Quote from: bittraffic on November 07, 2023, 04:13:38 PM

Dana should have just stripped Jones of his belt and let the two fight for it to make this event bigger.

On the ground is the last thing Pavlo wants, if he can remain standing he will prefer to fight on his feet.
Pavlo was taken by Overeem and with almost no struggle Overeem hammered him to KO. Aspinall could do this too if he finds Pavlo hard to hit because of the jabs. But because Pavlo is a big guy, he would need rapid punches to flatline a heavyweight like Pavlo.

For sure Dana White doesn't want Jon Jones to go because he is a bigger prospect and because he is the available prospect right now he hasn't prepared to lose him for sure, and you can surely say that Dana White was very proud of Jon Jones because he is always the talk of the town whenever Dana White will have a conference or an interview, and will be very vocal about how Jon Jones can beat Tyson Fury inside the room,

Quote from: pawel7777 on November 07, 2023, 05:59:53 PM

I think that's how it will likely go down. Prochazka will probably try his luck and attempt to out-strike Pereira, if that fails, he'll have no choice but to attempt to take it to the ground. It won't be easy though. Pereira's base sport might be kickboxing, but he spent last few years on mastering takedown defence, so won't be as vulnerable as many may think.
I'm not sure if Pereira's fight against Blachowicz is good indication of anything. I have a lot of sympathy to Jan (he's my compatriot) but he's way past his prime. He's cardio is lacking and it affects his entre game. Prochazka is in his prime years and still has that drive and right mentality, whereas Pereira' main goal is likely to earn as much as possible before retiring in 2-3 years.
It's going to be an interesting one for sure.

We will never know until these two fighters fight inside the octagon, but because Alex Pereira was training with Glover Texeira so for sure his takedown defense could get him far and beyond we all know how Jiri Prochazka wants to take his fight in the stand-up and he will surely go with this until he wasn't able to do it, and for sure Jiri Prochazka most of the time wants to lean his head forward while his hands were down so this could be an opportunity for Alex Pereira to knockout Prochazka as we all know Pereira is a great striker, and one of the divisions best, so I think that could be a bad thing for Alex Pereira,