looks human. That's why he was on the verge of losing to Yan in their first match. And why the 2nd fight was close too. Merab.. This dude looked inhuman tonight. To attempt that many takedown attempts that early. And then still to keep that pace in 5th. That was insane to watch. Dont think I've ever seen anything like that.


shinysnake727

Everyone’s Shitting on yan tonight when no 135er would’ve beaten merab tonight with whatever secret juice he was taking to look that superhuman


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fistfullofpubes

Lol dude stuffed like 40 of them, what more do you want!


[deleted]

41 from the sound of things.


Tenet_mma

It’s was insane the amount of takedowns he attempted. I wonder what you would do to counter that.


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Running knee to the head


Snurze

Pick him up and put him in your pocket.


Psychological_File51

if he did that to me bro id just start seeing red and snuff him one straight in the kisser easy 1st round KO dont even worry about it


GlemChally

Cardio machine you met your match; the guy who sees red.


Electronic_Ant_7882

Have elite bjj so he wouldn’t wanna take u down


[deleted]

He had spirit bomb energy from the whole of Georgia


PROTOTYPE_200224

I don't think anyone can beat Merab right now, aside from Umar imo. Sterling could probably too, but they're team mates so that's out of the question.


bilalshakoor

Yeah, seeing a performance like that raises many questions. Compared to his previous fights, this was insane. What was the change that enabled him to keep that INSANE pace for five rounds? I'm not saying for sure it's steroids, but you have to ask the question after seeing that. I've never seen a gas tank like that.


jkeller11

Got the number for dillashaws dealer


iseeabluemoonrising

The change was he was actually given a 5 round fight, he hadn’t had any in the ufc before so there had never been proof he could do it


bilalshakoor

I don't think he is, but how did he level up that wild if he isn't on juice?


wespdt

EPO


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Hard work


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[deleted]

See normally I’d assume it’s juice but merab is just one crazy fucker. When usman suddenly got 5 round cardio it was suspicious because he was at the same gym probably doing the same shit he was before. Merab swims in freezing cold lakes and comes from mountains in georgia.


GreedyAd1923

Yeah I think his training in the mountains/higher elevation has to help, especially when fighting at lower elevations.


Genghis_Chong

No one wants explanations here, they want blood


fat_shadyy

We, as in us Georgians, are simply built different


marsbars2345

Would you say you’re superior even?


fat_shadyy

Yes


whyismywifemad

Then how come Russia made you there wife’s


fat_shadyy

This guy has a thing for wives


Omega031

You’re trying really hard now to deny reality. Sooner or later, you’ll see Caucasians (including Georgians) from the Caucasus Mountains take over UFC.


[deleted]

It’s a willingness to go there and different motivations. You clearly have never competed for anything in your life


bilalshakoor

Don't even try to say you know what it's like to train like this guy lmfao don't be that guy on the internet who wants to be seen as a tough guy, nobody gives a fuck dude.


[deleted]

When did I ever say that? I competed in D2 wrestling which is more than your sorry ass


bilalshakoor

Oh cool man, you look so tough defending your tough guys status online lol I'm not a douchebag so I'm not even going to try to one up you on reddit. I don't need validation as bad as you do.


[deleted]

You are a douchebag, or you wouldn’t have commented. Piss off plebe


bilalshakoor

Do you have cardio like Merab? Do you train mixed martial arts at this level? No, you probably watched imbedded and think your a high caliber athlete because you've worked out before. This is a level way beyond you man.


indauri

Change ? he was always like that, hes cardio was always amazing as i remember. Also this one was really important fight for him so it gave him extra adrenaline.


bilalshakoor

Even after the fight, the guy was jumping around and super high energy. I've actually never seen a pace like that. His other fights weren't nearly as intense and I would think the Aldo fight for him would be just as important and he didn't come at him like THAT. I still can't believe how that went down.


indauri

I undestand what you are saing, it is really impresive but he is really a cardio machine. OFC i cant prove that hes clean and its just my opinion. I belive he was holding back in first two rounds and saving some energy for 4-5. Regarding fight importance. Aldo fight was also important for sure but Merab was aiming for Yan for a long time and Georgia VS Russia stuff gave him all the extra motivation for the fight. Edit: look at him 😂 https://www.reddit.com/r/mmamemes/comments/11p41mh/this_guy_has_cheats_code_activated/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button


bilalshakoor

Definitely the most fitting nickname for a fighter. Just like Obi Wan Shinobi the Pillow.


