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Dana wants Garry v Covington next so it may happen.
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You can tell Dana doesn't want to talk up Alex Pereira too much.. doesn't want Alex to hit superstar status.. doesn't want to fork out the $$$$ he deserves.
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Yeah he would be intriguing at HW
Could Jones just rag doll him? Could Aspinall be to quick and agile for him?
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If he were to go to HW I would like a pure striker matchup first... Pav has just lost 2.. I wouldn't mind that as his first task.
It would have to be Volkov, Gane or Pav if you want a suitable lead in. No one else will stand with him.
It might make more sense to let him put Ankalaev out, see what happens with Aspinall/Blaydes and Jones/Stipe, and go from there. If Jones fights, he likely retires there and then. So fair chance you get Aspinall vs Poatan for the title, and he's done more than enough to earn that chance.
By some way I'd say.
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hope you got 1.7 * 5k = 8.5kAn screenshot the winning barcode if it comes through as proof
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Izzy's a great fighter, only guy on earth who can actually kickbox with Poatan and do it well I've never said he's shit. But he's a ****ing flog and every single thing Poatan does is better in his life
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Probably yes and yes because those 2 are elite heavy weight grapplers and he's not. Hed have to spend every single day in the gym training take down defence but I can't see how he gets up if he does down once with those guys. Even Jiri held him against the fence for a little. Bloody well bet Aspinall can.
But still
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Also I'm petty, Poatan was barely alive at middleweight and he still beat Izzy and nearly got him the second time till he was got. Alex looks insanely better and stronger at LHW. Izzy doesn't last a round at LHW with him
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Alex said him and his coach saw a video of Jiris pre fight warmup and he wasn't defending the calf kick properly and that is where he saw the opening for the high kick. He said he was more concerned with defending his calf than head.
Aspinall really is a bad match up for Poetan, taller, heavier and more reach (I think anyway) and plus can grapple. He's also not a ****ing idiot and would be making sure he fights smart and gets the TD.
But yeah Poetan deserves that shot and deserves to be able to wait after stepping in like he did.
Pereira doesn't wait, not in his nature.
Anyway, that's enough fawning over the guy. Haven't seen this level of hyperbole and obsession since the Conor days!
Pereira v Ankalaev towards the end of the year.
If he wins, let the heavyweight division sort itself out Jones/Miocic (have a feeling both will retire after this fight) & Aspinall/Blaydes.
Then move up for title shot.
If he wins, let the heavyweight division sort itself out Jones/Miocic (have a feeling both will retire after this fight) & Aspinall/Blaydes.
Then move up for title shot.
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I know Jiri has that weird low hands punches coming from any angle style but. He should of blocked the kick or at least raised his hands sometimes. Imo.
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Jiri agrees
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Dana needs to get over Jon Jones, the bloke has fought once in 4 years and held the HW division hostage wanting to fight Stipe who he knows is no threat as his almost 45 and hasn't fought for 4 years.. Jones is a joke.. not to mention he was on the decline his last few fights at LHW.
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Alex got a 303k bonus from Dana aswell as all the PPV points and his base pay. If he was 27 not 37 he could have been absolutely anything
Deserves it all too, he saved the event from being a complete washout pretty much.
Maybe his kickboxing career has been the experience he needed to dominate the UFC though. i think kickboxing generally translates much better to MMA than boxing for example, he really hasn't had an opponent that has tried to wrestle**** him yet though. Jan tried a bit I think but I actually missed that fight.
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Jan held him down quite alot, he just could do anything with the positions.
Same as the Izzy fight I guess then, I should watch it
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Nah was a bit of a fizzer, both looked gassed from the altitude. Alex hit him more times but neither could really generate power. Easily his most boring fight
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say what? sparring with Aussie giant?
I don't think there's any doubts he's had a pretty charmed run to this point. I think his grappling ability is actually underrated, even by his fanatics, but he really hasn't had to do much. Izzy tried mixing it in a little, with some success. Jan had some success, but looked to exhaust himself doing so (and really good position defence from Alex). Jiri's attempts on Sunday were really poor.
Other than that, everyone has basically stood in front of likely the most dangerous active striker in the world, with Strickland even walking right at him in a straight line. It hasn't been carefully calibrated match-making either, this is just the state of the MW and LHW divisions.
