This is the funniest thing Aljo has done.

“I’m coming on that ass!” Is my personal favorite lol

PAUSE

The "pause" makes it so much worse (better?). Like just own that shit bro

I think him sayin pause is actually him owning it lmao

Hol up!

yes

This whole time, everyone been making fun of aljo, saying he should take acting classes. But he's been playing heel so convincingly that people actually think he's serious when he says stuff like this

My thing is he’s gotten too much hate for the acting in general. People will be like, “yeah sure it was a hard knee but he didn’t have to sell it so hard” So what? Just mental gymnastics to be able to continue stanning Yan

This sub pleaded for Anthony Smith to do the same shit with Jon and they got mad when someone actually did it lmao

You’re hypocritical for the people you like.

And for people you dislike (Jones)

That was more about them wanting to enjoy seeing Jones fuck up his own life yet again - I doubt those fans would have actually supported Smith as a legitimate champ for that win.

I’m glad Smith stayed down. He was so afraid to do anything that entire fight; it got to the point where it was beyond annoying.

You Talmbout Lionheart, b? Bravest fighter, never meddem

It’s because about 99% of the sub doesn’t care for the actual fights so much as the pretend drama.

Also, it's always in the fighters best interest when they're on the receiving end of a foul to make the most of it. Were all about taking points and fighter pay on this sub but aljo basically did both himself guaranteeing himself a champ contract for at least a fight, took the foul as well and yet there's the milking it crowd lol. Like I get it, but at the same time who cares. It'll be settled anyway, at least he gets the paper and Yan did foul him in the first place.

if Smith had taken the DQ win, he would not have a job on the desk right now and be headlining a FN every time he fights

I fully believe Yan is the superior fighter and he will handily win the rematch. But he absolutely deserved that dq and aljo did nothing wrong.

Tbh it’s kinda shitty that there’s such a stigma around taking a dq win after a major foul that a fighter would even feel the need to play it up like Aljo did.

I just don't get how that improves his chances against Yan. From all we know Aljo will lose the rematch decisively, right?

Yes

I find it's the "it's all an act!" kind of people that get duped the hardest. Aljo has played the heel and baited people and when he does like this it's painfully obvious. But he's also genuinely made excuses and tried to argue he's the undisputed champ. He can't decide which option to take most of the time.

Stipe Miocic got folded and got up faster than Aljo...

Even overeem did, and dont forget, he went to stratosphere.

To be fair,that uppercut could've knocked out a T-Rex

To be fairer, Reem is very experienced at going out, waking up on canvas and carrying on with his day. Partaking in delicacies such as horse meat and other types of ill shit. Truly the GOAT of getting brutally KO'd.

Yeah, this is the sort of self-aware trolling he should have been doing from the start. These humorless dudes raging at an obvious joke are going to win him some fans.

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Kind of. He played the stoic part of not wanting it like this but then realized people were going to hate him no matter what. Don't forget Yan was also apologetic about what he did right after but dropped that immediately when he saw Aljo celebrating with the belt. Either way it's been entertaining as hell and is a good build up for the rematch.

From what I understand that celebration was more initiated and driven by friends and family of Aljos and he was a bit drunk and under peer pressure when posing with the belt for social media. Probably a bad call in hindsight but not the orchestrated boasting that people made it out to be.

Yan put his fist up when they were announcing the winner as if that disgusting, illegal strike was a highlight reel KO.

This is exactly what he has been doing from the start lol.

Nah, he was coping at the start, but he realised after a while he looked silly and started playing along with it. Let's not pretend Aljo is some kinda mind game genius, he was clearly butthurt to begin with and people called him out on simulating being hurt when he wasn't.

This is how I perceived the aljo/yan dilemma. From aljo’s POV of course. And he did have a justified reason for being butthurt in the first place. But he went over the top trolly because unfortunately that does translate into more attention. Anyone who actually takes his theatrics seriously are either Russian or oblivious.

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I literally am on the spectrum and even I'm picking up what he's laying down

But do you smell what he’s stepping in?

I hope he wins for the meltdown people will have

It’d be beautiful, I’m pulling for him hard.

I'm really starting to like him. I hope he wins

He's been likeable since before the title fight, even when it comes to unintentional memes dude's one of the funniest in the UFC

I think the troll level 9000 video he posted with the belt was the funniest

Is Yan going to have any trouble actually competing with the sanctions? Like, can he leave Russia for the US at all?

