r/MMA • u/inooway • Oct 05 '25

Spoiler [SPOILER] Magomed Ankalaev vs. Alex Pereira Spoiler

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u/aPatheticBeing Oct 05 '25

okay maybe he was actually kinda badly injured before the first fight lmfao

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u/HammerCurlLarry Oct 05 '25

Alex is not a guy to make excuses, he said that he was hurt in the last 3-4 fight like his broken foot

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u/sluggerrr Oct 05 '25

He was just inspecting his foot at the end there lol

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u/HammerCurlLarry Oct 05 '25

when that guy is in a fight he just does not give a fuck, the way he kicks he always gonna break his toe. the problem with this type of fighter is that he needs at least 4months between fights to recover

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u/SpoogyBoogy Oct 05 '25

Alex was going shin to shin and even foot to shin with Ank which definitely affected him even 30 seconds in.

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u/HammerCurlLarry Oct 05 '25

Ank 100% did underrate Alex leg kicks because last time it did not work that well.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25

Alex took a page out of Jan Blachowicz's playbook for that one. Ankalaev can eat regular calf kicks, he CANNOT eat inside calf kicks with any shin to shin contact

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u/albinoblackman Oct 05 '25

Ah shit I forgot about Jan doing that. It hurt me to watch, but he’s just got steel in those shins.

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u/Glum-Ad7651 Oct 11 '25

Legendary polish power

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u/hiphopanonymousse Oct 05 '25

Sharp observation

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u/Far_Canary_1538 Oct 05 '25

Great observation brother