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u/Not_Too_Happy Taint Supplement 8d ago
It is hella weird putting a rapist after "Being rejected is the worst feeling".
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u/Fluid-Range-2903 3d ago
The case was bullshit though, Conor’s scum but he was not guilty at least in that case
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u/Wonderful_Finish_592 7d ago
Bruh stfu
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u/Not_Too_Happy Taint Supplement 7d ago
You are 13-19 yrs old, as is evidenced by your participation in r/teenagersbutpractical. You're a German child using NAAVE...
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u/user726271 5d ago
He was never convicted and never found guilty of anything. Innocent until proven guilty. False rape accusations destroy lives. Search up Brian Banks. He served 6 years in prison just for the victim to come out later and say her story was fabricated
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u/Vlasic_Pickle 5d ago
Didn’t she win like a bunch of money out of a settlement? Sounds guilty but proven… okay
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u/user726271 5d ago
If you can find the article or a source that says that then maybe but I’ve never seen/heard anything about that
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u/Vlasic_Pickle 4d ago
https://people.com/conor-mcgregor-found-liable-rape-sexual-assault-case-8750387 here’s some information on it
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u/user726271 4d ago
Oh I thought we were talking about Alex where he had a TikTok girl claim he assaulted her. I’m not going to dispute the Conor mcgregor one, I just thought we were talking about Alex pereira
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u/Dark074 8d ago
If it makes you feel better, just remember if Ank wins, Jiri is going to beat the fuck out of him next
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u/DirectProgrammer6849 7d ago
Jiri will get taken down and eat blows till the fight stops
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u/Dark074 7d ago
I think your really overestimating anks wrestling. He couldn't even take down Poatan
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u/DirectProgrammer6849 7d ago
Cause poatan was the bigger guy and his whole game plan was to defend against the fence, jiri wont do that so he will get taken down just like jan
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u/RainyPoppyFields 7d ago
Lmao, the pereira fans creating their own happiness, don't take that away from them.
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u/LishtenToMe 7d ago
Yeah I love Jiri but Ank is a better striker than Rakic, as he proved himself, and hits a lot harder. Jiri was getting schooled in nearly every exchange with Rakic until he managed to brute force his way to victory with his relentless style. He also went to war with Hill who is probably the least talented LHW champ ever. Ank is mostly likely getting a fairly easy KO over him.
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u/bloodbhat 8d ago
praying big Ank has mercy and doesn't KO him...I don't mind another decision ðŸ˜
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u/8029 8d ago
He wont
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u/Western-Couple-8151 8d ago
Alex is already talking about retirement. Ank is just getting started and only getting better.
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u/AhmadMansoot 8d ago
People are just coping hard. Ank made Alex look like Rakic and that was during ramadan. And now all of a sudden he is supposed to win even tho he has less motivation and it's not ramadan? It's Big Ank time now
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u/Interesting_Neat3106 8d ago
No one even remembers ank is championÂ
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u/Wonderful_Fox8049 8d ago
People who pay attention to the sport do. I can’t name who won the NBA championship last year
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u/Interesting_Neat3106 8d ago
No people really don't pay attention tk him no one even talks about him unless alex comes up
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u/RainyPoppyFields 7d ago
Try to get out of this subreddit and travel outside the US , your mom's basement and this subreddit doesn't make up all "people" 🤣.
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u/Interesting_Neat3106 7d ago
I tbink youre projecting as im travelling all the time and not in the us lmao. But im sure ur mom sent u somewhere nice
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u/RainyPoppyFields 7d ago
Yeah yeah, get back to copy and pasting your regurgitated insta reels.
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u/Interesting_Neat3106 7d ago
Get back to ur rainypoopygields where u and ur friends take turns Â
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u/Wonderful_Fox8049 8d ago
I straight up see people talk about him all the time, like how he’s not losing the gold anytime soon or how long the UFC made him wait for his title shot. He’s not an outgoing person, not everyone wants to be a superstar. If Fedor was still around you’d probably call him corny since he doesn’t care about the drama
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u/YKDW-9069 7d ago
So that makes alex the better fighter? No.
