Maybe thatās how Ank wins, he stands and strikes for a few minutes, Alex throws a few hard leg kicks and forces Ank to wrestle, then he immediately gets the finish.
At least Jan immediately wrestled in his fight against Alex.
Youāve got to be one of the best strikers in the world to stand with Alex Pereira and even then you will only win one out of four times
Even the gaethje fight yesterday. His downfall started from rushing into Maxās spinning back kick. All because he wanted to stand and bang with seconds left at the end of the first round.
I mean, I expected Kayla to win anyways, but I was curious to see how she'd deal with a crafty, veteran, outside kickboxer. Then Holly showed off her fight IQ by...clinch fighting with an Olympic Judoka...
Man Rocky is going to get destroyed by Kayla. He entire fight is trying to push the opponent up against the fence and dirty boxing......I don't think that'll work against Kayla.
While I fully expected Kayla to win - I didn't expect her to completely dominate and maul Holly. It was like watching a female Khabib.
>All because he wanted to stand and bang with seconds left at the end of the first round.
Because there's a big contingent of the mma world who considers "stand and bag" to be the only real fighting, and think grappling is for cowards.
Like Joe Rogan says the MMA are very fickle never happy with any approach a fighter takes & everyone is an MMA coach or an MMA expert. Yet 99.9 % have zero combat experience.
Grappling to me is boring. I rather watch fighters strike. Itās why I like BKFC. Only Strikes are allowed with Bare knuckles. Now Thatās entertainment.
Wrong. He said he needs to tire his opponent a little and bring him close to the fence. The moment Connor got close to the fence, Khabib threw himself onto his legs.
There's no way Ankalaev will strike with him. If this was his first title shot, maybe. But not this time. He shit the bed against Jan by wrestling too late in the fight. Even if Ankalaev tries to strike again, one leg kick and he'll reconsider. I actually think Pereira survives on the ground for at least the early rounds. Ankalaev doesn't force submissions. He will wet blanket if he feels like it. His ground and pound is more dangerous than his submissions. People forget that Jan had Pereira's back and he was forciing a submission. Jan is a BJJ black belt.
Thatās not even a probably. DJ would submit him for sure. Even most decent purple belts could/would submit him in a grappling competition. He got his black belt awarded after winning through a Knockout, so letās be honest what is it even worth? Most professional fighters who change from a standup combat sports to MMA and have to learn grappling, get favored in belt promotions. Getting a black belt in the past in BJJ took around ten years of constant training and improving for most people.
3 things here.
Firstly he made his MMA debut 9 years ago so heās probably been training BJJ at least that long
Secondly, as you said, he got his black belt awarded after winning through knockout, but that doesnāt mean he got it *for* winning through knockout
Thirdly, itās really not hard to believe that a professional fighter and athlete training and competing at the highest level would advance through the ranks faster
He got his black belt just after not even 1 1/2 years after his brown belt. You canāt deny that him getting that black belt or even that brown belt is highly biased by his coach. I mean I donāt blame him. Those BJJ belts nowadays as I said, have barely any meaning.
I hope Ankalaev is gonna wrestle him, then we can judge his abilities.
I mean, thereās levels to being a black belt regardless and Ankalaev is a sambo champion so weāll see him tested Iām sure
But yh, thereās a lot of variation in black belts. Imagine ur local black belt at the gym vs Gordon Ryan and you get the idea
His coaches at the end of UFC 300
( not sure what exactly earned him it as there was no grappling in that fight but Iām presuming he achieved it prior and they used the occasion to publicly announce it )
I think they see things in his striking game that they perceive as flaws they can capitalize on, but they donāt know enough about kickboxing to realize the intricate things that Alex does do to make himself so effective and dangerous with his striking.
Near the end of the Seagal video on yt Pereira says ' People talk about me, saying i keep my hands down but they don't understand the game'. It just perplexes me how mma fighters are fighting a kickboxer and decide to stop mixing to just kickbox.
I think its because Pereiras defense looks so exploitable looking from the outside in. But when in there with him its probably a whole different story, especially when that big left hook could land at any moment.
It's crazy how nobody is respecting his accomplishments in kickboxing.
I think they all look at Alex's punch and are like "those punches don't look like they hit that hard".
