Gotta disagree greatly with Luke's early assessment. Jiri ALWAYS fights with his hands low, because he baits you out with distance management, and it's given him great success vs everyone except Pereira. Both Alex AND Jiri use low hands with mastery of distance management. They BOTH use certain old school Karate and Kungfu methods in their overall game. Luke forgets that Sean Strickland always keeps his hands high and he STILL got destroyed by Pereira.
Let's go to the logic of the intelligent Jiri lost to Poatan because his style is bad But his style is not good because he has been undefeated since 2015. Apart from Poatan, NO ONE COULD beat Jiri Jiri's style is excellent. Poatan is in a totally different moment, that's all Jiri with his style has 15 wins, 13 KO, 1 submission and only one decision since 2015 Poatan will probably end his career as the best and greatest knockout artist in MMA history. Jiri was unlucky to fight someone so dangerous twice in 8 months
@@gavinma4831 I'm not necessarily saying Jiri is ALREADY a master at the moment. What I am saying is that Jiri's long term goal as a martial artist is get closer to mastery of distance and timing. And it's worked for him tremendously in kickboxing AND in his pro MMA career, as he makes his opponents miss more often than not, and fires back with brutal counters that usually end a fight.
The fact that Pereira is training with Glover whose an elite grappler/wrestler probably still at his age, that is going really help vs opponents like Ankalaev, Aspinall and Jones.
Lol Rampage asked about witchcraft and everyone else is like that's B S.. Rampage knows the spiritual exists. However Pereira said to Jiri he's a man of GOD.
It's hilarious how fickle these people can be with what they "think" they know. Alex used to be heavily criticized by all of these guys for "keeping his hands low", or "being too stiff", or "having no head movement", they'd criticize him for days lol. Now after they see Pereiera destroyed people left and right, all of a sudden the narrative changes to, "dude I'm such a big fan of Pereira, he's so efficient with his movements! He's a kickboxing genius!" Lol
@@adub92199 there were plenty of "analysts" that were heavily critical of Alex's striking style. Go back and look up videos of when he first debuted in the UFC.
@@oldironsides4107 But let's not forget they had pretty good wrestling backgrounds. It is not like they started training everything at an older age. It is way easier to develop striking into a decent level than grappling.
@@levirabelo5713 Yea TJ was a D1 wrestler for a long time too, they make it sound like he stumbled into an MMA gym at 25 and 3 years later he won a title. Even Rampage has a wrestling background as much as he hates grappling
5:15… if this is true, damn TJ 😭 for being one of the most technically sound fighters to having footwork comparable to prime Dom. Only 3 years before he fought Renan? That’s wild
It's odd to me seeing T.J so swollen & chubby, I only remember his physique from fighting for ten years & far out, Dude was lean but man he must of added at least 50 pounds, Holy molly.
@@secredeath lol tom is twice as fast as Alex with 50 pounds more. Toms boxing alone puts Alex to shame when it comes to traditional technique. Sure he has a nasty left hook but tom understands that. Jon would take him down with such ease.
@zacharyhullender8663 his boxing is amateur what are talking about. Alex has better boxing and way more elite kickboxing. His striking is levels above Tom I hope the fight happens soon
Pereira not only has lots of power in his strikes but he's very good technically with very good agility and he's a accurate striker. The only opponent so far that is a challenge for Pereira in the strike game is Adesanya and Gane no doubt. Mogamed Ankaleiv is the next opponent who could be great challenge for Pereira at lhw, If the UFC and Pereira don't overlook him and Pereira just goes to the hw division.
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"Let Pereira be Pereira, don't try to be Pereira"
-Luke Rockhold
luke rockhold lowkey ate with that
He called Poetan Pohara! Luke is a wordsmith lol!
First wise thing from this Chad of a man
He not lying tho. I said it in the fight, jiri was tryna fight patient against a way better and patient striker
Smartest thing I’ve ever heard him say
TJ is great at analyzing, everytime I listen to him, I learn.
TJ would be a better commentator than everyone on the commentator broadcast right now.
He's doing a great job, fr
Deadass tho 💯
TJ needs to coach or hold a post fight commentary like Volk. TJ just knows his stuff. Have to to win in 3 years of training
Agreed, I would appreciate his commentary.
He is a steroid cheat. Anything he accomplished is now worthless
Quite opposite tho. Winning in 3 years wouldn’t equate to knowledge more like natural god given talent.
