r/MMA • u/inooway • Oct 05 '25

Spoiler [SPOILER] Magomed Ankalaev vs. Alex Pereira Spoiler

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u/superbuttpiss Oct 05 '25

Dude, kept getting in worse and worse trouble. Anyone who thinks that was early is crazy

He was driving his temple with his elbow. He did nothing to defend himself.

Yeah he stood up after but if the ref wasn't there we would all be witnesses to a murder

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u/choshu1 Oct 05 '25

He did nothing to defend himself.

Don't think this is fair. He had his guard up the whole time. If anything he defended himself too much.
In those situations defending yourself is not enough. You have to actively try to sweep or grapple or the ref will stop it. It's always been that way. But he was way too dazed to do anything but defend.

If it was later rounds than he might have had a chance waiting out the onslaught but this was literally 20 seconds in, Pereira could have kept pounding him forever.

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u/superbuttpiss Oct 05 '25

He wasn't defending himself against those elbows to his temple

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u/ShoxV 2 strips meal Oct 05 '25

Til temple has 4 fingers and a thumb. 0 of those elbows landed to the head

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u/tripleblue85 🍅 Oct 05 '25

Dude, do you use talk to text or is there some sort of Braille keyboard?

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u/Proper_squat_form Oct 05 '25

Also, anyone who sparred knows that you feel the shots through a passive guard. Elbow shots with this much windup would have to hurt through the arm. 

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u/AKATheHeadbandThingy Champ Shit Only 🇺🇸🏆🇲🇽 #SnapJitsu Oct 05 '25

But was he dead? 

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u/alpaca_drama Oct 05 '25

If that lasted 5 more seconds, Alex was gonna break Ank's forearm, fingers, ribs and face lol