Pereira will melt Ankalaev

MrBlackheart said:
Ank could’ve been in of the 3 but you guys kept denying him. The bill has come and it’s time to pay, motherfuckers. I’m done trying to be nice and reasonable.
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Bullshit. They offered him multiple title shots (including a special event at UFC 300) and he REFUSED.
 
MetaIIica said:
Let’s get this straight—Magomed Ankalaev might be a competent fighter, but he’s about to get exposed for the limited talent he truly is when he faces Alex Pereira. Ankalaev’s striking is basic, at best, and when you stack that up against Pereira, a world-class kickboxer with actual knockout power, it’s laughable. Pereira has the kind of striking IQ that makes even seasoned UFC fighters look like amateurs. And don’t even bring up Ankalaev’s “wrestling”—as if that’s going to save him against someone with Pereira’s elite takedown defense. Ankalaev won’t even get close enough to grapple without getting his head taken off in the process. Pereira’s knockout power is absolutely ridiculous—he’s got the kind of precision that turns lights out with one punch. So, HHJ, I know you’re out there trying to convince everyone that Ankalaev can handle this, but you’re about to see just how out of his depth he is. Pereira’s going to walk through him like a bad day at the office—and if Ankalaev’s lucky, he won’t end up looking like a highlight reel KO for the ages.
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Bet your account , be a real one
 
kingmob6 said:
Why did he defend rakic nasty leg kicks so well then? Noob
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He did a better job for sure than vs Jan (obviously) but Rakic still landed a decent amount. And more what it did was make Ank into a hesitant striker himself. He barely outlanded Rakic in total and it made that fight into a snoozer.

Poatan obviously presents a way wider threat matrix standing than Rakic, but leg kicks are absolutely part of that arsenal. Ank will need to mix in grappling or just land something huge early to win. If it's purely a protracted kickboxing fight, he's likely cooked.
 
Hdfi said:
Bullshit. They offered him multiple title shots (including a special event at UFC 300) and he REFUSED.
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Right….you guys said Ank only wants to fight in Abu Dhabi. Ank won’t fight during Ramadan. Well well well, look we’re we’re at now.
 
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I gotta say seeing Alex smiling and even laughing during the press conference worries me. The guy has been known for complete lack of emotion and a happy, content champ is usually not champ for much longer.
 
HHJ said:
Why does everyone have a problem with little ol' me supporting Ankalaev??

I mean, you guys are the one making ALL the threads, not me.

Ya GOTTEN TO.
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Oh, poor little ol' you supporting Ankalaev, just minding your business while we all collectively lose our minds over it. You must be the tragic hero of this forum, pulling the strings from the shadows. Don't worry, we’ll keep feeding the threads—you know, for your inevitable redemption arc. It’s what we do.
 
MetaIIica said:
Oh, poor little ol' you supporting Ankalaev, just minding your business while we all collectively lose our minds over it. You must be the tragic hero of this forum, pulling the strings from the shadows. Don't worry, we’ll keep feeding the threads—you know, for your inevitable redemption arc. It’s what we do.
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pereira has up his takedown def over the past few fights, he also has proven he can weather through storm despite being hammered in first few rounds like Khalil Ibn Rountree Jr. did with him
ankalev simply isnt that explosive but is durable, his takedown doesnt seem that all good just watch his past fights

pereira will simply stay far and jab go for takedown def and break anka down, pereira wont easily commit to punch because anka does have heavy punches

anka will look to counter punch close the distance takedown and keep him there, he wont be able to outstrike pereira
pereira win by decision i think
 
Anklaev has this „unbeaten“ aura many shermanos love.

Like he beat a bunch of nobodys and never-has-beens and knocked out some guys with a negative score and thats the real reason why he has no big hype around him BUT some shermanos love to pretend they see something in him that casuals dont see and therefore make him the dark horse of the division. He is the dollar shop Musasi, somebody who should be best according to some „experts“ but who never made it because always something unfortunate happened (sub by craig, draw to jan, draw (which should have been a disqualificatiob by all known ufc standards if it wasnt in the ME) against Walker). Damn, its like his real name is Mahomed Baudelairev….

Truth is Ank is for LHW a solid fighter with an ok standup and a most probably average ground game. He is able to knock out guys who have a tendency to get knocked out like Walker but struggles to do so as soon as he faces someone who also is somehow solid in this field. He wasnt able to catch running Rakic who has ballz the sice of grapes (the same Rakic Jiri battered like he owned him money) or to knock out Ozdemir, who Jiri sacrificed to the War Gods. He could not knock out Santos, who on his own knocked Ank down in the first round, and he lost the standup war to Jan. Those are all facts, no matter how Ank fans, where the loudest are the well known musslim fans who only cheer for him because of his religious believes and not because of his persona, might want to twist it. So, as said he is solid but he is not the material real long lasting champs are made off, even if he somehow wins the next fight.

