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I have to make this post because you guys don't do your research
.Nothing about Ankalaev declining anything, they needed a big fight to fill the card.
Media Dana White confirms Ankalaev next; Rountree title fight booked due to timing
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I have to make this post because you guys don't do your research
.Nothing about Ankalaev declining anything, they needed a big fight to fill the card.
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Rakic must be feeling some way about this. He just might spoil it all .
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One can only hope that Pereira vs Aspinall is next due to needing a mega fight to stack a January card
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Ank declined his previously offered title shot with Alex. Will he accept the next one?
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Rountree vs Ankalaev will be exciting !
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Many fighters have been in similar situations only to never get their shot .. Dariush springs to mind .. but the cream will always rise to the top. If you are the best in the world you need to be able to beat anyone.
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This seems bullshit. They assume inactivity so they book a fight, but then champ is going to be active and claim you're already booked after his fight.
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I guess they wanted Ankalaev on the Abu Dhabi card with him being one of the more well-known Muslim fighters, especially with the risk of Khamzat pulling out. And for that specific card they already had a main event so it didnt make sense to put Pereira on there also.
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Anklaev should have signed for the fight originally instead of trying to be a shot caller.
It’s going to be hard to convince Alex to wait 8 months and fight in the Middle East when he’s used to fighting 4-5 times a year and he’s 37. Ank just needs to sign a contract. Things move on Pereira’s time now and I’m glad for it. I hope it wears off on everybody else.
It’s going to be hard to convince Alex to wait 8 months and fight in the Middle East when he’s used to fighting 4-5 times a year and he’s 37. Ank just needs to sign a contract. Things move on Pereira’s time now and I’m glad for it. I hope it wears off on everybody else.
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The only confirmed time he was offered the fight was 300 on short notice during Ramadan from what i recall. Unless there was another instance ? It wasn't him being a 'shot caller', more-so saying that he wouldn't be ready for that date.
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dariush is a perfect example of why you shouldn’t rush people to a title fight just because they managed to put together a win streak full of nobodies. the moment he faced a champ-caliber fighter, he folded. sucks for him, but it’s great that oliveira weeded him out of the mix.
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He still should have been given that opportunity i feel, he absolutely deserved it
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i was never sold on him being a contender, partly because i was never sold on his opponents. there was this knot of champ-caliber fighters at the top of lw and somehow he got his name in the mix without beating any of them (eg, dustin, justin, charles, chandler, islam, etc.) he snuck in the back door by fighting a clearly declining tony ferguson.