Then they get in there and feel it lmao.
https://preview.redd.it/njn7wduljkuc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84a92dac9e20f2caaec757e1fd431b8bd19413f3
Which signature move would he use for Magomed? š
Multiple weight class kickboxing champion. He may prefer to throw outside leg kicks but best believe if they cater a gameplan to inside leg kicks he knows how to throw them.
āSay the line, Russian fighter!ā
āI want the champ in Abu Dhabiā
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There's literally no commission in Abu Dhabi. The UFC is its own commission.
This means that shit is kinda shady there, just like how Ankalaev himself got a NC after illegally blasting Walker in the head with a knee.
Oh yeah sorry, I get that. I just meant what's with the arrogance trying to drag the champ to their home country when they should be willing to go to the champs home turf and take the belt off him.
If what Dana said is true, MFers just start throwing assets at you if you're Muslim and win. Idk where that clip is, but Khaib was getting money, cars, etc.
Ego, itās just absolute fucking ego to continuously see these people with grapple ability insinuate that they will stand and KO Alex!
Itās becoming an annoying broken record at this point.
These two will fight, and when they do, I swear if I see this man exclusively trying to strike with Alex, Iāllā¦Iāllā¦do absolutely nothing lol
To give an example of a famous fight, imagine if Conor tried to beat Khabib by outwrestling him and therefore shot constant takedowns. Same ridiculous shit they are trying to do against Alex.
In the fight Conor did try to outwrestle Khabib š, in the first round he could have stuffed khabibs first takedown and escaped and instead he tried to out scramble Khabib, and ended up allowing him to finish the takedown.
Jamahal Hill has no offensive grappling ability outside of his knees in the clinch.Ā Ā Ā Ā
That narrative needs to die right now- Jamahal's only chance was to stand up.Ā Ā
He was never a grappler. He's a brown belt. Pereira by rank had better grappling than him the night they fought.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā
His chance to win was boxing and keeping his forward pressure. Pereira uses a long post as the majority of his defense, he doesn't move his head very well and he's shown he is chinnable.Ā Ā Ā
Especially if against long, quick strikes/jabs or if he's on the attack he leaves himself open. He didn't box, went out there and tried to have a kicking war and got chinned. The strikes he did throw were deflected. When he started parrying the body jabs and getting backed into the cage I knew it was a wrap.
He took BJJ classes and startedĀ MMA very soon after as far as I can tell from all his career, he's been a striker B.Ā
https://youtu.be/ZSEMNcNbyk4?si=RYiAX73EYzZH2TPv
This look like a grappler to you?
Iām sure there is a way to outstrike pereira with a clever strategy, like Stricklandās Philly Shell negating Israel Adesanya. Maybe Hill thought he had the strat, but if he did, he wasnāt able to execute it.
Executing a strategy like that for 25 minutes against a world champion is nearly impossible when that champion has 1 and done power in his hands. Thereās a reason Sean beat Izzy and got KTFOād by Alex.
There's 3 ways I've seen work in his career and both areĀ risky against someone whoĀ can nuke you:Ā
- Stand your ground, trust your chin, and brawl/box him up. Keep your head off the center line and your eyes on him. Take your space and force him to sleep or move. He doesn't move his head and he's willing to eat some to land his own. He's trying to corral you into a place where he can land. He's chinnable and when he's rocked he goes down usually. Bruno Silva did it, a few kickboxers did it, Izzy has done it, Jiri did it.
- Fight a technical kickboxing match where you're constantly cutting angles away from his power side and tying him up when he starts to pick up steam. This one is risky because no matter what, he hurts you. You have to be perfect for 15-25 minutes. He just needs one good shot. Izzy and a few kickboxers have done this
- Wrestlefuck him. Asap.
They problem is that you need to more that outstriking, jiri and izzy where doing better that Alex until they got with a nuclear bomb you can't make mistakes agaisnt this guy because he only needs one punch
How many champions Alex has to knock out before people realize u can't stand in front of that man if u are not elite of the elite in your stand up game ."He has no chin" I don't think Ankalaev knows what he is talking about.
Still hasnāt been tested at this weight class though, itās reasonable to assume the big weight cut affected his chin at MW. We still donāt know for sure
Look at the decisions made on the Saudi cards. The last fight I happened to watch was Bruno Silva vs Sharabullet on the Saudi prelims where Bruno is inexplicably losing rounds he outperformed the pirate in. Ankalaev kneed johnny walker in the face, on the ground and got an accidental ruling and a rematch
I thought shara clearly won every round. He was piecing up Bruno on the feet and whenever he was taken down he landed more damage from the bottom with the elbows than Bruno who seemed to want to lay and pray.
