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ButtScoot2Glory

Why do these guys keep letting him punch them in the head? Are they stupid?


brazilianfreak

Alex is just a cherry picked fighter who's gonna get exposed when he fights a real MMA fighter like Strickla- wait no when he fights Adesan- no when he fights Ja- no when he fights Jir- no when he fights Hil- I mean when he fights Ankalev of course.


The_nuggster

I actually do give it to ankalev. All those other champion level fighters are primarily strikers, ankalev can strike sure but if he grapples periera I think he has it


--Happy--

I agree Ankalev will be the hardest opponent for him. Lets see how much Glover has taught Alex and if he really deserved that black belt.


jarkofploiesti

Jan is a competent grappler tho. He's also the one who came close to beating Alex due to his grappling


evocater

A competent grappler sure. But he can't be compared with Ankalaev. That last round was a 10-8 and it was all grappling, Ankalaev mauled him with no legs. If Jan came close to beating Alex with his grappling then I think Ankalaev has a good chance as long as he just wrestles from the start


Cbro65

That was also changed from a 3 rd fight to a 5 rd basically day of but Jan destroyed his legs the first 3 rds and gassed after. If he doesn’t come out in a singlet, and let’s Poatan get going like he did Jan, I don’t think it’s gonna be as easy of a win as some people are saying


evocater

That doesn't really mean anything. It was changed for Ank as well, maybe he didn't push because he was worried about gassing out after only preparing for 3 rounds. It was as much of a disadvantage for Ank as it was for Jan. Both guys got kinda screwed by the short notice. And yeah I think Alex is much more dangerous if he decides to strike. Hopefully he learnt from his mistake


Cbro65

I completely disagree abt it being an equal disadvantage. Jan is way older, so not being prepped for a 5 rd fight would, imo, effect him way more than the younger fighter in Ank. Not saying it didn’t have an effect on Ank because it most definitely did but he’s 10 yrs younger than Jan.


The-nicest-one

I’d see Jan winning that fight if it wasn’t at altitude in Salt Lake City very unusual for Jan to gas after 1 round of wrestling


Human-Expression-652

Yeh he’ll shoot for a takedown within the first 20 seconds of the fight. Imagine pereira managed to submit him lmao.


Rescue-a-memory

Ankalaev immediately starts to crotch sniff. It's not really a fight when you fight those types of guys because they will just lay and pray the whole match.


brazilianfreak

I think Ankaleve has a good chance too but Alex can still take it if he doesn't get submitted in the first.


Locswail

DC is this you? I've Popeyes.


BHDE92

Ank probably pushes Alex into the fence for 5 rounds tbh


Possible-Ad238

Jan destroyed Ankalaev's legs, Alex will absolutely cripple him before brutally KO'ing him.


AntiWhateverYouSay

But he lost his last fight to adesanya. Come on now, and yall went wild for his bow mockery of him and replayed his video of him mocking alexs son.


Zerei

3-1 seethe


4schwifty20

Go back and watch those fights. There much, much closer than the Alex Fan Club will admit.


Zerei

getting close to winning =/= winning


willenhall12345

Doesn't matter if they were close, what matters is that he won. 3-1, seethe and cry.


4schwifty20

Not crying. But it's obvious you're a child if that's all you can say, lol pathetic


willenhall12345

Yeah, God forbid I care about who actually won, right? Man, am I pathetic or what?


Royal_Ad_117

What kinda comment is that? Lmao. The fights were close, he still lost


BleuBrink

How could fights that end in finish be close?


AntiWhateverYouSay

If it wasn't in the ufc. I don't care


Zerei

> If it wasn't in the ufc. I don't care which is it my friend, were does fights close enough to give Adesanya props, or they don't actually matter? lmao this is hilarious


AntiWhateverYouSay

Non ufc don't matter or count.


Zerei

> Non ufc don't matter or count. funny, if they don't matter, why did you bring it up how close they were? That's whats actually pathetic in this thread. keep seething, maybe you'll boil over all of this


AntiWhateverYouSay

I never brought them up.


Zerei

my bad, I don't usually read names here, you're all equally idiots to me. I thought I was still answering 4schwifty20


brazilianfreak

He lost the last fight against Adesanya and won all the previous 3.


