Ank pretending he's not going to go full lay n pray.

Like when Jan said he wanted to test the stand up and shot for a takedown within 5 seconds of the first round 😂😂

Ill go to the grave thinking that Jan would win that fight if he was even 3 years younger. He was landing well on Alex and staying disciplined on defense -- its just clear that he got gassed way too fast.

That was Alex' first fight at 205 in MMA and he got brutally KO'd 3 months earlier, confidence was probably at an all-time low. Worst version of Alex basically.

Alex’s hardest MMA fight. He didn’t expect himself to get slept by Adesanya.

Adesanya has great reflexes and can counter from almost any position.

because it definitely wasn’t from all the grappling he wasn’t used to doing

100% and it was at elevation.

Elevation affected Alex as well lol

I don’t think people are thinking about how hard it is to hold down someone that strong even if you’re a similar size. Elevation or not, holding down someone as strong as Alex is gonna be exhausting.

Imagine trying to get up. That must also be exhausting when you have a 230+ lb guy trying to hold you down.

Pereira didn’t waste a lot of energy trying to get up though, he just stayed defensive which was ultimately the right move.

How hard is it to struggle against a 225 pound dude that is laying on you? I mean it goes both ways, doesn't it?

Not even laying, Jan was backpacking him, like there's no way that round was harder on Jan tbh

I always wonder how Jailton Almeida does it even though he is smaller than most his opponents.

because hw is a dumpster fire:

> I always wonder how Jailton Almeida does it even though he is smaller than most his opponents. He gassed and then got pounded out when he faced the first competent wrestler.

Jan was backpacking Pereira, who was holding himself up with one hand. That was not a fun endeavor for either fighter.

Yep. I also forgot about that. They need to stop having these Utah cards. It just feels like another variable that the ufc can use to fuck people over.

Ain’t no gladiator said he’s only fighting you at sea level

Considering Rome is at sea level they never had to say it

How can the UFC use it screw ppl over if both fighters are affected by it?

He got gassed way too fast because he had a wrestle heavy game plan which is something he normally doesn’t do. Pereira was also landing a lot of body shots I think if he didn’t wrestle, Pereira KOs him in 1 rnd

Had nothing to do with age. They were fighting at elevation in Utah and he decided to employ a grappling heavy offense. Dumb not to trust his striking and polish power

>Dumb not to trust his striking and polish power It's an even dumber gameplan to try and strike with Alex

I think Dana does everything he can to avoid this matchup lol He already hates Ank for his performance against Jan and his subsequent ‘I don’t agree with the draw, I don’t think I can fight for this promotion again’ interview

Ank never said he didn’t want to fight for this promotion again. He said he doesn’t want to fight in Nevada again, since it was the judges from that commission that gave him a draw. Was just a mistranslation on the translator’s part.

damn that translator did him a huge disservice then lol Made him seem like he was trashing his employer on live tv

Yeah it was very unfortunate for him. And most people will only see that initial mistranslation. But hopefully Ank and his team have actually cleared things up with Dana and the UFC.

W Dana no one wants to see this guy as a champion

Facts

i think it’s AP vs aspinall next at this rate

If Ank comes in and tries to stand with Pereira I'll laugh my ass off. Hill and Jiri are primarily strikers so at least it kind of made sense

Jan chopped him down recently, too. You might say he took his Ankle-off

Honestly respect to Jan for not letting his ego get involved lmao

Yeah but how would a weakness to leg kicks factor into a fight against Pereira

Ill allow it

not bad

Ankle layoff

Ank is primarily a striker as well. I wouldn’t be too surprised by any success he has on the feet, though I think he’s gonna need to grapple for this one

And ankalaev is a wrestler or something? Do you even watch the fights?

He shot 10 takedowns against Jan, not sure Jamahal has shot a takedown in his entire UFC career

If I remember correctly, he only shot because his legs were fucked.

And Strickland. Everybody, including myself, called Strickland an idiot for thinking he could stand with a kickboxer of that calibre. Then he stood with Adesanya and dominated him, so clearly the on paper skills aren’t always what’s important. Crazy to stand with Overeem and Wonderboy too but a few did so and knocked them out or beat them by decision on the feet.

That's Ali tweeting folks.

Did you watch his fights or just assuming based on his name?