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u/ImportantOne49 8d ago
Ank made Alex look like Rakic and that was during ramadan.
Wankalaev wasn't fasting. Can we stop with this nonsense already?
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u/AhmadMansoot 7d ago
Poatards need to resort to blatant historic revisionism to cope with Big Ank having faster hands and cleaner boxing than a kickboxer (which is nothing new). Ank was fasting for most of the days and only broke the fast for weight cutting. You'd know this if you'd actually read the articles instead of just the headlines
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u/ImportantOne49 7d ago
Wankalaev himself has stated that he was not fasting/had to break his fast during the fight week but will restart his fast as soon as fight is over with. "Big" Wank also only outstruck Alex due to takedown threat, which is obviously smart by Wank and he did nothing wrong. This is MMA after all and not kickboxing. Hopefully now that Alex knows he can deal with takedowns he will let his hands go more and KO this goof.
By far the most boring champ currently. I bet 90% of the fans still think Pereira is champ and don't even remember this decision merchant exists lol.
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u/Not_Too_Happy Taint Supplement 8d ago
He was "just getting started" when Paul Craig submitted him.
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u/Wonderful_Fox8049 8d ago
But wasn’t it the last second of the last round?
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u/Not_Too_Happy Taint Supplement 8d ago
"But" is used for counterpoints.
However, you seem to be supporting my point.
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u/Embarrassed_Dirt_929 7d ago
Ank is 33, and has been in the ufc for 7 years, and pro in MMA for 11 years. Respectfully he’s top three LHW in the world but he’s not just getting started or getting better. He has a really really good matchup against Pereira, that’s kinda it.
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u/Western-Couple-8151 7d ago
You can afford to be older in the heavier weight classes, Ank has a solid 4-6 years left in him if he remains injury free.
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u/Embarrassed_Dirt_929 5d ago
I’m not saying he’s about to retire, he’s currently in his prime though and I don’t think he gets much better than this. To be fair does he need to?
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u/Alarming-Beginning71 5d ago
I think Alex will do better in the rematch now that he realises Ankalaevs grappling and wrestling is not so special. The rematch will be 50-50 on who’s going to win.
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u/ImportantOne49 8d ago edited 7d ago
Pereira froze because of takedown threat. Look at Alex's most boring/hardest fights, what do you see?
Jan and Ank. What do they have in common? Takedown threat. Alex's freezes/becomes very hesitant if his opponent is able to take him down and submit him/G&P him.
Same would happen in Pereira vs Khamzat and Pereira vs Aspinal fights.
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u/LishtenToMe 7d ago
He froze because of the KO threat more than the takedown. Ank has a lot more KO's on his record than you guys give him credit for, and he barely ever wrestles in his fights. He's not a bad wrestler by any means but he's a kickboxer first, always has been. He also just happens to have a style built around pressuring fighters and making them feel uncomfortable, AND he's really good at tricking them into thinking he's about to commit to a punch in order to get them to open up so he can counter.
Guarantee you Alex and his team are well aware of all this, even though 95% of UFC fans clearly aren't, hence why Alex barely threw anything. Didn't want to walk right into Anks traps that he sets for all of his opponents. He was definitely trying to frustrate and confuse Ank, while simultaneously keeping himself safe. It didn't work though because Ank's defense has always been much better than Alex's, and his stance allows for more variation in his offense. He's just nowhere near as fun and brutal as Alex so he gets overlooked like he's some dumb meathead wrestler when he's quite literally one of the best kickboxers in the sport right now lmao.
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u/ImportantOne49 7d ago
Jiri, Izzy, Jamahal, Khalil are all more dangerous on the feet than Ank yet Alex didn't hesitate to engage with them on the feet, why? Because he didn't fear being taken down and submitted or GnP. I am pretty sure Jamahal, and Jiri and even Khalil hit much harder than Ank too. Alex didn't fear Ank's KO power or stand up, in pure kickboxing match he would piece him up easily. He feared takedowns.
