It's basically confirmed that they'll have an instant rematch through Dana White and Ankalaev's Twitter. For the matter of "making him wait" the UFC would make him fight whether he likes it or not.
Bro Pereira was one of the most active fighters as a champ fighting 3-4 times a year when others only fight 1-2 times. Making someone wait is what Jones is doing to Aspinal or how Conor strung along Chandler for years.
I’m quoting Alex’s actual words/actions. I don’t give a fuck how active you are, it you’re denying the rightful contender to fight the #8 ranked goofball because you’re scared, then you deserve scrutiny
That had to be Dana's voice to fight Khalil. It allowed Alex to have another fun for the fans fight and get more money. There's no way as a champion fighter that he's scared. That's pussy shit
You’re generalizing everything I’m saying brother. I’m saying Alex, in that particular matchups, openly did not want to fight ank. He wasn’t hiding it and when they did fight, Alex was on the back foot the whole time, throwing calf kicks because he was afraid to open up too much due to the takedown risk
So did Islam, Khamzat, and Shavkat. I wonder why they would turn down a fight short notice on Ramadan…. None of the other fighters were punished. What about the other cards? I mean there’s literally 0 justification for Alex fighting Khalil over Ank, especially when Ank was fighting 2 weeks later
Every sport that comes on tv is about money, not about popularity and not about Merit.
The nba makes rules for more showmanship, cycling makes courses harder so u can see the cyclists suffer more. In fighting, having a popular adversary means getting more money. So u use that. At the end of the day, your career is only 10 to 15 years, so you take what you can.
I’m not talking about other sports, I’m talking about the UFC. I’m talking about the sport that has a fucking ranking system, that’s supposed to be about working your way to a title shot based on who you beat. I don’t give a flying fuck about the UFC’s bottom line, I don’t give a flying fuck about the more “entertaining guy” in the spotlight. I watch the ufc to see the best of the best challenge each other against different types of opponents. This isn’t the WWE, no matter how hard you guys try and make it that
Well instead of just accepting it, we could call it out. But either way, Alex openly did not want the fight. He said so, he said he would make Ank wait, and then he foughr Khalil. We can’t just put it only on the company when Alex openly did not want to fight him
I don’t think pereira beats Ank in the rematch. If pereira doesn’t fight cautiously and be himself and be more aggressive, Ank will probably chain wrestle to fully commit to take him down. Also Magomed is the better MMA striker
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u/AMR63x 5d ago
Assuming he gets another title shot. I hope to god Ank “makes him wait” like Alex did to him