Sorry for another thread, I just see Ank vs Alex II completely different

[Rubios]

*Besides "it's MMA so anything can happen", I believe the three most plausible outcomes are very straightforward.

If (A) age has caught up with Alex, Ank wins again in the same fashion, perhaps more comfortably.

If A not true, then...

B.1 Ank gets (at least) a TD this time. Alex would be in big trouble on the ground if there's enough time left.
Ank finishes Poatan by GnP, softens hims with GnP and then gets a sub or hurts him badly enough so he ends up winning somehow.

B.2 Ank fails to get Alex down again, or gets the TD with little time remaining. It seems Alex will be bigger for the rematch.
Ank is a very good to elite MMA striker, place him where you like to. Alex is a top... 25ish K1-style KB all time.
And has the touch of death.
So, just as surviving 25 minutes with Ilia is almost impossible, so is with Alex. I'd say it's even harder: he has more tools to hurt you.
If Alex is recognizable this time and the fight follows the path of the first one (80% stand up, 20% wall'n'stall), I can't see Ank getting to the decision, even if he's up on the scorecards.

Plinio has said several times that Alex spends most of his training improving sprawls, TDD and defensive grappling/getting back up.
It makes no sense to teach striking to a 8x Glory champ, he just needs to get sharpened for the fight.
He has a solid MT and is one of the nastiest fighters in the clinch, too. Wall'n'stalling shouldn't be easy.

 

[ThaiSexPills]

Alex by KO

 

[Ashen One]

What a revelation.

 

[ArtardFiesta]

it will be like the last fight. we seeing if alex can land a bomb in five. in the meanwhile ank will pick him apart.

 

[Goatenstein]

Ankalaev will take the center of the octagon and and throw power slaps nonstop while Alecks circles and hopes to land a lucky Aspinall punch.

 

[Luffy]

I think Alex gets it and I'd say it wouldn't even go the championship rounds. The fact that he had Norovirus and stopped the TDs, is drilling and sparring with HW wrestlers and is confident enough in his wrestling... I'd say it goes like vs Jiri or so... I'd go with Alex by round 2 or 3 TKO. Maybe wrong but I truly believe that.

 

[Luffy]

Ank also has a striking tendency in which he leans a lot when jabbing. He overextends himself too much... Which Alex didn't explore in the first fight. To me, showing clear signs of him being compromised as Ank wasn't quicker than Khalil nor Jiri there. A counter left hook when Ankalaev overextends himself is very possible looking at the fight in many instances... as well as a better conditioning from Alex fighting fresh, thus better resilience... I see it as a 60/40 Alex. But yeah I may be wrong but I don't see Alex losing this one at all when he lost by a hair when sick the first fight.