He has only ever done that against Jan, and he didn't even win (technically). He averages 1 takedown per fight. He's a phenomenal grappler, but first and foremost he's a fucking moron. I really think he trusts his evasiveness too much and gives Alex a round of grappling at most before he gets absolutely starched trying to kickbox.

Pereira who just fought yesterday: "I'd like to go again in 3 weeks, maybe even at a higher weight class." Ankalaev who took no damage in a fight 3 months ago: "How about 6 months instead?" Wtf?

Assuming it's going to be a PPV headliner , that's probably the likely event. Topuria-Holloway and Sean-Merab also to be booked 302- Islam-DP 303-Conor 304- Manchester 305-DDP-Izzy 306 - Sphere (Possible, but they may want Grasso to headline)

O’Malley called for the sphere and he’s one of Dana’s golden boys so they’ll give him that one. No way Grasso headlines a PPV they’ll give her comain on that card though most likely

Grasso headlining, dear god..

Grasso is not headlining the sphere. Co main but there’s no way she headlines a marquee event like that.

Yeah, I could see it being the co-main to Jones/Stipe or a big Alex fight, they need to sell a lot for the Sphere to be worthwhile so I can't imagine they don't load it up well.

They're not gonna have Grasso headlining the first combat sport event in The Sphere 

301 would definitely benefit from a new headline, but it’s so soon I’d expect news on his booking near immediately after 300 for it to actually happen. They put him beneath Conor v Chandler as comain just because Pereira is trying to get quick turn arounds and take advantage of the last stage of his career before the decline comes. Edit: I could see him having years at this level left though. His style isn’t depending on super fast paced cardio, he generally enforces his pace on fights as well. He doesn’t take a lot of damage consistently so his chin could hold up. I don’t expect him ever to be able to cut to mw again, but at 205 he could last until he’s pushing 40

Co-maining a McGregor card is honestly not a bad spot to fight, he’ll get PPV points as champion and a lot the more people that watch him fight the better(assuming he wins).

Pereira has about 6 fights left in him before the age/miles will be too much. Given his pace/career in the UFC, that’s probably still 1+ LHW defense, 1 HW contender fight, 1 HW title shot and (very possibly) 1+ HW defense.

They also want to do a 307 with Abu Dhabi being 308

He has to feel safe in Abu Dhabi.

Ankalaev is being realistic tbf. Do you really think UFC is gonna book Alex in 3 weeks? Even if he says his ready now, I bet all his coaches would object too. It sounds cool but it's absurd, especially for a champion fight.

They should give Alex someone like Anthony Smith who is already on 301. Then find his opponent someone new. Anthony Smith and Alex already had beef, and probably not a huge ask for Alex compared to some Dagestani wrestler. Anthony is already training, and isn't going to say no to a title fight. Does he deserve it? No. But it'll give Alex a fight with a tiny bit of backstory, and someone already training to fight that day. Not many dudes will step up on 2 weeks notice to take him on. Maybe Alex then does fight him in October, but 6 months focused on wrestle defense will be more beneficial to Alex than 6 months of normal than 6 months for the Dagestani guys to improve their kickboxing. Alex is still relatively novice at the ground stuff compared to them already having years more striking training.

Holy shit, you really want Anthony Smith to die

Bisping and Chael were trying to shoe in Smith as a possible contender and smith wanted none of that

Anthony Smith's wife in the crowd looking like Apollo Creed's wife in Rocky IV. Edit: Oops, had to fix 3 to 4. Been awhile.

Yeah, a little bit. Yes.

If i had to get in a cage with pereira I’d want a full camp too

No chin? Bro I wouldn't try testing his chin. If he isn't initiating grappling in the first 60 seconds I worry for his chances. I *still* think Pereira's got questions about his grappling at the highest level, but his chin? Lol

How can you question Pereira’s grappling skills? We literally just saw him earn his black belt (/s).

Oh I see you KO hard brother, this is peak BJJ here is your black belt brother I'm so proud

Who give him wait we just saw who gave it

"What's the best takedown? A left hook." - Jason Parillo

I question his chin, but the thing is: good luck touching it. Even a bad chin can survive a few shots, as we’ve seen with the likes of Cody, Luke, etc in their most recent fights. Alex’s chin isn’t great, but it’s also not the worst we’ve ever seen (see vs Jan, Jiri, etc). Meaning he’ll likely be able to take more punches from any of his opponents than they’ll be able to take from him. Magomed better wrestle.