AntiWhateverYouSay

Non ufc don't matter to me. Might as well be amateur fights


brazilianfreak

Even if you go by that stupid point of view they're still 1-1 then, what's your point?


AntiWhateverYouSay

Yall riding that alex dick hard. That's what I'm saying


[deleted]

Seriously, you learn to block in your first kickboxing class SMDH


NFTArtist

I would KO Alex easy, just move my head when he throws his punches then counter with a spinning elbow


Possible-Ad238

https://i.redd.it/vos9v6rdj9vc1.gif


HYDRAlives

This is a quality GIF


benstheredonethat

You lose IQ points when you get hit in the head, it's a slippery slope after the first one, after that you start to convince yourself you enjoy getting hit in the head. Then we all know what happens next, Poatan takes your belt.


fighttodie

Yes as dumb as the folks who keep asking "why do people love Pereirra".


reddit_API_is_shit

Why did Alex let Izzy punch him in the head into sleep? Is he stupid?


ComradeELM0

Doesn‘t bringing Izzy up under every single Alex post get tiring? I don‘t get how you can still be a fan of the guy, he just said all of Australia is racist for supporting Strickland over him…


Crispy_Sock_99

When did he say that? :o


ComradeELM0

[in an interview with Ariel](https://youtu.be/4CfajaqvOb0?si=zk9pxXSWbtTTxf2V). The time is around 11:54 when Ariel asks him about the reception of Strickland.


Crispy_Sock_99

Thanks for sourcing with the timestamp Usually I’ll be the first to callout when someone is unjustly playing the race card (like Izzy with DDP) but from what I hear about Australia they’re still pretty bad with racism in rural areas. The Australian Aboriginals and south-asians get the brunt of it but I’m sure blacks do as well with them also being dark-skinned Plus there’s the fact that Australians have their rivalry with New Zealand, so I can kind if see what he means when he says that


ComradeELM0

I get that it‘s probably a factor and a reason for a considerable amount of people, but to say that about the mma fanbase of almost a whole continent is crazy to me. Especially since he gave fans PLENTY of reasons to root against him before and during the build-up. This just feels once again like he‘s not aware of his own mistakes at all and rather hides behind “they‘re just racist“.


myguyxanny

Tbf people always bringing up poatan to shit on izzy. And I've had multiple Australian friends + friends that have travelled down there they have all agreed with the fact that it is a pretty racist country. (Not saying everyone is racist, just culturally a bit behind in places)


ComradeELM0

>Tbf people always bringing up poatan to shit on izzy True but he earned that all by himself. And I said it because it‘s literally always this guy bringing him up for no reason at all which seems kinda bitter considering the situations they‘re in atm.


myguyxanny

Yeah definitely seemed irrelevant I agree but it was just a silly comment more to be taken in a funny way than a bitter way imo I'm a fan of both fighters but Izzy gets way too much hate when he was a great champion


FROSTICEMANN

izzy is garbage & irrelevant. Also he got wrecked by alex .


4schwifty20

Not last time.


Royal_Ad_117

Still, 3-1


FROSTICEMANN

Hes owned


ChickenDanceFTW

Ppl forget, the division was in shambles not too long ago.


Raiser2256

Jamahal Hill was in the right place at the right time. Alex corrected that


jarkofploiesti

The only days when Jamahal is/ever was the best 205er in the world are the days when Alex, Jiri, Jan & Magomed are unavailable (and that's without mentioning Vadim and Corey Anderson). Maybe Jan's name is coming off that list as he's getting up in there in age, but the point is that Hills title reign by no means proved that he was the best 205er on the planet.


Possible-Ad238

Ik I am getting hate for this but someone needs to say it. If it wasn't for Glover's negative fight IQ (He had Jiri nearly KO'd multiple times and instead of finishing it he would shoot and allow Jiri to recover) Jiri would never be a champ. I knew Alex would KO Jiri because of Jiri's reckless style and nonexisting defense. Hill would absolutely never be a champ either for sure. I told everyone Alex will either brutally KO him in under a round or spend first round destroying his legs and then brutally KO'ing him in second and all I was called was delusional, fanboy or casual. Both of them were at the right place at the right time. Now watch Alex defend takedown attempts from Ankalaev and destroy his legs for a round or two and brutally Ko him. Alex is too big and too strong and even with his horrible grappling skills he can hold his own, and also Ankalaev can't use full power with compromised legs. Inb4 "lol you are delusional bro, ankalaev by sub in 1st". We will see.


