Ankalaev/Pereira 2 is best and most exciting LHW fight in almost a decade

[SalvadorAllende]

Interesting might be... Exciting?? lol.. you have Ankalaev in there.

 

[MMAMidwit]

Hyperbole at it's finest, lol.

DC/Jones II was in 2017.

I was more hype for a good stylistic matchup for Pereira/Jiri I, and Pereira/Rountree.

8 years is almost a decade. Re-read title.

C'mon, Rountree? Pereira/Jiri 1 was Alex scraping past Jan and getting starched by Izzy a weight class down a fight before that. You say I am being hyperbolic and that's the best you have.

 

[MMAMidwit]

yeah not sure where TS is getting this from really.

List all the better LHW fights on paper in the last decade. I concede DC/Jones.

 

[Substance Abuse]

8 years is almost a decade. Re-read title.

C'mon, Rountree? Pereira/Jiri 1 was Alex scraping past Jan and getting starched by Izzy a weight class down a fight before that. You say I am being hyperbolic and that's the best you have.

Semantics. Jiri/Pereira I had me more excited. And yes, within the last eight years, DC/Jones II was light years beyond this. If you're an Owl fan, cool. He's a very good fighter. He's a wet blanket of a personality. Pereira is 38. Meh.

Either way, I'll be watching. I always do.

 

[MMAMidwit]

Semantics. Jiri/Pereira I had me more excited. And yes, within the last eight years, DC/Jones II was light years beyond this. If you're an Owl fan, cool. He's a very good fighter. He's a wet blanket of a personality. Pereira is 38. Meh.

Either way, I'll be watching. I always do.

Semantics as in words have meaning?

The Owl has as much personality as Fedor. I guess Fedor is also boring.

 

[Bork Neslar]

Not heally.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Semantics as in words have meaning?

The Owl has as much personality as Fedor. I guess Fedor is also boring.

Fedor was not boring and his aura was real. Ank has none. Sorry, bud.

 

[MMAMidwit]

Fedor was not boring and his aura was real. Ank has none. Sorry, bud.

Fedor got his aura off getting slammed on his head by a journeyman and beating up cans.

 

[Guy LeDouche]

Oof white belt thread gonna white belt

 

[MMAMidwit]

Oof white belt thread gonna white belt

Remember UFC 75 and UFC 76 when there was a website of all the LHWs? UFC 76 Knockout with zero knockouts.

No, you don't. Because you're a noob.

 

[burningspear]

Its a rematch of a not particularly great fight where one guy got dominated.

Yeah good reason to expect the same again but if somehow Alex can pull it off, he will give his fans that rapturous upset moment and redeem himself.

 

[Doughie99]

Well, Alex seems to be motivated for this fight.

So hopefully that adds to something.

Hell yes he'll be super-motivated.

If you lose to an opponent twice in succession then that's basically it....
But if Pereira can get an emphatic victory here he can paint the first fight as a bad day in the office etc etc.

Make no mistake also that UFC are very very keen to have Pereira back as 205lb champion again.

These two don't like each other too much either so that adds a bit of spice to things.

I think Pereira gets it done this time....via TKO. Am very interested in this fight, and Merab in the comain also gets my attention.

Also Rountree vs Jiri is quite interesting.
I am a big fan of jiri but Rountree is really dangerous.....i can see this going either way.

 

[MMAMidwit]

Hell yes he'll be super-motivated.

If you lose to an opponent twice in succession then that's basically it....
But if Pereira can get an emphatic victory here he can paint the first fight as a bad day in the office etc etc.

Make no mistake also that UFC are very very keen to have Pereira back as 205lb champion again.

These two don't like each other too much either so that adds a bit of spice to things.

I think Pereira gets it done this time....via TKO. Am very interested in this fight, and Merab in the comain also gets my attention.

Card of the year brother.

Pereira is getting murdered though.

 

[Cowboy Kurt Angle]

Big Ank by KO round 2, Alex is 38 same age Silva was when he lost the belt, he’s not locking in again I’ve seen this dude doing random shit again like sniffing Nina Dramas feet, and he’s seems really overly aggressive in sparring footage

 

[Aurelian]

I'm not super excited for it. I expect Ank to win this time easier than he did last time.

I'm more intrigued by Merab vs Cory and Jiri vs Khalil on this card.

Hopefully the fights are good though.

 

[Nobru]

their 1st fight wasnt really exciting, but I somehow expect this one to be really different. Alex more engaging and Ank landing some tds. I got Alex by (T)KO.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

How often do rematches live up to the hype? Not too often I'd say.

 

[Hdfi]

good because of Pereira. I bet Ank is planning to use a lot of WnS and LnP.

 

[MMAMidwit]

good because of Pereira. I bet Ank is planning to use a lot of WnS and LnP.

If Pereira has the courage to be aggressive you will see what big Ank does to him.

 

[Stoic1]

It'll be interesting to see all the True Believers from either side list of excuses.