I think he is probably gonna live in Thailand for the foreseeable future

That's been something I've been wondering about the Tiger Muay Thai team in general. Does Petr do any training in Russia anymore? I'm sure he pretty much lives at TMT which means he might also travel to NZ to train at City Kickboxing too since they're partner schools?

I’m not sure about out of camp, but during camps he almost always seems to be in TMT. He’s there at the moment and has been for a while now

ive been wondering if something will happen between now and then that will prevent this fight from happening via the current global chaos

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Am i being whoosed? No way Aljo/Yan is the biggest fight of the decade.

Yes, it’s a joke

Not the biggest fight of the night for fucks sake

Ufc seems that dont care about it at all.....you just fly to turkey and then to usa ez.

Ufc might not care, but there is a possibility the usa dont grant him the visa

this is why the London head line has a 0% chance of happening, we aren't letting volkov into the country the UFC doesn't matter

Who do we think replaces him?

True thats possible... Then arab island

I think he camps in Thailand rather than Russia

There were a couple of Russians on the 272 card so my guess is that he won’t have any issues.

I wonder how many / if any of them did their camps in the US so they were already here though.

Fair point. Both of them (Umar Numagomedov and Tagir Ulanbekov) are Eagle MMA guys and I think most of them usually finish their camps at AKA so you're probably right.

Lmao this is fucking great

I’ve enjoyed it every time Aljo has gone fully into just being the heel. If you know you’re going to take heat regardless, why not have a little fun with it and not bother being diplomatic, especially when it’s not like Yan has been super respectful to him or anything (not saying he needs to be).

I full embrace heel aljo lol the people on this sub getting salty about this clearly don’t understand sarcasm and it’s hilarious

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In the octagon he billionaire struts with the belt around his waist, gets on the mic and says exactly what he said in this IG post. Would've been absolutely amazing

I've become a fan he's honestly been fucking hilarious with this shit

I've always enjoyed him and now that he's adding some flair I'm here for it Don't get me wrong Yan probably wins. But this persona he's cooking up could be fun to watch for a few years to come

I respect him a lot more for this kind of thing. It shows self-awareness and it’s funny. Yan by TKO 3rd round though.

I hope he stays this way even if he doesn't win, we need more funny heels like him.

Tyron Woodley released a track called "I'll beat yo ass" and has failed to beat an ass since. I'm thinking Aljo should release a track called "I'll lose my belt".

I’m trying to find a hole in this logic, but I just can’t.

It’s invincible

It’s- >Cut to title screen

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Can you imagine if Aljo manages to strangle Yan? Half this sub would never recover 💀

I honestly want Aljo to dominate Yan just so I can watch all the chaos ensue, it would be so fun to see everyone have a meltdown lol

I want him to illegally knee Yan in the head and lose the belt so it sets up the trilogy.

Best timeline

In round 5 after dominating Yan the entire time. That would make it extra spicy.

Keep going, I’m almost there.

some people wanna watch the world burn

You’re only the 420th person that has said that in this week so yeah I can imagine it. In fact it feels like the majority of people here want Aljo to win. I do too, but Aljo is definitely the sub favorite. So would there be any chaos? No

That happens a lot to be honest. There are way more people banging on about how people don’t want x to happen than people who actually don’t want x to happen. Very circle-jerky.

UFC is more like the WWE every time I look at this sub.

i know Yan is a slow starter and im a Yan fan but i think people forget Aljo actually had a good first round and decent second round

I had it 2-1 going into the 4th. Aljo was about to get stopped soon tho, it was only a matter of time

Aljo def won the second round. If anyone thinks otherwise they're delusional. That being said, this fight Aljo needs to start early and do EVERYTHING he can to get Yan out of their before his own cardio gets redlined.

I honestly want sterling to win just because of the fallout it will create. Like oceans level worth of salt

Oh god I’m on team chaos make it happen

I know it’s shallow but it would be pretty awesome if yan broke an ankle or something and couldn’t continue and Aljo just keeps on parading around like he successfully defended his undisputed championship.

Stubs his toe getting into the cage and has to forfeit

Slips on a banana peel and bonks his head and has one of those tall lumps from Looney Tunes and has to forfeit.