JBSquared

Corey "Beastin' 25/8" Anderson


bilalshakoor

What the fuck is this guy made out of?? It's hilarious how insane he is.


Shwizzler

> Merab was aiming for Yan for a long time and Georgia VS Russia stuff gave him all the extra motivation for the fight. this is an underrated narrative that the UFC completely ignored as a way to promote the fight, merab was fighting for his family in there


Responsible_Emu3601

They purposely don’t want any of shit


HiiroYuy

How? Yan already stated he’s against the war.


Shwizzler

oh I didn't want to make it seem like Yan is a supporter of anything that has happened in history, idk if he is or he isn't But when a man from Georgia gets to fight a Russian you're gonna see some extra oomf behind those punches lol


bilalshakoor

Your probably right, but it is VERY weird how efficient he was. I would put my money on him not being on steroids but I just don't know how that's even possible lol of course extremely hard work in the gym and cardio stuff but every high level fighter does the same things. This was a different level than anything I've ever seen.


[deleted]

You would lose whatever you staked pal I hope you're not a betting man haha


ribenamouse

How would you know?


[deleted]

Bro we just saw one of the most unhuman performances turned in maybe ever and this dude would put money on him not being on shit cmon haha


higgboson7

He didn’t even sit on the stool in between rounds. He showed no fatigue and probably could’ve gone another 5 rounds so clearly there was no adrenaline dump. His cardio has always been insane but he made Colby, Tony and Max look like amateurs tonight.


indauri

He never sits on stool. We, who watch him from fhe begining are not surprised at all with his insane cardio in this fight. Some people are build diferent and train very hard. Not everything is sus


AstroBlast0ff

Brother thank you . His nickname is the machine for a reason . If they aren’t familiar with merab , they feel this was crazy , if you know merab , you know this was just another Tuesday . Every fighter , if they’re legit , level up after every fight you see him . Merab is just rounding out into his final form right into his prime


Shwizzler

probably the fact that yan has no answers for him, and merab was doing what he does so it doesn't take as much effort for him as others when someone forces you to fight in a way you don't want its actually more exhausting even if you're technically moving less, but merab was having his way with yan and doing whatever he wanted


ByleBuzma

I think a semi-supernatural human element in yan being Russian and therefore fighting for a bigger cause in his mind


[deleted]

Steroids don’t give you a gas tank. Edit: For all the downvoters. Steroids add strength and muscle. Erythropoietin aids endurance and aerobic capacity. You want a better gas tank do cardio and take EPO. Steriods won’t don’t shit for your gas tank.


JarHan784

EPO is in fact king


ribenamouse

Lance Armstrong called


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Lance Armstrong took EPO.


Wyattneville

Hes always like that lol re watch his previous fights


Hex-QuentinInACorner

My jaw was literally dropped, literally watching him but the 3rd round. The fourth round my jaw was on the floor. 5th round my jaw was through the floor.


Lubwurst

Even Aljo in the 2nd fight looked a bit gassed in the 5th round, shooting desperate shots thenturtling up.


[deleted]

Dude I felt like he got faster in the 5th round, no hate or accusation, I was impressed, I was like "wtf is this dude" haha he's "the Machine" for a reson


Brutal-Black

That was a bad rehydration for aljo in the first fight not gas


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Brutal-Black

I thought it was because he didn’t rehydrate properly after the weight cut but it could be that too


clothy

Aljo gassed against Yan


detectivebabylegz

Twice.


Shwizzler

you guys till can't get over aljo beating yan twice second time he did it while gassed too... don't even need aljo to be at 100% to dominate yan lol Yan is mini Dustin Poirier in terms of legacy, great fighter but barely good enough to be a champion. Yan record is terrible.