Yeah people forget he was legit back in his prime
Lighter weight class fighters are generally the best coaches. They have the best skill
never been a fan of TJ but he makes a lot of insightful comments in these watch alongs
Love or hate him but He knows about fighting
“Pojeira” lmaooo Luke
His brain is all CTE’d up
I reckon TJ would do great breaking down fights alongside Dan Hardy
Luke called Alex "Paulhares" instead of Pereiera lmao!
The culmination of getting slept 4 or 5 times
Toquinho Palhares nightmares.
*pereira
@@zenbra_deutsch3500 you mean Rousimar Palhares?
Same dude @@casgal2431
Gotta disagree greatly with Luke's early assessment. Jiri ALWAYS fights with his hands low, because he baits you out with distance management, and it's given him great success vs everyone except Pereira. Both Alex AND Jiri use low hands with mastery of distance management. They BOTH use certain old school Karate and Kungfu methods in their overall game.
Luke forgets that Sean Strickland always keeps his hands high and he STILL got destroyed by Pereira.
bro idk if jiri has mastery of distance management. He has mastery of eating his opponents best punches and breaking them
Let's go to the logic of the intelligent
Jiri lost to Poatan because his style is bad
But his style is not good because he has been undefeated since 2015. Apart from Poatan, NO ONE COULD beat Jiri
Jiri's style is excellent. Poatan is in a totally different moment, that's all
Jiri with his style has 15 wins, 13 KO, 1 submission and only one decision since 2015
Poatan will probably end his career as the best and greatest knockout artist in MMA history. Jiri was unlucky to fight someone so dangerous twice in 8 months
@@gavinma4831 This is the correct answer, dude get hit by EVERYONE.
@@gavinma4831 I'm not necessarily saying Jiri is ALREADY a master at the moment. What I am saying is that Jiri's long term goal as a martial artist is get closer to mastery of distance and timing. And it's worked for him tremendously in kickboxing AND in his pro MMA career, as he makes his opponents miss more often than not, and fires back with brutal counters that usually end a fight.
Imagine trying to use distance against a top kickboxer who’s reach is the same if not better than yours.
I love hearing TJs breakdowns on fights. This guy is a striking genius.
The fact that Pereira is training with Glover whose an elite grappler/wrestler probably still at his age, that is going really help vs opponents like Ankalaev, Aspinall and Jones.
Everybody seems to love this guy, zero trash talk just stone cold killer like fedor
Rampage and TJ, good stuff
"Poharas" lmao
Lol Rampage asked about witchcraft and everyone else is like that's B S.. Rampage knows the spiritual exists. However Pereira said to Jiri he's a man of GOD.
Witchercraft don't help in fighting thou😂 it's experience and skill
@@secredeath the spiritual realm affects everything you do in life. Even if you don't believe it.
@tekopuakanapanapa6824 that's nonsense when it comes to Years of training vs someone who doesn't and just uses witchcraft
@@secredeath I never suggested that.
@@tekopuakanapanapa6824 No evidence for spirits buddy and you know it
It's hilarious how fickle these people can be with what they "think" they know. Alex used to be heavily criticized by all of these guys for "keeping his hands low", or "being too stiff", or "having no head movement", they'd criticize him for days lol.
Now after they see Pereiera destroyed people left and right, all of a sudden the narrative changes to, "dude I'm such a big fan of Pereira, he's so efficient with his movements! He's a kickboxing genius!" Lol
If he beats Ank you'll see a further shift in opinion. Suddenly his wrestling and grappling will be super underrated haaaa
@@reuben8648 Yup!
I don’t think anyone ever doubted his striking skills. Idk where that narrative came, I only heard them doubt his grappling
@@adub92199 there were plenty of "analysts" that were heavily critical of Alex's striking style. Go back and look up videos of when he first debuted in the UFC.
@@adub92199 Jamahal Hill is a prime example of someone doubting his striking skills.
Please have this exact group always keep breaking down fights
Most in depth shit out of all mma podcasts
Crazy that someone hits so hard he gets accused of witchcraft
great analysis by TJ
Jiri stands too tall leaving his head exposed
Nice to see TJ giving Alex credits
Rampage and Tj know what they talking about 📝
TJ knows SO MUCH about the game. We took him for granted
Agreed about TJ. Should definitely be a commentator or do his own breakdowns or something
wtf did dillashaw just say? he won a world title after training for 3 years? what a G
Jones was in thebufc less than a year of stepping into an mma gym and a champ 2 years later
@@oldironsides4107 yeah and he cheated and took peds for his whole career
@@jor1466 fuck JJ
But everyone was on steroids before usada..
