Media Alexandre Pantoja wants shot at double champ status vs Merab Dvalishvili

[MigitAs]

He actually deserves it and I want to see him lose so it’s a yes from me.

 

[fortheo]

He deserves it, and nobody wants to see him or Merab rematch the contenders they already beat recently.

 

[fortheo]

Pantoja is awesome but i dont see a way to win here
the grappling in the first rd will be sick tho

Pantoja is by far the biggest submission threat that merab has faced. Also, Pantoja bangs. Let him bang bro. And before people critique the guy's cardio -- he's won round 5 in all his title fights that went that long, and they were all high paced fights.

 

[Chayanne]

This is going to be an awesome fight wow

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

Honestly it's the perfect time for this pantoja cleared out fly and there's no number one bw. If pantoja wins this he's my greatest flyweight champion as DJ was afraid of bw.

Any news on Royval replacement Figgy would be ideal but I don't think he can cut on short notice.

 

[svmr_db]

Any news on Royval replacement Figgy would be ideal but I don't think he can cut on short notice.

Asu Almabayev is fighting Kape in the main event now.

 

[omawho402]

Not a terrible idea, give Merab a freebie layup of a title defense. In the meanwhile, let Umar heal up and beat somebody up and get the rematch against Merab.

A healthy Umar beats Merab, and the division is great again.

 

[Safton]

Assuming the KKF fight is indeed not a thing... I'm fine with it. People are oftentimes too lax with the "Champion X has cleaned out his division, so he deserves to fight Y"... but in Pantoja's case it's actually true lol.

I mean who else is a compelling fight for him at 125 on the horizon? He has multiple wins over Royval & Moreno, who are #1 and #2. A win over Kape, who can't manage his weight to save his life and thus can't be trusted as a title contender. A lot of guys are booked and/or coming off losses.

I would favor Merab, but Pantoja at least on-paper presents a few stylistic threats early and I'd be eager to see how he scales up at 135. Maybe his cardio is better when he isn't cutting as much weight.

 

[KO Shotz]

Merab rag dolls him imo, but I wouldn't be surprised if it happens. Who knows? Maybe Pantoja pulls off a sub.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Merab rag dolls him imo, but I wouldn't be surprised if it happens. Who knows? Maybe Pantoja pulls off a sub.

I want to go on record saying that pantoja wouldn't be able to take even a single round off merab and it would be a non competitive squash match.


However, as a champion pantoja is absolutely stellar should probably be p4p 1~3 and has earned every opportunity he's been given including this opportunity to prove me wrong and beat merab.

 

[KO Shotz]

I want to go on record saying that pantoja wouldn't be able to take even a single round off merab and it would be a non competitive squash match.


However, as a champion pantoja is absolutely stellar should probably be p4p 1~3 and has earned every opportunity he's been given including this opportunity to prove me wrong and beat merab.

Fair enough.

 

[AL-Tappo McSnappo]

Volk standing next to Merab, Merab can easily go up to 145 and be champion there.

 

[Tweak896]

Really hate how many champs asking for title shot in a second weight class lately. I guess it would be fair as far as both guys don't have any real threats right now.