Ariel Helwani Blown Away By Alex Pereira: ‘We’ve Never Seen Anything Like This’ | The MMA Hour 

Chuck is an OG. I miss when they did The MMA Beat.

Love that you brought that up. Well done. And what an amazing spin by the man in the hat.

Crazy!

Well said!

Their stories will be forever aligned. Would AP have even been brought to the UFC is there wasn't the Izzy story? Would Izzy have just continued on his run, and retired as a long-reigning champ if his kryptonite hadn't shown up to chop him down? Either way, couldn't have asked for a better outcome - and I say that as a massive Izzy fan. We're lucky this whole thing happened and we're getting to see AP work at the highest level, changing narratives everywhere as he does so.

4* and only 1 of those champions had a title defense lol

@@CopreJack2 *5 and your argument is disingenuous.

Khabib is 29-0. Pereira is 11-2. Khabib dominated all of his competition, lost almost no rounds. Pereira struggled against Blachowicz and close decision, has been KO'd and has been submitted. The site FightMatrix uses computerised algorithms and modified Elo System ratings to try and predict outcomes. It has a All-Time Absolute MMA Rankings list. Khabib is found to be #12 all time fighter, 12,673 points. Alex Pereira is not on the All-Time Absolute list, but Pereira is on the All-Time Middleweight list at #32 1,217 points, and he's on the All-Time LightHeavyweight list at 2,454 points. 1,271 points + 2,454 points = 3,725 points. Back to the All-Time Absolute list: #30 Cain Velasquez 8,271 #31 Robbie Lawler 8,270 #32 Islam Makhachev 8,164 #33 Fabricio Werdum 8,050 #34 Tito Ortiz 7,972 #35 Ben Henderson 7,936 I don't think it's yet been updated for Pereira's most recent win, I think the site is updated later this week, but Pereira would need 4,211 points to overtake Ben Henderson at #35 all time fighters. But that's All-Time points i.e legacy of a fighter. In terms of how good fighters currently are there's a different rating system, and Pereira is high in that amongst current fighters - Pound for Pound: Islam Makhachev 338 Leon Edwards 327 Alexandre Pantoja 301 Alex Pereira 227 Ilia Topuria 176 Sean O'Malley 167 Light Heavyweight ratings: Alex Pereira 2,689 Jan Blachowicz 1,359 Magomed Ankalaev 1,056 Jiri Prochazka 998 Jamahal Hill 920

@@MagnusGalactusOG so if yall counting Sean Strickland then you have to count Justin, Dustin, and Dos Anjos lol all were either interim champs or undisputed. Yall weird bro lol

@@CopreJack2interim champs don’t count since Alex beat 5 undisputed champions.

Very TRUE, Joe has been talking about Alex for years

Pereira is a beast and amazing. Izzy is a brilliant fighter and amazing. Both are true, no need to knock Izzy as Alex's star is rising.

Izzy couldn't beat strickland, poatan koed him. Izzy couldn't beat Jan, poatan beat him. Izzy tried but failed at 2 division champ, poatan easily became 2 division champ. Izzy was 10 years in kickboxing trying to become world champion but never succeeded, poatan within a couple of years easily became world champion in kick boxing and the first history 2 division champ in glory kickboxing. Poatan beat easy 3 times in two different sports. Poatan is what izzy always wanted to be.

rright? when he beat izzy it was surprising but I was like ehh, yeah he beat izzy but was fast tracked and izzy is a striker. He will get beat soon by Jan. Nope. Dude is certainly special

If he lost along the way y’all wouldn’t say he was fast tracked so stop hating.

@@C_Los45 where is the hate? My posts is praise only - you must have a very negative world view to think there was any hate in that comment at all so I wish you some happiness in your life 🍻

He wasn’t really fast tracked, he came in with a great resume. Same like Askren, only difference is Alex won.

@@C_Los45no one is complaining about the fast track. He’s back it up the entire way

I'm a big Alex fan, but if it's Jon Jones or Tom Aspinall locked in that room with him, I'd have to favour them.

Indeed, Alex doesn’t even need to be one of the two guys locked in…

Lock Periera in a room with Jones and Jones comes out every single time

@@martysmith2851 I like Jon but Reyes already walked out of the room against Jones 😂

They are poor unfortunate souls.

Very weird. Izzy had a few good fights, but most were boring. Alex came in and accomplished what Izzy couldn't and I'm loving every minute of it

I am an Izzy fan. I love watching Alex fight. It is pretty simple.

@@didgyaright to many haters both are great

poatars are obsessed with izzy

He almost put mvp out in the first round, if you were betting money on MVP and saw that choke hold you would be screaming and preying for MVP not to tap.

