Poatan Beats Ankalaev

[Sean Chowdhury]

These poatan nuthuggers can only define things in either you are a sttiker or you are Khabib. It's the most used strawman and false dichotomy, in the last 2 years or so, on here.

yep, there has been an overcorrection of ankalaev's style, people are exaggerating his lack of wrestling when trying to correct the idea that he is a khabib level wrestler even though no one has said that. The truth is that ankalaev is probably the best wrestler at lightheavyweight, and should be a threat in that department against an unimpressive defensive wrestler like alex

 

[Bradillac]

So his striking is limited and his wrestling is poor...

Then how do you explain him having the best record in the entire division?

Crappy judges and crappy opponents.

 

[Bradillac]

ankalaev straight left and body kick are good tools for him on the feet, there's a reason he hasn't been outboxed or seriously hurt in the UFC so far, he is very defensively sound and accurate. Pereira can beat up his legs but I can see anaklaev stinging him with left straights and shooting a double leg if things get too difficult which is what he did against jan albeit too late into the fight

As you pointed out, he was outstruck and seriously hurt by Jan. I honestly don’t know how anyone could pick Ank to win. There’s such a big skill difference on the feet, and Alex has gotten a lot better at stopping TDs. And not only does Ank need to get Alex down, but he’s going to have to do enough work on the ground to outweigh the damage that Alex is going to do on the feet.

 

[Gabe]

Nice. I don’t have to bother watching the fight now I can turn it off after Gaethje vs. Hooker.

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

As you pointed out, he was outstruck and seriously hurt by Jan. I honestly don’t know how anyone could pick Ank to win. There’s such a big skill difference on the feet, and Alex has gotten a lot better at stopping TDs. And not only does Ank need to get Alex down, but he’s going to have to do enough work on the ground to outweigh the damage that Alex is going to do on the feet.

Many reasons to pick ankalaev to win, he has good defense and solid takedowns. Alex got taken down by jiri and jan, ankalaev is a better wrestler than both of those guys. It's possible ankalaev takes alex down multiple times which he did to Jan and beat him up on the ground. Ankalaev 10-8ed jan with ground and pound in round 5 after ankalaev was exhausted and damaged on the feet, a fresh ankalaev taking alex down early could be very dangerous for alex. I can see a GNP tko finish, ankalaev has finished a lot of early fights prior to the UFC and early in his career by ground and pound, he is very good at it.

 

[hogwash]

You seem like a neckbeard.

My cheek growth is too phenomenal

Edit: you seem like a flaming metrosexual

 

[BJJ4Tone]

People see the last name and think “oh he’s just like Khabib”. That’s all I was responding to, there’s been lots of posts about how pereira is going to get humiliated in there.

I think Poatan gets a TKO with leg kicks being a massive factor personally.

Yeah I've never understood that narrative.
Most Dagestanis have WAY better striking than Khabib. Khabib was the most one dimensional fighter from that region. He just happened to be all-time elite at that one dimension.
Either way, I'm super excited for Ankalaev/Pereira.
May the best man win.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Crappy judges and crappy opponents.

Oh, ok.

 

[Streeter]

Only way Pereriaoses is if he fights afraid of the TD. He fights his normal fight he wins. Ank takes him down in 1st he will gas himself out as Alex has good defense on ground and is strongest fighter at 205 with likely best cardio at 205 .

Ank doesn't seem to have cardio to fight on ground more than a rd . IF it goes to ground at all Pereria just needs to weather it once .

Standing. Anks favorite shot is that looping right hand which Poatan easily counters with his best shot a left hook to Anks balloon size hea of a target.

Ank has good power and can catch Pereria in a flurry if Pereris ia hesitant to td threat.

At current odds I would bet several units on Pereria if I was beting

 

[SuperAlly]

These poatan nuthuggers can only define things in either you are a striker or you are Khabib. It's the most used strawman and false dichotomy, in the last 2 years or so, on here.

The irony of this post is off the charts

 

[SuperAlly]

Alex is definately hittable and he's also getting old so yeah I don't think an Ank finish is impossible at all even if I think its less likely.

I think a few factors have become together here for so many to think that Anks grappling is the the major factor here....

1.MMA fans tend to get stuck repeating a certain arguement, Alex being vunerable to grappling was heavily pushed when he was very green to MMA, he's not green anymore but people cling to it.
2.Ank is a Dagistani and so its viewed that grappling is his main strenght.
3.Alex is strongly disliked by Izzys fanbase and the idea he's ducking someone who could easily beat him appeals to them.

I mean I wouldnt rule out grappling being a factor but the idea Ank can just push to the cage, get easy takedown and finish? not born out by what we've seen from either man IMHO.

Agree with all of this

 

[SuperAlly]

poor MMA wrestling is enough to beat him

Except it demonstrably isn't

 

[JBJ was here]

So his striking is limited and his wrestling is poor...

Then how do you explain him having the best record in the entire division?

The division sucks gangrenous donkey dick and when all the "top contenders" face each other someone needs to come out of the pile-up with the best record.

 

[JBJ was here]

Can someone give me the Ankalaev fight where he used his wrestling most effectively? I haven't watched a huge number of his fights and I keep hearing about it, but I haven't seen one where he's been dominant with his wrestling.

Ankalaev uses wrestling effectively to hold down completely gassed out fighters while doing nothing to go for a finish. See, e.g., Ankalaev vs. Old Man Blachowicz. He's a poor man's Tatiana Suarez.