Media Johnny Walker decimates Ankalaev on Instagram

[DougieJones]

if aljo got a dq win despite purposely putting himself in that position, then walker deserves one too.

Bro I'm NOT an Aljo fan but this "he put himself in position to be illegally kicked!" stuff is kinda retarded

 

[herpd807]

look at all these clowns in this thread. Ankalaev will finish Walker in a rematch and make you all cry again.

I absolutely believe he would wreck JW. Doesn't negate the fact that nobody is forced to eat a blatant illegal knee and continue because "honor"

Don't throw illegal knees.

 

[Natural Order]

Imagine the gymnastics it takes to lie to yourself like that, Ankalaev.

For shame.

 

[Goutfather]

The UFC is pretty much as legit as the WWE when they're in Abu Dhabi.

There's no proper governing body licensing the fights or doing the drug tests... or regulating the weigh-ins.
This is why Khamzat's scale showed 166 or something after Khamzat missed weight for his first weigh-ins at 171.5

The UFC officials calibrated the scale so that Khamzat would clear it.

Same for Khabib. Cleared without the scale even being still.

The refs and judges are also paid by the UFC.


This would be equivalent to Fury and Ngannou fighting in Saudi Arabia. Boxing has so many more rules and regulations, and governance. There's no way that boxing match is going to be official. It's an exhibition bout. Boxing organizations won't recognize it.

In MMA, the UFC pretty much runs the whole sport. They can make official fights in Saudi, or Abu Dhabi... but be the ones running the whole thing themselves. Who is going to say otherwise? Bellator gonna say that don't acknowledge Khabib's win due to wieght scandal and lack of Athletic Commission?

Come on.

But yes, it's pretty much as real as WWE or an exhibition fight.

Otherwise Johnny Walker would have won by DQ. There's just no way that an illegal strike that blatant, can result in a NC. There's no way that Knee was unintentional either. Ankalaev loaded it up and landed it flush on the grounded opponent's chin. Automatic DQ if fighter can't continue.

yeah, i feel the same way about abu dhabi. frankly i don’t trust any of these ufc events that are pandering to a coveted market. there’s like an unspoken expectation that certain fighters are supposed to win. you see it with the promotion, you see it with the crowd, you see it with the matchmaking, you see it with the judging / reffing, and i’m sure it permeates the rest of the event too. unless there’s some kind of obstacle to ufc getting its way, i don’t trust the outcomes of those events.

 

[M4D SCIENTIST]

STFU Johnny you was putting on your best Aljo acting job until they actually stopped the fight.

Thank you. It’s incredible the amount of people who think Johnny was actually hurt. The dude wasn’t even phased by that knee. Watch the clip. His body language did not change whatsoever. N the dude was soooo confused but the second the ref calls the fight off, he’s going apeshit trying to get across the octagon to brawl with ankalaev. If anyone’s a clown here, it’s Johnny.

 

[Goutfather]

Bro I'm NOT an Aljo fan but this "he put himself in position to be illegally kicked!" stuff is kinda retarded

its not retarded, it’s exactly what he was doing, repeatedly. he’d get in a tough spot, and oh down he goes, to catch his breath, stall the action, or otherwise avoid fighting. did that not bother the fuck out of you?

 

[Oscar Madison]

Ank is like the LHW version of Belal

but without the charisma

 

[HaulParris]

I want to buy you a fuckin steak for this one...."weirdsmobiles" lmfao.

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It's from "White Christmas" the Bing Crosby movie

 

[Deceasedxo]

i don't get the hype on Ankalaev, he's not special striking and his grappling is uneventful and boring most of the time.

It's the islamopheliacs on here hyping anyone with a beard and no tash up.

 

[AstralPanda]

STFU Johnny you was putting on your best Aljo acting job until they actually stopped the fight.

Terrible post. Terrible poster.

 

[StonedLemur]

It's from "White Christmas" the Bing Crosby movie

I don't care, that shit is funny as fuck sir lol.

 

[DougieJones]

its not retarded, it’s exactly what he was doing, repeatedly. he’d get in a tough spot, and oh down he goes, to catch his breath, stall the action, or otherwise avoid fighting. did that not bother the fuck out of you?

Yeah it bothers me someone as good as Yan couldn't find a way to take advantage of those situations you described (not that I totally agree with the characterization of them) other than cheating

Also on the specific incident where he was fouled, he went for a takedown, Yan stuffed it and put Aljo in a headlock, and pushed Aljo's head down for about 10 seconds before throwing the knee. Aljo did not "put himself in a position to get fouled" (WTF does that even mean? No one puts themselves in a position to be intentionally fouled)

 

[kingmob6]

I absolutely believe he would wreck JW. Doesn't negate the fact that nobody is forced to eat a blatant illegal knee and continue because "honor"

Don't throw illegal knees.

don't take it so seriously bro...I was just semi-trollin
illegal knee was bad, but shit happens all the time. The real clown was the doctor, not the fighters. Fighters just promotin more or less by shit-talking

 

[maximus__]

Bro I'm NOT an Aljo fan but this "he put himself in position to be illegally kicked!" stuff is kinda retarded

Aljo was skirting the boundaries of the grounded rule and was only grounded due to one knee being down because he put himself there. Whilst DQ is the right call, Aljo should have been receiving warnings to intelligently defend himself or the fight would be stopped. People forget that Aljo was repeatedly ending up in that position and was looking increasingly desperate. He wasn't actually defending himself from Yan. He was going into those positions so he couldn't be struck after failed shots. All Yan had to do was throw a few punches and the stoppage was there.

