He also outstruck him and clearly broke his will. That’s not the same thing and you know it. Merab used takedowns to kill his gas tank and landed better shots. It was a clear win for him. When one guy wants to quit before the end of the 5th that’s a win

Yeah, I was kinda in denial for a sec. Tryna cope with Alex 1 3 5 potential card, but it was a bad performance by him. He never turned up the gas when he needed to.

They really comparing merab humbling tf out of umar to this

Announce topturo vs makhachev or nuke the ufc

Makes absolutely no sense because there's not a chance in hell the UFC wanted this outcome. They don't control the judging anyway

This ain’t boxing, that whole you gotta beat the champ decisively to win isn’t a thing and it only existed in boxing because of corruption lmao. It’s just something people heard and then parroted but it doesn’t exist in any rulebooks.
Also Ank won 2,3,4 imo, 3s close but it’s not outlandish for all 3 to give it to him.

Yep perfectly fine to let the champ beat himself, which is exactly what Ankalaev did

Only interesting fight they got left besides Jon vs Aspinall

big ank had alex frozen like elsa

This is like Aldo and Bautista, yall mad a guy for cage control but not mad at the guy being controlled not working their way out. People just liked aldo and Alex so much they’re willing to blame the other guy for it being boring. It’s like watching a striker not attempt strikes. You flat out are not escaping that position with holding an overhook for dear life. It’s basic grappling, hooks keep them attached, frames keep them away. Alex had a lot of chances to escape, Ank didn’t even really tie up the legs or use good cage techniques. Alex even got the leg sweep at the end of the 4th lol, he just had no urgency. S*** happens guys have bad performances, still excited to see both guys

This feels like that first masvidal usman fight

Well im glad we agree that takedown spamming that amounts to nothing

You can’t make it a split decision, it’s 3 judges that have their own opinion. Whether it becomes a split decision or not doesn’t even matter lmao.
Also Alex was the one stalling on the wall. Holding overhooks for dear life isn’t gonna get you out, it keeps them there. Wall defense is way easier to get out from than to hold. Yall doing everything expect blaming Alex for a bad performance. S*** happens it’s fighting but that doesn’t mean the judges got it wrong. I had the same scorecards lol

My goat is washed

This is what I thought Jamahal was going to do to him

Can’t complain I honestly thought after that R5 that UFC would make sure Alex retains, then I heard that 49-46 card and went oh s*** and new lol

Alex got stunned and sleep walked the rest of the way, Ank pressured landed some shots and stalled enough to get the win. It is what it is.

Alex’s boxing defense is dogshit and he didn’t throw any hands worth a damn aside from that jab in the last round.

i remember i wrote post in the last thread about how jamahal would be able to crack alex too

It does and it doesn’t. It doesn’t score but generally it’s a good tactic and the way Merab and Aljo use it, it’s more just to stop forward pressure and gas guys out. It’s the reason Merab wins but it’s because it opens them up for strikes. It does help win fights

I will say Alex having such good TDD is scary, he really is special and this will only make him better

Unfortunately ppl just want to see him beat the s*** out of clowns in this garbage ass division and crown him king of the world on paper

Yeah, hopefully he’s not too old to make adjustments. I think Ank is a winnable fight for him in a rematch. Just need some better game planning.

Feels like they thought Ank would be stumbling around after a few leg kicks like he was against Jan. When that didn’t pan out Alex looked lost.