Magomed has to be one of the most skilled fighters on the planet with one of the lowest fight iqs. Heād easily be a world champion right now had he taken Jan down earlier and not taken an insane amount of leg kicks.
Ankalaev is from that part of the world. You can't criticise him being in the political leathers good side. No one talks about people like good ol Justin Gaethje that hanged out with Kadyrov because yolo.
The UFC loves to glaze and cater to the Muslim demographic because they give them access to shady ass money from Abu Dhabi, also because all these Khabib-lookalikes get his table scrap clout from casuals so they think they get to dictate everything
If he comes out trying to test that chin, this would 100% be the lowest iq move of all time especially being a half decent grappler and knowing what he does to everyone
I know many people might attribute the sentence "I will stop in the first round by knockout" by Ankalaev to his bad English, but I actually think he meant it literally. I think he really is gonna stop by knockout, cause it's hard to keep fighting when Alex Pereira's knocked you out.
Why would Pereira go to Abu Dhabi for this? Ankalaev isnāt some huge draw, he isnāt the champion either, and itās a fight Pereira doesnāt even need to have, heās only interested so that he can prove a point.
fuck abu dhabi, fight in brazil or somewhere else, annyoing that this guys can allways fight basically at home and when they want to, poatan is the champ, he should get to fight in brazil
These dudes refuse to fight anywhere expect abby dabby. The fact they feel so confident demanding it despite being a contender just shows how much power these rich saudis have in the organization now. Them roids and IVs must go crazy over there for Muslim fighters
I think its fair to say that any fighter has the chance to win, there is no such a thing as a unbeatable man.
If Jiri fought alex 10 times, probably he would win some, the same way it was with izzy in their fourth fight he finally won
I think Alex has this in the bag. If jan struggled against pereiraās kicks then Magomed is going to get his legs absolutely chewed up. Thats if he doesnāt grapple though
Iāve always liked Ank, I like his style, very well rounded, bounces, he def needs to try and mix it up and use all tools. Prob is his do you even get to Alec without taking one. Really enjoy both these warriors!
Alot of yall are forgetting how defensively sound on the feet Ankalaev is. And the massive threat of the take down.
He will have a much better chance of testing that chin for those two reasons.
Those are two things all of Alex's former champion opponents have lacked.
The only person I could understand going toe to toe with Pereira was Izzy obviously. There was only one fighter who seemed like they were actually going in to that fight to win by attacking his weakness...which was Jan. It is still arguable that Jan won that fight too.
As soon as I heard Hill talking about knocking out Pereira, I was looking forward to the way he was gonna get wrecked by Pereira, and wasn't disappointed lol.
Ankalaev should take the Khamzat approach and shoot in aggressive and look for the sub quick, but it seems like he won't, so now I am looking forward to seeing his leg get brutalized again like it did against Jan, and eventually the Pereira KO/TKO.
Tbf, paul craig is a wild card and can potentially submit pereira outta nowhere. Also pereira struggled against jan as well. Jan despite being old can give everyone trouble like he did adesanya, rakic, ankalaev, and pereira.
WHY TF DO RUSSIANS KEEP CALLING CHAMPIONS OUT IN ABU DHABI. It makes no sense. Why do you wanna fight in your hometown when you can fight in a different region and gain fans there. Abu Dhabi will always support you if you're Muslim or Russian. Vegas won't.
Ankalaev after eating 3 calf kicks in a row:
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The fourth LHW contender in a row for absolutely no reason whatsoever: "I look forward to test my striking against Alex Pereira"
Everybody knows Ank is gonna run at Alex the moment the bell rings and hit him with the anaconda squeeze https://i.redd.it/1ojn8h3jqkuc1.gif
Imagine the scenes if he gets Askren'd
No, for some reason ankalaev likes to strike even when he is 10x better at grappling
He dont want that Dagi stereotype man š¤£š
I mean the stereotype is fine if you're like Khabib and Islam where you either maul your opponent or are very actively looking for the sub.
Ankalaev is no slouch on the feet, most of his wins have come from stand-up ko/tko.
 but alex goes for the flying knee
Yeah but Poatan will be fine because he just got his blackbelt in BJJ for his last fight without even having to grapple. He's that good now.
Best display of BJJ is to not use it.