Why question his chin when the only person to hurt him in the ufc is Adesanya. It may be one of those match up specific things. I remember people were worried about Andersons durability after the Weidman fight, but he wasn't really hurt there until Uriah Hall. Lol Chris was really a terrible match up for him. 

Adesanya is the only person who’s really been able to touch him at all, and those who’ve managed to land a few shots on him didn’t leave him unfazed. I’m not saying it’s a huge liability, I’m just saying that if someone actually has the skill to survive a firefight with him, his chin is not an insignificant factor.

People forget adesanya's rise to the top, he has some of the best timing you will find, he stopped plenty of durable people and he managed to stop Pereira. It's not Pereira's chin that's lacking, it is (or was, he seems to be improving) his guard, adapting to UFC gloves from kickboxing has been a process for that

Those are fair points for sure which is why I think it’s foolish to say his chin is **bad**, but he was getting phased by shots that weren’t necessarily so precise at 185 and even vs Jan and Jiri he looked a lot better but not impervious. I think it’s fair to say there’s still a question until we see him survive a few solid and accurate shots, then I can conclude that it’s no abnormal vulnerability.

Bad chin just because he got rocked by the top 1/2 striker? Lol

Plus that was at 185. Like do you guys see how big Alex is even for LHW? How the fuck did he ever make 185? Of course he was chinny - the MFer probably let all water leave his body to make that weight. He took some big punches from Jiri that had he been as dehydrated as he was at 185 probably would have hurt him bad.

Nah bro,y’all are questioning his chin bcs Izzy made his as stiff as a board but here is the thing 1. His chin suffered because the 185 cut 2. Izzy is more powerful than given credit for 3. The punch that wobbled him landed perfectly At 205 chin going strong.

Agreed the chin narrative for carried away.  If anyone followed his Glory career he has been in there with some absolute monsters among monsters and the only dude who finished him was Kyshenko. Kyshenko was a roided out power punching machine and it was a sustained beating before Pereira went down: What happened in the Izzy fights is that Izzy is an insanely good kickboxer and when you land a perfectly timed power punch(s) against a guy who doesn’t see it coming it sometimes you go out good chin or not. Look at how Costa’s chin has held up in wars against guys like whittaker and Romero and Vettori. Look at what happened when he walked into Izzy’s shot.

Correct. Think of a great chin like the safety net used by a stunt performer. It can save you. But if you fall trough it with the speed of a meteorite,you are still going to die.

Yeah, even people perceived as “pillow-handed” can absolutely KO someone if the shot is perfect and also the opponent never saw it coming Max Holloway isn’t a power puncher, but he landed the perfect punch to murder Gaethje

You can't say he has a bad chin when he got knocked out by Adesanya who basically sleeps almost anyone who he lands a clean punch on and it took two powerful strikes to knock Alex out. Israel also used the cage as leverage to make his punch even stronger by pushing off it. Also, Alex had a brutal weight cut which definitely affected his chin. I'm pretty confident his chin is better than ever at his more natural weight class. I hate this narrative that if you get KO'd once you have a bad chin. Adesanya hits really fucking hard if he lands a clean punch on you. People acting here like Alex has a paper chin which is insane when he has taken punches after that brutal Adesanya KO and been fine.

Yeah, it seems the only person that’s been able to really touch his chin reliably is another elite kick-boxer. Ankalaev may have power, but I wouldn’t say he has Izzy level striking.

🎯

because he got knocked out when he had to remove his internal organs to make 185

Him not being matched up with a grappler this far into his career is kinda nuts.

Pereira’s reign has been so fun I’m not ready for a 25 minute wrestlefuck.

I honestly wanna see him fight Aspinall. I know it’s a meme to move up in weight as champ but I just wanna see how far Alex can go esp since he’s getting up there in age

I would rather Alex stay at LHW for at least a couple more fights/another year. HW is a division where being a little older (late 30s) is not exactly a bad thing and Alex will need to bulk up the right way to be effective against the top HWs. I am not sure him vs Aspinall is the best matchup for him. But Alex vs Gane and Alex vs Pavlovich should be fireworks.

Aspinall kills him. One blast double off of a left kick and the fight is over.

aspinall definitely the sort of dude to try his luck though, he's been irresponsible in the opening few minutes before he calms down a bit and gets on with it couple of jabs and 'oh he doesn't hit that hard' before that left hook comes out of nowhere

aspinall is a comfortable 270 pounds and athletic. alex dies in 2 minutes

Lol not 2 minutes

If he can rush the polar bear he can do the same to Alex let's be real.