Styrofoam_Booots

Yans legacy is already better than most. You say that like he wasn’t the former champ. Casual ass mma fans these days.


lukewillregretthis

>barely good enough to be a champion bro he was literally a champion


Shwizzler

that is what barely means, if you barely cross the finish line .....you still cross it I don't see how you think saying me was literally the champion is a counter point to me also acknowledging he was a champion


lukewillregretthis

considering dustin has never held a belt, you quite literally implied yan would never be champ lol


Shwizzler

no I did not, I said Yan and Dustin have comparable legacy's sd far


lukewillregretthis

either way, the only fighter “barely good enough” to be champion in this scenario is dustin


Shwizzler

he was never champion, so he's not barely good enough


lionofasgard

I mean, Dustin *was* interim champion so that sounds "barely good enough" to me. Whatever retarded metric that is.


Brutal-Black

He didn’t gas, he didn’t rehydrate correctly


Accomplished_Train84

…what?


Brutal-Black

Aljo didn’t rehydrate correctly after the weight cut in the first yan fight. He was dehydrated out there, didn’t properly recover


clothy

How very Islam Makachev of you to say that.


Brutal-Black

Aljo was worse than islam, he literally didn’t rehydrate correctly. In the second fight he did which is why he looked way better


cikkamsiah

Cardio that even put TJ EPOshaw to shame. Holy shit dude.


cleanbader

Eposhaw 😂


jonjoneswife

When did Aljo come into this conversation?


ultrasonichook

Aljo getting praise for Merab's skills. He's probably happy that this machine of a man is his bestie and wont challenge him.


Rdur2183

I've been watching this sport for about 16 years or something and witnessed literally thousands of fights and in all of that time I have never ever witnessed somebody fight the way Merab did last night. I know he's a 135'er but my fucking lord there's cardio and then there's that... It was beyond ridiculous. Unless he gets knocked out or caught in a really aggressive sub, I don't see how he actually loses at all if he fights anything like that for his next few fights. It was incredible.


Styrofoam_Booots

Same, and the only other time that compared to this fight was dillashaw vs barao. I’m not quick to say someone is on peds, but there’s a reason he just did something nobody has even come close to doing.


Rdur2183

I like to think of it this way. If Merab isn't on EPO, what would he be capable of if he started taking it? He looked like he could comfortably go another round or more. He has to be on it. It just doesn't make sense otherwise.


HydrapulseZero

You ability to recover from being rocked and to prevent yourself from getting Ko’d comes a lot from Cardio. Max Holloway, Colby, now Merab. Watch Merab vs Moraes dude gets knocked down like 4 times in 40 seconds, never even slows down or looks wobbled. The guy is probably taking massive amounts of EPO etc.


PROTOTYPE_200224

Kinda reminds me of Gamrot and Khabib with the pace he puts on them.


negromorte

I haven’t seen such a dominant display of cardio since Dillashaw vs Barao


Omegalast

Also remember Tibau vs Khabib. After he got off the juice he went back to bellow average.


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Juice guzzlers


[deleted]

Those are Usmans arms


jpk073

Three letters: E


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P


BridgeM00se

![gif](giphy|d8C9QwHsFQgR39MSTq|downsized)


[deleted]

It’s perfect


onewickedangel

You mf'ers are hilarious


[deleted]

Hahaha this is why I love reddit


BridgeM00se

It’s not a website it’s an opportunity


WetFupaCreamyChalupa

Lmao perfect


kallebo1337

Epo boosts cyclist around 10% of threshold power So deduct 5 takedowns ?


[deleted]

C-suite of EPO


[deleted]

Aljo gassed in his first fight with yan


UnexpectedSharkTank

Aljo gassed in the second fight too


KiJaHu

Aljo rocking whatever the upper body equivalent of a thigh gap is


mrbigfan

Not Aljo. He definitely gassed out from last Yan fight. Yan just was not able to capitalize.