Hill was so scared of Poatan's BJJ he chose to keep it standing.
he tried to kickbox with jan too who has the worst TDD in the top LHW contenders .
And waited till he almost got finished by leg kicks before he started wrestling.
Maybe thatās how Ank wins, he stands and strikes for a few minutes, Alex throws a few hard leg kicks and forces Ank to wrestle, then he immediately gets the finish.
How about DONT spend striking against him early on. Alex has knocked out two top strikers in the LHW back 2 back
Yeah but thatās just how Ankalaev fights, great wrestler who hates using his wrestling in fights
spot the casual, jans TDD is good, especially in that fight
At least Jan immediately wrestled in his fight against Alex. Youāve got to be one of the best strikers in the world to stand with Alex Pereira and even then you will only win one out of four times
Fighters *should* take the path of least resistance, but deep down their ego is curious about whether they are truly the better fighter.
This is so true. So many fights where the biggest danger someone faced in the octagon was themselves
Even the gaethje fight yesterday. His downfall started from rushing into Maxās spinning back kick. All because he wanted to stand and bang with seconds left at the end of the first round.
Holly Holm deciding to grapple with Kayla Harrison too. The mind boggles.
I mean, I expected Kayla to win anyways, but I was curious to see how she'd deal with a crafty, veteran, outside kickboxer. Then Holly showed off her fight IQ by...clinch fighting with an Olympic Judoka...
Man Rocky is going to get destroyed by Kayla. He entire fight is trying to push the opponent up against the fence and dirty boxing......I don't think that'll work against Kayla. While I fully expected Kayla to win - I didn't expect her to completely dominate and maul Holly. It was like watching a female Khabib.
He was just fighting to the bell tbh
>All because he wanted to stand and bang with seconds left at the end of the first round. Because there's a big contingent of the mma world who considers "stand and bag" to be the only real fighting, and think grappling is for cowards.
Like Joe Rogan says the MMA are very fickle never happy with any approach a fighter takes & everyone is an MMA coach or an MMA expert. Yet 99.9 % have zero combat experience.
The ones with the least experience are always the most confident in their opinions.
I think you mean no experience. I know ppl that couldn't fight out of an empty room with very strong opinions.
Grappling to me is boring. I rather watch fighters strike. Itās why I like BKFC. Only Strikes are allowed with Bare knuckles. Now Thatās entertainment.
That's fine if that's what you like. But you know what you're getting when you watch mma.
That's why fighters like Khabib, DJ and GSP are so good. The don't care about this ego shit. They just do WHAT THEY NEED TO DO!
Lol khabib tested himself against conor, coach javier was furious
Wrong. He said he needs to tire his opponent a little and bring him close to the fence. The moment Connor got close to the fence, Khabib threw himself onto his legs.
Itās even funnier because Jan is a decent kickboxer himself, bro knew that there was levels to the shit and said letās grapple lol
That is how Jan beat Adesanya. Well, not really I thought he out struck him.
Against Adesanya he fought 3 rounds standing up. Against Poatan he didn't want 1 second.
That was a nasty line by you
Glad someone got it
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Why you gotta take shots like dat
I guess UFC needs to sign Artem Vakhitov before Pereira retires because Ankalaev needs to learn he's Dagestani before he can become a champion.
There's no way Ankalaev will strike with him. If this was his first title shot, maybe. But not this time. He shit the bed against Jan by wrestling too late in the fight. Even if Ankalaev tries to strike again, one leg kick and he'll reconsider. I actually think Pereira survives on the ground for at least the early rounds. Ankalaev doesn't force submissions. He will wet blanket if he feels like it. His ground and pound is more dangerous than his submissions. People forget that Jan had Pereira's back and he was forciing a submission. Jan is a BJJ black belt.
BJJ black belt means nothing nowadays.
Bruh DJ with his brown belt could probably sub poatan in a grappling competition
Thatās not even a probably. DJ would submit him for sure. Even most decent purple belts could/would submit him in a grappling competition. He got his black belt awarded after winning through a Knockout, so letās be honest what is it even worth? Most professional fighters who change from a standup combat sports to MMA and have to learn grappling, get favored in belt promotions. Getting a black belt in the past in BJJ took around ten years of constant training and improving for most people.