@@asianconnection7701he lost if mvp wasn’t so nice and let Ian back up to his feet. MVP gave Ian that fight

@@Blessedzombie It was 10-8 in the first round for GARY. round 2 was pretty even and could go either way, and round 3 was pretty close and could go either way. MVP was scared to grapple with Gary

@@asianconnection7701 🤡

@@asianconnection7701 10-8? You’re delusional…no damage at all

Didn’t win 2 belts

@@HS-oh8xhhe definitely couldve. He wouldve beat the brakes off rashad evans, foreest griffin (did already), shogun. Maybe machida would give him a good fight but they were good friends who wouldnt fight each other

A lot of kids that didn't see him fight. I don't mean that in a derogatory way. Seriously. Just the nature of time vs present

​@@chrismalinowski654Rashad Evans was a BAD BOY in his prime even fought as big as HW saying Anderson would just wash him is crazy talk

@@HS-oh8xhso? 2 belts isn’t everything bud. Some fighters have to beat an usman or an Islam for their second belt. Others have to beat a Bisping or Gane😂you get what I’m saying?

u forbot izzy slept him last time?

@@mamadousow8290 not at all but izzy lost his next fight to Strickland and hasn't fought since. Meanwhile Alex has been racking up win after win in impressive fashion.

@@702SinSuper izzy was doing that 2 yars ago

no one ever liked izzy 😂

@@mamadousow8290 but what is he doing now? 🤔 is a youtuber? Alex beat him 3 times to izzys one win against him. Alex keep going and izzy seems to be stuck in neutral. It's not a knock to izzy but alex took his shine 😐

Yes but that was on a Thursday of that week for ufc 200 JOE SOTO MADE HIS UFC DEBUT and was called up the day of the weight in and now was fighting for the belt ON HIS DEBUT! That was crazy! Dan IgE just happens to live in Vegas and was near the weight and was given 4 hours! THATS UNFATHOMABLE!!!

He would starch stipe imo

@@Southernoutlaw86 stipe does have enough wrestling to be a threat, like him against Francis 1. But he’s not as good a wrestler as Jon and I think Alex would have a better chance against Stipe. I think Alex has a better chance at beating Stipe than he does Jon and i’d bet Alex Stipe would last longer and be more entertaining.

Plus goat debate is about who got the greatest accomplishment in the history of the sport, who is the greatest? And 3 division champion is arguably the greatest accomplishment in the history of the sport, so loses matter less in goat debates than it is in TBE debate, who is the best ever? It's not like TBE, who is the best fighter ever? Which is more about who got the best skills and and would theoretically beat everyone if they were in the same weight class. It's very hard to proof TBE unlike goat status. So poatan has a very good chance of becoming the goat, he doesn't need to beat jon jones.

Alright bro relax 😂

Like mans said ungotta relax but he would literally be in his own class, not the Goat but like the most unique legacy and career ever

@@Sadlyiamhuman CHAMA

He said at the time he was there, Alex wasn’t immediately the best. He got better and better each fight

2 weight glory champ Brazilian champion and pan am america champion now double champ of the ufc....Jon Jones who?

agree. No-one has the same credibility to that title of P4P more than Jones. Yes Islam is great, Alex is amazing but Jones did what they are doing for more than a decade without a defeat.

@@ultimatefighttalk5525 I think most of the debate is with newer fans.. not saying casuals, because everyone erupts when u say that lol. But newer fans just want to believe that what they are seeing is the best ever. That’s why after every ppv we have these ridiculous conversations about whoever headlined the event closing in on goat status 😂 it’s a little insane

Anyone that went 5 rounds with Anthony Smith is automatically disqualified from the p4p list

@@fvgc454ss who u got p4p number one?

@@PBandy89 Paddy

JON is a ped cheat, without ped he'll be breathing for air like a dog after round 1 jusk like LUKE ROCKHOLD when he fought COASTA.

I kind of like the mystery of the non existent English

Rumble (RIP) had several losses before he fought for the title, and came up short twice. I personally thought he would be a contender for WW before he had to move up. Their careers, other than ko power, aren't really comparable. Sad we never got to see Rumble vs Jones though.

It's not just about KO's mate, it's about accomplishments. Rumble's first UFC run was nothing close to Alex, and he missed weight in that time. His second run while more impressive and memorable, still never led to him winning a title.

@@SomeGuy-c7krumble might have a better resume Teixeira Andrie arlovski Nogueira(little nog) Ryan bader Gustusfson Phil Davis Izzy Jiri 2x 40 year old Jan Strickland Hill

@@joeswanson5486 But he never won the belt, and he didn't get that resume as fast as Alex has. Alex has been in the UFC for 2 years and 7 months, I doubt Rumble's resume in that timeframe was as impressive, could be wrong though.

Forgot*

The heavyweight division is the lowest skill division in the ufc. Aspinal is a rare exception to that I think aspinal wins currently until I see a heavyweight bodied Alex. But I don’t think it’s as clear cut as people think

@@seanmower3926 Not saying Alex couldn't win, cause he could win, it's a fight, but it's very unlikely..Tom is longer, Tom is smart, and that would most likely be a ground fight, that Tom dominates..Think he has a little better chance against Jones, but that probably won't happen..

(in the third)

Famous last words Where did he say this btw??

That’s what they all said lmao

Cope

Their 0 in their draw count would go away

Presumably they won’t. How often does that happen. It requires a point being taken or a 10-8.

This guys call themselves journalist of MMA but act like a bunch of casuales when it comes to matchups. Similar to when Okamoto said UFC should book Chandler vs Gaethje 2 and winner gets the next title shot over guys like Arman and Gamrot.