Media Magomed Ankalaev opens as betting favorite for potential fight vs Alex Pereira

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Updated odds:



Original odds:

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Poatan will KO him stiff, another day in the office for my man

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Free money on Poatan.
Line will shift to -115 -115 by fight time I imagine

 

[HNIC215]

 

[World eater]

I hope Ankalaev is ready when the next champion pulls out due to injury and Alex steps in again to save the day.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

I hope Ankalaev is ready when the next champion pulls out due to injury and Alex steps in again to save the day.

We all know he won't be. His title shot specifically must be in October and specifically in a country with an Islamic athletic comission

 

[josh345]

UFC 303 kind of sucked. Yeah?

 

[FlowchartRog]

Just how overrated is this guy??

 

[Fact Checker]

There’s tons of tape on Ankalaev from his lack of finishes, the more people comb through the more they’ll pick up on the holes in his game and the odds are probably going to shift.


- He can’t check leg Kicks

- Zero submission threat with passive GnP

- Slow mediocre footwork

- Fought T. Santos on a massive losing streak with two bum knees and couldn’t do anything, got dropped like a sack of potatoes in the process.



I don’t trust Ankalaevs chin and his lack of threat on the ground will get him chin checked.

 

[Jackonfire]

Bookies reading Sherdog mistaking Poatan haters for Ankalaev fans

 

[omawho402]

That's a reasonable line, Magomed has more tools to win the fight. I'll hold off on my wager till it gets closer to the fight, the UFC hype machine will move it to a pick em and I will pound the line in favor of Magomed.

 

[JKS]

Panic wrestle incoming.

Ankalaev comes to play huggy bear while Poatan comes to decapitate.

 

[omawho402]

Bookies reading Sherdog mistaking Poatan haters for Ankalaev fans

Or they just want to make money.

 

[omawho402]

Panic wrestle incoming.

Perhaps we should remove wrestling from MMA? Since you don't see it as a legit way to win a fight apparently.

 

[contrail]

Skill-for-skill I'd favor Ank, but the guy is arrogant & stubborn, and that shows in the way he fights. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him try & stand with Alex and get TKO'd for his efforts (KO could also happen, but I see him as a difficult guy to knock out cold). If he fought smart and measured a comfortable decision or sub could be very possible.

 

[JKS]

Perhaps we should remove wrestling from MMA? Since you don't see it as a legit way to win a fight apparently.

I struck a nerve, you're a sensitive one.

Has nothing do with with removing wrestling or not being a legit way to win a fight.

The point is more that Ankalaev has been talking in the media he doesn't need to wrestle to win the fight and says he will KO Alex, I say he doesn't and will panic wrestle after he gets chewed up.

 

[RockyLockridge]

if alex fights this guy in October abu dhabi and wins he's number 2 all time LHW without question.

 

[Fedora Millionankles]

Perhaps we should remove wrestling from MMA? Since you don't see it as a legit way to win a fight apparently.

Wresting is one thing, but winning a fight via wall n stall or lay n pray only hurts the sport and makes it unwatchable and uninteresting.

 

[omawho402]

I struck a nerve, you're a sensitive one.

Has nothing do with with removing wrestling or not being a legit way to win a fight.

The point is more that Ankalaev has been talking in the media he doesn't need to wrestle to win the fight and says he will KO Alex, I say he doesn't and will panic wrestle after he gets chewed up.

I'm not sensitive, you're the one that brought up a meaningless term "panic wrestling". That's right up there being lame with "weight bully".

Magomed has the chin, power, and striking to beat Alex on the feet. Have said this many times. Obviously I can't state this as a fact because the fight hasn't happened, but that's what I think. And even if he does opt to wrestle, who cares? A win is a win.

 

[omawho402]

Wresting is one thing, but winning a fight via wall n stall or lay n pray only hurts the sport and makes it unwatchable and uninteresting.

Wall and stall and lay and pray I agree, but I don't think he'll be doing that. If he gets a takedown, I think he'll be bouncing Alex's head off the canvas.