Sean Strickland had ONE thing to do vs Alex Pereira... 

Let’s be honest. Pereira has already came a LONG way from his first MMA fight. He’s training with Glover as well. He didn’t look the least bit nervous about a takedown vs Strickland. Then slept him with the same shot he slept Izzy with. Beautiful shot.

Peira’s accuracy is CRAZY. After he knocked Strickland down and he was attempting to get up, he sniped him with 2 right hands from the bent over position. CRAZY ACCURACY

Everyone criticizing Strickland for being dumb and standing with Periera how dare you! If not for Sean we wouldn’t be blessed with that glorious knockout. We should thank him.

Uncle Chael is calling Pereira “Piera” so convincingly he actually made me check if I had it wrong all this time

Sean: "all you have is a left hook and a knee, that's nothing for me" Also Sean: *stands right in front of him and eats the left. 🙄

A three piece "oh and by the way" combo during a hypothetical scenario of two soccer players fighting for a title in the UFC is exactly why i love Chael. absolute masterclass.

Sean said he’d see how good the striking was then take him down. He just didn’t expect it to be that good lol. Stone fist is real

People actually forgets Alex trains with glover. He should have improved his grappling game to another level

Chael, that Alex isn't " another guy"... That left hook has history.

never disrespect the double kickboxing champion, considered the best striker on the planet by all fight lovers. HE IS A GUY OF FEW WORDS AND MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

Respect to Sean taking on a guy who wasn’t ranked but a lot of hype and definitely is real, a lot of other guys in top 10 turned down the fight, it’s a big risk

This has happened before with Shevchenko vs Joanna. Ik Valentina was a world MT champ and pretty sure Joanna might be too and they faced twice in MT championship where shevchenko beat JJ twice and then beat her in MMA for the flyweight belt.

After awhile. You just have to accept that fighters who mainly strike with "wrestling backrounds" that NEVER grapple in fights, actually have no wrestling skills. If they were confident in their grappling they'd grapple.

Chael trying too hard to do damage control for his boy Strickland. Give Pereira his props, he destroyed that goofball Strickland.

Been saying this in the comments for the past 2 months. Chael is like the only guy on earth who still wasn’t taking Alex serious. Get with the times old man.

Crazy power. It wasn’t a combo it was literally just that signature left hook. One punch & it’s over power is impossible to nullify or plan for no matter how good you are defensively. And even then it’s still surprising To see it happen at the highest level against such a defensively sound opponent.

But Chael you just told me Strickland was as good as any kickboxing champion

That ko was insane. Izzy’s time is coming

Sean was ko'd the moment he entered the cage. He stood right in front of Pereira. He even said that All Pereira has is his knee and left hand. That Left hand murked Sean. Sean was just a a fool.

Chael the type of guy to pick a fight completely wrong and spend 10 minutes explaining how he was wrong but his reasoning was solid and he really didnt take an L when you think about it lmao

Q. What to expect from two kickboxers fighting MMA? A. A kickboxing match.

Bless Sean for standing up with Alex

Let’s be honest here, Chael is kind of to blame for Strickland getting knocked out like that. Chael sat here and said Strickland can box with Alex, he said Alex isn’t all that, disrespected Alex. Chael set Strickland up. Own this Chael because Strickland is your former teammate, he watches this show.

From another point of view: I think UFC was trying to establish Israel's "Chael". Pereira is the only one the audience believe can beat Adesanya. The whole promotion from UFC has been flawless in in this regard. They even showed Adesanya getting knocked out by Periera on the PPV. They put all their money in one basket and it paid off.

There goes my dream of Sean bullying Izzy in another press conference 😔

@4:22 Chael: I know I'm all of your favorites Me: Damn! This guy's psychic too!? Truly undefeated!

That punch was perfectly on the money. You dont even need power with that accuracy.

Sean was marching around the Octagon last night with his chin straight up in the air. I think that fool really believed he could take those shots from Alex

Bruno Silva attempted multiple takedowns in his fight with Alex Periera and even took him down a couple times, Chael is right Strickland should’ve followed his game plan

"Tell me what I should do Izzy, should I not take a nap?" Sean Strickland pre fight press conference. That aged well

Strickland was scared. You could see it from the moment he walked in

I was thinking exactly THIS. You articulated it so well and eloquently. These strikers as great as they are need to understand this. It’s called MMA for a reason. Thank you Chael.

