Pereira VS Ankalaev [POLL]

[Kevster]

3-2 Ank.

A Pereira win wouldn’t have been that far fetched tbh.

The press scores were 11 for Ank, 9 for Pereira and a draw.

 

[ILove4MinutesHyuna]

I had it 3-2 Poatan. Apparently completely nullified your opponents wrestling by stuffing 100% of takedowns means nothing, but holding someone against the cage after a failed takedown does.

Ank didn't much better on the feet than I thought he would, and Poatan did better grappling than most thought he would, including a trip takedown to close out a round.

Ank had two or maybe three meaningful shots in the fight, but it is what it is when you leave it in the hands of never trained judges.

if you took out all the wrestling and grappling, and just sat through the 16-18 min of stand up that they had, Ankalaev was advancing 80% of that time and landed the cleaner better shots. If you love calf kicks then Alex is your champ.

 

[Sad Dad]

Ank won 2,3,4,5.

5? you think so? I def didn't see it that way.

was a toss up fight. round 3 could easily have gone either way imo.

 

[RichardHarrow]

42.2 Delusional Sherdogers. lol
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Beautiful picture. Thanks for the post.

 

[BigSexy444]

They both lost. So did the fans.

 

[RichardHarrow]

They both lost. So did the fans.

Absolutely enjoyed it.

 

[Ibm]

To me, Alex took it at the last round, but there's argument to be made that Ankalaev was 3-1.

This

 

[moosaev]

5? you think so? I def didn't see it that way.

was a toss up fight. round 3 could easily have gone either way imo.

I don’t think there’s much of a case for Alex winning Rd 3. All the most telling shots were Ank’s, and Ank was the aggressor. Alex even got hurt by a jab lol.

 

[BluntForceTrama]

Call it a Fukin draw

 

[WOLVERINEKILLS]

I had Ankalaev winning, with him also having the best moment of the fight. Surprised he adjusted so well to leg kicks.

Pereira has slowed down due to age but tonight he was really unable to pull the trigger. He barely even tried with his punches which is a shame, because when he looks back at this fight he will see how much he could have been in control.

I hope a rematch happens because he can win this fight if he's not so worried about the TD's when they're in the center. Let those hands go.

Best post so far. Either father time has deteriorated his reflexes just enough, or being pushed backwards made it too difficult - but Perreria could not pull the trigger. At this point I think Ank is just a stylistic bad match up combined with father time setting in. I thought reflexes looked off in the Roundtree fight but tonight proved it was legitimate issue that probably does not improve.

 

[TheBulge]

Best post so far. Either father time has deteriorated his reflexes just enough, or being pushed backwards made it too difficult - but Perreria could not pull the trigger. At this point I think Ank is just a stylistic bad match up combined with father time setting in. I thought reflexes looked off in the Roundtree fight but tonight proved it was legitimate issue that probably does not improve.

Good that you mentioned the Roundtree fight because he was certainly having the same sort of issues pulling the trigger there untill the last round.

Better late than never but last night it was never.

 

[Kertol]

I had it 3-2 Poatan. Apparently completely nullified your opponents wrestling by stuffing 100% of takedowns means nothing, but holding someone against the cage after a failed takedown does.

Ank didn't much better on the feet than I thought he would, and Poatan did better grappling than most thought he would, including a trip takedown to close out a round.

Ank had two or maybe three meaningful shots in the fight, but it is what it is when you leave it in the hands of never trained judges.

Dude, completely controlling someone in a clinch grappling situation is the same as controlling them in the ground. Use some brain cells and you’ll see there is no planet where Alex won that fight

 

[Kertol]

3-2 Ank.

A Pereira win wouldn’t have been that far fetched tbh.

The press scores were 11 for Ank, 9 for Pereira and a draw.

The press is bias too of course. These are the same guys who try and get in the UFC’s good side. And the UfC lets them control fighter rankinfs

Everyone was bias favoring Alex including pretty much everyone in the UFC. The fight was too much of a domination to rig the score cards though

#toobigtorig

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

I had it 3-2 for Ankalaev, didn't enjoy the fight personally, both of them were so hesitant and tentative. I was expecting a lot more.

 

[dominion]

Breakdown of the third round. Spoiler Ank won

 

[Oscar Madison]

I voted my conscience.

I'll never go on the record voting for Ankalaev -- especially after the Rd 4 Boooooooofest.

Never!

 

[kuroro]

close fight

Ank did much better on the feet than expected, but there was perhaps a lot of stalling too.

I gave it to Alex 3-2
But it could have gone either way

What say you SherBro?

you cant call it stalling if you're getting punched

 

[Cooliox]

you cant call it stalling if you're getting punched

There’s a reason the ref broke it up.

It was more stalling than punching

 

[KO Shotz]

Ank won.

Hopefully the rematch is an actual fight.