Alex Pereira Mocks Magomed Ankalaev: 'Nobody Even Knows He is the Champion'

alchemy said:
No, please explain the recovery process from four championship fights, preferably compared to four non-championship fights as well, if you can.


I don't need to. His face after getting almost knocked out in round 2 said it all already. Rewatch the fight.


He was, until he wasn't. And yes, he was seconds away from getting knocked out as well. Saved by the bell!


Cheap insult attempts like these simply don't work, just so you know. But they do show your childish emotional reaction to my initial post (which is rather amusing) and that you've already ran out of arguments.

Confirmed by who? You, Mr. Nobody?
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Now it may not be the same. Chama time is back 🔥 maybe.... We will have to wait IFW with the Chicago fights 😊
 
sickness666 said:
@HHJ
I have watched exactly one fight of Poatan and that was UFC 300. That is hardly called a "butthurt" fan. From Ank I have also seen one fight and that was his humiliating loss against Paul Craig. And sorry for that, that is always what comes to mind if I hear his name.
If I hear something about Ank, what is understandable not much, it is whining or provocating.
He could go on and fight someone else but he refuses to do so. He shouldn´t cherry picking his next opponents, may be he gets more respect at all.
Because of that I have more reason to respect what Poatan did than what Ank did or does. I don´t have to be a fan of someone to pay him respect.
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Eh that was his only loss... For now at least. And that fight was weird AF, as he dominated Paul Craig, was ragdolling him. Then in the last 10 second Paul Craig got him into a triangle and he tapped very quickly, with 1 second remaining.... I remember when JJ, post first fight with Gus, when he said "I'll beat DC then I'll fight Gus again, I need to get this buzz of controversial win off my ear. But his only loss besides me, was vs <forgot the name of the dude now, but was one who'd troll JJ > ... He got into a chose and tapped in 5 seconds. It was like ohh he got my neck, I must tap. That told me a lot about his heart. In the second fight, I won't leave any doubts".

I didn't imagine Big Ank would tap so quickly , less than 10 seconds remaining, tapping 1 second reaming . But outside that, Ankaalev dominated every opponent, including Jan Blackowski, which the draw was clearly BS... His fight vs Alex was by far the closes hee had. You could see vs Jan he was raising his arms and celebrating, even before the scorecards he was already sure he had won. Same with Rakić. Vs Alex at 313, after it ended, both of them were worried. Like Alex, Ankalaev was tired, was hurt too, and in the scorecards, he was lacking confidence he won much like Alex was too. It means he knew that fight was very close, unlike the Jan fight, which was not close, but weirdly, was ruled a draw... Despite the fact that going into the round 4, when Ankaalev went full wrestling vs Jan, it was exactly the same situation round by round as vs Alex — round 1 clearly Ankalaev by outstriking 18 vs 11 and keeping forward pressure. Round 2, Jan, leg kicks big effect... Round 3, Jan outstriked by 1 but Ankalaev kept matching forwards and finished strongly ...

It was the same tale as vs Alex — round 1 Alex, round 2 clearly Ankalaev and round 3 close... But unlike vs Jan, he got round 4, but not dominantly, as he couldn't take Alex down (TD defense much better than Jan's) and he couldn't really out much offense in the clinch, as Alex framed him in a way that avoided impactful shots... And in the last second , Alex got the takedown. Round 5, he got a 10-8 vs Jan. Judge almost stopped before the bell. Vs Alex, he lost, as Alex rocked him with a partially blocked left hook, a high kick that landed but not clean and two jabs to the body that put him full on defensive mode and made him clinch the last minute. Again tho, he couldn't do anything significant in the clinch, as his strikes lacked significance... He just controlled the position. I personally think Ankalaev got rounds 2, 3 and 4. Pereira got 1 and 5. But 3 was close, very close.

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Round. 1 — Alex 10
Ank 9.5
Round 2 — Alex 9
Ank 10
Round 3 Alex 9.8
Ank 10
Round 4. Alex 9.5
Ank 10
Round 5. Alex 10
Ank 9.3


Ank 48.8 vs Alex (48.3)

48.8 vs 48.3 .... Close, close fight. I could give round 3 10-10 but still, I think the most impactful moment and the pace, aggression with a more steady pressure gives Ankalaev the rightful win. His hardest fight tho. To me, it's like JJ vs Reyes, with JJ being Ankalaev and Reyes being Alex. In round 3, Alex and Reyes got more significant strikes, but JJ and Ank strikes drew a more visible reset reaction, plus they kept a steady pressure, while Alex and Reyes were cutting off angles and striking too much on the defensive — Reyes with jabs to the body retreating and Alex with leg kicks retreating. However, Alex leg kicks had some effects as Ankaalev jumping quickly a few times, retreating and changing stances reflected an effect. Much the same way Reyes had his moments of impact to, but JJ and Ank had that steady and impact advantage.

