Media Alex Pereira trains with former foe Yousri Belgaroui to prepare for Israel Adesanya

[Bowel-forged Stool]

from simping up to that goofball Hans Molemkamp.

I thought a lot fighters (led by Dom Cruz) rejected their monster energy sponsorships because it required too much weird stuff with Hans. From memory Hans would make fighters pose with him for all sorts of weird internet clout chasing attempts. But here its the first thing he tags - tags it before glovers gym lol

Also of interest on there is Alex hasn't got the memo that crypto / NFT scams are not flavour of the month anymore

Maybe once he gets that PPV cut he won't need the monster $ anymore

If posing next to somebody makes you a simp, my stock in this world has increased

 

[The Don]

The height and length definitely help. But it's just hard to emulate Izzy's striking and craftiness.

 

[stacrafty]

If posing next to somebody makes you a simp, my stock in this world has increased

not just anybody, that Hans guy. You not aware when he got exposed a few years ago?

 

[gatorbear]

BoxerMaurits is friends with Robin Black?

If you are friends with Robin Black then you are no friend of mine.

Robin Black is the Guy Fieri of mma

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

not just anybody, that Hans guy. You not aware when he got exposed a few years ago?

I reckon I’m not

 

[luckyshot]

He could def get it.

 

[Willy Knuckles]

I met Yousri at Levels Fight League (LFL) in Amsterdam, where he commentated the event together with my good old friend Robin Black

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Yousri told me he’ll probably be fighting for LFA next, and if he does well, he has a good chance of entering the UFC. Yousri said that Pereira’s manager Jorge Guimarães fixed this for him. The training with Glover Teixeira and Alex Pereira definitely helped him up his game. Yousri also said he’s very excited to help Pereira prepare for Adesanya and train with all the great fighters at Teixeira MMA.
In the interview below you see me in a conversation with Yousri (in the background), where we’re talking about all this (timestamped):



I also spoke to the interviewer, Dennis Kornman, who’s the Dutch guru when it comes to combat sports.
He’s the executive producer of UFC on Eurosport NL and host of Dutch MMA podcasts “Vechtersbazen” and “De Gouden Kooi” (together with former UFC- and PRIDE-fighter Gilbert Yvel and Big Marcel Dorff).
He already knew me (but just by name), due to interaction via the podcast

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And here Dennis talks to Gilbert Yvel and Big Marcel Dorff about meeting me at LFL 6 on his podcast the day after, lol (timestamped):



Some context and translation:

I send in a question for the podcast and asked them (Dennis, Gilbert and Marcel) something about the LFL event in the Q/A part of the podcast, and when my question popped up Dennis Kornman went like:

“Yeah shoutout to Maurits! Was really nice to meet you at LFL!” He then explained that I send in questions weekly and participate in their betting game and that he ran into me at LFL. He said he liked meeting me in person, while before he only knew me digitally. Following with “I really liked that!”.
Gilbert Yvel then asked: "What did he look like?"
When Dennis replied with: “Big, he’s a big guy, man. I really had to like (looks up in the air), yeah a big dude.”

And then he continues reading my question

Awesome thread my boy

 

[Conan the K-9]

A nice Super Lutas interview with Yousri. I think it should be quite understandable also for the non portuguese speaking listeners, even though they don’t translate Laertes questions.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

A nice Super Lutas interview with Yousri. I think it should be quite understandable also for the non portuguese speaking listeners, even thought they don’t translate Laertes questions.

Nicee

 

[SeanWRT]

He did certainly show he can hurt Alex but I think he will probably need to do that in order to win whilst knowing Alex can hurt him.

I kind of thing the way Izzy has evolved in MMA is actually better suited to beating inferior strikers who carry on a takedown threat, striking isnt just about beating other strikers its also about being able to land your offence on guys you outgun but threaten with grappling, Machida for example was actually better at that than Shogun but wasnt as good in a kickboxing showdown.

I think you can see Alex knows he can't counter grappling only via movement and counter threat as Izzy tends to, hence putting more focus on actually building up his clinch wrestling game.

UFC striking skill is VERY low very much due to the fact everyone can hide behind the grappling.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

TS is just being humble. I speak Dutch and the podcast guy actually said:


Gilbert Yvel asked: "What did he look like?"
Dennis replied with: “Big, he’s a Sherdogger, man. I really had to like (looks up in the air), yeah a big dude. Those Sherbros are freaks.”

And then he continues reading his question.

Loll, are you also Dutch mate?<45>

 

[ChimRichalds]

For real, I listen to it every week. Very enjoyable podcast by passionate and insightful combat sports enthusiasts, every one of them brings a unique and special view to the table, and one of them happens to have fought in the UFC lol.

Yeah Gilbert Yvel… he’s had a special career with some weird moments like the referee KO. He’s one of those oldskool fighters who came to bang though. Win or lose, he never went the distance in his entire career, every Gilbert Yvel fight ended by finish, and that with a total of 60 fights !! (41 wins, 17 defeats)

Yeah Yvel is one of those guys I feel could have had such a great career (not that he had a bad one) if he could just get his mental game in check. Still, dude was entertaining as all hell, and was extremely talented.

 

[MMABr]

A nice Super Lutas interview with Yousri. I think it should be quite understandable also for the non portuguese speaking listeners, even though they don’t translate Laertes questions.

Great interview.

Yousri seems like a great dude, to add to the fact that he is a killer in the ring. I'm a fan and will be rooting for him going forward.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Sparring video

 

[BoxerMaurits]

I wonder if Yousri will sign with UFC in the near future

 

[Vegesus44]

Yeah Joe mentioned how Alex was posting this sort of stuff when Izzy was just training hard. Thanks for bumping this.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Yeah Joe mentioned how Alex was posting this sort of stuff when Izzy was just training hard. Thanks for bumping this.

What did Joe say exactly, do you have a link maybe?

 

[Vegesus44]

What did Joe say exactly, do you have a link maybe?

No link sorry but it was right at the end when they all were sitting down recapping the event.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

First one to report the news