Compilation of Alex Pereira's grappling in the UFC, is it as bad as people say and can big abe lincoln exploit it?

How would you rate the grappling of those he was facing? Who had the best he's faced yet? Jan?
 
Sean Chowdhury said:
Jan is the best grappler he faced, I'd give jan's grappling like a 6/10, he got smoked by glover and controlled by rakic and ankalaev on the ground but he has solid offensive grappling
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I'd hope Alex has gotten his defence up since the Jan fight bc if not abe should be able to control him at will. I wonder what Lincoln will do with it though if he gets takedowns, lay on him or actually rain damage it hunt for submissions. Alex by triangle gogo armbar
 
BigTruck said:
I'd hope Alex has gotten his defence up since the Jan fight bc if not abe should be able to control him at will. I wonder what Lincoln will do with it though if he gets takedowns, lay on him or actually rain damage it hunt for submissions. Alex by triangle gogo armbar
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abe has zero submissions in his career but he does have the best ground and pound in the division, he was about to finish Jan in round 5 before the bell sounded. I think his most likely method of victory is tko on the ground if he gets into mount against alex. Alex has been training with georgian wrestlers though according to his instagram so I'm sure he'll show up improved to some extent
 
We'll see. I wish Poatan had to face a wrestler with good TDs in their prime: Couture, Tito, Phil Davis, Bader, Rashad and of course Jones or Cormier. Bader would probably be terrified and get KO'd quickly like he did against Rumble, but I think all of the others would be a big challenge for Poatan.
 
Sean Chowdhury said:
abe has zero submissions in his career but he does have the best ground and pound in the division, he was about to finish Jan in round 5 before the bell sounded. I think his most likely method of victory is tko on the ground if he gets into mount against alex. Alex has been training with georgian wrestlers though according to his instagram so I'm sure he'll show up improved to some extent
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Alot of people say Ank wrestling is ok and brush it off. I went back and watch some of his old fights. His GNP is pretty vicious. A lot of fights he finishes his opponent via gnp. Another thing I noticed when looking at his fight stats. In all his fights, none of his opponents had more control time than him. Because people don’t see it they think he’s not great at it. It’s just that he rarely uses it but when he does, he does it real well. The guy is a combat sambo champion. He’s going to have very good wrestling in his pocket 24/7.
 
Sean Chowdhury said:
abe has zero submissions in his career but he does have the best ground and pound in the division, he was about to finish Jan in round 5 before the bell sounded. I think his most likely method of victory is tko on the ground if he gets into mount against alex. Alex has been training with georgian wrestlers though according to his instagram so I'm sure he'll show up improved to some extent
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That's a good point.

Alex just has to avoid getting pummeled on the ground which should be easier than avoiding submissions from a well rounded grappler.
 
MrBlackheart said:
Alot of people say Ank wrestling is ok and brush it off. I went back and watch some of his old fights. His GNP is pretty vicious. A lot of fights he finishes his opponent via gnp. Another thing I noticed when looking at his fight stats. In all his fights, none of his opponents had more control time than him. Because people don’t see it they think he’s not great at it. It’s just that he rarely uses it but when he does, he does it real well. The guy is a combat sambo champion. He’s going to have very good wrestling in his pocket 24/7.
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he also trains at an olympic center in Dagestan and trains with olympic silver medalist ali Isaev who is also a HW mma fighter, people thinking ankalaev cannot wrestle at a high level are gonna be in for a rude awakening
 
People seem to overlook the fact that the guy is fucking HUGE and strong as shit.

That means something when it comes to trying to hold a man down.

Also, he is trying to punch you in the face (which he is very good at) and kick the shit out of your calves on the way in.
 
Hymen Crusher said:
We all love Alex but they helped him avoid any tricky fights and he still lost 1 and was real.close to losing to Jan. I think he is going to lose this fight sadly. I hope I'm wrong though but I think it's gonna be a gnp finish.
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I'm sad to say I agree with you.

I really want Poatan to win this but I don't think he will.

His takedown defense is decent considering how new he is to MMA, but once he's on the ground he still looks lost, and that's against mediocre grapplers.

Ank is the best grappler he's faced and unless Alex can hurt him early, I don't see him doing well.

I'm afraid we're in for a Bigfoot/Fedor style mauling.
 
MrBlackheart said:
Alot of people say Ank wrestling is ok and brush it off. I went back and watch some of his old fights. His GNP is pretty vicious. A lot of fights he finishes his opponent via gnp. Another thing I noticed when looking at his fight stats. In all his fights, none of his opponents had more control time than him. Because people don’t see it they think he’s not great at it. It’s just that he rarely uses it but when he does, he does it real well. The guy is a combat sambo champion. He’s going to have very good wrestling in his pocket 24/7.
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TDs are the key, though. Rockhold had one of the nastiest top games ever at MW with dangerous GnP and submissions. But his TDs were pretty average so he couldn't always implement his ground game.
 
There is a lot of mischaracterizations of the Jan fight. Jan went all out to hold Alex down for as long as he could, but he could no longer keep Alex down in the 3rd round and was very lucky there was no championship rounds, or he would have gotten slept. He was too fatigued to get Alex down again and was getting hunted for the KO.

Ank may get Alex down, but I seriously doubt he can keep him down for 5 rounds.
 
Alex doesn’t need to outwrestle Abe, he just needs to survive. If he can do that, he gets at least 4 more chances to reset. If he can get a standup or two, even better. We all watched Jan gas out trying to submit him, so it’s not like Alex is totally helpless on the ground. His sub defense is serviceable.

If Abe dominates on the ground and makes it look easy, I won’t be surprised, and I’ll be here for my crow. Just remember, that cuts both ways. If Alex can defend some takedowns and nullify the gn’p, I have a long list of haters that will be @‘d and I expect you all to man the fuck up and take your comin’ uppins.

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