Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka are top 3 scariest guys in UFC

[Luffy]

Tom Aspinall said recently : "Alex Pereira might be one of the most dangerous guy to ever fight in the UFC " — check his recent podcast

 

[Luffy]

Alex also said : "Ankalaev won, respect to him. But when people ask me, I don't think he's better than other guys I've fought like Adesanya, Khalil, Jiri. I've felt his power in the first match and have rewatched the fight. In the rematch, I will have some weeks to rest, get my body refreshed, and then I feel I can do whatever I want to him"

 

[Luffy]

Alex Pereira may be the future goat... I think he will be the first champ champ champ.... I really do. Like Izzy said, "look at what I've created... I've created a monster hahaha"

 

[lsa]

Alex Pereira may be the future goat... I think he will be the first champ champ champ.... I really do. Like Izzy said, "look at what I've created... I've created a monster hahaha"

lets see if he can beat Ankalaev first...

 

[Luffy]

lets see if he can beat Ankalaev first...

He will. I think the last fight for the final BMF will be actually Alex Pereira vs DDP. I think Ank, Tom, etc. will be beaten and DDP will also beat Khamzat and have a super fight with Alex Pereira. I'm overlooking Dricus, but I think he's a genius ... Both him and Alex Pereira may be the current best, actually...

 

[lsa]

He will. I think the last fight for the final BMF will be actually Alex Pereira vs DDP. I think Ank, Tom, etc. will be beaten and DDP will also beat Khamzat and have a super fight with Alex Pereira. I'm overlooking Dricus, but I think he's a genius ... Both him and Alex Pereira may be the current best, actually...

I bet you will be wrong.

 

[Luffy]

I bet you will be wrong.

I bet I won't

I've taken another look at the scenario... I guess Alex and DDP are the best ones currently.

 

[mkt]

Alex Pereira may be the future goat... I think he will be the first champ champ champ.... I really do. Like Izzy said, "look at what I've created... I've created a monster hahaha"

Alex is 38 and is a pretty one-dimensional fighter. At HW, he won't have a size advantage and there are guys who can take him down. There are also guys who hit a lot harder than Izzy (who KO'd him). I don't see him having an edge over Aspinall in any area.

 

[Luffy]

Alex is 38 and is a pretty one-dimensional fighter. At HW, he won't have a size advantage and there are guys who can take him down. There are also guys who hit a lot harder than Izzy (who KO'd him). I don't see him having an edge over Aspinall in any area.

No he's not. He's perfect. Reyes said recently that Alex is one of the smartest fighters he has trained with and have ever seen compete. He said his game seems simple, but only to casual eyes, because to whoever understands, it's so complex, every move has a powerful meaning. Even Izzy weighed on it:

 

[bng]

nt
try to sleep after looking at this:

 

[Luffy]

Shara Bullet?

 

[mkt]

No he's not. He's perfect. Reyes said recently that Alex is one of the smartest fighters he has trained with and have ever seen compete. He said his game seems simple, but only to casual eyes, because to whoever understands, it's so complex, every move has a powerful meaning. Even Izzy weighed on it:

Yet Ank, who's a "jack of all trades but master of none" well-rounded fighter found a way to beat him. And Poatan wouldn't be Top 3 when Jones, Cormier, Rumble, Davis, etc. were in their primes in the UFC.

He is a very good fighter, but I don't see him beating Aspinall or cleaning out the HW division at his age and with no size advantage against 250-pound guys.

 

[Luffy]

Yet Ank, who's a "jack of all trades but master of none" well-rounded fighter found a way to beat him. And Poatan wouldn't be Top 3 when Jones, Cormier, Rumble, Davis, etc. were in their primes in the UFC.

He is a very good fighter, but I don't see him beating Aspinall or cleaning out the HW division at his age and with no size advantage against 250-pound guys.

That's just a surface analysis level-way to see things until you actually watch what happened and what Pereira’s been doing. Ank didn’t “solve” Poatan with some mythical well-roundedness... he edged him in a super narrow fight while Alex was dealing with a busted hand and a virus, and still ate clean hooks, got his entries stuffed, and had to bank control time to survive momentum swings. That’s not Pereira being one dimensional, that’s Pereira winning or at least going going 2–2 as far as striking goes, all while denying the supposed “easy path” (12/12 TDs stuffed, elbows on the break, clinch frames, leg-kick counters). If they run it back, healthy, with him better prepared physically and mentally for Big Ank’s timing, Poatan absolutely can flip that script. He already showed the defensive wrestling, the range management, the check hooks, the layered calf kick game and advantage… that’s not a one-note kickboxer, that’s a striker with solved-for Xs in the other phases.