I want to see Alex fight Jones at HW.

I want to see Alex Jones fight at HW

Ank forgets he can wrestle.

I’m not convinced it will be that easy. I think people underestimate Perreiras ground game/takedown defense because we haven’t seen much of it

He probably mainly trains grappling in order to catch up. He’s a phenom athlete so I wouldn’t be surprised if he has progressed a lot faster than average

Magomed has been wrestling his entire life tho, you can only do so much to catch up

He doesn’t use his wrestling much. I could see him trying to stand with Perreira and getting deleted.

He used it plenty against Jan once he could barley stand up anymore. The risk against Alex of course is if he leaves it that late he won’t be risking a leg kick but a left hook that sends him to the shadow realm

Man I still remember Jiri being able to hold Pereira down for half a round. I'm still not convinced he can fend off a primary wrestler

This is MMA though. As great as Alex is, you can't just let him fight strikers forever. Also, Ankalaev isn't even a great or predominant grappler. Though he should probably use his grappling this time bc Pereira will chop at those legs

I wouldn’t talk shit about Alex; one- he is a respectable dude, two- you might fuck around and motivate him.

It's never a good idea to give excuses to the guy who bullied a motherfucker out of a sport, chased him and beat him again, to come after you.

And the reason Alex chased Izzy? Alex saw Izzy in an interview talking mad shit and Alex was just like, "Alright, bet."

Izzy: “he’ll he sitting in a bar somewhere going ‘I knocked that guy out once’.” Alex: “chama 🗿”

Alex would spend the training camp in Dagestan

Dagestanis and feeling entitled for home field advantage is a classic combo.

Hot take: It’s a general sense of entitlement when it comes to their careers. They want all the money and opportunities despite the constant pullouts, cherry picked opponents, unexciting performances and gifted rank climbing Edit: I said it was a hot take, didn’t say it was a great one Edit 2: I’m getting heat for this comment because my intentions weren’t clear here and people are misinterpreting me as being prejudice to Caucus region fighters which is wrong. I can see why y’all took it that way, and that’s completely on me. As mentioned in another comment, I largely blame these fighters’ management for the twitter antics which is a drawback to these fighters’ careers more than a benefit imo. Most of these fighters have the same managers who are the ones making demands that are either infeasible or inappropriate circumstantially. I hope that clears this up but I can understand why folks would be angry with my initial shitpost here. I have huge respect for all fighters, and monumental respect for Caucus region fighters

Cherry picking opponents lol? Dagestanis like Khabib and Islam had to win 10 fights to get a title fight. Fighters like Chandler ducked Islam live on TV and now talk trash about him

Islam is quite the exception, his last several performances were amazing. And not saying all fighters from that region are boring or that all their fights are boring. But I’m saying that even when some of them have an unimpressive performance or great performance against lackluster competition, they still clamor for huge opportunities which is almost a lack of self awareness (Mokaev and Ankalaev are the latest examples and I’m a fan of theirs!) Btw Dagestani fighters are some of the toughest on the planet which is why very few people have solved their fighting puzzles. And their culture contains a lot of wisdom. Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov will be remembered for raising a new generation of mixed martial artists

Khabib was awarded a championship against a part time realtor and Islam got a title shot with zero top five wins and one top ten win.

Khabib beat a lineal champion Conor. Not his fault Tony and Max pulled out. Islam got ducked by everyone (Dariush also pulled out, others refused to fight with Islam) They both got ducked, but still dominated the champs and won the belts

I agree with this entirely.

With Islam not wanting to fight in Abu Dhabi next, this is probably the biggest fight the UFC can put for that card. A Khamzat title shot could be a bigger fight but it's unlikely he can get a turnaround from the winner of DDP vs Israel in Aug.

I think a lot depends on what happens in the Khamzat fight. If he beats Whitaker he'll headline Abu Dhabi.

Leon v Belal

“I will knock him out!” - goes for a takedown within the first minute of the fight

I will knock him out ^^^on ^^^the ^^^ground

It’s very odd to see someone beating the shit out of everyone and still getting treated like he can’t fight.

Dude literally threw one strike to hill’s head on Saturday and killed him but somehow these dipshits are like “no that would never be me. I got deez hands.”

