Here we go 💀
This right here is the exact reason I didn't want Ankalaev to win. I knew as soon as he won we weren't seeing him until October.
Say what you want about Pereira as a fighter or his overdramatic fans, but he was objectively good for the division with how damn active the man was. It felt like before he even got back to the locker room he already had another fight booked.
Ankalaev is just not an active fighter and this mentality of consistently taking 10 months off to fight in a specific location is just not good for anyone.
Not good for the fans as we see less activity with the title, not good for the contenders as they have to wait longer to get a title opportunity, and not good for Magomed as he consistently lets his momentum die out like when he fell off the face of Bryce Mitchell's flat earth after the Jan fight. Dude actually just disappeared. No social media posts, no fight announcements, radio silence for nearly a year. About to be a looooong title reign.
This right here is the exact reason I didn't want Ankalaev to win. I knew as soon as he won we weren't seeing him until October.
Say what you want about Pereira as a fighter or his overdramatic fans, but he was objectively good for the division with how damn active the man was. It felt like before he even got back to the locker room he already had another fight booked.
Ankalaev is just not an active fighter and this mentality of consistently taking 10 months off to fight in a specific location is just not good for anyone.
Not good for the fans as we see less activity with the title, not good for the contenders as they have to wait longer to get a title opportunity, and not good for Magomed as he consistently lets his momentum die out like when he fell off the face of Bryce Mitchell's flat earth after the Jan fight. Dude actually just disappeared. No social media posts, no fight announcements, radio silence for nearly a year. About to be a looooong title reign.