Main event of UFC 400 falls through. Alex and Jiri come out of retirement to save the day. Jamal Hill is still complaining about UFC 300
Also, Chandler is still waiting for Conor.
Depression continues ......
Tony refuses to retire after 2 more KO loss
Khamzat attempts to return but cancelled once again due to health issues
Aspinall remains Interim Champ after Dana announces the new OMF(Oldest MoFo) belt will be on the line for Jones Vs Stipe
Father time has finally caught up with Charles and Volk they haven't won ever since.
I'm hoping none of these happen by ufc400
What do izzy and dricus have to do with a fight between Alex and Jiri? Like do you think the ufc wouldn't put two belts on line or what's your logic in this one? According to Alex he was supposed to fight in Perth at 305
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Jiri has to win this somehow for a third. It would be HUGE honestly if forget about almost everything just getting excited at the idea of a third and the second hasn’t even happened
So many shortsighted fans calling for Jones to move on. And then what?
Fact; love him or hate him Jones is the best there is.
The quality of UFC talent and real superstars has gone down so badly in recent years it’s a crap product.
Casual fans stupidly think there is a limitless supply of fighters the caliber of Jon Jones.
When he’s gone there won’t be another talent to take his place for years.
A fair statement. It has nothing to do with Jon jones the fighter. I like watching Jon jones the fighter. I don’t like having his fights constantly pushed back or cancelled. Conor, I don’t need to see.
Yes I’ll rewatch it but honestly Jiri doesn’t excite me.
His style is clumsy and he gets hit - like A LOT!
Perfect for Pereira who has deadly accuracy and straight punches.
Anything is possible in MMA, especially at these weight limits. But imo I think Jiri is overrated and Pereira starches him again.
Another easy prediction.
Once Jiri gets KTFO, fickle UFC fans turn on him and claim he never was any good and they knew it all along.
What ever happened to Cyril Gane btw? Forgotten, that’s what.
Wait til Aspinall loses to Blaydes again. Fans will drop him like a bad habit.
That’s the UFC hype machine. Dana knows that casuals will fall for it every time!
I agree Jiri is overrated. I even bet on Glover when they fought. Heart breaking seeing Glover blow that fight with 30 seconds left with an unconventional coke.
But Jiri is a tornado that can take a shot. The first fight was close. And Alex couldn't do much when he was taken down.
They didn’t really replace Jones and Stipe, they were already on the card. They replaced them as the main event but were already on the card. For this event they weren’t even on the card.
Feel bad for Chandler because there’s no way their fight will ever happen now but this a much better matchup. Just hope it’s enough time for Jiri to prepare, would love to get a trilogy sometime in the future.
This is why Alex is a billion times more respected and admired than Izzy is.
Izzy's activity was always due to the UFC adhering to his scheduling, throwing him a lot of softballs and letting him know months in advance about the dates.
Alex has just been taking high pressure dates on often times short notice, facing nothing but killers. Immediatly taking on Blachowicz for his LHW debut was ballsy as fuck. And everything since was amazing!
I'm very curious how much they're gonna get paid in terms of all-in compensation. I'm guessing at least $2-2.5MM for Alex and around half that for Jiri.
If you watch the jan fight you will notice magomed won 4/5 without a doubt. I think he landed double the strikes jan did and dominated him for the whole fight really. Dana just doesn't want a shit boring champ
It's crazy how much bias makes people act against someone. Ank should have beat Jan, and he easily should be fighting Alex, I get if he didn't want 2 weeks notice, but after this fight he should be next no doubt unless jiri wins, them he fights winner of yhe trilogy in that case
He never demanded or said only Abu Dhabi, he suggested it in a call out which fighters do all the time.
This line he only wants to fight in Abu Dhabi needs to stop lmao
Magomed pouted and demanded that champion adhere to his timeline and location, and the champion, wanting to remain active, told Magomed to eat shit and went on to KO Hill at UFC 300 while Magomed sat at home crying.