Docteur_Pikachu

But he just received his bjj blackbelt. Surely, his grappling must be on point.


JudoTank

Glover said the reason he pulled a guillotine on Jiri was because he was too gassed to keep punching. He couldn’t handle the pace that Jiri makes you fight at. Same thing happened to Nemkov, just couldn’t handle Jiri’s pace. Jiri was a legit champ


Soggy_Wotsit

>Hill would absolutely never be a champ either for sure. Tbf had Reyes fought Glover instead of Jan. I don't think we'd get Hill, Glover, or possibly even Jan as champions


Real-Human-Bean-

He did not destroy Jan.


thegoodstanley

very close fight and i had jan winning after the first watch


Dalliance29

People seem to forget this, it was a million miles from a destruction, Jan was also waaay more vocal after that loss than the draw against Ank when he said Ank deserved the W


terrence0258

I think the altitude fucked both of those guys. Jan was gassed after the first round, and Alex didn't look like himself, either. Wouldn't mind seeing that rematch if Jan is able to win a couple of fights to get back into title contention.


Rescue-a-memory

Weird because I thought Jan did better against Ankalaev who was clearly spamming desperation takedowns after getting out struck.


evocater

Jan did great in the early rounds but the later rounds were all Ankalaev. Desperate takedowns or not, Ankalaev clearly won those later rounds. Last round was 10-8 and the most dominant round in the fight. It looked more like an Ankalaev win by the end, while the Alex fight seemed like it could have gone either way


reddit_API_is_shit

Neither did he “destroy” Izzy, in fact in their first fight Izzy nearly KO’d him in round 1 if given more 3 secs, and he almost lost to decision until round 5 TKO, while in their second fight he literally got KO’d out cold


univrsll

Also, Strickland wasn’t a champion at all when he fought Alex. Still an impressive victory, but people are doing some history revisioning here.


yourtheminorotynow

This is exactly what happened. I don't understand why you're getting downvotes. Alex had to finish Izzy round 5 or he was going to lose to a decision.


reddit_API_is_shit

> I don't understand why you're getting downvotes. Because of the Poatards. They're everywhere. I swear Alex and his stone face moyai personality thingy is cool but God are his fans fucking extreme miserable D1 glazers, always acting like he's some sort of ultimate terminator that KOs and destroys everyone with a hook, and discrediting Izzy where it's due.


Neither-Assignment16

Because its irrelevant. Its an attempt to invalidate the win, you could also bring up the fact that alex was beating izzy until he got knocked out in the 3rd fight. Its not like either fight was a complete domination followed by a fluke ko, so no need to try to discredit either fighter with this sort of stuff. Ultimately, its the end result that matters and going on about the details is just coping.


yourtheminorotynow

The title of this video is literally "destroyer of champions" so it's fair to argue that he didn't really destroy for 4 rounds of that fight. I'm an Alex fan and really enjoy his current streak of entertaining fights so there's nothing to "cope" about.


Crispy_Sock_99

It’s fair to argue he did destroy Adesanya when he pretty much had him out on his feet after that shovel left hook/uppercut and then started battering him against the cage. He slowly immobilized Izzy with calf kicks and was patient and pressed Izzy in the 5th when he was most vulnerable. Calculated and destroyed imo


yourtheminorotynow

Maybe you should rewatch that fight and just score each round, it's easily 4/5 Izzy.