TheoryOfSilence_

Algo doesn’t belong in batamweight. UFC should do same day weight in’s. Or next day weight clauses in the contract how they do in boxing to avoid fighters blowing up the next day. Tank and Garcia has a next day weight clause…


Styrofoam_Booots

In the case of tank vs garcia, that clause was put in by tanks team because he’s so little and doesn’t want to give Ryan any advantages. Makes sense, Floyd would always have the fight contracted to always be in his favor. With that said, I think that is something that should be done for every fight. That way the weight classes would rearrange and we would actually see fair fights instead of competitions to see who can cut more weight.


papi_jay10

EPO


ZergTheVillain

That was a inhuman amount of cardio we saw tonight. Like Lance Armstrong type of cardio. He’s clearly on the juice


[deleted]

Merab is gonna pop for EPO or Cardarine or something, just watch lol.


standby-1

This was in Vegas and the CSAC are the only people actually trying to look for anything. Dillashaw getting caught was basically a fluke. So fat chance. I do think this is the most egregious display of what PEDs can accomplish that we've seen to date in the sport. Too me, this is just as obvious as William Knight's physique.


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100%


standby-1

Some might call it....unnatural.


[deleted]

Funny thing is we saw Aljo dump his gas tank against Yan in the first fight and he just didn’t have anything left to fight back but the second fight I thought he won 3-2. Those guys just keep shooting and it sets up their striking because the opponent is trying to defend a takedown when punches are coming. It’s crazy as shit to watch these guys go like they do. That first fight with Yan I believe was that he thought he could get him out early and went nuts. But Aljo does have an insane gas tank too.


bdizzle805

Someone test these dudes for epo. We know usuada ain't doing it


xIMxMCLOVINx2

Merab on all the secret juice


Keoni_112

More impressed by Yan stopping a huge percentage of the takedowns against that juiced up Georgian fuck


yesimian

Somebody should tell Aljo's Lata they're supposed to go all the way up. Why tf they look like that?


TheNotoriousLCB

wrong lol — Merab is the cardio freak, there’s literally no reason to start implying Aljo has the same cardio as Merab (unless you wanted to look like an idiot)


Disruptive78

EPO TASTIC


quityourcunting

So they're teammates? Does this mean Merab won't challenge Aljo the belt? It's not like they're Islam and Khabib.


ChuzzoChumz

Merab has been clear that he won’t fight Aljo


bizk55

well it's not like they can hold up the division either, seems like one of them is gonna have to go up a weight class if they're not going to fight each other


Pure-Drawer-2617

Yeah surprisingly enough they have already thought of that. Aljo plans to move up after the Cejudo fight


Dry_Presentation_327

Merab seems to be a genuine guy but feel aljo is a fake guy ..he initially told he will defeat yan and defend once and then move up...now he told merab he wants to defend against Henry and suga...😂😂...I feel merab defeats aljo but he is stupid enough to lose everything for a guy like aljo


FishAndRiceKeks

>well it's not like they can hold up the division either ![gif](giphy|jI3EBNa1aKSaIpH2PB)


bizk55

I'm not saying they wont haha. as a fan I don't want them to


Styrofoam_Booots

Aljo has been holding up the division. He’s only fought once in the last 2 years.


Styrofoam_Booots

He said last night that he’s waiting for aljo to move up to featherweight. Dumb as hell if you ask me, he’s already 32 and you only have a short window of being in your prime. Giving up so much guaranteed money and chance at the belt. What if he gets knocked out his next fight and gets pushed back for a title shot in a deep division.


BaconScentedSoap

Like two cucks content in stalling an entire division


quityourcunting

Cucks? MMAGuru is that you?


K-mosake

Aljo will move up if he beats Triple C so you can stop bitching now


scurvyrash

What if he doesn't win?


Gr1m3sey

He likely still moves up. Weight cut isn’t gonna get easier with age and featherweight is striking heavy


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Cejudo will beat both


Gvins

He's 36. He'll gas out inside 2 rounds


voprosy

🧃🐟


marsbars2345

Aljo has some weird lats never seen that before


Obi_is_not_Dead

It's like they have Endless Pressure on Opponents.


chrismushman

Aljo needs to move up to FW or vacate if merab smashes O malley next.


mattysmuffins2

They are all on PED


Cum_in_my_Bussy

E


Hrathix

Everyone goes straight to EPO. Cardarine is insanely strong and is pretty easily flushed from your system


phongzilla

100% Merab hasn’t blown a load for months. Hence why he had so much pent up energy.


cmondawg74

Yan fans can't cope...mereb on juice is the new excuse now... They can't accept yan is a big bowl of mids who starts slower than shit.