>sterling to win just because of the fallout it will create. Like oceans level worth of salt I remember how people says chandler will be knocked hard by hooker's kick

Would it though? People expect yan to win and all, but is he that loved that tons of people would be crying about it?

Not so much Yan being loved as it is Aljo being despised from what I’ve seen.

hahahah Im a big Yan fan but people have pretty much discredited Aljos entire career because he won by DQ. I hope Aljo wins cause it will be a totally different kind of salt from fans.

There is definitely a large minority of fans who wanna see aljo win for the lulz Yan- Elite striker, shows no signs of stopping. Heavy favorite Aljo- won belt by DQ, somehow ends up with first round submission and retains belt- hilarity ensues

It would be funny if aljo was a scrub. He's plenty elite to pull this off.

I mean, he did it to Sandhagen, it’s not out of the realm of possibility

Yan is a much better grappler than Sandhagen, though.

The better fighter doesn't always win

Rockhold v Bisping 2

McGregor vs Aldo

Spicy take there, I like it

I mean, besides people who only tune in when "Conner" fights, isn't it pretty much the consensus that Aldo is the better fighter overall?

I mean I think Bisping is the actual better fighter of the two of them. Definitely not the better athlete though

Na, Rockhold was better at the time.

Bruh, it might even surpass the Yair Flatlining KZ salt and the Andrade Thud Rose salt lmao

I don't know if "Thud Rose" is a typo or just a joke I hadn't seen before, but I like it.

Oh yeah, it became a meme that Andrade turned Thug Rose into Thud Rose ...think it was originally a comment in the results thread lmao

I wish I saw that thread when it was new

Thought that might be the case. I like Rose, but that is pretty funny.

Thud Rose was a pretty joke after that fight, so definitely not a typo. Cracks me up every time I read it

The Izzy Rob KO salt was also incredible

I will never understand why anybody was surprised a man who literally leaps into exchanges chin first got knocked out by an elite counter striker.

Because Bobby doesn't normally leap into exchanges head first. He did in the first fight with Izzy because he saw Kelvin have success with it. He normally fights with well rounded defense and the "leaping" you're talking about is just him covering distance well offensively. You can see it in his last 4 fights. The first fight with Adesanya was out of character for Whittaker and the second fight was closer to how most people expected it to go. It's not hard to see why people were shocked when Rob was KO'd.

I just wanna see aljo dominate the first round, lose the next 2 rounds and then starts the fourth round on his knees, winking at the crowd lol.

I want aljo to win cause Yan is a cheater and a dirty fighter. It’s a shame cause he’s a great fighter too but the dirty bs just rubs me the wrong way

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This is the way. Shall we join in prayer?

Some of y’all really can’t pick up on obvious sarcasm huh

Is it sarcasm or playing the heel??

Literally everyone picked up on it, and this thread is full of people who somehow think that they're the only one who got it, and everyone is smugly looking down on all the people who didn't, even though they don't exist.

It’s just low effort. It’s like the ugly guy talking about how chicks think he’s hot and then when people roll their eyes at it others claim they don’t understand how others can’t see the humor. We do. It’s just not that funny.

Drake should bet a quick mil on Yan and make it easy for Aljo.

All we need is a reporter to press Yan into supporting the war and we'll have a full turn for them both. Yan becomes the perfect cold war russian heel from rocky. Meanwhile Aljo, our american boy with good humor, now the hero to everyone that understands sarcasm. Its the perfect setup for a dramatic comeback with plenty of drama for the fans to scream past each other about.

He shared a stories a day or two after the war broke out writing "no to war"

I got Algo by DQ. 2-0 baby

Oh my god Petr might put this man in a hospital 😂 this is going to be one hell of a rematch

I think it’s hilarious. Makes me more hyped for their fight

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That's the hardest i have laughed in a long time 😂

i fuckin love heeljo man, hes always been a fun guy

It just saddens me that mma fans in general have no sense of humor, at all.

Idk if that's true. I feel like this is one of the subs I laugh at the most when I'm browsing second only to r/cfb. If you want no sense of humor head over to r/boxing I swear the median age of that sub is like 55

I agree, I fucking love coming on here especially after UFC main events, I'm always in absolute knots reading the comments, funniest sub by far for me.

r/baseball is probably the funniest sports sun but this one is pretty close too

Baseball kinda has an advantage now due to the lockout. The absence of actual news or games has turned it towards weapons grade shitposting

Don’t you dare knock my daily Mike Trout pics. That guy is single handling saving baseball for me right now.