And all the points above + his boring and non-english speaking personality are the reasons why he has not so many fans, except the few self proclaimed experts and the bathtub-brigade. Thats the harsh truth… it not some conspiracy theory, not some general dagi hate etc Nobody realy hates him, not even compareable to the hate Colby or others like Paddy, Strickland, etc get. Just a lack of interest in him, his persona, his inactivity and mostly boring fighting style.

This said, based on how he did against all the mediacore strickers he could not knock out it is logical to think that he will not be able to knock out Chama and if he does not follow a strict strategy he will lose this fight.
 
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HHJ said:
Why does everyone have a problem with little ol' me supporting Ankalaev??

I mean, you guys are the one making ALL the threads, not me.

Ya GOTTEN TO.
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Well you seem to blindly root for the neckbeards without being one no matter what, or maybe I'm wrong and you converted. Maybe you're one of those red haired white guys who converted. Either way, your personality doesn't match the cult.
 
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MetaIIica said:
Let’s get this straight—Magomed Ankalaev might be a competent fighter, but he’s about to get exposed for the limited talent he truly is when he faces Alex Pereira. Ankalaev’s striking is basic, at best, and when you stack that up against Pereira, a world-class kickboxer with actual knockout power, it’s laughable. Pereira has the kind of striking IQ that makes even seasoned UFC fighters look like amateurs. And don’t even bring up Ankalaev’s “wrestling”—as if that’s going to save him against someone with Pereira’s elite takedown defense. Ankalaev won’t even get close enough to grapple without getting his head taken off in the process. Pereira’s knockout power is absolutely ridiculous—he’s got the kind of precision that turns lights out with one punch. So, HHJ, I know you’re out there trying to convince everyone that Ankalaev can handle this, but you’re about to see just how out of his depth he is. Pereira’s going to walk through him like a bad day at the office—and if Ankalaev’s lucky, he won’t end up looking like a highlight reel KO for the ages.
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nah I see Islam vs Olivera repeat all over again. Perriera has gotten complacent fighting shitty strikers with no wrestling. Now he's about to face an Ok striker with a somewhat Ok to meh wrestling. expect perriera to not he able to get up the entire round if he gets taken down
 
1. If Ank tries to strike with Pereira using zero wrestling whatsoever then I predict Poatan by first round knock out.

2. If Ank wrestles and tries to make the fight dirty I can see a potential decision victory for him or even a late round ground & pound tko stoppage due to exhaustion caused from grappling. But I can also see Pereira winning a decision off being the more conditioned athlete or getting a 3rd or 4th round TKO even if Ank wrestles. I'd like to believe Pereira's grappling has improved significantly working with Glover constantly.

3. Just for fun, I'll give Alex a 1% chance winning by sub. I've seen training videos of his where he has rolled and legit caught people and even innovate his own submission hold. But easier to do in training then a real fight.
 
MetaIIica said:
Let’s get this straight—Magomed Ankalaev might be a competent fighter, but he’s about to get exposed for the limited talent he truly is when he faces Alex Pereira. Ankalaev’s striking is basic, at best, and when you stack that up against Pereira, a world-class kickboxer with actual knockout power, it’s laughable. Pereira has the kind of striking IQ that makes even seasoned UFC fighters look like amateurs. And don’t even bring up Ankalaev’s “wrestling”—as if that’s going to save him against someone with Pereira’s elite takedown defense. Ankalaev won’t even get close enough to grapple without getting his head taken off in the process. Pereira’s knockout power is absolutely ridiculous—he’s got the kind of precision that turns lights out with one punch. So, HHJ, I know you’re out there trying to convince everyone that Ankalaev can handle this, but you’re about to see just how out of his depth he is. Pereira’s going to walk through him like a bad day at the office—and if Ankalaev’s lucky, he won’t end up looking like a highlight reel KO for the ages.
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MetaIIica said:
Let’s get this straight—Magomed Ankalaev might be a competent fighter, but he’s about to get exposed for the limited talent he truly is when he faces Alex Pereira. Ankalaev’s striking is basic, at best, and when you stack that up against Pereira, a world-class kickboxer with actual knockout power, it’s laughable. Pereira has the kind of striking IQ that makes even seasoned UFC fighters look like amateurs. And don’t even bring up Ankalaev’s “wrestling”—as if that’s going to save him against someone with Pereira’s elite takedown defense. Ankalaev won’t even get close enough to grapple without getting his head taken off in the process. Pereira’s knockout power is absolutely ridiculous—he’s got the kind of precision that turns lights out with one punch. So, HHJ, I know you’re out there trying to convince everyone that Ankalaev can handle this, but you’re about to see just how out of his depth he is. Pereira’s going to walk through him like a bad day at the office—and if Ankalaev’s lucky, he won’t end up looking like a highlight reel KO for the ages.
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Jeez bro you were wrong about everything
 
A lot of experts here who were so convinced Alex was going to walk through big Ank if it was predominantly striking


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