Ankalaev gets asked if he prefers Alex or JJ

[Luffy]

Reporter : would you rather fight Alex or Jon Jones?

Ankalaev : hmm that's tough to choose, both are delicious desserts haha. But Pereira interests me more, he's in my division.

When asked if he thinks he could defeat JJ, Big Ank said : "well, this I could, I would... If we were on the same division and era, like, if I were as I am now, vs the Jon Jones who was younger and the champion in LHW, yes, I think I would defeat him. Why not? "

 

[HHJ]

WHY NOT HATERS

 

[BlackNathan]

Sounds like he doesn’t think he can beat him

 

[MrBlackheart]

Remember a year ago when people said Ank had boring personality? He’s been dishing out good smack talk prior to ufc 313 till now.

 

[hoevan]

Delicious deserts???

 

[Luffy]

Delicious deserts???

Sorry, it was both desserts are tasty.

 

[dildos]

It’s funny this thread should have so
Many more responses but no one cares about ankalaev.

 

[Luffy]

It’s funny this thread should have so
Many more responses but no one cares about ankalaev.

Yeah man. I mean, Ankalaev is among the strongest fighters in MMA right now. He is right there in the top 3 with JJ and Pereira imo. Maybe let's say Aspinall is also that good... But Ankalaev I'd say could be the #1 fighter on MMA right now, for all we know... I don't know why he gets so little attention when he is actually IMO more likable than Islam and Khabib personality wise and is maybe even better than Islam pfp...

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Remember a year ago when people said Ank had boring personality? He’s been dishing out good smack talk prior to ufc 313 till now.

*Ali

 

[Luffy]

It’s funny this thread should have so
Many more responses but no one cares about ankalaev.

That's the thing too. Idk why but I think ppl just got a dislike for A\Big Ank, or find him boring. I remember when ppl would make all those fantasy wild nonsense threads of "what if Islam or Khabib were LHW , could they beat Jon Jones??" .... Now we have someone from Dagestan, who's as skilled or more than Khabib and Islam... And whose personality seems more interesting, as he doesn't care about being playful or "talking nonsense" and keeping an always serious persona like Islam and Khabib. He says he hacked Pereira, he was the only fighter from Dagestan who accepted being interviewed by Nina Drama and he also played sparring with her and seemed to have fun.... Overall, he has a more attractive personality, is like a Islam Makhachev skilled wise but with LHW size.... But no one seems to care.

Maybe ppl all see that the owl Big Ank is such a threat and can beat anyone, so they want to make him invisible so he ends up not having enough support to keep his belt or wtv that is...

One thing is for sure tho, Big Ank would never say anything even on X. It seemed like Ali didn't even care (which is kinda BS, Big Na\\Ank himself said all the posts on X are made by him and those who are not , he reads and approves whether it can be posted...) ... But as soon as Pereira moved to LHW, it seems like Big Ank, who was saying he'd leave the UFC after he was sad he got a draw vs Jan, suddenly got a whole 10x motivation boost as soon as Alex Pereira went there and won the belt. Then he started talking on X. He was not even campaigning for the title, like, it seemed like he would fight anyone and wasn't asking for the belt. When Alex got there.... Then he became way more talkative. He even posted a video of Alex talking to a woman saying "that is a man dressed by a woman, I knew Alex likes men!!" weeks before their fight lmaoo...

And now, even tho he has the belt... He said he hacked Alex and is writing "you won't be alone, Alex, I will see you soon " lololol... Seems like he got some special interest on Alex that is not tied to money only. Maybe a warrior spirit, he sees perhaps Alex as the only one who can really challenge him.

 

[AmalgamOpus]

Sounds like he doesn’t think he can beat him

Sounds like he doesn't care because the odds of that fight happening are slim to none.

 

[HHJ]

UFC would NEVER book a fight between JJ and Uncle Big Ank lmao

They didnt spend all that time glazing Jones to let the Uncle calmly outpoint Turinaboy.

 

[Alpha_T83]

UFC wouldn't book Jones vs Ank. Way too high of a risk of Ankalaev beating Jones.

 

[Luffy]

UFC wouldn't book Jones vs Ank. Way too high of a risk of Ankalaev beating Jones.

Well, what would be the odds in your opinion, if you could make one just for fun?

I'd have JJ as a +150 favourite vs both Alex Pereira and Ankalaev. Basically, a slight favourite. Let's say, if I were scoring the fighters:

Jon Jones : 95
Alex Pereira : 93
Ankalaev : 93
DDP : 90
Jiri Prochazka : 85

Prime Gustafsson : 88
Prime DC : 88

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

i'm not even certain Ankalaev would beat Jon Jones now that he's old and washed up. forget about when he was young and pulsing.

 

[MMAFanCal]

Big Ank has singlehandedly changed the landscape of the light heavyweight division. Love the fact that he does not take himself too seriously unlike Poatan who was extremely serious and insecure about himself (rewatch the press conference and look at Poatan as Big Ank was snickering looking at his phone after trolling Poatan).

Really hope he stays the champion for a long time.

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

what a boring era. huge upset in LHW division, dude still can't gain any traction.

ESPN and 2FA ruined the boards

 

[Luffy]

Big Ank has singlehandedly changed the landscape of the light heavyweight division. Love the fact that he does not take himself too seriously unlike Poatan who was extremely serious and insecure about himself (rewatch the press conference and look at Poatan as Big Ank was snickering looking at his phone after trolling Poatan).

Really hope he stays the champion for a long time.

Poatan wasn't insecure lmao. The Russian reporter was asking Ankalaev "if he dominated Poatan, whether he would send Poatan back to the tire shop"... That's when Pereira got serious and was looking with a serious face to the Russian reporter. Because it was something Ankalaev posted on X. But Ankalaev was clearly embarrassed in replying that, since he said "well, whether he goes back to the tire shop or keeps fighting, it's up to him" and was laughing in an awkward way. He clearly wasn't enjoying to be around those questions. Another question was about the comment Ankalaev had made about Poatan going to UFC events to get drunk, which is a delicate subject as Poatan had serious issues with Alcoholism, lost friends due to alcoholism since they couldn't stop drinking, and getting into kickboxing and martial arts saved him from drinking

The tire shop is also a delicate subject as Poatan worked in it as young as 16 yo to help his family as they were poor and when he had a son, he worked there as well to earn money to buy his kid essential things, under extreme poverty... It was a dark time in which he worked his ass off needing to get money to his family while struggling with heavy drinking .... Who wouldn't be serious when faced with those kind of questions that touch upon scars from the past? Don't be an idiot. Ankalaev was the one who seemed nervous. In regards to the drinking, he also changed his tune saying "no, I was more worried that Pereira might have been going back to drinking and losing focus of being a martial artist. It was more a message intended as showing concern and worrying about him" lmao yeah right. He using his phone is also a way to alleviate stress, not because he was "relaxed and carefree".