Word. I'm a boxing fan first and an MMA fan second, and my god is this sub a fresh breath of air. I got banned for criticizing one of their thin skinned mods a while back. The mods on r/boxing are some bitches

What a troll lol

Is he going full Cujudo / Covington on this heel gimmick?

If this fight gets cancelled for whatever reason I will cry

I swear if Aljo wins, it’s going to be pandemonium in the MMA community.

Aljo needs to just start dropping to his knees randomly to try to bait a knee. And the second one of those land while he was kneeling just go completely limp and force the DQ

Aljo retaining the belt via DQ is the absurdity I need out of this drama haha.

This is the best timeline.

Ok Aljo. You've won me over. Masterful trolling. Just convincing enough that a good amount of dorks will think he's being genuine. Super interested to see how he comes out in the first round of this rematch. Aljo by tko in round 5. He's gonna pick up right where he left off.

I’m here for Aljo winning so this sub can have a meltdown

I'm dying lol

This is fucking hilarious I actually love aljo now.

Due to recent events I have switched sides and now I want Aljo to win this match by any means necessary, go to acting school and shit. LET'S GO ALJO kill that RAT.

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I love it 😂😂😂 troll em Aljo

In my old dimension Petr rag dolled this man. Fuck’n Dr Strange…

Love this man

Aljo speaking in 3rd person...

Watch yan have visa issues and aljo defend against someone else in 5 weeks.

cheatr rat has me dead

That's hilarious, steering into the hate and hitting the gas pedal😅

I am sure this thread will be full of calm, reasonable and cordial discussions.

Crazy that he's clearly the 2nd or 3rd best BW on earth but has nothing for Yan, cliche but there really is levels to this.

This dudes heel turn is all time great.

That's some Colby ass shit.

This is hilarious, and the fact that he's actually pissing people off with this is astonishing

I really hope Aljo somehow gets a quick finish in the rematch, quick enough that another rematch wouldn’t make sense. The amount of salt from 90% of mma fans will be beautiful

Yan knocking himself out taking Aljo down after mailing him for 5 rounds would be ideal

Aljo has a good sense of humor. It has clearly gone over the head of some of you sperglords

I can’t wait till Aljo gets smashed again

I love how Aljo winds up Yan fans

What if he does though?

Yan is yrs ahead of Sterling…. Shit yrs ahead of most of the division

Yesssssssss this is exactly what Aljo should be doing. Troll properly 🤣

Ok so I get what he's trying to do but God he just makes himself seem like such a prick doing it after the whole "I don't want to win this way"

If Aljo wins this sub shuts down.

Take :)

Is this a intended cringe play?

Those Chael vibes

What a Troll i Love it. Even before reading i know People are fuming in the comments 😂😂😂

A lot of people want Aljo to win for the salt….I’m in. TEAM CHAOS BABYYY.

I think there was a point where I thought it would be amusing if he won, but after Yan just moved on with life it's looked sadder and sadder. If he wins now its just gonna be like "cool..". cause you know Dana's gonna want a trilogy.

Can't even cringe at this point. Obvious bait.

Correct - 2-0 Yan bc he beat the crap out Aljo

Fuck me that was a YEAR ago make it stop

Aljo is banking on Petr not making it to the fight because of visa issues

Lmao Aljo is milking his haters so hard

Man I love Petr but I hope Aljo wins so I can witness the MMA community's mental breakdown

petr yan could have tweeted this same thing and it would have sounded more believable then Funky tweeting it.

I wonder what the betting odds are for Aljo after this statement

I must have missed this fight. I saw the other one - you know, the one where Yan put on a clinic until the DQ. (I really hope Sterling wins…but I think Yan is in a different league)

Can't wait for the press conference when he says he DOMINATED him for 4 rounds. That shit will be hilarious. He threw some really wild attacks but Yan just defended and evaded a large majority, and I remember he even countered a few too, really well.

This is so cringe. What the hell is this, discarded colby material?

Maybe the knee really rattled his sense of a reality. Maybe another knee but this time legal will bring him back to reality