Ciryl Gane didn't have the threat of a takedown going into his fight with Ngannou either lol

Valentina and Joanna fought in muay Thai and then rematched in mma. So this thing has happened before, I think there might be some other examples. By the way, Valentina won every time, so myb same thing happens for Adesanya/Pereira.

The shots on the way down is what shocked me even more, the accuracy of this dude is on another level. I believe he has the best left punch in mma, the real touch of death 💀

I love how Pereira literally hit him with the same left hook that I saw the highlight reels hours earlier show me that’s how he always wins! Unreal

I knew that Strickland video was just to keep the odds from going too heavily into Alex’s favor. Quick money tonight. I hope pereira is an underdog against Izzy, I’ll have him winning straight up and in a parlay again.

Chael you said Sean would be Able to strike with Alex lmao

Love when chael acknowledges both of us

I have reason to believe that adesanya has been working on his grappling since the threat of Alex came about. I think we will see a Francis vs Gane situation and he will shock us like francis did and show he’s more well rounded than we thought. And adesanya hasn’t done it yet because he doesn’t want to reveal his level of grappling to shock Alex

Ive never really felt Strickland was an elite fighter. He has a horribly low guard, no head movement and no footwork...he's also not particularly fast or strong, it's crazy that he was ranked as high as he was honestly.

Both the glove size and fighting stance make a major difference in a stand up fight. Glove size effects both blocking and strikes, from speed, power, even stamina. Fighting stance can change angles, and available power strikes. Orthodox vs Southpaw both must fight for lead foot positions (lead outside foot wins the power game). Hope this lil explanation helps. I personally can't wait to see how this fight plays out.

What a lot of people don't realise when it comes to taking an opponent down is their range. Israel and Pereira both benefit by having huge ranges, shooting on them at the distance they give you is a very dangerous game.

100% agree! But what's even more infuriating that he didn't even attempt to grapple or try for a take-down early onto to establish those as being very real threats in Alex's mind, the other thing was the way in which he was striking. he had very little head movement and little to no lateral movement, instead he pretty much just walked Alex down staying smack dab right in front of him and was constantly reaching out to play pattycake with Alex's lead hand more than he threw punches. If he was going to stand and bang with Alex, then he needed to take advantage of the his quickness and agility, jumping in landing as many punches as quickly as possible and then jump back outa the way of Alex's counter. He never tried to corral Alex by cutting off angles, instead Alex just kept backing up leading him down the primrose path, all along getting a feel for Sean's speed and lengths all the while setting up that deadly left hook - and wouldn't yah know it - Sean walked right the fuck into it! It wasn't just that he stupidly tried taking on one of the greatest kickboxers of all time, it was how awful he looked doing it. I saw some saying that he was looking good until he got rocked, but i have no clue what the fuck they're talking about. Sean did land a couple of decent punches, and was the aggressor for sure, but he looked slow immobile and never changed the angle of attack instead he just walked straight up down the middle , as if he were just looking to get knocked the fuck out! I mean, it is true that Sean's plan of attack wasn't inherently a bad one, and could/would work against many-many fighters - but not a guy like Alex. And anyone who's watched even just Alex's kickboxing highlights and/or his mma highlights would/should have fuckin known this. What was he fucking thinking?!

Been watching Pereira his entire career. The knees to the body wears people down. His leg kicks are devastating but stay away from his left hook. He known to use his right jab to set it up with a feint. Best bet is to stay up long enough to set up a take down. But I’d be aware of running into a knee. He’s going to be next in line for a title shot.

That had me scratching my head how he just kept walking up real close trying to parry I could feel that hook coming any second tbh.

The Izzy fight is 100% going to be a mental test that Izzy never wanted or expected to have to face again

It was only a matter of time before Sean Strickland got slept. He stands in front of his opponent, no lateral movement, no use of angles, never moves his head, all he had to do was move his head and he slips that punch. He does the same thing in every fight I've ever seen him in walk forward throw punches.