However, two ""body"" strikes from Ankalaev in round 3 were kicks string into Alex's nuts... Ankalaev even stopped briefly knowing he missed the mark but seeing as Alex didn't complain and was like "it's nothing, keep on", then it went on. But two body kicks added to Ankalaev's significant strikes were actually two heavy kicks to the nuts lol


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@Jackonfire

Couldn't you guys give me permission to edit/delete my posts and make threads again. There's been a month I've been yellow carded. Isn't it time enough already? I don't think I've made a serious offense or anything
 
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Well, whoever carded me sent me a DM , then I challenged the notion showing how to me it didn't make any sense as I didn't do what I was judged of, and then no reply, the one who did it disappeared like a fart in the wind
 
Luffy said:
Well, whoever carded me sent me a DM , then I challenged the notion showing how to me it didn't make any sense as I didn't do what I was judged of, and then no reply, the one who did it disappeared like a fart in the wind
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@Luffy
I know Ank should have won the fight against Craig. And it's precisely because of that quick tap one second before the bell that makes this loss so embarrassing. And that's how it has remained. Unfortunately, it's sometimes like that.
I haven't watched UFC events for a few years now. For 15 years, I watched every event, which in my country means they start at 1 a.m.
But the direction the UFC has taken since the sale to Endeavor is no longer the MMA that made me a fan. Furthermore, all the fighters who were my favorites are no longer active.
Since I don't use social media, I almost only get the results from today's fighters, and not the bullshit they usually do there. Except maybe here in the forum. And that's enough to justify my decision against social media.
So, your analysis is spot-on, but since I read the results on other MMA sites besides Sherdog, I'm sufficiently informed even without watching the fights. And luckily I don’t miss anything.
 
People say that the UFC don't want to make stars anymore but they 100% did that with Poatan, and they did it fast too. They made him a bigger star in a year than his 10 year 40 fight kickboxing career did.
 
sickness666 said:
@Luffy
I know Ank should have won the fight against Craig. And it's precisely because of that quick tap one second before the bell that makes this loss so embarrassing. And that's how it has remained. Unfortunately, it's sometimes like that.
I haven't watched UFC events for a few years now. For 15 years, I watched every event, which in my country means they start at 1 a.m.
But the direction the UFC has taken since the sale to Endeavor is no longer the MMA that made me a fan. Furthermore, all the fighters who were my favorites are no longer active.
Since I don't use social media, I almost only get the results from today's fighters, and not the bullshit they usually do there. Except maybe here in the forum. And that's enough to justify my decision against social media.
So, your analysis is spot-on, but since I read the results on other MMA sites besides Sherdog, I'm sufficiently informed even without watching the fights. And luckily I don’t miss anything.
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I get you. MMA changed a lot. But I think 2024mwas a very good year for UFC, imo. Alex Pereira made that year a lot, alongside Tom Aspinall and DDP. Like, watch Alex vs Jiri 2 or Khalil (if you haven't )... The Khalil fight may be the best fight I've seen since the JJ vs Gus 1 even tho sadly Khalil got too hurt at the end to the point it was excessive. But technically, that fight to me was the one that made "Alex and JJ is the fight".

Ankalaev is a good fighter, but I don't think the Alex that fought him felt the same. Likely his broken hand and sickness playing a part on that. Takedown threat may have been a factor too. I think the fact he now has confidence he can stuff it + fighting in a better condition (assuming he was sick, but no one is 100%), I think Alex wins.

Like, his first fight vs Jiri, he was also cautiously using leg kicks and only let his hands when KO'ing Jiri basically. But he also had that cautious approach. But Ankalaev is a better striker and kickboxer than Jiri, so he can defend calf kicks better. Not to mention , Alex legs wear over time, so he, someone who uses that a lot... I'm sure they it's hard to always be kicking with the same intensity since after some point, his legs are going to become less resilient ... Each leg kick is more painful to him too. That's why I think he doesn't have to rush into matches... Having his wrist healing properly and his legs too is the ideal. But some say Alex can't stay without a fight and would want to fight as soon as he wasn't feeling sick, which it was said might have affected his intensity in his output and slowed his reaction.