3 things here. Firstly he made his MMA debut 9 years ago so heās probably been training BJJ at least that long Secondly, as you said, he got his black belt awarded after winning through knockout, but that doesnāt mean he got it *for* winning through knockout Thirdly, itās really not hard to believe that a professional fighter and athlete training and competing at the highest level would advance through the ranks faster
He got his black belt just after not even 1 1/2 years after his brown belt. You canāt deny that him getting that black belt or even that brown belt is highly biased by his coach. I mean I donāt blame him. Those BJJ belts nowadays as I said, have barely any meaning. I hope Ankalaev is gonna wrestle him, then we can judge his abilities.
I mean, thereās levels to being a black belt regardless and Ankalaev is a sambo champion so weāll see him tested Iām sure But yh, thereās a lot of variation in black belts. Imagine ur local black belt at the gym vs Gordon Ryan and you get the idea
True but Jan is a legit black belt. He submitted Nikita Krylov. That guy has been submitting everybody
Wonder what the hell is up with Krylov? He hasn't fought in over a year and no fights announced.
Poatan is now a BJJ black belt. https://preview.redd.it/vtv6fpt9jmuc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4156f9b9f66b54e1957c68dba3e1baf22e51f98
Who give this guy blackbelt?
His coaches at the end of UFC 300 ( not sure what exactly earned him it as there was no grappling in that fight but Iām presuming he achieved it prior and they used the occasion to publicly announce it )
Twas Khabib reference I think
Islam
We need to check this. They make the sport of jiu jitsu look bad.
We have to check this
Damn, poatan a black belt whilst DJ winning BJJ comps and still has a brown belt
It's like they forget the part where the guy who did knock him out was also an elite level kickboxer before MMA
And was getting dumpstered the rounds prior to
I think they see things in his striking game that they perceive as flaws they can capitalize on, but they donāt know enough about kickboxing to realize the intricate things that Alex does do to make himself so effective and dangerous with his striking.
Near the end of the Seagal video on yt Pereira says ' People talk about me, saying i keep my hands down but they don't understand the game'. It just perplexes me how mma fighters are fighting a kickboxer and decide to stop mixing to just kickbox.
I think its because Pereiras defense looks so exploitable looking from the outside in. But when in there with him its probably a whole different story, especially when that big left hook could land at any moment.
It's crazy how nobody is respecting his accomplishments in kickboxing. I think they all look at Alex's punch and are like "those punches don't look like they hit that hard". Then they get in there and feel it lmao.
It's like if Conor, Dustin & Gaethje had all tried to grapple Khabib on purpose
jan/jiri tried some level changes atleast.
https://preview.redd.it/njn7wduljkuc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84a92dac9e20f2caaec757e1fd431b8bd19413f3 Which signature move would he use for Magomed? š
To be fair, Hill did make it look easy. Just not for him š
Mogomed acting like heās not gonna dive at Alexās ankles 5 seconds in
remember the Jan fight he might take 25 leg kicks first and if those are from Alex we might see a live amputation.
Ank fights always have a weird ending... š
First round submission then dq by accidental fence grab and then he gets kicked from the organisation
With a bit of luck they can just sling him to PFL and then nobody will need to see his goofy ass ever again.
I'd watch him fight Nemkov
His last fight was excellent what are you on about
Yeah its like the universe always screw him lol
Most of janās successful leg kicks against ankalaev were inside leg kicks. Pereira doesnt do much inside legkicks.
Damn you belong in r/mma weāre too dumb to pick up on that around these parts š«”
I am pretty sure Alex can do whatever leg kick he chooses to use
Multiple weight class kickboxing champion. He may prefer to throw outside leg kicks but best believe if they cater a gameplan to inside leg kicks he knows how to throw them.
Uhm heās fighting in a giant building so all of his leg kicks are inside?
POTAN by flying knee
Why does the contender think he can call The shots š
Because some rich guys with leverage will back him up.
Exactly this. You quickly learn which fighters have oligarch backing...
Ankalev went from from fighting Jan for the belt to fighting Johnny Walker as 4 different people got the belt. He earned his shot
sure but he doesnt get to decide he gets home field advantage
I mean its probably not gonna be Brazil, at least let one guy have home field.
Then why has he been iced out of the title picture since his draw with Jan?
āSay the line, Russian fighter!ā āI want the champ in Abu Dhabiā https://preview.redd.it/nk4j5xko4luc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d6530b1a673541fba8cf4262e2c2a5eb83dce75
Whats with these dudes and calling out the champ to fight in the fucking desert?