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Ive asked my kickboxing coach this exact question and he said the 4 ounce gloves dont allow you to shell up and block most your face and lets your fist fit into smaller and smaller openings

Two soccer players fighting in the UFC. I didn't hear a word he said after that. Was laughing too hard at a guy flailing and moaning on the mat, holding a shin, after getting lightly grazed in the face. Bring out the special shin spray. Thanks Chael. You can really paint a scenario. Comedy gold.

Alex did a perfect job setting up the finish. Kicks to the body made Sean drop his right hand to anticipate it, thats when Alex nuked him with the left hook

He went into that fight thinking he was going to lose. Just watching the face off and how awkward he was, keeping his head down, not wanting to make eye contact, etc. He lost before the fight even started.

Bro Sean thought he can stand up with perriera 😂😂 I know he was going to get KO but not that fast and easy... Send him to Dagestan for 6 months

Nuclear power in them hands can't wait for the build up to this match man 🔥🔥

Valid points. Good video. Chael is awesome.

“The one thing that was prelavent…” -Chael Sonnen, undisputed, undefeated Wordsmith

THANK YOU, it’s exactly why a guy like Khabib who if you just look at him you’d say has horrid stand up, but then it’s effective. Why did Khabib land the overhand right and drop Conor when it should have been the other way around on the feet? Because Conor had the worry of a takedown on his mind taking attributes off his striking and adding them to Conors. Just the threat takes something off your opponents striking ability

I remember sean sherk as the first example of a guy who's striking was super effective not because of his skills as a kickboxer but because everyone was terrified of his takedowns and takedown feints. I miss the old school lol

spot on Chael. Strickland not even feinting to go for any takedowns, or even doing a wee half-hearted one before making a full-on attempt later on in the round after some stand-up, just to confuse Pereira and put him out his rhythm, was really poor tactically by Strickland.

IMO Sean didn’t respect his opponent enough cos if he did, he would have been more calculated, plus the fact that Sean has has already spoken about the left hook of Alex. Guess what! Israel warned Sean to not sleep on Alex i he did sleep on his opponent and he paid dearly for it

Izzy is getting his wrestling on for that fight. I wouldn't expect anything else. That would also be the most unexpected thing, and that's why it's necessary for him in this fight.

Difference in little gloves is many kickboxing and boxing styles exclusively rely on using the gloves to shell and shield from punches. People who try those techniques with little gloves are subject to being cracked when they don't think they can. Similar to a gi in BJJ or even some of the positions in sport BJJ (leg locks, open guard, etc.), you put yourself in a position you don't think you will be hurt in because of all your experience in your niche sport and get hurt. Little gloves favors movement based fighters who use head movement and footwork opposed to shelling and blocking punches.

Never seen Alex fight, class act. Seemed to be playing possum and then boom. Timing was epic, he looked like he was on a holiday camp in there

Sean Strickland had already completed his role before the fight actually. It was he who openly told us the UFC's agenda, as if it were a foregone conclusion. He set the narrative and prophesied his own doom. With the new generation of fighters training at dedicated mixed martial arts gyms the chance to see two former champions of the same discipline fight for a title is almost nonexistent. Even the crossover to MMA super fights will be extremely rare. The only one I can think of is Ngannou vs Fury. Canelo makes too much for the UFC and Rico Verhoeven doesn't want to learn grappling. Izzy vs Alex will be massive.

Izzy is good but the whole division has a lack of great wrestlers. It is so hard to believe that not one single guy has put Izzy on his back and elbowed him in the face.

Great review uncle C.

4:23 “I know I’m all of yours favourite” yes Chael, you are. The undisputed, undefeated!!!

I’m still wondering who Pierra is 😂 Lord Uncle Chael is the GOAT 🐐

this fight made me think back to Frank Shamrock vs Cung Le, cause it felt like someone ignoring their elite skills to try going toe to toe in someone else's elite skills, Frank managed to make it competitive, but ended up with a broken arm from blocking too many kicks, Sean paid the price by not having much of a chance to make it competitive and getting knocked out, when much like Frank, he could have used his own elite skills to give us and himself a better fight, still props to Alex for the explosive left hand, it was a tight window and he freakin nailed it

Great Point

id like to see usman move up now , the 4 oz gloves can find the smaller hole in defence should be an interesting fight with 2 kickboxers with no take down aspirations

"Alex Piera" 😂😂😂

I was sure happy to see Alex as the underdog on DK!! BUT, idk how tf people saw Sean beating this massive 185 lb machine. His left hook is no different than a light switch.

