Opinion: if Jiri wants a trilogy with Alex, he should beat Ankalaev first

[Tokoloko]

There's some talks about who should Ank fight next after that horrible loss he suffered against Alex, but yet there's talks about Jiri potentially fighting Alex for a trilogy with is with all due respect wouldn't make sense, if anything, if Jiri would fight for a title (which yeah he should), then it would be by Alex moving up to HW and both Ulberg and Jiri fight for the vacant title.

Ulberg wouldn't bring too much to the table as he's not a big name, and Alex has nothing left to prove at LHW, and he already smoked Jiri x2 and if he'd move up to HW, it'd take him 8 months to build a better physique to prepare for a Jon Jones fight HW in the white house that will happen in June.

Also we need to remember, if we compare rivalries to other divisions, we need to remember that in FW division, Max Holloway had to win 3 fights to fight Volk a 3rd time, same thing here with Jiri, at least one final opponent is Ankalaev, because If Alex fights Jiri and Alex beats him a 3rd time, it's like Alex's legacy is made out of beating Jiri x3, if anything, it's either Jiri should win a 3rd fight at least and try to beat Ank, especially the fact that "which one should get a trilogy with Alex?" the guy who's 1-1 against him or the guy who's 0-2 against him?

So if anything, make Jiri vs Ank, if Jiri managed to beat Ank, make Jiri fight Alex since that Jiri would be beating Ank in 1st time unlike Alex that didn't beat Ank 1st time but if Alex moved up to HW, Jiri should fight for the title against Ulberg.

No. Jiri deserves it after 2 wins in row in top 5. He flattened anyone other than Pereira and both fights with Pereira were pretty unfair for Jiri. -

#1 first one was +- 10 months after shoulder injury and he was still compromised. UFC simply needed title fight after all what was happening at the time....

#2 second one was literally 2 week short notice and Jiri was once again compromised... He reportedly accepted this fight few moments after leaving dark therapy (48+ hours in darkness) without any debate with coaches and etc...

Jiri definitely deserves it. The problem is that Pereira does not need to give him that opportunity.

BTW Ankalaev wont accept fight with Jiri and risk 2 fight losing streak. He will try to fight Ulberg or Hill...



war Jiri.

 

[cburm]

There's some talks about who should Ank fight next after that horrible loss he suffered against Alex, but yet there's talks about Jiri potentially fighting Alex for a trilogy with is with all due respect wouldn't make sense, if anything, if Jiri would fight for a title (which yeah he should), then it would be by Alex moving up to HW and both Ulberg and Jiri fight for the vacant title.

Ulberg wouldn't bring too much to the table as he's not a big name, and Alex has nothing left to prove at LHW, and he already smoked Jiri x2 and if he'd move up to HW, it'd take him 8 months to build a better physique to prepare for a Jon Jones fight HW in the white house that will happen in June.

Also we need to remember, if we compare rivalries to other divisions, we need to remember that in FW division, Max Holloway had to win 3 fights to fight Volk a 3rd time, same thing here with Jiri, at least one final opponent is Ankalaev, because If Alex fights Jiri and Alex beats him a 3rd time, it's like Alex's legacy is made out of beating Jiri x3, if anything, it's either Jiri should win a 3rd fight at least and try to beat Ank, especially the fact that "which one should get a trilogy with Alex?" the guy who's 1-1 against him or the guy who's 0-2 against him?

So if anything, make Jiri vs Ank, if Jiri managed to beat Ank, make Jiri fight Alex since that Jiri would be beating Ank in 1st time unlike Alex that didn't beat Ank 1st time but if Alex moved up to HW, Jiri should fight for the title against Ulberg.

Alex is a hw now so hel have to go to hw...

He's better off fighting Alex for the belt