And the “he wouldn’t be top 3 with Jones/DC/Rumble/Davis” thing is just era worship with no mechanics behind it.... styles aren’t time-stamped. A 6’4” sniper with nuclear timing, elite shot selection, and proven durability at 205 doesn’t magically downgrade because the names on the poster change. Also, HW “size advantage” is again, overrated and glorifying HW (which ppl love to do even tho that's proven as not the case more often that not) when the division is largely immobile giants who can’t maintain pace... Poatan at 240-ish with his cardio, leg kicks, and defensive instincts is a nightmare for guys who need planted feet to generate power. Aspinall is legit, sure, but he’s also hittable on straight lines and hasn’t had to solve someone who punishes every step with calf kicks and counters like Alex does... Easier for Alex than Ankalaev, which is why Ankalaev said Alex is on a different level, which he included Tom Aspinall...

So no, it’s not crazy at all to think Pereira can beat Ankalaev in a rematch and make Aspinall’s life hell at heavyweight, which is what I legit think is the case by simply watching the game. Saying he’s “very good but” is just a way to sidestep the actual evidence of how adaptable he already is and has proved to be...

 

[joy2day]

nt
try to sleep after looking at this:

Every time I see this guy, I think of the time I went to see Beauty and the Beast in a theater production. The mask and wig the guy playing the beast had on looked just like this guy (without a mask or wig).

 

[mkt]

That's just a surface analysis level-way to see things until you actually watch what happened and what Pereira’s been doing. Ank didn’t “solve” Poatan with some mythical well-roundedness... he edged him in a super narrow fight while Alex was dealing with a busted hand and a virus, and still ate clean hooks, got his entries stuffed, and had to bank control time to survive momentum swings. That’s not Pereira being one dimensional, that’s Pereira winning or at least going going 2–2 as far as striking goes, all while denying the supposed “easy path” (12/12 TDs stuffed, elbows on the break, clinch frames, leg-kick counters). If they run it back, healthy, with him better prepared physically and mentally for Big Ank’s timing, Poatan absolutely can flip that script. He already showed the defensive wrestling, the range management, the check hooks, the layered calf kick game and advantage… that’s not a one-note kickboxer, that’s a striker with solved-for Xs in the other phases.

And the “he wouldn’t be top 3 with Jones/DC/Rumble/Davis” thing is just era worship with no mechanics behind it.... styles aren’t time-stamped. A 6’4” sniper with nuclear timing, elite shot selection, and proven durability at 205 doesn’t magically downgrade because the names on the poster change. Also, HW “size advantage” is again, overrated and glorifying HW (which ppl love to do even tho that's proven as not the case more often that not) when the division is largely immobile giants who can’t maintain pace... Poatan at 240-ish with his cardio, leg kicks, and defensive instincts is a nightmare for guys who need planted feet to generate power. Aspinall is legit, sure, but he’s also hittable on straight lines and hasn’t had to solve someone who punishes every step with calf kicks and counters like Alex does... Easier for Alex than Ankalaev, which is why Ankalaev said Alex is on a different level, which he included Tom Aspinall...

So no, it’s not crazy at all to think Pereira can beat Ankalaev in a rematch and make Aspinall’s life hell at heavyweight, which is what I legit think is the case by simply watching the game. Saying he’s “very good but” is just a way to sidestep the actual evidence of how adaptable he already is and has proved to be...

"And the 'he wouldn’t be top 3 with Jones/DC/Rumble/Davis; thing is just era worship with no mechanics behind it"

Oh, the irony. What you're doing in this thread is hero worship with no mechanics behind it. Poatan hasn't fought anyone with really good takedowns yet. And no, Ank doesn't count because of "muh, sambo." Tito and Couture from 20-25 years ago had better TDs than Ank. I'd give their prime versions a decent chance of beating Poatan. Jones and Cormier had even better wrestling along with iron chins and a much more well rounded game. Cormier ragdolled 250-pound catch wrestler Josh Barnett and even slammed him once. Couture did the same to 250-pound BJJ black belt Gonzaga. Even Poatan's "super chi, 6-dimensional chess, every 2-inch movement is calculated" stuff won't help him if his opponent can pick up up and keep him on his back. Remember, he was taken down by a 185-pound skinny kickboxer named Izzy.

 

[ElLunico]

That dorky samurai wannabe is scary?? Good fighter but scary? Lol

 

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nt
try to sleep after looking at this:

 

[stormofshadow]

 

[SCarlson]

The ts trolling is pretty funny - all the guys being trolled are even funnier.

 

[Arm Barbarian]

nt
try to sleep after looking at this:

Homie looks like that clown from "It" after someone bashed it's beak in.