UFC protected and made chama

[PrideNverDies]

Not as much as they're protecting Jones

 

[RichardHarrow]

Can’t wait for the new champ to get exposed again against old man Jan or middleweight Paul Craig. Heck even Glover can come out of retirement and sub him.

Owl will hide in the mountains and do his first defense in Abu Dhabi, when all the guys are well over 50 years old.

You still here Piglet?

 

[bean88]

So you want the sport to be semi-scripted like pro-wrestling?

Of course not but I understand why the UFC might put together exciting matchups or push fighters that attract viewers

 

[jeff7b9]

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[jeff7b9]

He got fast-tracked, but we can't say he is a fraud, guy is a very good fighter and extremely talented.

He fought more fights (3) to get to the title than Jiri (2) did.

Guys who already proved themselves as champs tend to get thrown in the deep end. This isn't even unique.

Gaethje was WSOF champ, got thrown #5 Michael Johnson in his debut.

Pereira got thrown in the deep end and he swam.
Nothing to see here.
He stayed active as shit and didn't waste time due to his age.
Passed the tests and reaped the rewards.

 

[sonhow]

Its not like there are too many guys who could do that.

 

[AMAZINGUFC]

does chama even realize this
fighting kickboxing fights only


when he fought fighters with takedown threats he doesnt really look like a champion

2 fights with grappling
vs jan a boring fight people thought he should have lost
vs ankalaev
ank bullied him in the clinch

did chama believe in his own hype
he looked like a giant as always
have never seen anyone outweighing him
or out heighting him

It's like I said before. The modern UFC seems to suffer from schizophrenia. It was born out of Frederick White's frustration with boxing and has always been hyping and making strikers' lives easier to alleviate this pain. In fact, it should be a boxing or K-1. Who knows, maybe this bipolarity will be cured now with the advent of TKO.

 

[Last Falconry]

you know what might be fun is if we all stopped calling the man "chama". alex is just fine, I think. it doesn't need too much shortening

 

[Guy LeDouche]

It’s the product of prioritizing entertainment over merit and substance.

While I thoroughly enjoyed Poatan as champ of LHW, his activity made up for the lack of real competition and challenges. The UFC could
Market him as a finisher if he kept beating sloppy strikers. But they very intentionally kept him away from fighting guys like Ank for a reason

 

[BJJ4Tone]

He got skyrocketed to a titleshot for his history with Izzy, then got stiffened in the rematch and escaped to an easier division where he got a TS from a split decision over 41 year old Jan.

Rolled my eyes every time people claimed he was one of the greats, people got lost in the hype.

12 -3

So glad there's at least one other smart person out there.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Maybe he was fast-tracked to a title, and maybe he had some favorable matchups, but he still had to beat Blachowicz, Strickland, Adesanya, Prochazka, and Hill in a cage, by himself, with no help from the UFC…

Not many people could have done that…

This is incredibly level-headed and rational. I am impressed. Not much of that around here.

 

[joy2day]

These overboard responses are hilarious. The fight was super close.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Can’t wait for the new champ to get exposed again against old man Jan or middleweight Paul Craig. Heck even Glover can come out of retirement and sub him.

 

[Lycandroid]

Stops every take down from the best grappler in the division = he sucks

 

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

does chama even realize this
fighting kickboxing fights only


when he fought fighters with takedown threats he doesnt really look like a champion

2 fights with grappling
vs jan a boring fight people thought he should have lost
vs ankalaev
ank bullied him in the clinch

did chama believe in his own hype
he looked like a giant as always
have never seen anyone outweighing him
or out heighting him

He got skyrocketed to a titleshot for his history with Izzy, then got stiffened in the rematch and escaped to an easier division where he got a TS from a split decision over 41 year old Jan.

Rolled my eyes every time people claimed he was one of the greats, people got lost in the hype.

12 -3

Dana handcrafted Chama

Alex is a great kickboxer but he was exposed when his finally fought a well rounded MMA fighter in Ank instead of a tailor made sloppy brawler or a pure striker

Ank was right when he said that Alex needed to stopping running away from him, Alex was running away from him in the fight as well

Sean, Izzy, Khalil, Hill, Jiri..... They don't wrestle at all or Sean rarely does. Alex has basically fought pure strikers & sloppy brawlers during his UFC run. Wasn't getting that against Ank

Thank you.

I have been saying this for months and everyone told me I was crazy

 

[Marko Atanasovik]

LHW certainly doesn't have any good grapplers.

 

[markg171]

It’s the product of prioritizing entertainment over merit and substance.

While I thoroughly enjoyed Poatan as champ of LHW, his activity made up for the lack of real competition and challenges. The UFC could
Market him as a finisher if he kept beating sloppy strikers. But they very intentionally kept him away from fighting guys like Ank for a reason

Maybe Ank should've won his first title fight 3 years ago instead of drawing with the dude Pereira had to fight in his LHW debut immediately after that draw.

 

[BangBang]

There is that but Poatan took it with both hands and then some. Chama!