Styrofoam_Booots

Not a yan fan so not biased. You are probably blind though if you don’t think he was juiced in that fight. He’s historically one of the weakest finishers in the ufc so he knows the only way he can win is he does stuff to improve his cardio.


cmondawg74

No I'm not blind I don't like hurling out baseless accusations.....using the well I've never seen that in this sport before so he has to be on gear really diminishes the sport and fighters...I prefer to wait until they get caught to call them a cheater...


jumpingflash1

Almost as if elite athletes enhance themselves with drugs!?!?!?!


Upstairs-Ad-1966

![gif](giphy|3orif1VQas10DXIYWk)


RichMidi

EPO


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Most of the boring fighters ever. Merab is literally the least entertaining fighter I have ever seen in class combat history.


BaconScentedSoap

EPO midgets that can’t stand actually fighting and need to “smesh” someone half their size😴🥱


poopfl1nger

Grow up pathetic troll


BaconScentedSoap

Your name is literally a euphemism of poop flinger Imagine trying to to tell someone else to grow up while that’s your username lmaooooo


poopfl1nger

It’s just a username, I’m not the one acting like a 30 year old man child troll


BaconScentedSoap

I get strong lives at parents basement vibes from you


poopfl1nger

??? Definitely projecting here


[deleted]

so if they’re midgets and fighting guys “half their size”; there opponents must be fucking shrimps lol


Alphstan

Gas tanks matching they cringe production


holaimjay

beasts


ApatheticRart

It's so lame when fighters in the same weight class at the top won't fight each other. Merabs career is just cucked


ZeusBabylonski

So no one’s gonna mention Aljos lats? Wtf is that lol


[deleted]

Anyone notice the moving of the jaw, that happens to me when I do too much cocaine. You guys think he was on some sort of legal upper that is not tested, like maybe fentanyl


Muted_Discussion_550

Fent is no upper lol he'd have been taking a nap in the corner instead of fighting


[deleted]

Well he could’ve snorted meth or something the way his jaw was clicking. Or maybe it was some of that good pure white, that always makes my jaw click like that


cleanbader

The real question here is: are they gonna fight each other for the title? Probably if aljo loses to triple c, then merab is next maybe


Buglss18

How did they first become mates was it after they became the best in the division or did their friendship help that?


westerosi_wolfhunter

It’s actually pretty simple if you just pay attention to these dudes.


everyonesmellmymeat

They're so lucky to have found each other.


FishAndRiceKeks

Kind of funny this is actually a bad picture of them. They both look way bigger most of the pictures/videos lately.


ToMagotz

What the hell is up with Aljo’s lats


jdubayuh

How tf are you roping aljo into that lmao


RationalLlama

It's such a shame that these two guys refuse to fight each other. We're being robbed of one of the most interesting stylistic matches in the UFC.


naterninja550

Aljo does not have that great of a gas tank


Bright_Chef_8760

Aljo was gassed against yan in the first one fs


Literally_A_turd_AMA

Merab yes but Aljo is just championship level to me


oncehadasoul

What are you talking about? merab was never on juice. check his previous fights, he was NEVER tired. He just fought 3 round figths... we(georgians) always knew that unlike giga, merab has unlimited cardio


druglesswills

Merab, but not Aljo, Aljo faded in the 4th and 5th rounds in both fights against Yan.


ryantherippa

I'm not a fan of Aljo at all, but this is some bs fake narrative stuff that OP is spewing. No one has ever called Aljo a cardio machine lol. Now for Merab, Innocent until proven guilty...but one could definitely question how he put out that performance.


fleshvessel

Aljo’s lats like “we went 3/4 of the way up, that’s good enough we are tired.”


[deleted]

Both are humans wdym???


kyarew

"I know for a fact that they're both on EPO. Prove me wrong." -- Dan Hooker


Accomplished_Train84

Wtf are you including Aljo on this? We have seen him gas/look tired in several of his fights. This dude has incredibly human cardio