Can Alex Pereira Really Save UFC 301? 

Sorry for the sound at 07:30 - Let's pretend Bayliun said something we all disagreed with

Pereira still has a broken toe so he might not be able to make it on ufc 301

No way he will be medically cleared to fight in 3 weeks

Even if Pereira was cleared to fight so soon, why is no one talking about the fact that someone would need to take a fight against Alex Periera on 3 weeks notice.

they already ruled out *Poatan* due to a few broken toes. But i can't wait to watch him *sleep* Uncle Eyeav!

If Alex can beat Tom.. Then the next fight would be Alex vs Jon Jones And that would quite possibly be the biggest fight of all time.

Pereira is a UFC champion headhunter by now, it's crazy, 5 champions, like champions in their prime. Bananas.

Cyril Gane vs Alex? I thought that would be a great fight

Pereira is the only one who got his BJJ black belt by KOing his opponent 🗿. "Isn't he fucking awesome?" 😂

Id rather see Alex fight Tom at UFC London. Promote Tom to the undisputed champ and lets see if Alex can pull it off.

"he haven't seen anyone with Grappler credentials take him down" he literally debuted against a Grappler. He K.Oed him with a flying knee. "Jan was the last person to take him down" also wrong. Jiri tried to finish him on the ground and came up short. Pereira was not only able to defend against sub but also G&P. Jiri was only able to land ONE elbow and Jiri was also the one that ended up being caught on a sub. attempt. Every fighters but Strickland and Hill grappled with him. Strickland and Hill never had the chance to try due to them being finished so fast. Do I think that Pereira is a whiz on the ground? Hell no. But he isn't as hopeless as people seem to think he is.

I think people forgot already about Anthony Johnson.... fought at 170 all the way up to heavyweight. Dude was a beast!

I know that this is going to be a very unpopular opinion, but I would like to see Alex Pereira defend the belt maybe one or two more times before he goes up to heavyweight

Still waiting on the cardboard cutout of Tommy in the background.

How about a few more defenses before switching weight classes.

Can Luke admit he was stupid for saying Hill was any sort of chance of kickboxing with Poatan

11:45 lol dude looks like a mini Tom Aspinal

Excellent video review

Alex vs any heavyweight AND THEN Alex vs Tom in Manchester

The logical conclusion to the Pereira hype train is that he fights Aspinal wins then fights Jones for the unified title loses but Jones fails the doping test and is awarded the title then they both retire leaving a vacant tile which Stipe wins and is champ at 48 years old lol.

We should enjoy Alex while he is here. Not a long time left for the man, and he knows it which is why he is trying to chase that legacy.

Give this dude whatever fight he wants

Give him Rozenstruik for his HW debut. *Certified Banger*

Reminds me of Mcgregor double champ run having Chad Mendez as his only real grappler oponent before Khabib. If it wasn't short notice, his legacy and UFC would have been different.

alex also has much better defence on the ground then what he is credited. sure he stays there but he also avoids dammage and chokes.

Alex can save the ufc in general. Lets not get him injured or take an L to save a shit card that will come and go. He didnt get touched in the fight but he still peaked his training camp to a fight. Let him rest instead of trying to extend his peak fitness. Forget 301 Alex is the future.

If Pereira fights at 301, obviously he fights whoever's available. But putting that aside, I'd rather he defend against Ankalaev first then go up to challenge Tom Aspinall (and I don't want either of those to be short-notice fights). It's the more deserving and important fight and, win or lose, Pereira can move to heavyweight after. If he never fights Ankalaev, the "favourable matchups" narrative will be a permanent asterisk next to his title reign.

"defending the interim belt that's such a weird concept" barao did it 4 times lol.

The UFC should sell the shorts and give the fighters a cut like jersey sales.