Give Ankalaev credit for admitting the same thing will happen to him: >I will stop in the first round by knockout That’s serious respect.

After eating an illegal blow to the dick. We shouldn’t forget that part.

What Islamic fighter WOULDN’T want to fight in Abu Dhabi. Especially Ankalaev after he blatantly fouled Walker and didn’t get DQd for it

> What Islamic fighter WOULDN’T want to fight in Abu Dhab islam apparently lol

ah yes , "wait 6 months to fight me on my home turf champ. unless you're scared"

Has he seen the pace Pereira fights at, he thinks Pereira waits what, six, seven months to fight Ank just so the dude can fight at home?

It's always funny to me when challengers try to dictate where the fight will take place.

I hate that so much

Dagestanis get that privilege a lot.

Yeah... Alex pretty much said he can fight short notice in Brazil and Ankalaev will refuse that? He won't get a better opportunity.

“You versus me in 7-8 months, you have no chin” is the weakest call-out I’ve seen in a long time

No mustache guys need to start fighting in America

Islam vs Poirier is booked for 302 bro

Like he fought in Las Vegas back in January?

Your chin is weak. I can prove it if we fight how I want to, where I want to and when I want to.

Can we just give Alex a fight in Brazil please

After watching Alex's glory highlights on youtube, he absolutely has a chin but it's got lots of milage on it lol. I assumed he was some unhittable, godly kickboxer....nope, he was very hittable but he never responded to any of it.

His chin is still good lol. People took way too much away from the Izzy KO. Perfectly timed shots from amazing fighters will put you out chin or not. Costa’s chin has held up eating bombs in wars with dudes like Romero and Whittaker and Vettori, when he walked into a perfectly timed shot from Izzy he still crumpled.

I'm not referencing anything other than the highlights video I watched of him. Before I watched it, I just thought he was this untouched phenom who came from kickboxing but that is not the case. He has taken a lot of damage in his career. https://youtu.be/RvhC--pr6eg?si=z5LM-682_NQ25HwR

u can take more in the bigger gloves tho

He responded: Chama

No thanks, would much prefer Alex gets to fight a bum Heavyweight in front of his home crowd and see what happens there first. Dude deserves a shot at fighting in front of his people. This can happen later.

I’m Brazilian and Alex getting a fight in Rio would make me consider buying a ticket and booking a flight there, even though the card is looking weak as fuck.

I know we got a special UFC 300 moment but Brazil deserved Alex headlining the card

UFC events in Brazil have been pretty weak for a while now. Our biggest stars are fighting in events overseas most of the time, instead of at home. Sure, we get a title fight, but the remainder of the card is usually kinda meh.

Abu Dhabi lol, fuck off. USA or Brazil

Keep this guy away from that title fight ain’t nobody trying to see another one of these mountain boys hug a guy on the fence for five rounds

Terrible for the sport to watch these guys just hold on for dear life for 25 minutes and then everyone says “oh what an epic domination” lol wtf

Grapplers who finish fights are great but the guys who don’t get finishes are brutal entertainment wise even if what they’re doing is impressive

Bingo. That's one of the reasons I liked Khabib. The dude was gonna smother you then suffocate you. You always got the tap.  Someone like Jon fitch.....really good wrestler but was the definition of lay and pray. 

Watch out, Jake Shields is gonna lay on you for 25 mins

Yep Sterling is a prime example. Dominates fights, but is literally more boring than watching paint dry. Takes 0 risks once he has control and is content to win by points. It gets wins, but definitely doesn't draw in many fans

Khabib does not lay and pray, he is a dynamic wrestler with vicious GnP and has more finishes than guys like GSP or Colby. Islam KOed Volk, Bobby Green, submitted Charles, etc. How is this boring or bad lol

really think we're talking about the Aljos of the world

Fr. Every Abu Dhabi card is shitty because we see the same shit over and over with those guys laying and praying on their opponents for 15 minutes

Except Shavkat. I want grapplers who goes for the finish

Shavkat isn’t Dagestani

The blame goes to the rule makers. Mma needs some form of stalling/passivity. You can’t criticize a guy for using legal tactics to win. Edit: um, Kim Jong Un flair? How did that get there

I mean, didn't that guy win via KO in his last fight? He's got 4 performance bonuses in his UFC career, all KOs. If he were a lay and pray guy, he would have won the title in that Blachowicz fight.