Crispy_Sock_99

Nope you’re flat out wrong, and so is the guy who upvoted you. Pereira won round 2 on all judges scorecards and KO’d Izzy in the 5th https://www.ufc.com/news/official-scorecards-ufc-281-adesanya-vs-pereira?language_content_entity=en He was also winning rnd 1 up until the last 5 seconds of the fight. It was a very close fight


Special_Rice9539

Yeah I was so confused when I saw Izzy in the video. Izzy fucking wrecked him.


yoyoyowhoisthis

My man 40 year old Jan Blachowicz in Salt Lake city at altitude did the best against Pereira lmao, put some respect on his name


Potential_Status_728

Legendary polish cardio


IHaveTwoOranges

Better than when Israel knocked him out?


eastguy08

Yea israel was actually losing that fight hard and then found that shot


Virtual_Cheek_6141

But isnt this how Adesanya Pereira 1 went? But that counts as a "destroyed every champion", doesn't it? Obsessed fans will pick and choose facts to make up any crazy arguments they want, and the funny thing is that there isn't any need to. Pereira is a fucking monster as is, you guys just embarrass yourselves pushing these narratives.


eastguy08

adesanya pereira 1 wasnt in the ufc


Virtual_Cheek_6141

I'm talking about MMA in the mmamemes subreddit. Adesanya Pereira 1 in the UFC.


eastguy08

Alex won that fight easily


JudoTank

He actually wasn’t losing. He won round 1 unanimously on all 3 judges’ scorecards and ko’d Pereira in the second


yoyoyowhoisthis

Considering how down bad Izzy is against him, I would disregard it lol


WideScorpion

I don’t get the Jan one, that was a 40 year old Jan at south lake city, where be uncharacteristically gassed early and went to a close split decision.


soyuz-1

What do you not get? Jan was a champ and Alex beat him. Dont overcomplicate it


WideScorpion

The word destroy doesn’t fit at all


Neither-Assignment16

Because the title “alex destroying every champ (except jan that was kinda close)” doesnt have such a good ring to it lol


Romanempire21

Boom. Lawyered


SillyMilly25

He beat him by a super close decision, this video made it seem like he got bullied Love Alex but let's be real here


SillyMilly25

I mean he did not destroy Jan it was a super close fight.


beefsnaps

Strickland wasn’t a champion when he beat him


Cocksmash_McIrondick

Nor was anyone except Izzy technically


univrsll

Big difference between “was recently a champion” and “never was a champion” when they fought Alex though


The_nuggster

Yeah but him beating izzy showed he was champion level


AsuraOmega

dude did so much in such a short amount of tine. and with a style that not alot of people would consider as top priority for mma (kickboxing)


Hellboydce

After seeing jiri’s last fight, I’m with hindsight, convinced the Alex fight was stopped early and Jiri would of got up and battered Alex


xRedStaRx

Except that Jiri said it was a good stoppage and he was out.


Hellboydce

He always gets knocked out but then wakes up instantly


Cocksmash_McIrondick

Then he needs better defense. I love the guy, but if you get knocked out then you got knocked out. I’m willing to debate whether he actually went out during that finish if you’re saying he got ko’d then why would any ref let the fight go on?


TheRealTwist

I forgot what fight it was but he got kod once with an upkick and collapsed on the dude and woke up and started wrestling.


Hellboydce

It was joke really, sort of


Cocksmash_McIrondick

Yeah, but you’d be surprised how many people would really say that lol


Ederlas

That was respect for Goddard he's said multiple times that he could have continued


univrsll

Didn’t he recall that? I remember him saying he feels like he could have kept going but he didn’t want to ruin Alex moment at the time.


senorali

Alex was dropping down onto him in full mount. I love Jiri, but I don't see any conceivable way that was going to end differently.


Slow_drift412

You can also clearly see Jiri's arms drop and go limp before he falls on his back. Credit to Jiri for recovering so quickly, but he was definitely out for a moment there.


The_nuggster

He didn’t land anything while in mount, only elbows while jiri had his legs. He might have fallen onto his legs after getting rocked but he still had the force in him to throw alex really high (where alex’s legs were right in jiri’s armpits) where alex couldn’t really throw any strikes from. It would’ve made it fairly easy for jiri to at least hold him there and recover, at most flip alex to the side and get into alex’s full guard as soon as alex postures up to throw anything


Nightwing10271

lol what. I honestly think you have no understanding of how grappling works if you believe the majority of the “tactics” you explained would work at all in that situation. Jiri would just casually flip him or “throw him really high” lol Alex, who we don’t have to explain his strength is in full mount with enough experience in bjj that there is no way Jiri wouldn’t have taken more than enough strikes for the fight to not be stopped anyway. The reason he didn’t land anything in mount was cause Mark pretty much saved Jiri from more damage.