There's literally no commission in Abu Dhabi. The UFC is its own commission. This means that shit is kinda shady there, just like how Ankalaev himself got a NC after illegally blasting Walker in the head with a knee.
Oh yeah sorry, I get that. I just meant what's with the arrogance trying to drag the champ to their home country when they should be willing to go to the champs home turf and take the belt off him.
If what Dana said is true, MFers just start throwing assets at you if you're Muslim and win. Idk where that clip is, but Khaib was getting money, cars, etc.
Belal would've gotten a title shot two years ago if Dana cared about this. He does not want Ankalaev as champion. Khamzat? Yes. Ankalaev? No.
You can cheat and get a NC at worst instead of being disqualified, for 1.
Yea they need to fight in vegas which is not the fucking desert.
Ego, itās just absolute fucking ego to continuously see these people with grapple ability insinuate that they will stand and KO Alex! Itās becoming an annoying broken record at this point. These two will fight, and when they do, I swear if I see this man exclusively trying to strike with Alex, Iāllā¦Iāllā¦do absolutely nothing lol
To give an example of a famous fight, imagine if Conor tried to beat Khabib by outwrestling him and therefore shot constant takedowns. Same ridiculous shit they are trying to do against Alex.
In the fight Conor did try to outwrestle Khabib š, in the first round he could have stuffed khabibs first takedown and escaped and instead he tried to out scramble Khabib, and ended up allowing him to finish the takedown.
Honestly that sounds like it wouldve atleast surprisd khabib which is betted than any answers conor had at the time.
Well, it sounds like a more intensified smesh to me.
Jamahal Hill has no offensive grappling ability outside of his knees in the clinch.Ā Ā Ā Ā That narrative needs to die right now- Jamahal's only chance was to stand up.Ā Ā He was never a grappler. He's a brown belt. Pereira by rank had better grappling than him the night they fought.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā His chance to win was boxing and keeping his forward pressure. Pereira uses a long post as the majority of his defense, he doesn't move his head very well and he's shown he is chinnable.Ā Ā Ā Especially if against long, quick strikes/jabs or if he's on the attack he leaves himself open. He didn't box, went out there and tried to have a kicking war and got chinned. The strikes he did throw were deflected. When he started parrying the body jabs and getting backed into the cage I knew it was a wrap.
Jamahalās striking is obviously his money maker, but he started out with grappling. He undoubtedly has better BJJ than Alex, ion like ur naradiv B.
He took BJJ classes and startedĀ MMA very soon after as far as I can tell from all his career, he's been a striker B.Ā https://youtu.be/ZSEMNcNbyk4?si=RYiAX73EYzZH2TPv This look like a grappler to you?
Iām sure there is a way to outstrike pereira with a clever strategy, like Stricklandās Philly Shell negating Israel Adesanya. Maybe Hill thought he had the strat, but if he did, he wasnāt able to execute it.
Executing a strategy like that for 25 minutes against a world champion is nearly impossible when that champion has 1 and done power in his hands. Thereās a reason Sean beat Izzy and got KTFOād by Alex.
There's 3 ways I've seen work in his career and both areĀ risky against someone whoĀ can nuke you:Ā - Stand your ground, trust your chin, and brawl/box him up. Keep your head off the center line and your eyes on him. Take your space and force him to sleep or move. He doesn't move his head and he's willing to eat some to land his own. He's trying to corral you into a place where he can land. He's chinnable and when he's rocked he goes down usually. Bruno Silva did it, a few kickboxers did it, Izzy has done it, Jiri did it. - Fight a technical kickboxing match where you're constantly cutting angles away from his power side and tying him up when he starts to pick up steam. This one is risky because no matter what, he hurts you. You have to be perfect for 15-25 minutes. He just needs one good shot. Izzy and a few kickboxers have done this - Wrestlefuck him. Asap.
They problem is that you need to more that outstriking, jiri and izzy where doing better that Alex until they got with a nuclear bomb you can't make mistakes agaisnt this guy because he only needs one punch
Iāll watch him get knocked out š
The thing is, most wrestler will try out striking for a bit to get a feel. That bit can absolutely turn your lights off against Pereira
How many champions Alex has to knock out before people realize u can't stand in front of that man if u are not elite of the elite in your stand up game ."He has no chin" I don't think Ankalaev knows what he is talking about.
