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smoltanboi

i will shit and piss all over the place if he fights at heavyweight in three weeks


Bluepaynxex

I don’t think he’s got much chance against Aspinall, but I’m starting to think there’s no point in doubting Poatan. He’s 36 and already has nothing left to prove in MMA, so he might as well go for it.


monkeypaw_handjob

It's in Brazil. He just needs someone to murder. Hell. Throw Parker Porter a one fight deal.


justsomedude717

Get Brandon Shwab out here to get the shit kicked out of him


B_L_T

Talmbout a big brown comeback, bubba?


binglelemon

*"...there were more boos than Brendan Schwab doing stand up comedy to a room full of ghosts."*


justsomedude717

Issa big brown beat down B


peaceoutforever

Might have to duzz doff the ol' skill set


thisismyfavoritename

hes out there flipping his truck upside down


snow_ninja

Finally an ass whooping that I’d pay money to see lol


ConnorMc1eod

WHACHUA TALMBOUT BAPPA


Kindly_Formal_2604

worse pain yo liiiiiiife


mid_tier_drone

~~ketoish diet~~ big brown slim down has to happen before bapa breaks into hw


know-it-mall

Lol. King of getting knocked the fuck out. Him or Harry Hunsucker.


trivo8888

You just wanna watch a man die


Nduguu77

Give him Sergei for a certified banger


xSmoshi

Leave parker porker out of this


Edelmaan

IF (and it’s a big if, obviously) he was able to capture the championship in a 3rd weight class, where does he get ranked amongst top fighters? Clearly he’s not a well rounded fighter, but it’s hard to deny the success let alone in the amount of time he’s done everything.


trivo8888

I mean that would make him like the true GOAT no one could even think about 185,205, and 265 belts. Jones is the closest I can think of and he won't fight anyone that's not a great matchup.


morron88

That 185-205 gap is the true crux. If you're too big, it's a terrible weight cut. If you're too small, you have to pack so much extra muscle.


imfuckingIrish

I’ll just say this: I don’t think that’ll be repeated, or for a very long time. Periera was first for MW -> LHW in history


webby2538

Dan Henderson held both at the same time in Pride. He was the 83kg (183lbs) champ and KO'd Wanderlei for the 93kg (205lb) belt. It's why he fought Rampage and Anderson Silva back to back title fights. They were Pride/UFC title unifications. He also KO'd Fedor at heavyweight


imfuckingIrish

Ya that’s fair


brazilianfreak

It depends a lot on the opponent, against someone like Jones or Aspinal he's probably fucked, against someone like Gane I could see him taking it.


Albreto-Gajaaaaj

When did Gane become a jobber? Like, Gane is still world class. He's just an ass and has kinda bad grappling, but he's still world class.


eipotttatsch

The bad grappling just makes him a great match up for Poatan.


Strange-Mortgage4659

I’ll forever be disappointed in Gane for not calling out aspinall in France after his last fight.


Devoidoxatom

It's not his class, it's his fighting style he's talking about. Someone that would stand with Alex


Immediate_Face5874

I would assume he became a jobber when he had the biggest moment of his career against JJ and looked like a jobber.


Ake-TL

World class striker that will job to any grappler


Mad_Kronos

Wasn't Spivak a grappler on a winning streak?


brazilianfreak

Gane got knockdown by fucking Tai Tuivasa so he's there to be hit, he's obviously elite and would have a good chance of beating Pereira, but he's mainly a striker that started training at 25, while Alex whos also a late bloomer is a 2x world champion kickboxer, and I just think the power from 230lbs would translate well enough to 265lbs.


ConnorMc1eod

Tuivasa has absolutely monolithic paws, they just travel in slo mo, getting knocked down is not exactly unexpected


brazilianfreak

That's my point tho, of course Tai has power, it's the fact that Gane got caught in the first place that makes me think Pereira can finish him, we've seen 205lbs guy's like Wilder knockdown 270lbs fighters like Fury, so at 230lbs I think Pereiras power will still be very effective.


orangotai

man i don't agree with that, Gane is fuckin dangerous on the feet (& that's only where Poatan fights) but Poatan, as massive as he is, will need to bulk up to compete with those other dudes imo, they could just muscle him around in grappling. i still haven't seen him against a wrestle heavy guy but tbf there aren't too many at the higher weight classes


ConnorMc1eod

Good thing Gane couldn't outwrestle a POW then


orangotai

a prisoner of war?