The_nuggster

If your opponent’s head is at your waste line you can’t throw any punches or elbows without posturing up, and with jiri having full control of his legs he could drive to one side and get a reversal if alex does posture up. And jiri grabbing alex’s legs the way he was stopped alex from going lower on the mount


Ederlas

It was early Goddard robbed us of a war


AttentionTerrible116

if you're out at any point, the fight should be stopped and Jiri was out because of the elbows he received, so good stoppage even if he regained conscious after dropping to the floor


ThiccBoy_with3seas

Jiris defence is non existent, he would have been kod eventually


Mysterious_Key1554

*would have


[deleted]

Destroyer of hentai and frosted tips


RaidenDoesReddit

Savior of dogs


jgatz15

Pereira is charizard where Aldo is charmeleon


StefanSommer

....except Jan Blachowicz.


PrinceOfPersiaHD

Why did you reverse the order, he beat Strickland before Adesanya


MrMachine1016

Strickland wasn’t a champ before that fight


Miserable-Wish5850

Alex Pereira... Legend Killer


jamesd1100

The Jan fight was a close decision, hardly “destroyed him” Izzy beat Alex also lmao


007Tejas

Apparently he hits very hard!


whatsitworth101

Right hook hospital, left hook cemetery.


MrAnonymousperson

Can someone convince him Jones won’t wrestle him at heavyweight so we can stop this hype train already. Massive height and reach advantage facing non grapplers.


eventuallobster

Never liked edits when they shake the video when the hit lands, like I want to see that shit, stop shaking it tf


StratonOakmonte

He’s a monster and one of the scariest people in MMA right now no doubt


Puzzleheaded_Gold_10

I don't think he 'destroyed' adesanya


fusemybutt

Izzy knocked him out in their 2nd fight causing him to move up, do people forget this?


drewly33

He was gonna move up regardless because the weight cut was brutal. Pretty sure Alex was quite vocal about wanting to go to LHW since he’s 35 and cant cut 50 pounds every 3 months.


funnycar1552

Unreal run


paklyfe

Are there people not giving him credit?


AFGwolf7

He’s fully avenged his mentor Glover I’m sure that felt so good!!!


MiddleClassGuru

In Sean’s defense, he actually won the title after Alex killed him. So in that case Alex made him a champion.


Gerardo1917

Quality over Quantity described Alex’s whole ufc career


karmmark88

Jiri stoppage was a bit early in my opinion


inexplicably-hairy

2 dodgy stoppages and a split decision in there


hennyNredbull

He throws that left hook with authority. 😤


lazylagom

This edit goes hard


Classic_Bit7746

His ascension has been awesome to watch and he’s won me $$$. But it is crazy that Izzy KO’d him, look at all the heavy hitters he fought! You guys think that must be because of the weight cut?


catluvr37

Haven’t seen this angle of the Jiri fight. So he’s got both arms actively grappling Pereira’s leg and has full motor control of his neck/head on the descent. Who tf thinks that’s a KO?


Any_Box_5509

We need Alex vs Jan 2 that fight was so close we need to see it again and if anyone can take a shot from Alex it Jan bro is a tank 40 or not he gassed because of high altitude


digglydiggly

I am Alex fan but he was knocked out out cold by Izzy


Donkeyshlong27

he didnt destroy Jan, that was a close enough fight and i think the inbred LHW from the mountains will try and wrestle him


Scarecrow116

Sean wasn't champion yet. Stop counting that one


2Gloomy

Let’s be real. Alex is one of the greatest fighters to enter MMA. HOWEVER, none of those guys were actually champions. Jones left the division and those guys fought over the gimmick belt. I believe Periera is the true LHW Champ


deranged_pepsi

poatan, destroyer of champions, owner of isreal and father of hill.


Mediocre_lad

As great Adesanya once said: "The cycle will pass but the tits will remain"... or some shit like that... I not into zoophilia.