Alex Pereira Vows to 'Make Some Adjustments' for Expected Rematch vs. Ankalaev

[Motivated BJ Penn]

No idea why he never used his jab before round 5, instead he was trying to do this weird 1-2

 

[Gamer2k4]

I hope there's not an immediate rematch. Pereira only has three title defenses, which is decent but not amazing, and the fight wasn't close or fluky. He lost, and he should have to beat someone else before going for the belt again.

 

[Chagaev]

Easy to say that he should increase the output, but if he felt a speed difference in there that might not work for him.

I imagine Ank would want the rematch in Abu Dhabi, btw.

 

[Squintz]

I love Poatan but Ank is just a terrible matchup. They say styles make fights….. well these twos styles together will prob make for another 5 round snooze fest.

 

[188912345]

I hope there's not an immediate rematch. Pereira only has three title defenses, which is decent but not amazing, and the fight wasn't close or fluky. He lost, and he should have to beat someone else before going for the belt again.

In this day and age 3 title defenses is very decent. There's also not some outstanding contender waiting for his shot, so I wouldn't mind an immediate rematch.

 

[RichardHarrow]

I’m a fan of both and don’t mind the rematch. Don’t think Pereira pulls it off though.

 

[The_Renaissance]

He fucking needs to, he absolutely laid an egg this weekend. Was rooting hard for him but he didn't come to fight whatsoever, did he even land a significant punch in 25mins? Props to Ankalaev, boring as fuck but well done.

 

[Dionysian]

The classic "let's have a do-over for the guy we wanted to win" bullshit.

 

[Guy LeDouche]

Cool?
Can he fix being 38 & still motivated to get it back?
Because that seems to be the issue. Nothing he showed on Saturday says a second fight would have gone any differently. I’d even be willing to put money on Ank in the rematch

 

[HHJ]

I'm sure It'll be written into the fight contract that both fighters signed that in the event of Pereira losing he has the absolute right to an instant rematch.

I don't think UFC does contracts like that. They don't like fighters having that kind of power and those are the ones requesting such contracts.

UFC is gonna do the whatever the fuck they wanna do anyway.

 

[Mask Of Winters]

Here's an adjustment he can make--don't back up so much next time.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

They’re gonna do their best to push this rematch as fast as humanly possible

Ank should make him sit for 9 months

His first defence no matter who it is will be in the UAE fight usually in October. He wanted and expected he would actually be able to challenge there. So you damn sure should know that’s where he will want to defend it.

 

[HockeyBjj]

He spent too much time with strickland and his volume dropped to near nothing.

 

[HHJ]

His first defence no matter who it is will be in the UAE fight usually in October. He wanted and expected he would actually be able to challenge there. So you damn sure should know that’s where he will want to defend it.

Big Ank A Side

 

[Doughie99]

I don't think UFC does contracts like that. They don't like fighters having that kind of power and those are the ones requesting such contracts.

UFC is gonna do the whatever the fuck they wanna do anyway.

Fair enough. But it's almost guaranteed that ufc will TELL Ankalaev that his first defense of his new belt is against a certain A.Perreira.
Im gonna say probably Sept or Oct. They'll try to hurry it along since the UFC clearly would like Pereira back as Champ.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Big Ank A Side

lol..

I don’t know about that. Although, being a Muslim UFC champion has it’s advantages.

But it’s the obvious next fight for the LHW title, from the UFC’s pov.

 

[Intermission]

Wonder what would happen if Alex just went after Ank like Rumble/Ngannou or something and tried forcing exchanges. I think having to guess between takedowns and Ankalaev's speed, he's probably going to get KO'd.

I hope he does get the win back, but he looked like he had no answers on his backfoot. Still think Ank would do even better.

He looked completely disinterested the last round.

 

[Doughie99]

He looked completely disinterested the last round.

I think he was exhausted but covered that up fairly well OR he sustained an injury during the fight but isn't telling us that.

 

[Intermission]

I think he was exhausted but covered that up fairly well OR he sustained an injury during the fight but isn't telling us that.

Yeah he used to like banging. Or maybe he just got old very quickly.. I didnt see other rounds.