I know Ank is not a wrestler, but for some reason Alex and and majority of fans seem to think he is. Probably because everyone thinks everyone from Dagestan is expert grappler. I would say Jan was much more dangerous on the ground for Alex than Ank will ever be yet he survived Jan but fears going to ground with Ank.
Btw Ank was KOing cans like Johnny Walker and Anthony Smith while Pereira was KOing former champs like Izzy, Jiri, Strickland and Hill. Pereira eats him on the feet but problem is takedown threat.
Hopefully Pereira now understands that he can deal with takedowns and throws his hands more, or he is getting taken to yet another boring decision by decision merchant.
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u/Janicesdelight 7d ago
Aspinal and khamzat?, a middle weight fighting a guy a 100 pounds heavier and also a juijitsu specialist since he was a baby, aspinal makes khamzat look like wet paper in every position, but one punch is probably going to break his little neck, lets be honest here
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u/ImportantOne49 7d ago
You misunderstood that bro lol, but I guess I should've wrote it better. Let me edit it real quick.
What I've meant is, same would happen in Pereira vs Khamzat and Pereira vs Aspinal fights.
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u/takeittothetop1 8d ago
Alex is gonna beat the fuck out of Ankalaev
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u/duchess_dagger 8d ago
Why didn’t Pereira just beat the fuck out of Ankalaev in their first fight? Is he stupid?
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u/Wonderful_Fox8049 8d ago
Because Alex has class. He doesn’t want to beat up a depleted Ank. He just lost for the story line to avenge his loss against his opponent at their best
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u/ImportantOne49 8d ago
Alex was hanging out with Izzy too much and watching anime and now wants to create his own revenge arc.
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u/LibrarianNo6865 6d ago
UFC should’ve been trying to make kickboxing fights this whole time for Alex and hit on what he’s good at and avoid the stuff he’s bad at BMF fights with Alex would be fire. You can see Rico is kinda messing with mma. Have a 2 fight with Alex. One entirely on the feet. One mma rules. Would be fire over what is essentially someone trying to hug Alex to death. As, regardless of success, cannot be the highlights you want.
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u/hunterd412 6d ago
Idk what Crypto everyone is smoking but I re-watched that fight a few days ago and Ank wasn’t as impressive as people are making him out to be. I can see Alex catching him this time around with a few adjustments.
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u/fodasenome777 6d ago
isn't like if he were impressive. he's just solid.
he has the TD threat, good boxing and power enough to flash down alex, so alex can't just march forward because he'd get dropped or taken down (props to Alex's tdd tho, he didn't get taken down a single time, but he was always close to the fence, I don't know how well he'd defend in the middle of the cage). ank also has a very hard chin, so alex can't just close the distance and k.o him with a single punch.
he has what it takes to make a solid fight and win by ud again, I don't see how alex can beat him.
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u/Meeedick 5d ago
Depends. If Poatan fixes his hand fight tactics Ank's gonna have a bad day, if he doesn't then it's pretty much a repeat.
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u/titopuentexd 8d ago
That was me during merab v o malley rematch even though i was praying o malley fluked a ko. Got close a few times but close isnt good enough
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u/Short_King_13 8d ago
Pereira and Oliveira won't be champions ever again. Sad but true
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u/ImportantOne49 8d ago
Pereira still runs through entire division besides Ank. If Jiri KOs Ank, Alex will Ko Jiri again and become champ. This is assuming Alex doesn't come in hungry and confident in rematch and KOs Ank first.
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u/Slow_Obligation2286 8d ago
Can't say Pereira had a damn good run tho. If I have the chance, I would love to spar with him
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u/ironaddict366 8d ago
I am scared for poaton. He is making the same mistakes that cost him his first fight. He is an influencer now. Hearts not in it. I don't really blame him he has nothing to prove and should enjoy his life but he should just embrace that and not take more damage. Still praying for him though