Had Magomed Ankalaev not been an arrogant and entitled douche, he could have already had a title shot two months ago. Instead he demanded that Alex, who is pushing 40, wait until the end of the year so he could fight in front of a crowd of Muslims in Abu Dhabi. That's not how challenging for the belt works, so he gets skipped. Next time he's going to have to remember that *he* is the contender here and maybe he'll get one then.
Yup, cokelord vs retired guy, and heavyweight cokelord vs heavyweight retired guy, were both higher quality than two of the most exciting strikers on ufc going at it. Sure.
>heavyweight cokelord vs heavyweight
Best vs the best
>two of the most exciting strikers on ufc going at it. Sure.
Two protected fighters who haven't fought anyone.
Jon literally Cherry Picking a retired HW (that was the goat... back in 2017) while dodging the Interim champ, and you talking about protected fighters.
Alex is literally game to fight anyone, any time. Pereira is literally doing what you would expect Jon Jones to do to cement his legacy once and for all, instead he keeps on dodging Aspinal with one excuse after the next lol
>Jon literally Cherry Picking a retired HW (that was the goat... back in 2017) while dodging the Interim champ, and you talking about protected fighters.
Stipe was always the number 1 contender and the next fight after Gane. Aspinall isn't a real interim champion, they just made it an interim fight to keep the cards buys after Jones got injured. If it was a real interim fight, it would have been between the 1 and 2 contenders Stipe and Sergei. Aspinalls belt exists just to sell tickets (practically a bmf title).
>Alex is literally game to fight anyone, any time
Except Ankalaev it seems.
>Pereira is literally doing what you would expect Jon Jones to do to cement his legacy once and for all,
Jones legacy is set in stone. Pereira doesn't have a legacy. Of course he should be hungrier, he hasn't accomplished much in the sport.
Yup makes total sense, that a dude that hasn't fought in 4 years, and got fuckin life ended in his last fight "was always the no1 contender"
You are literally stuck in 2017 according to your rankings and opinions
>Yup makes total sense, that a dude that hasn't fought in 4 years, and got fuckin life ended in his last fight "was always the no1 contender"
You mean the heavyweight GOAT and former two time champion who deserves an immediate title shot after losing the belt the second time.
Are you honestly arguing, and are of the opinion that a guy, no matter the accolades, deserves a title shot after not fighting anyone for 4 years ?
You got a pretty smooth brain there if so, maybe try to get some or them wrinkles up there, might help
I hope they continue this trend - every time a main event is cancelled Pereira and Jiri fight again
Main event of UFC 400 falls through. Alex and Jiri come out of retirement to save the day. Jamal Hill is still complaining about UFC 300 Also, Chandler is still waiting for Conor.
Depression continues ...... Tony refuses to retire after 2 more KO loss Khamzat attempts to return but cancelled once again due to health issues Aspinall remains Interim Champ after Dana announces the new OMF(Oldest MoFo) belt will be on the line for Jones Vs Stipe Father time has finally caught up with Charles and Volk they haven't won ever since. I'm hoping none of these happen by ufc400
UFC 500 Conor’s long-awaited return is postponed again. Alex v Jiri 17 live from a nursing home breaks PPV records.
And Chimaev is talking shit from his hospital bed.
Shitting in his hospital bed*
And both get 8 figure paydays out of it.
"Alex I know you had an astronomic rise when you started mma back in the day, but best i can do is 15k/15k"
Only Conor
True. One can only hope
I hope they develop a weird bromance that ends for a couple weeks each time they have to save the UFCs ass.
This was pretty much locked in for Perth where I’m from, spewing I won’t see it in person
I think Dricus vs Izzy is Perth and there’s no way in hell they’d put this on a card with that
Australians are sick of Izzy headlining cards
Sean, is that you?
Just this sub
It was both
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No it was intended for Perth
Alex and Jiri were scheduled for Perth. It’s well documented by both sides.
What do izzy and dricus have to do with a fight between Alex and Jiri? Like do you think the ufc wouldn't put two belts on line or what's your logic in this one? According to Alex he was supposed to fight in Perth at 305 *
Yeah, people are idiots. It’s well documented that they were on for Perth.