It's not really comparable to Walker using the cage to work his way up and getting blasted with an illegal knee. He put himself in a reasonable position, could be legally struck with body shots or punches and was working his way back up. Aljo was making himself a grounded opponent by technicality to prevent being finished in that round.

Both are DQs. Instead of yelling he is grounded in the Aljo fight, Aljo should have been getting warned to intelligently defend himself or the fight would be stopped.

 

[DougieJones]

Aljo was skirting the boundaries of the grounded rule and was only grounded due to one knee being down because he put himself there. Whilst DQ is the right call, Aljo should have been receiving warnings to intelligently defend himself or the fight would be stopped. People forget that Aljo was repeatedly ending up in that position and was looking increasingly desperate. He wasn't actually defending himself from Yan. He was going into those positions so he couldn't be struck after failed shots. All Yan had to do was throw a few punches and the stoppage was there.

It's not really comparable to Walker using the cage to work his way up and getting blasted with an illegal knee. He put himself in a reasonable position, could be legally struck with body shots or punches and was working his way back up. Aljo was making himself a grounded opponent by technicality to prevent being finished in that round.

Both are DQs. Instead of yelling he is grounded in the Aljo fight, Aljo should have been getting warned to intelligently defend himself or the fight would be stopped.

So now fighters need to be warned that their opponents might foul them? What?

Why couldn't Yan do ANYTHING to take advantage of the situation other than throwing an illegal strke?

You realize Aljo was literally sitting on his leg right? (obviously not)

Can you post a single instance that Aljo wasn't "intelligently defending himself"?

 

[FlyingDeathKick]

Idk why fighters even risk it, if the opponent isn't clearly up then don't throw a knee.

 

[RayA]

Knees to a downed opponent should be allowed imo.

That said, it's not, so it's on you if you fuck up.

I will say, Ankalaev calling Walker a clown after he's the one who threw the illegal knee makes it sound intentional.

 

[Crash-override]

my mom is a ho ho fo scho tho bro bro. doesnt make you any smarter fetcher

Smarter than you turd
And your mom's still a hoe

 

[Paul E Gensinger]

I can only imagine if Ankalaev won the title we'd have some weird ass defenses.

Sux because I think he's actually the most well rounded LHW. Maybe a little head case. But wasting time is his specialty. Fought Ion 2X and he's gonna fight Walker 2X.

 

[maximus__]

So now fighters need to be warned that their opponents might foul them? What?

Why couldn't Yan do ANYTHING to take advantage of the situation other than throwing an illegal strke?

You realize Aljo was literally sitting on his leg right? (obviously not)

Can you post a single instance that Aljo wasn't "intelligently defending himself"?

14:37 Lowers himself to the same position he is finished in later.
16:25 we actually see Yan land a knee as Aljo gets to his feet and Yan pre UFC lands a heap of these.
20:01 When the illegal knee is landed.

Taking a knee in front of your opponent so they can't strike you is not an intelligent defence. I don't think it should have been stopped, but it should be on Aljo to put himself in a position where he was safe. The DQ is correct, but we are talking a game of inches. We saw it again in the CCC fight where he chose to put himself in that position again and his team mate Chris Weidman also has a loss from trying to be grounded. It's something they have clearly worked into their games.

The only difference is that Yan didn't pull his knee up an inch where as Gegard pulled Weidman's hand off the ground first before kneeing him. It's not intelligent defence at all from either.



MM got finished by a grounded knee around that time under the One FC ruleset. Here is his opinion on it. I agree on what he says.

“So when I watched that fight, Aljamain Sterling is such a gifted athlete and he’s so skillful. But it’s like, why would you put yourself there in the first place? He said, ‘I felt I was in a safe place.’ If I was coaching him I would tell him, ‘Dog, we don’t rely on you to be there for a safe spot. You get back to your feet, you pull guard, you have great grappling. Let’s put ourselves somewhere else.’ Granted, f—king homeboy Petr Yan kneed him, right?” Johnson, whose undoing against ONE Championship Flyweight title came was a knee to a grounded opponent, says he lives by critiques he preaches.

“All my talking comes from my coach. He has always said that,” the former UFC Flyweight champion asserts. “There are times in fights I fought, such as John Dodson, where they did the exact same thing. He was putting his hands down on the ground the first time we fought and I couldn’t knee him in the face. And he did it on purpose. My coach said how is this even a fight? If a person puts his hands on the ground and stops the momentum of the way the fight’s going, that doesn’t make sense to me.

”That’s why I said what I said. Aljamain Sterling was on his knees and he was stopping the progression of the fight. Petr Yan had to stop and think about the next shot he was going to throw. That’s where it came from. For him to say it was karma — I don’t believe in karma. I’m a good person, I feel... If he does it again, I’ll say the same f—king thing again.”