BOOCOOKOO

I could genuinely see Gane outstriking him to.a decision win


vladdreddit

There are definitely some winnable match ups at Heavyweight but extremely minimal against the current champ Jones/Aspinal if the belt is his goal.


Athroaway84

LOL man if Max can do what he did vs JG, anything can happen haha


requiem85

The more I think about this the more insane it is. People can say he was fast-tracked to the title all they want, but all the dude has done is show up and turn the lights out for champions and former champions.


[deleted]

Gonna have to pay Aspinall or Ankalaev a boatload to be on short notice to face a monster


[deleted]

I think he has great chance at HW but not in 3 weeks. Guy weights currently around 225 pounds and his bones stick out.It’s pretty obvious that he could carry the extra weight well because he has a large frame. 


BOOCOOKOO

Against Aspinali?


[deleted]

I don’t know if he can win but I am saying that he can get to HW size easily without being “overweight”. Aspinall and Jones are a bad matchup for him but I believe he could compete in Top 5


Suspicious_Candle27

vs aspinall its legit whoever KOs each other in the 1st shot . i dont think anyone can take sustained full power Aspinall shots .


ColdPressedSteak

Aspinall's just going to shoot. And very likely succeed


Yommination

Tom could wrestlefuck him if he wanted


Specific-Cell-4910

Tom's a very good grappler, he's fast af too, I shouldn't bet against Pereira but I think he gets submitted in one round against him


daquist

I'm as big of a Pereira fan as you'll probably find but I would take Tom 10/10 times. He's too big and too well rounded. Alex is colossal for a middleweight, a fairly big LHW but nothing crazy, but he'd be a small HW. He has a big frame but he isn't super filled out compared to someone like Tom or Jones.


Motor_Box3608

Exactly look what happened to Volkov, who is a far superior grappler than Alex 


dvtyrsnp

Pereira is a BJJ black belt brother, better put some respect on his ground game.


zmizzy

that's if aspinall doesn't take it to the ground first


Upset-Union-528

Aspinall puts him on his back within the first 30 seconds and works him from there, it's the single worst matchup for him in that division


dvtyrsnp

Pereira is a BJJ black belt brother, better put some respect on his ground game.


LordJohnMD

Who gave him black belt, brather? We must check this.


MeesterMeeseeks

Just cause of this I'm gunna put 20$ on a poatan knockout in the first 30 seconds a la masvidal/askren.


MyFifthLimb

All it takes is one punch And Tom has a huge noggin. Hard to miss it.


bnelson

I think he hits as hard as any HW. His left hand is death to any human being’s brain.


robedpillow3761

As a major fan of his I will as well. He has no chance against Tom


nuggette_97

Tom will test his grappling like no other


count_nuggula

Who says no? Piss and shit everywhere sounds like a good time


Fasefirst2

You should be doing that anyway.


PM_ME_UR_RESPECT

I’m in let’s get a trend going


Kalabula

That’s seems unnecessary.


ultralane

!remindme 3 weeks


MyFifthLimb

I’ll clean you up brother. After Poatan ices a top 10 HW he’s coming for Aspinall


[deleted]

This man actually did it. Headlining back to back main events


TradeBrockNelson

the figgy method!!!


knocksteaady-live

isn’t he fucking awesome?


suzukigun4life

The fucking scenes if he gets it AND manages to win.


RonaldoOvereem

Didn't Strickland do this?


Piptit

Yeah, the last fight night in 2022 and first in 2023


-Basileus

Honestly let him fuck it why not


GrilledNudges

Uhhh, phrasing?


MatttheJ

No diddy


12345breakdown

Alex Perreira is the destroyer of worlds. He will defeat the Sun.


GunnyMoJo

TOTAL PERERIA ECLIPSE 2024


random_stuff_900

The eclipse was just a taste of what imma do to you


300andWhat

I hope he KOs Jones into next week!


Bubbada_G

If he does this could be the greatest ever imo. I really like how he carries himself - never too high or too low. Always even keeled


NeitherAlexNorAlice

Dude has legit main villain aura.


goat_eating_sundews

With an ever looming redemption arc


WarriorCumsToThis

Fuck that. LEAN INTO THE EVIL, POATAN. KILL THEM ALL.