I don't understand why people keep shiting on the Flyweight division. All the recents fights from Pantoja were absolutely🔥

In HW You can pretty much pick anybody because outside of Lewis v Nascimento, none of them are slated to fight through June 1st. You have Volkov v Pavlovich near the end of June. Cyrl Gane and Spivac haven't fought since Sept of last year so you can pick a high ranked HW or a middle of the range ranked HW. Hell Romanov hasn't fought since JULY. There are a few that you could get who fought earlier this year like De Lima, Blades, Almeida, and it's HW so it's not like they have to really go through much of a weight cut and they get to slap a big name on their resume if they win. There are options out there. That being said, supposedly Alex had a broken toe going into the fight and broke another during the fight so he might not be cleared to go.

I feel like this is turning into what the True Geordie Podcast is for Football - for UFC specific content.

Isn't possible but i would be interested to see how Alex vs prime big country would go

That would be great for both fighters. Win win

UFC needs to cut Jon Jones and make Aspinall the legit champion. JJ has been destroying UFC for his entire career just kick him to the curb and let him go fight in Pellator.

Jamal had some major openings in his defense it looked like to me. I think Pereira noticed he was dropping that lead hand on every strike so he was trying to time a big shot and he did it on his first attempt!

No opponent is gonna say yes to him on 3 weeks notice

considering he’s not fighting on the card, it will be difficult

Quality lads!

Alex said in post interview that he wants to fight in Heavyweight and that he wants to bulk up for it. So maybe one more defense at LHW

10:00 good point. Jiri probably would take that short notice fight. What if Dana offered them both points too ? Bc this card is not great. Plus Jiri was out a while. He likely wants to make up for that income. Lowered stakes thanks to late notice against a dangerous guy atleast in terms of optics only. He’s in shape. He’s near camp weight. I wonder if Alex takes the fight though. Probably. And Jiri has adjusted before I’d love to see what he came at Alex with in a rematch.

Pereira vs Tai Tuivasa makes a lot of sense for the UFC. If Pereira wins, it sets him up for a heavyweight title fight. If Tuivasa wins, Pereira remains a big star at LHW and Tuivasa gets his shine back

non title bout against gane would be cool for 301

See this is the thing, big heavyweight punches will do damage through his guard even if he blocks any of them....

I would like to see Pereira fight Rountree at 301 ideally but obviously there's the weight issue snd broken toe

Cyril vs Alex would probably be kind of fun. Or Khalil but maybe at catch weight, not because Alex won’t lose his belt but because maybe it’s to soon. But I wouldn’t mind

If you have Aspinall V Pereira in Manchester (which is *the* fight to make right now), then you could put the Edwards V Belal fight on that card too and not have to worry about the popularity or interest in that fight.

Holy shit.. tom aspinall looks badass. Man a TITANIC BATTLE BETWEEN 2 TITANS POATAN & BIG TOM

The pound saver menu🤣

Why it won't happen on short notice: - Alex injured toes - His opponent needing a visa to fight in Brazil

I couldnt imagine if pierera wins. Than he fights Ngannou what a fight that would be

I need the Rebellis despange vs Alex Pereira fight

I’m an Alex fan and I think he might lose to Ankalaev but I’ve been saying champs need 3 title defenses to move up and I’m sticking by that.

Doesn’t need saved . Just would be even more awesome of a card .

Just set up Pereira vs Aspinall on international fight week with Connor being on the card

I really hope we do get him vs aspinall next as ank seems pointless it could be a 1 round ground and pound destruction and even if Alex pulls of his magic again it wont be that impressive or interesting to me anyway

Alex and Jiri fought in UFC 300, they both are same "tired", or not so, cause Alex have this thing broken and Jiri had more struggle on his fight, idk, but I think Jiri is crazy enought to sign a contract for 301. That could happen.