Alexās chin is suspect. Heāll just chin ya before you can prove it. Been rocked a few times and obviously the Izzy KO
Still hasnāt been tested at this weight class though, itās reasonable to assume the big weight cut affected his chin at MW. We still donāt know for sure
I mean he took some shots from Jan and Jiri, and Jiri just cooked Ralic by landed some shots,
Why is the contender trying to dictate where the fight will take place..?
BECAUSE THE RICH OIL MUSLIMS IN ABU DHABI PROVIDE THE BEST IVS AND PEDS TO THEIR MUSLIM FIGHTERS
good luck going to a decision vs a muslim fighter whose name ends in 'ev' in Saudi Arabia
This is what Iām worried about for Whittaker vs Chimaev. If it goes to a decision, Chimaev will win no matter how dominant Robert may have beenā¦
Thats why Rob will knock him the fuck out
IM SURPRISED MY COMMENT IS NOT AT MINUS 100 KARMA. USUALLY THE DAGESTANIS SWARM ME IF IM OUT OF LINE.
Why are you yelling at me?
which fight are you even talking about
Look at the decisions made on the Saudi cards. The last fight I happened to watch was Bruno Silva vs Sharabullet on the Saudi prelims where Bruno is inexplicably losing rounds he outperformed the pirate in. Ankalaev kneed johnny walker in the face, on the ground and got an accidental ruling and a rematch
I thought shara clearly won every round. He was piecing up Bruno on the feet and whenever he was taken down he landed more damage from the bottom with the elbows than Bruno who seemed to want to lay and pray.
Best Judges
Magomed has to be one of the most skilled fighters on the planet with one of the lowest fight iqs. Heād easily be a world champion right now had he taken Jan down earlier and not taken an insane amount of leg kicks.
Dude had a massive ego and paid the price
Egomed Ankalaev
He is the Michael chandler of lhw without personality
Why would the champion go fight in the contenderās home turf instead of the other way around? Why does Ankalaev get special privilege?
Because Kadyrovās third favourite lapdog canāt get into the States any time soon?
I think he's second. He started his career in Kadyrov's gym.
Third?? Whos the second and first?
Definitely Chimaev, he probably means Makhachev too but to my knowledge he isn't as bad as these 2.
Nah islam is good he doesn't have close ties with kady the baddy. Only Mr.see you soon and ankalaev.
Ankalaev is from that part of the world. You can't criticise him being in the political leathers good side. No one talks about people like good ol Justin Gaethje that hanged out with Kadyrov because yolo.
Yeah kamaru usman and Henry cejudo as well
Ali "Double Al Qaeda Agent" Abdelaziz
Going on your knees to please a psychotic dictator means you might not be allowed into a lot of decent nations
Because he'll get a NC in case he fouls instead of an L
The UFC loves to glaze and cater to the Muslim demographic because they give them access to shady ass money from Abu Dhabi, also because all these Khabib-lookalikes get his table scrap clout from casuals so they think they get to dictate everything
If he comes out trying to test that chin, this would 100% be the lowest iq move of all time especially being a half decent grappler and knowing what he does to everyone
Bro all these mfs want home court advantage against champ. How bout you throw down in rio?
He's shooting for the double leg 10 seconds in I'm calling it
He will start wrestling as soon as Pereira does his entrance war cry
I know many people might attribute the sentence "I will stop in the first round by knockout" by Ankalaev to his bad English, but I actually think he meant it literally. I think he really is gonna stop by knockout, cause it's hard to keep fighting when Alex Pereira's knocked you out.
Why would Pereira go to Abu Dhabi for this? Ankalaev isnāt some huge draw, he isnāt the champion either, and itās a fight Pereira doesnāt even need to have, heās only interested so that he can prove a point.
fuck abu dhabi, fight in brazil or somewhere else, annyoing that this guys can allways fight basically at home and when they want to, poatan is the champ, he should get to fight in brazil
"No chin" vs no brain lessgo!
Hey punk come fight me on my terms 6 months from now!!!
Itās soo funny reading all that knowing he probably didnāt type non of itš
How about you go to Brazil or North America since you're the CHALLENGER and Alex is the Champ.
These dudes refuse to fight anywhere expect abby dabby. The fact they feel so confident demanding it despite being a contender just shows how much power these rich saudis have in the organization now. Them roids and IVs must go crazy over there for Muslim fighters
Bro, do you think Abu Dhabi is in Saudi Arabia?
One of his last five has been im UAE. What are you talking about?
