Ariel Helwani
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Podcast Appearances
Who would have thought?
Everyone thought that Ankalayev would try to out-wrestle him when they fought the first time.
And he did shoot 12 times.
He was actually 0 for 12, which was shocking.
But no one thought that he would throw and land more than Alex Pereira.
That's Alex's game.
And he just didn't seem like he could get going.
And so we wanted to see, all right, everyone said he's good this time around.
He's healthy.
He got the fight.
when he wanted in October, he needed some time off.
He fought a lot over the past two years and look at the way he fought.
I mean, the fight only lasted like 80 or so seconds, but look how quickly he closed the distance.
Look at how he landed that overhand right.
Look at the ferocity, the viciousness.
He fought mad.
And the problem was he wanted the right, the wrong,
On Kolayev's team, and in particular his manager, talked a whole lot of smack about him on social media.
He took that personally.
And you saw the result.