Give him a “layup” in his division if possible for 301. I say Khalil rountree. Still a tough opponent, but a theoretically good matchup that should be fun for the fans

If Peirra wins a 3rd belt hes the greatest of all time which is insane because he started his ufc career at almost 35 years old. I think he should defend his belt once or twice before he challenges for the hw belt though. Beating Espinal right now doesn't do anything for him because Espinal is only the interim champion. It would only be worth it if Espinal becomes the undisputed HW champion "even though I consider Tom the heavyweight champion because Jones never won the lineal belt anyways and Tom has been beating the top guys"

Idk after seeing Aspinal get 40,000 score on the punch machine and Pereira getting 190,000 I can definitely see Pereira knocking Aspinal out 😂

Hold on there now, Jan is a very skilled grappler, he's just first and foremost a striker. I'm not saying he's on Aspenal's level, (I def don't think he is), but it's annoying the way a lot of people pretend as Jan's an awful grappler or somethin, he's legit like the second or third best grappler in the entire 205 division. Though, to be fair - that's more so cuz there aren't many/any highly ranked grapplers in the entire division nowadays. As for Ale's grappling, people forget he took Izzy down first and was way my effective in the clinch, it's just he couldn't get back to his feet after attempting a stupid trip which Izzy countered in round 3. Since then he's improved quite a bit. With Izzy he was obviously panicking, then when Jan took him down and got his back he, unlike his fight Izzy, he managed to remain calm and successfully defended Jan's numerous attempts to submit him. Later Jan took him down again, but Alex relatively quickly managed to get back to his feet. Then the same with Jiri, he protected himself well and didn't panic and managed to get back his feet again. I think people really overstate his lack of grappling skill. I mean, he's still at the end of the day not what I'd consider to be good or anything, just that he's better than people give him credit for imo. That all being said - and despite me being the biggest Poatan fanboy out there who also thinks he certainly has a chance with Tom.... it's just not much of one. Alex may be improved, but he's still nowhere near Tom's level, plus Tom would be arguably even stronger than Alex to boot. Tom's also an extremely smart fighter as well as being both well-rounded and very athletically gifted. Unlike guys like Strickland and Hill - he's not gonna allow his ego and the need to "prove i can beat the guy at the thing he does best", he'll take him down, control him and then more than likely submit Alex or get a tko stoppage from ground and pound. He def has the skills and physical attributes to have a have a better chance of putting Alex away on the feet than anyone he's fought yet, (including Izzy, who yes rocked him in their first time and then ko'd him in their second - based on the fact Alex take clean shots from Jan and Jiri and not even being wobbled, i think it's proving more and more that his ridiculous weight-cutts were the pre-eminent factor in why Izzy put him out), Tom's simply not dumb enough to risk the possibility of getting flattened. This is why i agree with the dude on the far left - he just should fight some other HW contender on this short of notice, (if he even gets medically cleared due to that broken toe he suffered a couple weeks back), and i think the best option o both get his feet wet in the division while also demonstrating to the UFC that he could legitimately compete at HW - should be Cyril Gane. Now that'd be a banger of a fight! I'm a huge Gane fan too, but the way he's been ducking guys like Aspenal lately has been pissing me off. Poatan has arguably less experience at grappling that Gane has and yet Alex is still willing to step to Tom. I think Gane would though take the Alex fight, and man that' be a great fight to see. No one that Gane has fought yet has, (not even Volkov), anywhere near the striking pedigree that Alex has, it's be interesting to see what'd happen if he fought a dude even more skilled, equally as athletic and quick - the way Alex is. Sorry for the rant, didn't realize how effin long this comment was till i just finished typing it.

How many fighters fight on consecutive PPVs? Don't think it'll happen

Poatan vs Pavlovich is what i want.

Dane “take this last min fight” Fighter “does it pay more ?” DANA “NO ONE WANTS TO FIGHT!”

Every time I hear about Alex I get ptsd flash backs of izzy wearing that dog collar 😂

If I were Tom, ill tell Dana ill do the fight if he makes it for the Undisputed Title

Imagine it’s Stipe vs Poatan then Tom vs Jon Jones

Bambam or the black beast as a warm up heavyweight fight

Imagine for just a moment….the announcement gets made Pereira vs Blaydes…ufc 301!!!

Yeah, he can save it, as long as they keep him away from anyone with good grappling. He's a multiple time world kickboxing champion and he's just kickboxing in the UFC, it's not really mma. Ankaliev should be a test because he will probably use mixed martial arts when he fights Alex.