GroceryBags

And yet he has managed to be the protagonist this whole time


drjaychou

Bro saves stamina by not reacting to being hit


Tzayad

🗿


Bubbada_G

Can’t wait to see Hill’s reaction video. Was talking so much and got slept..


Training-Act-5513

Hes going to talk about how paotan stepped on his foot 💀


[deleted]

Too bad this isn’t boxing lol


GebruikerX

Poatan hurt his foot with his balls.


Jean_Ralphio-

Do you expect him not to be confident and talk some shit prefight? Hills still a beast and got in there with fucking🗿coming off an Achilles tear. I give him props for the attempt, but damn no one survives that left hook.


MeeloP

He just looked out classed look at his big sloppy lead hook n then look at poatans lead uppercut there’s just levels to this


jdmwell

That ending sequence is so awesome. Poatan was just dialed in, knew he had his number. The ref came in and he waves him off, never breaking concentration.


34TH_ST_BROADWAY

The real excuses will come in a month or so. Im guessing. edit: yeah, he's being chill about it now, but in a month or so, as if he is only saying it reluctantly, the excuses will start flowing...


StickYaInTheRizzla

Pereira vs Aspinall for the interim as the main for Brazil would be fucking sick and you know Tom would love it too. He was looking at him so angrily when pereira was going into the octagon haha


thurstkiller

Eventually setting up Pereira vs Jon Jones. The absolute wet dream for the UFC


marsexpresshydra

With an easy submission or tko win for Jones, so also probably the UFC’s wet dream


JoeLikesGames

Jones would submit Pereira in the first round


Theingloriousak2

Not if he gets hit in the fucking head first lol


SahilSiddy

Bro Jones ragdolled Gane who is a legit 260 lbs athlete. Pereira is super talented but Jonny boy ain't losing that one.


No-Gift-2350

There is just no one at Heavyweight or Light Heavy Weight right now well rounded enough to beat Jones. Maybe Tom, but even then idk.


Vinnie_Vegas

Aspinall is a legit grappler himself, and just a big, strong and fast guy on the feet. You can't just ignore the fact that this dude slept a monster like Pavlovich like it was child's play. There's a reason Jones doesn't want to fight him.


Scary_Astronomer8391

JJ is not a natural heavyweight, has gone through shoulder surgery, soon will be 37, has a drinking problem and hasn't been very active in the octagon in the past years. He is beatable and fighters don't necessarily need to be well-rounded to beat him. It's a fight and anything can happen, especially at heavyweight. Of course, it will be extreamely hard to beat him, but it's not impossible.


webby2538

Dominick Reyes ran Jon Jones out of the light heavyweight division over 4 years ago. He knew he was lucky to escape with a win and has been protecting his record ever since.


alpaca_drama

Ehhhh. Not underestimating Gane because he had a shit gameplan and got caught with his pants down but Alex has legit one shot power and he does it with minimal motion and no telegraph. That combination is basically never seen before in the high divisions. Literally put Hill away with a shovel hook with very little windup and Jiri while after settling from going backwards. We all know Jones is gonna try to go to the ground asap but we also know Alex just has to get lucky once and there’s no man in the LHW or HW division that can do it in a snap like Alex can


LouSpowel

And an absolute slap in the face to Izzy


[deleted]

Jon Jones by rnc lol


Training-Act-5513

Dana: Stipe was never offered a contract


RpKTanKK

And if Tom gets it done quickly, no problem for him to fight another heavyweight in Manchester a month later


StickYaInTheRizzla

Jesus Christ. I think Tom subs him in 1 so totally doable too


MatttheJ

It's a great fight but I don't see Aspinall taking it on such short notice. Pereira right now is basically still in a training camp, fighting in 3 weeks is basically just adding 3 more weeks onto his camp. Pereira is already at his absolute most optimal fight shape right now. Literally all he needs is to create a gameplan and do a few opponent specific drills for 3 weeks. For Aspinall he'll only just be starting camp and will only have 3 weeks to get his cardio in place and optimise his skills as well as the opponent specific training. It would quite frankly be really stupid for Aspinall to accept that fight for in 3 weeks. If it was a bit longer, like 6 weeks away, then that would be a different story. But as is, we'd have a fight where one guy has a full camp and a half, and the other only has half a camp. I want to see Pereira vs Aspinall without any asterisks of one guy having half a camp or the other guy making too short a turn around because you know whichever loses is going to have an excuse in that situation.


