Rumored Magomed 'Big Ank' Ankalaev fought Alex Pereira with a broken rib.

[bng]

With a broken Freeaking KNECK!!!@

his leg was a balewn

 

[Tokoloko]

UFC had Jiri as an option to fight if Ank had pulled out. It wouldn't have been the end of the world.

Not true. Jiri was going to step in if he was fighting Ankalaev. That was deal… It would be 3rd short notice vs Pereira when Jiri was preparing for wrestler. Both coaches and Jiri said it himself before flying to vegas.

 

[Conan the K-9]

Owl can send me the 2D or 3D volumes from the injury site, taken 3 weeks ago. I will give the radiology report for free in this case, to clear this BS.

Almost looks like they are trying to mark the target for Chama elbows in that video…

 

[Connection Lost]

Hmm, is that what those 3 black lines are indicating? Are those some sort of broken rib marks I've never seen?

Seems like this guy robbed us of a good fight if this is true, like Alex did in their first.

We need to see a rematch with them both at 100%, or close

Sear marks from grilling

 

[bjjwar]

I saw his training sessions, no way he had broken ribs, unless it happened the day before the fight, which i doubt since he was just cuting weight and no one trains hard 1 day before the fight… Total BS. But i get it, i would also have an excuse if i performed this bad. The thing is, he fought the exact same way the first fight, Alex didnt throw 1 punch the first fight and it was still a 50-50 fight unlike this time. That was the difference.

 

[Fire Belly]

I smell bullshit

 

[Kwic]

Tito fought with a broken skull. So what you are blackbelt in Jujitsu, let me tell you how you are feeling right now. Let's see by the fight, what you saw, in the ring.

 

[felmmando]

Is that allowed? Would the sport's physicians really clear him to fight with broken ribs?

 

[usernamee]

Is that allowed? Would the sport's physicians really clear him to fight with broken ribs?

They wouldn't know. They don't do a very extensive in detail test like that. They have him stand, move around a bit and check him out.

 

[Dr Fong]

Once you step in the cage no one cares about your injuries, your life at home, your weight cut, your training camp, all that shit - only the fight that happens matters.

Sure, as long as this is a consistent viewpoint.

If Ank has no excuse for fight 2, then Poatan has no excuse for fight 1.

I doubt many Poatan fluffers will apply this standard equally.

 

[SamuraiBro]

Yeah I’m not buying this at all. He may have bruised or hurt his ribs leading into the fight, but straight up broke them? Yeah nah

 

[Fox by the Sea]

why did he take the fight then?
fuck this
you take the fight, you're a grown man, you made your decision, nobody forced you, whining about it afterwards is irrelevant.
take the L and move on. i despise this "oh i had a bunyon" type discourse. nobody cares.

 

[Lucaspmc]

and sasaki kojiro wasnt just a random can, he was TOP 3 GOAT duelers

the good old days...PRIDE rules were way more liberal back then

 

[Gilday]

Excuses can be perfectly legit, but if you decide to step in there regardless of your condition then you just shouldn't bring them up

I'll defend a fighter to death if they pull out with an injury that they think would cause them to lose, but if you decide to risk it and fight anyway, then you can't retrospectively pull the excuse out because your gamble backfired

 

[Squarechoke]

I was definitely rooting for Pereira but he sure has some annoying fans. Now it's bad to claim some sort of health issue afterwards but when Pereira did it last time it was all fine. And it's not really unexpected behavior by the fans by now either.

Both guys have to live with the choice to fight injured/sick.

 

[Hotora86]

Ank was 40%

 

[Just Creed]

Alex beat him with a broken foot

 

[Harlekin]

When Islam fought Poirier who had a broken rib, injured shoulder, damaged nose and destroyed hip. Couldn't kick high and not properly sprawl.
They muslims agreed it was nothing...

 

[ComfortablyNumb55]

Trilogy should be mandatory.

 

[bjjwar]

We saw footage of him training prior to the fight, he didnt have any broken ribs. Unless it happened 1-2 days before the fight but i really doubt that since no one trains hard anymore that close to the fight.

Alex prob broke his ribs with those elbows and then they made a video now and said it was already from before the fight lol.