Fighting Khalil with a broken rib, too, while he was on antibiotics for half of his camp... That all takes a toll with time. Ankalaev was way fresher than him. But to me, the Alex who faced Jiri and Khalil, is in a level to potentially beat any fighter, even Jon Jones imo. A healthy Alex, and even more now that he has tested himself vs someone with a good Dagestan wrestling base and can improve upon clinch traps, I think that a healthy Alex and with a good 2 months camp and a focused tuned in, without doing too much media, and all... I think he can potentially beat anyone, really. Like DDP said last year, he feels Alex and JJ are the current best fighters of UFC, hinting that if anyone's gonna beat JJ it likely would be Alex. But DDP wants to face Alex, I think he doesn't want Alex to face JJ lol. He said he wants JJ to retire unbeaten.

This year tho, the TKO stuff has taken the soul of UFC a lot. It's like, many fights the fans care might very well be happening privately in non-broadcast events... Which can be estimated using AI tools, but not getting the irl feeling, the storyline, and have that reserved for a Netflix documentary is kinda very sad... The in real life presses, the call outs , the story line is the fun... The way it is now, it's just...
Ehhh
 
HHJ said:
Where's the confidence?

Where's the "fuck yea bro, Poatan gonna whip that ass"

All I hear is " duhh that's ok Poatan it's ok your not champ anymore, at least your more popular and I like watching u more 😘"

"LHW is stupid anyway, just retire bro"
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Didn't get enough attention today?

Sad to go through life like this.
 
Mammothman said:
GOATAN is 100% correct, LHW died the day Ankalaev won the belt.
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People saw Ankalaev hugging on the fence and even Jiri after thinking twice may have been like "uhh I better resume my university, the $ to have him hugging me like that for 5 minutes isn't worth I better defend my thesis and make $ with that and return when he isn't the champion " 😂

But it's funny because Alex was kinda rude here, but Ankalaev won the belt, Alex was silent and all and Ankalaev within the span of a week mentioned Alex 10x while Alex didn't say anything. It feels like he lost even tho he won lol. Imagine Khabib winning and mentioning McGregor every time on X ... Generally who loses mention the other one.

But honestly, I don't dislike Big Ank. He is funny and I honestly don't know why he is way less known than Islam. There's the Khabib factor, but... LHW imo is the most exciting division, and Ankalaev has dominated basically every fighter except Alex (and Paul Craig, but that's an outlier, maybe Paul Craig farted in that triangle and made him tap). I like the way Ankalaev breaks the general "serious mode" Dagestan attitude, he is very funny. And he is respectful, he went to hug Alex at the end and Alex hugged him too.

I think the UFC expected a rivalry like Khabib and Connor, but Alex and Ankalaev likely respect each other. it's more a competitive rivalry, not that JJ DC or Khabib McGregor... Maybe they hopes it was, but they are more professionals, the X Ankalaev is likely Ali trying to build that rivalry but he sees that Alex isn't a trash talker or anything. And neither is Ankalaev, so building a Connor vs Khabib 2 isn't possible.

But tbh, I think Alex and Ankalaev are the fighters I wanna see the most since they are skilled, and their rematch might be an epic one. I think Ankalaev may get a split decision, I dunno... But it's going down I think as one future hall of Fame fight. If they both speak English it'd funnier in press conferences too. But .... UFC isn't giving press conferences anymore, there's a risk they record events without irl presses and put them in a Netflix documentary... Which a huge shame.... Even more so because I'd like to see them having another press and facing off, I felt legit hyped for their match and I didn't find it boring, it felt like a chess play between two fighters that are elite and were cautious about each other. A rematch is promising because they now have a feeling of each other and can play more aggressively, but not having that press would be a shame...
 
HHJ said:
That's a personal choice because your butthurt, nothing to do with actual merit, in the really real world.
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How am i butthurt? Ur denying facts which proves how fake person Ankalaev is and how he accepted only favorable matchups. How he lied and how he cant even speak for himself. - Ur answer - "It doesnt matter as long as he is champ" - Like seriously? Ur probably only one who is butthurt and its cuz ur "BIG ANK" is serving ur ass... :D
 
Tokoloko said:
How am i butthurt? Ur denying facts which proves how fake person Ankalaev is and how he accepted only favorable matchups. How he lied and how he cant even speak for himself. - Ur answer - "It doesnt matter as long as he is champ" - Like seriously? Ur probably only one who is butthurt and its cuz ur "BIG ANK" is serving ur ass... :D
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Sir, just because Poatan has been dethroned, doesnt mean we need to resort to childish insults!

This is a dignfied, family friendly forum!

We are both big Jiri fans too. It is possible to be fans of more than one fighter.

Have a beer

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