Personally there's no mystery and why Sean fought the fight he did. In his pre fight interview I heard him say he wants it to be a stand up and bang fight. Then he said if things go south he'd take the "cowards" way out. Basically a subtle flex that he can win multiple ways. Normally I don't take much Strickland says serious but that just about matches up with his philosophy to me.

Congratulations on the 1 MILLY Chael!!!

Strickland looked like an amateur in there with a pro. He looked a little concerned about getting rocked by pereira I was shocked. I don’t mind Strickland but now Izzy has prob his biggest test as a champ

Was really hoping Sean would win so he could keep roasting izzy in the build up.. but thats now gone 💔

Hit up the One guys and girls who fight multiple rule sets. They talk A LOT about the 4 oz gloves. I love the pure striking aspect. Stylebender might bring the ground game in just to do it. Bigger ring, with corners just adds wrinkles to the footwork of striking. There's not a place in a cage to pin someone for those fighters who appreciate the fight in phonebooth range. The ring is weapon for a striker with good footwork.

I know I'm all of your favorites.. Chael Sonnon. I died 🤣🤣🤣

Alex Pereira sleeps Izzy

When you're a top 3 kickboxer and move to MMA. Getting a big push even though he had 5 fights makes total sense.

This was a good episode

Glad to hear you learned respect for kickboxing

After 276, and the press conferences etc, I'd probably pick Perreira in a fight with Izzy... He seems as technically gifted as Izzy, and he has a calmer, less ego driven demeanour. Also, he has real power. He sort of seems like a wiser, more powerful version of Izzy. And he happens to have already beaten him twice... As you say, it's not like Izzy's gonna go out there and wrestle, is it? So it'll be a third kickboxing fight, just in the octagon. Not sure why the gloves or the ring would make much of a difference. This guy might very well represent the end of an era lol

The fear of a takedown is also psychological. Being lifted off the ground and the slam on it is scary. Even if you manage to get up immediately, that fear still remain.

Chael nailed this. I was thinking a lot about Chael after this fight. Chael was a guy who would be relentless and attack the takedown no matter what. You'd never see Chael in a fight like this.

I don't know what Strickland was thinking - marching forward with his hands not held high, against such a high level striker.

Izzy seems to be doing pretty good as a straight kickboxer. There is a difference between a pure kickboxer than can’t defend takedowns and one that manages distance, length, and physical enough to defend takedowns.

This was the first official live ppv I watched and thy Strickland ko live left me speechless….I think izzy had Alex on his mind during his fight, he wanted to make a statement so bad he was in his own head for basically the whole 25 mins

Good to see wrestlers finally acknowledging that striking is the most important aspect of mma.

I'm gonna have to check out this Santos Peeyera fight...

Wrestling makes the difference. I believe Anderson Silva, in his prime, is a better kickboxer than both Adesanya and Pereira. But at his peak, a wrestler presented his biggest challenge. Had Strickland threatened with wrestling, it would've been a different kind of fight. But Periera got it done 👊🏼

New Mythical Fighter Unlocked: Sleeping Sean Strickland all jokes Sean’s a savage for taking the fight. Great card but the Sean’s were 0-2

Driving through a spot with bad service and your phone keeps freezing and Uncle Chael keeps pausing, gotta love it 😂

I agree with Chael on this one 👍

Oh my that was satisfying to watch. I hope Sean's training partners enjoyed it too.

Sonnen isn’t talking about Bruno Silva as “Santos” that only hit Perrwira due to threat of a takedown, is he?

Sean went in there knowing Peira was a threat but thought he had more time to work and feel the fight out. He also knows how good he is himself and could have definitely played a safer game. He's very talented and knows what us fight fans like!!! Risk vs Reward!!! In the long haul he will be rewarded much more and I believe will be Champ sooner than later. This guy talks better smack than anyone out right now. He needs to keep it up and fine tune now. Oil change every 1500 miles now and the Kid will be one of the best ever!

This was the reality check Sean needed. Confidence is needed, hubris is punished.