Here after seeing it didnt need saving

Even if he is medically cleared to fight I can’t see a world Alex takes a ankalaev fight on 3 weeks notice after just doing a predominantly striking camp, magomed can say he would stand with Alex all he’s likes but as soon as those doors shut you know he’s thinking about shooting

I thought I heard Dana said he didn’t want pereira in heavyweight

This was better in video format not podcast

Jason, did you say “start hiding” like they haven’t done it before?

I'd pitch Alex vs Gane. Would be a v interesting striking match-up, a taste of Alex at HW and gives Gane something to do because he's still technically the number 1 contender.

If you are shoving him up there at heavyweight it can't be Tom on that short of notice. Tom won't do that I wouldn't imagine. But I bet you could get Curtis Blaydes to fight Periera in Brazil

I say give him a fun fight at catchweight!

I want Pereira v Blades if he goes up. Will never happen though.

He doesn't want another weight cut, so jus give him Parker porter lol. And let him have fun

Renan Barao defended his interim belt like 2 times, no?

They posted this after Helwani already reported he has 2 broken toes. Nice awareness.

"name a cheaper subscription service" I can certainly name cheaper podcasts 😜

Poatan vs. Jailton Almeida, they are both around the same weight and they're both Brazilian.

Jon Jones and Alex should fight in December. If Alex moves up and win . And if Jon Jones beats stipe

The only people saying Aspinall are the MMA Midia and Aspinall himself. Pereira has zero interest in fighting for the Interim belt. He has said multiple times that he doesn't see Aspinall as the Champ. I personally think that Sergei vs Pereira would be lit. It would be the perfect fight for Rio on short notice. It would be a sure K.O and there's nothing on the line for either of them except for bragging rights.

everyone is saying alex should go up. I think he should defend the LHW belt another 1 or 2 times, then go up. Also with alex's broken toe is he allowed to fight at 301? I think the doctors order a 60 day no contact training if there's any injuries

We all need to start talking about Poatan as the greatest of all time. Two championship belts in 11 fights. BJJ black belt under Glover. Double Glory champ. Future TRIPLE UFC champ. Ripped body and elite fighting skills. He touches you and you die. Crazy. I feel so honored to witness his greatness. Unbridled creativity and art in it's purest form. The artist has just created a masterpiece. Take a bow, king. Take a bow.

Alex broke one of his toes during camp. I don't think he'll be medically cleared in time for 301.

A third title is fun. But it’s quick for that. Whats not too quick is a step up for Alex. We did it with Anderson/Irvin. A step up. It close enough that it doesn’t hold up LHW. And it gets his feet wet at HW and we see how he does. Opponent? Idk. But that card fucking sucks and Alex vs and willing HW would be sick.

Tom couldn't even register half of what Alex hit on the punch cube. Alex broke Francis record FFS. People need to stop doubting Alex. He's getting better every fight and the last Light Heavyweight to successfully defend the belt as a dominant champ was Bones... I think Alex is the future of LHW/HW UFC and will be dominant in any division higher than Middleweight. He KILLED himself making weight JUST to fight Izzy. Alex walks around right now at 235...

As a fan that appreciates quality competitive fights over the drama and pageantry of the sport I'd rather see great fighters fight eachother than watch popular fighters pad their records knocking off tomato cans.

Ha. Who cut Bayliun's mic?

Not sure if it’s just me, I have absolutely no desire to see a Pereira vs Ankalaev

While I'm not against Alex fighting Tom, and toe injury aside... UFC would potentially put Manchester card in jeopardy for Brazil which will be a better card overall. Bad decision imo.

Dude Alex literally got knocked out cold

Its complety pointless to find for interim belt, come on

Considering he just set a new record, it seems logical for Alex Pereira to fight Francis Ngannou

Lol Jason, if we hadn't already been hiding stars from contenders, Jon would've fought Tom already.

Too bad someone from his team just came out and said he'll be there for the show but he will not be fighting. Probably should have waited a day for that topic 😂