Why do people try to stand with Poatan when they clearly should be trying to get it down?

[Legendary]

Whatever happened to the path of least resistance? Its like they don't even try at times.

To beat Poatan, you either have to KO him like Izzy did, or you have to do a RDA vs Pettis/Cain vs JDS approach where you chain wrestle until the striker is gassed. If Izzy can get Alex down, then im sure there is SOMEONE who can. Jan was able to mitigate and neutralize Alex way better than anyone of his other opponents and it was his closest fight.

Had Jan got him down reliably, he probably would have won. We saw how much of a fish out of water he is on the mat. He gets by because he is super strong and has good takedown defense and usually KO's his opponents before they get a chance, but if you actually get him down his ground game is nothing compared to his striking.

From a fight IQ perspective, his opponents are doing literally the worse thing you can do. I am sure Alex loves it when they decide to fight him in his world.

It would be like if you got in a fight with Gordon Ryan and try to tap him as opposed to punching him in the face. Good luck with that

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

Jiri did that in the first round

 

[Prince Nephilim]

Doesn’t make any sense but in his defense he hasn’t faced a good wrestler.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

It's an ego thing dude. It's the same reason why Romero didn't just wrestle fuck Izzy and why Holly tried to clinch with Kayla instead of keeping it standing and avoiding the clinch. Jiri did take him down as did Jan but Alex is a hard dude to keep down.

 

[Karelinator]

He fought guys who are mainly strikers, so far, duh.

Błachowicz was likely by far the best grappler Pereira had faced, and yet he was mostly a striker in his UFC run, too.

 

[johny ringo]

I think you’re going to see a lot more take down attempts in future fights. I expect fighters looking to win the belt over being exciting.

 

[7 others]

Ego thing, some times some fighters just feel they can compete with their opponent's strength and paid the price

 

[Koala]

Kayla Harrison will ground and pound him under the right circumstances

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Because he never fought any of the top wrestlers! Like... um... who's that one guy who.... uh-

 

[Sweater of AV]

"You want a little bonus or do you want to be cut? Don't be scared to stand and bang, kid."

 

[humdizzle]

jan tried the same game plan with izzy and alex.

difference is alex is strong AF and has endurance. Jan gassed himself out trying to keep him down

 

[Karelinator]

jan tried the same game plan with izzy and alex.

difference is alex is strong AF and has endurance. Jan gassed himself out trying to keep him down

Not really, the first 3 rounds of Jan vs Izzy were almost all standup, and he didn't pursue TDs very hard, or at all.

While against Pereira he put all effort into grappling pretty much immediately.

Also, they both gassed pretty hard, just like many other fighters on the card because event was in Salt Lake City.

So pretty hard to compare those fights really.

 

[Xanzito]

He gets by because he is super strong and has good takedown defense and usually KO's his opponents before they get a chance

I think you had your answer this whole time

 

[ultra321]

 

[Urluberluu]

Light heavyweight is just a poor division

 

[Nobru]

Well Izzy took him down, so did Jan, Jiri, Bruno Silva and Michailidis.
Sean and Hill didnt have the chance to.
None of these are actual good rasslers (Jan maybe), but they tried.

 

[nostradumbass]

Jan took him down every round and had "control" for about half the fight, but most of it was in the first round, and Jan only has 2 subs in 20 UFC fights, which I believe is more than anybody else Alex has fought. Hill has 0 TDs in the UFC. Jiri took him down in the 1st too, won the 1st, but he's not a grappler either and it looked like he was wanted the threat of the TD so he could strike in the 2nd.

It's not that easy for guys who aren't grapplers to suddenly turn into some D1 monster. Alex is good enough to stop some TDs or minimize damage from guys who don't have great ground games, which is all he's fought.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Whatever happened to the path of least resistance? Its like they don't even try at times.

To beat Poatan, you either have to KO him like Izzy did, or you have to do a RDA vs Pettis/Cain vs JDS approach where you chain wrestle until the striker is gassed. If Izzy can get Alex down, then im sure there is SOMEONE who can. Jan was able to mitigate and neutralize Alex way better than anyone of his other opponents and it was his closest fight.

Maybe alex was just caught off gaurd by Izzy. Maybe he just didn't prepare to wrestle.

 

[Momentosis]

Whatever happened to the path of least resistance? Its like they don't even try at times.

To beat Poatan, you either have to KO him like Izzy did, or you have to do a RDA vs Pettis/Cain vs JDS approach where you chain wrestle until the striker is gassed. If Izzy can get Alex down, then im sure there is SOMEONE who can. Jan was able to mitigate and neutralize Alex way better than anyone of his other opponents and it was his closest fight.

Had Jan got him down reliably, he probably would have won. We saw how much of a fish out of water he is on the mat. He gets by because he is super strong and has good takedown defense and usually KO's his opponents before they get a chance, but if you actually get him down his ground game is nothing compared to his striking.

From a fight IQ perspective, his opponents are doing literally the worse thing you can do. I am sure Alex loves it when they decide to fight him in his world.

It would be like if you got in a fight with Gordon Ryan and try to tap him as opposed to punching him in the face. Good luck with that

Izzy didn't get Alex down. Alex went for a trip and got reversed by Izzy. Izzy actually went like 0/10 on takedowns.

 

[Corrado Soprano]

Plot twist is Pereira’s BJJ is better than his striking.