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First off let me say I'm a fan of Alex Pereira and am very happy he won the fight on Saturday. I think Izzy got comfortable winning the first 3 rounds and then coasting the last 2 which got boring.
I think Alex and Izzy are very similar in the fact that they are both almost 1 dimensional, elite strikers who lack wrestling and ground fighting skills as seen in their fight. Almost any other ranked fighter who had Alex on the ground like Izzy did would have most likely finished him.
Even Anderson Silva who I thought was 2 dimensional, he had a solid but IMHO over-hyped ground game to go along with his elite striking. He still had some ground skills and was a black belt in BJJ I believe.
Don't bring up Brock Lesnar because he was 2 dimensional like Anderson, he had elite wrestling and a solid ground game/submission game. And Lesnar beat strikers in Carwin/Hunto, BJJ in Mir, and wrestling in Couture.
Someone on Twitter made a good point when they said Alex could beat the champ but not un-ranked Bo Nickal because Nickal wouldn't stand and bang with Alex, he'd go for the immediate takedown, most likely get it, and ground and pound Alex until he gassed him out or got the TKO victory.
I do think they will do an immediate Alex vs. Izzy rematch because they want to get as most money out of Alex as they can and if he fought someone who might wrestle next his reign as champ would be over quickly and at his age he's most likely not up for another title run even as easy as his most recent one was.
Alex and Izzy's rematch should be similar to the first fight because neither will have time to really improve on anything especially their wrestling which takes quite awhile to get good at. I do see Alex being more aggressive in the next fight out of the gate. I will say Alex almost being KO'd in the 1st round was probably the best thing for him because he discovered that he had to respect Izzy's power and didn't walk into a KO.
Is Alex Pereira the least well-rounded, 1 dimensional, most vulnerable UFC Champion ever?
And I don't mean go back to UFC 1 and point out how guys were 1 dimensional.
I think Alex and Izzy are very similar in the fact that they are both almost 1 dimensional, elite strikers who lack wrestling and ground fighting skills as seen in their fight. Almost any other ranked fighter who had Alex on the ground like Izzy did would have most likely finished him.
Even Anderson Silva who I thought was 2 dimensional, he had a solid but IMHO over-hyped ground game to go along with his elite striking. He still had some ground skills and was a black belt in BJJ I believe.
Don't bring up Brock Lesnar because he was 2 dimensional like Anderson, he had elite wrestling and a solid ground game/submission game. And Lesnar beat strikers in Carwin/Hunto, BJJ in Mir, and wrestling in Couture.
Someone on Twitter made a good point when they said Alex could beat the champ but not un-ranked Bo Nickal because Nickal wouldn't stand and bang with Alex, he'd go for the immediate takedown, most likely get it, and ground and pound Alex until he gassed him out or got the TKO victory.
I do think they will do an immediate Alex vs. Izzy rematch because they want to get as most money out of Alex as they can and if he fought someone who might wrestle next his reign as champ would be over quickly and at his age he's most likely not up for another title run even as easy as his most recent one was.
Alex and Izzy's rematch should be similar to the first fight because neither will have time to really improve on anything especially their wrestling which takes quite awhile to get good at. I do see Alex being more aggressive in the next fight out of the gate. I will say Alex almost being KO'd in the 1st round was probably the best thing for him because he discovered that he had to respect Izzy's power and didn't walk into a KO.
Is Alex Pereira the least well-rounded, 1 dimensional, most vulnerable UFC Champion ever?
And I don't mean go back to UFC 1 and point out how guys were 1 dimensional.