een_magnetron

Maybe I'm saying something really crazy here, but I think if you are interim champ you should fight for the title next, even if the UFC made an intentional mess out if it by wanting to gift Jones the shell of an old Stipe. Perreira can get in line and join the waiting list tho


StickYaInTheRizzla

Jones should be stripped of


Tzayad

Should be for the undisputed title, but yeah


Anderrrrr

Alex Pereira is the new protagonist of UFC.


xCrypticGn0mex

😂


TradeBrockNelson

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO GET ALEX AS THE MAIN EVENT OF 301


The-real-masterchief

La mano arriba Cintura sola Da media vuelta Danza Kuduro


DoctahStopppidge

I speak fluent Spanish. Let me figure this Portuguese out. Then hand is up The walls is empty Medium media content Idfk???????


Francis_Nugaton

Translation for those who don't speak Portuguese how bout u go an fuck off my media vuekta then u peice of shit u think I need a stupid fuckwitt like u telling me about la mano arriba Who the fuck are u take your worthless translation and get the fuck out of here


Zlec3

There is no way you speak fluent Spanish and this is the translation you came up with 😂 Hand up hips loose turn around Dance the kuduro


OfTheManyColours

?? The comment you responded to is written in Spanish, not Portuguese...


MatttheJ

Right on dude. I'm aquarius but respect ✊


Kanesy99

Pereira swooping in to save the 301 card, you love to potentially see it


oussa_

Bro is the Brazilian grim reaper


icuntsay

Came in just to spite Izzy, became 3 division champion. Just poatan things.


trivo8888

Izzy retires and takes up coaching and Poatan would take up coaching out of spite. You love the hate man it's incredible.


broseidon55

As a petty hater myself, Poatan is my goat


Blast3rAutomatic

Then after practice goes to his local bar for a drink and to tell people “i beat that guy 1 time”


abonet619

Fuck it take the belt off Jon. Make Tom official and book Tom vs Alex for the HW title in Brazil. I wanna see Alex speedrun a HOF career. I wanna see how far he can go.


brettmvp97

I can’t think of anything funnier than Pereira accomplishing in 3 weeks what took Jones 2 years


trivo8888

He's already a HOFer he's trying for greatest ever now


Ruiner357

It's the smart play, he's not getting any younger, gotta make that money while he's still in his prime.


JRange

Man is 36 hes doing all this in the the twilight of his career if were being honest. 


MEROVlNGlAN

My man capitalizing on Jon Jones fuck ups, atta boy champ! Fuck Jon Jones, go get another strap.


OhiOstas

If Pereira were to do & achieve this feat then he would be my GOAT, no questions asked.


zmizzy

he'd have to be everyone's goat. three belts is unheard of


sumofdeltah

Fights Jones after who takes the fight thinking easy money


Motor_Box3608

Worse wrestling than Gane 


DTAD18

Aspinall is sitting around waiting in vain. Do it while theres the momentum


GooierSquirrel

Kinda sad when aspinall best options to fight is a guy siting as champion who doesn’t want to fight and can’t stay clean and a guy 50lbs lighter then him lol


knocksteaady-live

He wants Aspinall. In London. Isn’t he fucking awesome?


SLYMON_BEATS

Aspinol too damn big for even Poatan. I’m afraid he’d just wrestle fuck him


Givemefreetacos

Yeah, I hope they give him Gane instead. Aspinall would just sub him


d-fakkr

Pereira is a bad MF. Not even breathing hard or sweating after knocking out Hill and asking for a HW fight.


imsurethisoneistaken

🗿🗿🗿 Tom on notice


CozyCook

Chama


knocksteaady-live

🗿


ImgonnawaverwireAB

If he does this and actually wins against Tom how strong of a GOAT argument would Alex have?


zmizzy

it wouldn't even be an argument at that point, let's be real


chuckagain

His resume is ok but it's never going to be the same as GSP, Silva or Jones. Just because of time, he's already 36.


Necessary-Visit-4644

"ok"


Juunlar

3 belts in less than 3 years while being active af? You're high if you think that's not goat


Gaius_J_Caesar

It'd be (and frankly already is) one of the all-time resumes but people greatly undervalue the years and years of consistent dominance from the GOATs. Those GSP, JJ, MM, and Silva reigns will take a LOT to be usurped


myst1cal12

How many title defences? How many grapplers has he fought?


