Who did you have winning round 3 in Pereira vs Ankalaev?

[Kyojiro Kagenuma]

I edged it to Pereira which led to me scoring it 3-2 Pereira, but honestly he has nobody to blame but himself. In rounds 3 and 4 if he just let his hands go a little bit more he easily steals those rounds, round 2 was the only real dominant round from Ank. He let the fight get away from him.

I do agree with your point about past rounds influencing future ones though, you see people guilty of it all the time. I do think it may also work in reverse, where after getting dominated, if someone recovers a little that might be scored higher than it actually should be

Yeah Ank was pretty lucky Poatan kinda fucked himself. Not to take any credit away, beating Pereira is beating Pereira. The MMA gods finally decided "Okay, you've waited long enough."

 

[Micky O Neil]

That’s one more good strike than pereira managed to land the entire fight so I guess it means something, he should try throwing more than baby leg kicks sometime bro thought he was Condit fighting Diaz

Nah Alex’s left leg, right high kick rocked the fuck outta Ank. His expressionless mongoloid head didn’t show it as much, but he didn’t do anything for a good minute after other than keep his hands up. Poatan should have followed up but I think was waiting on the counter panic sprawl.

 

[Popnfresh]

-Becomes accused of being condescending

-Replies with a bullet list of condescending remarks
-Advises that other attitudes make this place worse
-Believes he has the higher intelligence
-Is probably a narcissist
-Probably makes every place that he goes to worse

LOL??? You are the stereotypical ignorant sherdogger that makes this place worse.

-low IQ use of emojis
-didn't watch the fight but has an opinion
-doesn't understand bias himself but tells other people they don't understand it
-immediately condescending despite the fact that my post wasn't condescending at all
-doesn't read the post because he's lazy and stupid, but makes excuses as to why he didn't read it

jesus christ i don't understand why the mods don't ban people like this

 

[Shaolin Alan]

LOL??? You are the stereotypical ignorant sherdogger that makes this place worse.

-low IQ use of emojis
-didn't watch the fight but has an opinion
-doesn't understand bias himself but tells other people they don't understand it
-immediately condescending despite the fact that my post wasn't condescending at all
-doesn't read the post because he's lazy and stupid, but makes excuses as to why he didn't read it

jesus christ i don't understand why the mods don't ban people like this

 

[andgonsil]

Pereira won

Another stinker by Ank

 

[Bilzerian]

That's extreme hyperbole and if you take away round 2, the exact same is true of Ankalaev. Outside of Ankalaev landing a lot of shots in round 2, he didn't do very much either. That's my point. You can't let round 2 influence the whole fight. It's amateur judging.

Nope. Literally Alex landed 11 head strikes in 25 minutes

 

[Alpha_T83]

Nope. Literally Alex landed 11 head strikes in 25 minutesView attachment 1085914

Cool I wasn't aware leg kicks and body shots didn't score any points.

You might want to notify the people that write MMA rules taht this is the case. Tell them you're a sherdog troll and so you're the absolute authority on this matter. We need to get those rules corrected right away.

 

[JKS]

I haven't even watched the fight yet, I'll check it out later.

 

[Safton]

Here's my take on it. I had Ankalaev edging it by the narrowest of margins. Pereira had more steady volume, predicated largely on his low kicks off the back foot. Ankalaev was pressuring forward and intermittently uncorking big punches along with a few front kicks/low kicks here and there. Magomed also had a brief moment of meager success in the clinch.

Magomed didn't land clean enough to badly hurt Alex like he did in Round 2 which would render all arguments in favor of volume moot... but I do believe his individual strikes were sufficiently more impactful that they -- in combination with what little bit of success he had in the grappling -- were enough to at least equalize what Alex was sending back his way.

So, 10-10?

Not quite. I see some people throwing out 10-10s for Round 3, but if you genuinely believe that both men were being equally successful in the striking exchanges then it defaults to the secondary & tertiary scoring criteria of Aggression & Cage Control, respectively. Ankalaev wins on both of those without question.

10-9, Ankalaev... but it was super close and competitive and I understand why a lot gave it to Pereira.

 

[sdpdude9]

On first watch thought it could go either way. Rewatched without commentary and thought Ankalaev took it relatively uncontroversially. Just landed the better shots in my opinion.

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

If you’re solely going by number of strikes landed to decide who won the round, then Ankalaev won rounds 2, 4, and 5…

I personally gave the 3rd to Ankalaev because, even though he landed less strikes, they were the more effective strikes. Most of Pereira’s strikes were low kicks that didn’t seem to effect Ankalaev, while Ankalaev’s strikes were clearly bothering Pereira and forcing him to retreat.

 

[Cowboy Kurt Angle]

Scoring the fight live I had it

10-9 Alex

10-9 Ank

10-9 Alex

10-9 Ank

10-9 Alex (close round)

 

[balkanbomber85]

Rewatched it without tone and its clear a Pereira round. But tbh Alex can only blame himself! Not only did he agree to have his 4th CS fight in less than 11 months but he was also Jetseting around Australia and Korea less than half a month before the fight….

You dont do that if you are Chama!

We as fans got a real stinker of a fight and a champ who most probably wont even defend this year or max if they give him a fight in AD and only if he gets to know the date months ahead of the challenger.

 

[wisdom blows]

I scored the fight 3-2 for Poatan with the rounds Ank won being more clear. That’s the issue with the 10-9 system as is. Either way, a very uninspiring fight from Alex. His first true dud. Did not let his hands go, was not aggressive. Maybe he wasn’t finding openings, but I’ve never seen him fight like that.

 

[Myrddin Wild]

R3 waz the only one I rewatched after the decision.

I focused very closely on strike count as well as on strike impact... both of which are official judging criteria.

No significant damage was done, & it was razor close, but I got Uncle Eyef up by one fairly decent shot to teh noggin.

Alex was probably going to get a re-match no matter how badly Unc won, but now especially that the fight was decided by a single punch it makes total sense.

 

[Ibm]

Alex should have won the fight imo. The last round saved him but obviously the judges saw something else. Oh well, i hope the The heeematch Poatan comes to dominate.

 

[CC27]

wanted Alex to win, I could see Alex 1 3 5 but overall it did feel like Ank won the fight so no problem with the scores. It was close, def was close and yeah maybe a 10-10 round but you know that basically never happens.

Alex just didnt do enough, no jabs, backing up, no urgency. He could have won that fight and he didnt. He'll get a rematch, maybe he wont travel all over the world being a star and spend more time in the gym training.

 

[Bilzerian]

Cool I wasn't aware leg kicks and body shots didn't score any points.

You might want to notify the people that write MMA rules taht this is the case. Tell them you're a sherdog troll and so you're the absolute authority on this matter. We need to get those rules corrected right away.

Nope. In rule book, The judging/scoring criteria are always in the order of head, body, and legs. You can't win a fight with just pitty patty baby leg kicks whilst you are on backfoot.

 

[SuperAlly]

I felt it was pretty clear Ank 1 and 4, Pereira 2 and 5 with 3 a coin toss where nothing much happened

But Ank deserved to win overall

It was a crap fight as Poatan didn't know what to do with Ank at all and didn't handle Ank backing him up most the time

 

[World eater]

Alex was so disappointing.

This.
In an uneventful fight where the only real big moment happened in rd2, you go into round 5 and point fight? With a possible 1-3 score up to that point? No urgency and minimal risks taken? I might be an old school idiot, but I expected whatever magic he pulled in round 5 in his first fight with Izzy, not that crap. Just dissapointed.