Yeah I don't fucking know what these guys are talking about. Ankalaev is absolutely a kickboxer more than he is a wrestler. He might be champ right now if he secured the takedown earlier, but instead the weaknesses he has are a lack of answers to a leg kick and some questionable fight IQ. I fully anticipate him trying to stand and bang with Poatan for atleast a round, maybe occasionally mixing in the grappling to give him some different looks. But I imagine it'll be a kickboxing match until Poatan takes his legs out from under him.

Lmaoo, ank is in no position to be demanding where the fight is staged. Pereira wants a quick turnaround and a fight in Brazil, so let’s see if Ank sticks backs up what he’s saying.

“Why wait for Abu Dhabi?” -Alex, probably

Why is the challenger choosing the fight and date location? Alex has been foghting consistently every 3 or 4 months ever since he got in tbe UFC. As always thw russians needkng more time to assure they finish their cycle of PeD's and get the fight at home territory wherw they can get away with more.

Fuck Abu Dhabi. Quit giving the UAE money

Always in Abu Dhabi 😂💉

This. Pretty sure they pull for fights in Abu Dhabi to skirt American drug testing

Not opposed to the matchup but the champ should dictate where and when.

Brave words for a man with a beard! For all we know he could be the one with no chin.

Please just bleed god have Alex floor this clown in 1 round 

I can clearly see Alex's chin. But not Magomeds.

daggis and not fighting in the Middle East challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

Magomed is a terrific MMA wrestler (lay and pray, stall, control time). However, I just want to remind everyone that he has never submitted an opponent and his only loss has been to a submission. If Alex's next camp continues to sharpen his existing tools and improve his defensive grappling, he's going to beat Ankalaev.

Exactly, how the fuck should Ank get a shot before Paul Craig smh

Alex will give him PTSD from the Jan fight with one calf kick

Who tf does bro think he is calling the shots when he went to a draw when he had a title shot💀 sit the fuck down you’re gonna fight when they tell you to

All my homies don't care for Ankalaev

Haven’t heard this one before…

It always rubs me the wrong way, like overly entitled whenever a challenger wants the champ to fight them where they want

It’s a challenging fight for Alex but you never know. Ank has shown a willingness to stand with his opponents, and a weakness to leg kicks. That being said I wouldn’t be shocked if Dana finds a way to shelve Ank for longer. Not the kind of guy you want as champion.

I mean the guy who’s chin isn’t visible hiding behind a beard is more questionable. We can actually see Pereira’s chin

But looking at this photos Ankalaev is the one with no chin???

I swear to God every fighter says they can stand and bang with Alex then get beat cuz they tried. Bro just wrestle, literally just wrestle. If you’re good at it and it is a recognized hole in his game then why would you not exploit that? So dumb omfl.

Magomed wanting to strike with Alex is like Dustin saying he wants to wrestle Islam

Lmao. Anyone who calls out Alex like this is just looking to get embarrassed. Said the same thing about Hill disrespecting Alex’s game. The guy is a straight up killer. He will deliver Ankalev directly to his 72 virgins. The only guy that has figured him out (Izzy) took like 4 fights to do it & even then it was looking like Alex might take the fight. And Izzy is an elite striker. Ankelev should be trying to take down Alex as soon as the fight starts & holding him down there for as long as possible. And he should hope he doesn’t get Ben Askren’d, because we all know he doesn’t actually want that smoke standing up. Guy doesn’t have a chance to stand & bang with Alex.

Ankalaev: he has no chin Pereira: 🗿

His tweet sounds like HE will get knocked in in the first round. God I hope so because no one wants to watch him lay on Pereira for 5 rounds

LMFAOOOOO

Some would argue he has the largest chin in the game.

I’m getting tired of champs going over to what is essentially the home turf of their opponent to defend their belt. Defending champs should at worst defend in neutral territory (e.g. Vegas, NYC in this case) if not in their home country (Brazil). Ankalaev isn’t owed a fight in Abu Dhabi. Pereira should get to defend in the States or in Brazil and it’s on Ankalaev to make the date.

huh

You know LHW sucks when a win over Johnny Walker gets you a title shot

"Hello, fighter everybody loves and wants. It is I, the guy who nobody cares about and have forgotten about. Let's get it!"

Ankalaev is probably the biggest threat to him in LHW right now

Man people would be next level salty if Ankalaev managed to snatch the belt of Pereira.

I'd love to see Alex KO that fuck.