How excited are you for the Magomed Ankalaev vs. Poatan fight?

[richardjohnson]

2/10 or so. I'm stoked to see Alex fight, but Ank has a gift at making watching fights unbearable.

Genuinely curious, which of his fights were unbearable to watch?

 

[Skarsgard]

Genuinely curious, which of his fights were unbearable to watch?

Jan, Rakic, Volkan, Walker (both), and Santos off the top of my head. He's just awkward and blah until something finally happens. If you like his style, awesome. No doubt it's effective. Just not for me.

 

[Sycho Sid]

Probably an 8. Always fun to watch Alex fight, and this is is easily the best fight to make in the divison.

I expect it to be a pretty classic more rounded guy uses takedown threats to keep the better striker off balance to win the fight.

But also, Poatan has dynamite all over, and Ank could have a brain fart, so a lot could happen.

Rooting for Poatan to win, but think Ank will win, even if I am not super confident in the pick.

 

[richardjohnson]

Jan, Rakic, Volkan, Walker (both), and Santos off the top of my head. He's just awkward and blah until something finally happens. If you like his style, awesome. No doubt it's effective. Just not for me.

Hey to each their own, I certainly can’t pretend like he’s some all action fighter. I don’t think you can blame him for the Rakic fight though. Rakic seemed more interested in getting his steps in for the day than actually fighting.

 

[Skarsgard]

Hey to each their own, I certainly can’t pretend like he’s some all action fighter. I don’t think you can blame him for the Rakic fight though. Rakic seemed more interested in getting his steps in for the day than actually fighting.

Yeah. I'm not placing the fault entirely on Ank for that turd. Kinda wish it had been another draw.
I don't find Rakic must-see either. Unless you can reliably stay in his face like Jiri, he's gonna do his best to avoid damage and outpoint you.

 

[5crew]

Solid 8.
I was genuinely surprised when Pereira got passed Blachowicz since most people said his grappling is untested back then. Plus it was the first time Alex was fighting someone his size at that level.

I'm curious if Ankalaev can control Pereira in the early rounds. I don't think anyone can handle the power of Pereira hand which will likely land if the fight is kept standing.

 

[Russie]

8
Interested in seeing how Ankalaev does against Alex. My initial feeling is Alex dominates in the fight. Hope its a good competitive fight.

 

[markg171]

I'm excited for the barrage of tears on here when Ank tries to strike with Pereira like he does every fight and Sherdoggers are bewildered that he'd do something like that.