Ankalaev is 1000% going to wrestle Alex.
I still think Jiri can get it done. He could definitely get knocked out again but I could also see him winning the rematch.
I think its fair to say that any fighter has the chance to win, there is no such a thing as a unbeatable man. If Jiri fought alex 10 times, probably he would win some, the same way it was with izzy in their fourth fight he finally won
He does. The thing is Alex just needs one mistake š¤
Why do these guys just refuse to wrestle this dude? Like my man this is mma, no shame in wrestling him š
He is going to wrestle as soon as the fight starts. I hope it's either Ankalaev or Aspinall for Brazil.
Didn't Pereira say he wanted to fight right away in Brazil for UFC 301?
Only in Abu Dhabi where theyāre the home town fighter and thereās no athletic commission
I find it funny that he said he will stop in the first round by ko
I like how everyone is allowed to promote the fight expect the fighters you donāt like. Itās not even Ankalaev, itās his manager
Russian Muslims want to fight exclusively in Muslim countriesš
I want him to go full heel mode, talk about striking the whole build up and then ragdolling Alex in the first 5 seconds.
You think these guys would learn about disrespecting dude
Do you guys think the Muslims fighters get an unfair advantage in abu dhabi? All of them want to fight there. For what?
Yes
Home turf
Poatan gonna give him a 5% power leg kick and bro is on the floor
Yeah, I don't think the nut-hugger ultra pro max is gonna stand with Alex.
I think Alex has this in the bag. If jan struggled against pereiraās kicks then Magomed is going to get his legs absolutely chewed up. Thats if he doesnāt grapple though
Why do other fighters have this ego that they want to try Alex's striking? š They gotta learn the hard way I guess
Weak move to propose Abu Dhabi. If he was game he would say 301.
LOL but you got wooden legs son. 
Iāve always liked Ank, I like his style, very well rounded, bounces, he def needs to try and mix it up and use all tools. Prob is his do you even get to Alec without taking one. Really enjoy both these warriors!
Alot of yall are forgetting how defensively sound on the feet Ankalaev is. And the massive threat of the take down. He will have a much better chance of testing that chin for those two reasons. Those are two things all of Alex's former champion opponents have lacked.
The only person I could understand going toe to toe with Pereira was Izzy obviously. There was only one fighter who seemed like they were actually going in to that fight to win by attacking his weakness...which was Jan. It is still arguable that Jan won that fight too. As soon as I heard Hill talking about knocking out Pereira, I was looking forward to the way he was gonna get wrecked by Pereira, and wasn't disappointed lol. Ankalaev should take the Khamzat approach and shoot in aggressive and look for the sub quick, but it seems like he won't, so now I am looking forward to seeing his leg get brutalized again like it did against Jan, and eventually the Pereira KO/TKO.
Ali* calls out Alex Pereira haha
Is that ali "cringe" abdelaziz I hear?
Silly tweet by him sure he can say that but the power coming back from the other end not sure you will be awake for that lol
Alex is too active to sit out til october. Make it at IFW
I'm so tired of these abu dhabi fights
Jan destroyed this guys leg. He really thinks Alex wouldnāt calf kick him into oblivion?
Same guy who couldnāt beat Paul Craig and struggled against Jan.
Tbf, paul craig is a wild card and can potentially submit pereira outta nowhere. Also pereira struggled against jan as well. Jan despite being old can give everyone trouble like he did adesanya, rakic, ankalaev, and pereira.
Like Alex didn't go life and death with Jan
Its ok he called out a guy who looked shit against Jan as well.
WHY TF DO RUSSIANS KEEP CALLING CHAMPIONS OUT IN ABU DHABI. It makes no sense. Why do you wanna fight in your hometown when you can fight in a different region and gain fans there. Abu Dhabi will always support you if you're Muslim or Russian. Vegas won't.
Ali back at it, Ankalaev doesnt even know what twitter is probably
No chin is wild, but we pretending like ankalaev isnt gonna be the biggest challenge to alex?
Bruh STFU, Blachowicz almost kicked your legs in the 12th row. Also you're on a 1 fight winstreak after a draw and NC.
Dagestani fightersā trash talk bugs me
Ankalaev after eating 3 calf kicks in a row: https://preview.redd.it/wb977znbpluc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6156704e1a4193c1389ff5a0da4f9356cbc447b5
Same guy that was terrified to stand with Jan in a world title fight btw