It's a well known fact so the playing field was level
@@oldironsides4107 But let's not forget they had pretty good wrestling backgrounds. It is not like they started training everything at an older age. It is way easier to develop striking into a decent level than grappling.
@@levirabelo5713 Yea TJ was a D1 wrestler for a long time too, they make it sound like he stumbled into an MMA gym at 25 and 3 years later he won a title. Even Rampage has a wrestling background as much as he hates grappling
Perfect opportunity for TJ and Luke to skip off into the sunset together forever
Luke 'magic puppet' Rockhold of all people telling someone to hold his hands up
Always good to see Andy Souwer there talking, giving hes opinion about Jiri
where?😂
@@NorisOnline green shirt with the cap, other side of the table from rampage
@@jemoederhm4xf Haha well played.
Jiri said that Pereira uses some sort of magic or juju and Alex Pereira was asked about it and he didn't even deny it. which is pretty funny tbh
5:15… if this is true, damn TJ 😭 for being one of the most technically sound fighters to having footwork comparable to prime Dom. Only 3 years before he fought Renan? That’s wild
TJ's phenomenal - As everyone's saying.
dog the things i would do (pause) to get tj to be my head coach. my god
This gotta be a regular cast
It would be amazing if we could see the clips with you guys as your going thru it , my imagination needs help
The difference in body language is pretty interesting
Good to see Luke Rockhold. Luke was the middle weight UFC champion but when Bisping KO him out, he was never the same.
Chama
TJ swears he's better than everyone and would do ten times better like he ain't the ceo of epo lol
@@ldn_vin so what? You're the guy that everyone can open your little yt channel and can see on which allllll RUclips channels you are subscribed to
To be fair, the TJ that beat Cody the 2nd time looked unstoppable
The smaller weight classes are overall more skilled than the higher ones. It’s not crazy to think tj knows what he’s talking about
How does Luke not believe in leg locks lmao? He’s gonna learn at Cji. That’s literally the no gi meta is everyone using leg locks
how can u say pereira cleared the division without fighting ankalaev
FINALLY !! Someone is talking about how sloppy HERB DEAN is !!!
Luke imagine doing all the weird ish (Jiri) just to get beat by a dude with broken feet 😂
epic trio!
digging tj the most. coming from that comnpetetive weightclass
Why is everyone making TJ out to be a genius. Lol just because he looks like a US marine.
It's odd to me seeing T.J so swollen & chubby, I only remember his physique from fighting for ten years & far out, Dude was lean but man he must of added at least 50 pounds, Holy molly.
Yeah someone talk him out of going to heavyweight. If its against Jon he gets smashed and if its against Tom he gets knocked out in the 1st.
😂😂 alex pereira kos both especially Tom amateur striking all he got his power and weight nothing else for pereira
@@secredeath lol tom is twice as fast as Alex with 50 pounds more. Toms boxing alone puts Alex to shame when it comes to traditional technique. Sure he has a nasty left hook but tom understands that. Jon would take him down with such ease.
@zacharyhullender8663 his boxing is amateur what are talking about. Alex has better boxing and way more elite kickboxing. His striking is levels above Tom I hope the fight happens soon
Tom shooting the moment the bell ring lol. He beats Alex but stop being delusional about heavyweight's power
TJ quit giving advice
Pereira not only has lots of power in his strikes but he's very good technically with very good agility and he's a accurate striker. The only opponent so far that is a challenge for Pereira in the strike game is Adesanya and Gane no doubt.
Mogamed Ankaleiv is the next opponent who could be great challenge for Pereira at lhw, If the UFC and Pereira don't overlook him and Pereira just goes to the hw division.
The witchcraft is real.
Im the first, can everyone congrats me
Congrats
Holy shit guys, the fight was almost a month ago….
Why are we just now putting out a recap clip?
TJ talking like he on the striking level as Pereira 🤣🤣🤣
He's not talking like that at all, and he is on that level
@@lachlanm7149 nah he's not, TJ striking is shit 💩 to Poatan, get outta here with that.
Tj need all the vax and boosters....he looking sorry and never competed clean....what's tj want at this point?