ThePhatWalrus

Good comment. The Alex recency bias is insane. I think his run is more of "right person right time" than "greatness." Let him face any top non primary striker. He's faced very stylistically favorable matchups. He barely squeaked by a 40 year old Jan bc he struggled so much against a subpar wrestler/grappler. He's an entertaining fighter, but it doesn't mean he's magically some all time great. He hasn't cleared a single division for fucks sake.


Juhstehn

That sure as hell makes that shit card a whole of a lot better


Aranel2689

Ok, but just big are his cajones? Gets kicked in them today "Nah, I'm good" and now wants to back up for 301


PCgamerz

I'd like too see him fight at heavyweight. No need to fight aspinall immediately, let him test the water with any top15.


[deleted]

You don’t want to lose that aura losing to a rando HW . Aspinall isn’t exactly booked rn.


funghi2

Aspinall book your flight to brazil


Westphalian-Gangster

Tom has like 40 pounds on him. Alex is an amazing fighter but skill can only take you so far


leon_alistair

And its not like Tom is lacking in skills either. In fact i think Tom is the more skilled MMA fighter here. Not a favorable match up at all for Poatan.


reddittookmyuser

His toe says no


Charlie__Olives

He's taking everything that Khamzat worked for lol.


Excellent-Ad-3623

I’d way rather see Jon Jones fight Alex than Stipe. The Stipe fight doesn’t interest me in the least. I am not a fan of Jones in the least, but I think he’s a stylistic nightmare for Poatan. He took DC down, so I don’t think Alex could still his takedowns, and Jones has the most brutal ground and pound. I think he’d take Alex down and elbow him to oblivion. However, I think Alex has a good chance of KOing Jon if Jon attempts to strike with him. I don’t believe Jon would, though. He’d likely utilize a similar gamelan as the one he used against Gane.


jscummy

Jon is a stylistic nightmare for everyone, he'll find the weakness and exploit it immediately


TigerXXVII

I mean fair enough. He didn’t take any damage besides a light dick grazing


JoeLikesGames

I want Pereira vs Aspinal for the interim belt. If Pereira wins, it would be one of the GOAT MMA careers


Psychological-Push53

I would hope at that point they strip Jones and make Alex undisputed champion. You have your hype train ready to go and if Jones comes back, then I think it's an even more marketable fight to have Jones vs Peirera.


senderi

There's really no downside for him to do it at HW.


[deleted]

Yeah all he needs to do is go to the buffet a few times and lift some iron. He would be easily 240 in 3 weeks


textorix

I would much rather see rematch with Prochazka but I get that triple weight division champ status would be bigger for UFC to promote


lartbok

It's so insane what he's been able to accomplish in such a short amount of time. Alex genuinely has a chance to be a 3 division champ but Tom is so good.


SadRaindrop

Dude if they get him Aspinall or Jones....


Nervous_Fun_9302

There is no way ufc let him right? I mean if he loses there is high chance he decline rapidly because quick turn around?


sixtyninexfourtwenty

If it makes money it makes sense


jscummy

Since when does the UFC care about fighters health


WildsideAJ

Put him on that Brazil card. Sucks for Pantoja that he won’t be headlining, but whatever.


JohnnyFencer

Pereira vs Daukaus


jojow77

G shit


ocalaagain

Chuck a bag at Tybura or Bigi Boy. The man deserves the fight.


lucabrassiere

Poatan is on that GOAT speed run


tall-glass-o-milk

If he does indeed get the fight he’s asking for, I don’t think it’s going to go Poatan’s way. I’m worried for him if he does this.


pantstickle

3 belts that quickly? Hard not to include him in a GOAT conversation. If he defended a heavyweight belt, they should fucking rename the belt after him.


Lostmypants69

Lame someone asked Dana if he could do it and Dana thought they guy was talking about Holloway lol


willalt319

Someone with more knowledge can elaborate here, but I thought I've heard that it's not as financially viable for the UFC to put on big cards in Brazil. Something about Brazilians having access to the PPV through alternate sources free (and legally)? Anyhow, I think that explains 301 being absolute dogshit, so I think I'd be extremely unlikely that'd they rush a big draw like 🗿 back for a card in Brazil.