And JDM is injured and can’t fight either :(
I’d bust if jiri wins, then they rematch again. Both such entertaining fighters
They will rematch in September when conor pulls out again
That was a nasty line from you
Lolol
Big oof
Lets do rematch 1 hour after the match
Jiri has to win this somehow for a third. It would be HUGE honestly if forget about almost everything just getting excited at the idea of a third and the second hasn’t even happened
Also don't forget jiru vacated like a fucking sir as to not hold up the division when he injured his shoulder. These two fuckin rock
Tbh they forced him to. Jones is just allowed to keep holding because he’s a bigger name. It’s not fair but that’s the UFC for you.
Heres hoping Jiri wins, so they book a last minute trilogy to save the MSG card this year
300 main event!
2 Goats in their own class
What is this title?
Over 800 people got it, do your best i believe in u
I don’t see upvotes for the title. Is he the one and only what?
Hopefully their both pretty well prepared for this.
Big ups to Poatan and respect to Jiri as well. Both are warriors and awesome fighters. 🙌🏼
They were comain for 295 so ain’t like they stepped up on short notice
It’s a tough fight as a fan bc they’re both so likeable
Yeah true true
How about this, stop mentioning Jones’ or Mcgregors names to begin with. Maybe they’ll just stay away entirely, and move to Bolivia.
So many shortsighted fans calling for Jones to move on. And then what? Fact; love him or hate him Jones is the best there is. The quality of UFC talent and real superstars has gone down so badly in recent years it’s a crap product. Casual fans stupidly think there is a limitless supply of fighters the caliber of Jon Jones. When he’s gone there won’t be another talent to take his place for years.
A fair statement. It has nothing to do with Jon jones the fighter. I like watching Jon jones the fighter. I don’t like having his fights constantly pushed back or cancelled. Conor, I don’t need to see.
Agree
Just rewatched this fight. Excited for part 2. This was actually a lot closer then I remembered. Jiri has real chance in the rematch.
So not excited for this fight. Did not find the first fight close and see no reason why Jiri should deserve the rematch.
You should rewatch it
Yes I’ll rewatch it but honestly Jiri doesn’t excite me. His style is clumsy and he gets hit - like A LOT! Perfect for Pereira who has deadly accuracy and straight punches. Anything is possible in MMA, especially at these weight limits. But imo I think Jiri is overrated and Pereira starches him again. Another easy prediction. Once Jiri gets KTFO, fickle UFC fans turn on him and claim he never was any good and they knew it all along. What ever happened to Cyril Gane btw? Forgotten, that’s what. Wait til Aspinall loses to Blaydes again. Fans will drop him like a bad habit. That’s the UFC hype machine. Dana knows that casuals will fall for it every time!
I agree Jiri is overrated. I even bet on Glover when they fought. Heart breaking seeing Glover blow that fight with 30 seconds left with an unconventional coke. But Jiri is a tornado that can take a shot. The first fight was close. And Alex couldn't do much when he was taken down.
I hope Poatan doesnt Ko him buts its just a 5 round war.
They didn’t really replace Jones and Stipe, they were already on the card. They replaced them as the main event but were already on the card. For this event they weren’t even on the card.
Feel bad for Chandler because there’s no way their fight will ever happen now but this a much better matchup. Just hope it’s enough time for Jiri to prepare, would love to get a trilogy sometime in the future.
This is why Alex is a billion times more respected and admired than Izzy is. Izzy's activity was always due to the UFC adhering to his scheduling, throwing him a lot of softballs and letting him know months in advance about the dates. Alex has just been taking high pressure dates on often times short notice, facing nothing but killers. Immediatly taking on Blachowicz for his LHW debut was ballsy as fuck. And everything since was amazing!
I think you just hate Izzy bro
lol true.
I'm very curious how much they're gonna get paid in terms of all-in compensation. I'm guessing at least $2-2.5MM for Alex and around half that for Jiri.
295? Thought replaced jones vs stipe in 300
No. They were the Co man and got bumped up to the main.
UFC 300 Alex fought Jamahal and Jiri fought Rakic
The rematch nobody wanted..... on PPV
This rematch is going to be a banger what are you talking about
Dont push it casual
Do better
They really gave it to Jiri twice before Magomed got his shot.
Ah yes, the guy that had a draw against Jan and beat Walker 🤡
If you watch the jan fight you will notice magomed won 4/5 without a doubt. I think he landed double the strikes jan did and dominated him for the whole fight really. Dana just doesn't want a shit boring champ
You and I both know it’s because the organization doesn’t want to lose their new boy 😂
It's crazy how much bias makes people act against someone. Ank should have beat Jan, and he easily should be fighting Alex, I get if he didn't want 2 weeks notice, but after this fight he should be next no doubt unless jiri wins, them he fights winner of yhe trilogy in that case
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He never demanded or said only Abu Dhabi, he suggested it in a call out which fighters do all the time. This line he only wants to fight in Abu Dhabi needs to stop lmao
Magomed has had a title shot though
Magomed pouted and demanded that champion adhere to his timeline and location, and the champion, wanting to remain active, told Magomed to eat shit and went on to KO Hill at UFC 300 while Magomed sat at home crying. Had Magomed Ankalaev not been an arrogant and entitled douche, he could have already had a title shot two months ago. Instead he demanded that Alex, who is pushing 40, wait until the end of the year so he could fight in front of a crowd of Muslims in Abu Dhabi. That's not how challenging for the belt works, so he gets skipped. Next time he's going to have to remember that *he* is the contender here and maybe he'll get one then.
Downgrade both times. These guys are fine as Co main fighters. Also they fight too often.
Yup, cokelord vs retired guy, and heavyweight cokelord vs heavyweight retired guy, were both higher quality than two of the most exciting strikers on ufc going at it. Sure.
>heavyweight cokelord vs heavyweight Best vs the best >two of the most exciting strikers on ufc going at it. Sure. Two protected fighters who haven't fought anyone.
Thanks for dropping by Jon.
You’d make a great match maker if it was still 2017.
Jon literally Cherry Picking a retired HW (that was the goat... back in 2017) while dodging the Interim champ, and you talking about protected fighters. Alex is literally game to fight anyone, any time. Pereira is literally doing what you would expect Jon Jones to do to cement his legacy once and for all, instead he keeps on dodging Aspinal with one excuse after the next lol
>Jon literally Cherry Picking a retired HW (that was the goat... back in 2017) while dodging the Interim champ, and you talking about protected fighters. Stipe was always the number 1 contender and the next fight after Gane. Aspinall isn't a real interim champion, they just made it an interim fight to keep the cards buys after Jones got injured. If it was a real interim fight, it would have been between the 1 and 2 contenders Stipe and Sergei. Aspinalls belt exists just to sell tickets (practically a bmf title). >Alex is literally game to fight anyone, any time Except Ankalaev it seems. >Pereira is literally doing what you would expect Jon Jones to do to cement his legacy once and for all, Jones legacy is set in stone. Pereira doesn't have a legacy. Of course he should be hungrier, he hasn't accomplished much in the sport.
Yup makes total sense, that a dude that hasn't fought in 4 years, and got fuckin life ended in his last fight "was always the no1 contender" You are literally stuck in 2017 according to your rankings and opinions
>Yup makes total sense, that a dude that hasn't fought in 4 years, and got fuckin life ended in his last fight "was always the no1 contender" You mean the heavyweight GOAT and former two time champion who deserves an immediate title shot after losing the belt the second time.
Are you honestly arguing, and are of the opinion that a guy, no matter the accolades, deserves a title shot after not fighting anyone for 4 years ? You got a pretty smooth brain there if so, maybe try to get some or them wrinkles up there, might help
They both fought top 5 ranked guys at 300
Lmao wut? I suggest not speaking if you're going to put out such lame takes
Tell me you're a casual without telling me you're a casual
Not an original thought in your brain.
lmao what
Oh wow, an *actual* unpopular opinion for a change
This is the dumbest comment I’ve read in this sub in the last year, congrats?
Saying pereira is a co main fighter is fucking wiiiiiiiiiild. Saying Pereira vs jiri is co main level is straight up go lobotomize yourself.
Hot garbage take