One of the best spirits in the game dissects the title loss of Alex Pereira.
Every MMA fan is ahead of an expert, although it is a safe gamble that not many of us will ever come close to the experience and insight of the Firas Zahabi of Tristar Gym.
Coach of the legendary Georges 'Rush' St. Pierre and countless other top-tier UFC talent, Zahabi knows his things certain dus What did he say about the title of Alex Pereira last weekend?
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Firas Zahabi dissects Alex Pereira's performance on UFC 313
By breaking down the UFC 313 -head event via the Tristar Gym YouTube channel, Firas Zahabi began to give his dissection: “It was not the most exciting fight, but it was still an incredible result.”
Although the title scrap of 205 pounds was not particularly entertaining to look at, Zahabi noted that he was 'surprised' with the fact that Magomed Ankalaev Alex Pereira could surpass everywhere.
“It wasn't the most exciting fight, but here is what is great, Ankalaev surrendered him the whole fight … Pereira did not throw, although his corner begged him to throw in rounds.
“Pereira was hesitant, after the round he was hesitant – he got stuck and since then he was hesitant … Now I have my ideas why he was hesitant.”
The experienced coach argued that Pereira was mainly so afraid to end up on his back that he became an unusual coat of arms on the feet or Zahabi defined it, “paralyzing through analysis.”
“Number one, he was worried about the Takedown, he did not want to be brought down, it was in his head and after he was amazed, he is now worried about the striking and the Takedowns – it was too much.
“He had to think twice before he throws, and he was” paralyzing through analysis. ” He tried to predict what Ankalaev was going to do … he never took the risk; He was very conservative … He was overwhelmed by the threat of wrestling. “
Zahabi acknowledged that Pereira has more than enough experience to deal with printing frequers like Ankalaev, but in combination with the Takedown threat and Vroege Daze, it was all just too much for 'Poatan' to handle.
“I thought Pereira would pick up in rounds four and five as he did in the past … I think he had a” night, and he was overwhelmed, perhaps because of the threat of wrestling, but he didn't throw much … it was crazy, and it surprised everyone. “
Firas Zahabi says that Alex Pereira 'at best' lost the fight 48-47
Even now, five days after UFC 313, there are people who claim that Alex Pereira should have won the title fight on the jury's score cards-Zahabi claims that it was 'at best' 3-2.
“Round one did Pereira incredible. He was very dominant; It seemed that Pereira would kick Ankalaev out … However, the low stairs are not that powerful because he does not kick his power side.
“Round two, Ankalaev hurts Pereira, surprises him, puts him under pressure … Round three was not a super active round for both fighter, but Ankalaev cut it off a bit.
“What can I say, rounds four and five even for Ankalaev-I know that many people have given round three to Pereira, okay, give him round three, he still loses three to two at his best.”
On the way to the fifth and final round, all three of the jury members Ankalaev had one round – two of the three officials scored around five to 'Patan', culminating in a UD victory for the Russian.
“It was a one -sided edge,” Zahabi concluded and simply celebrated the fact that Ankalaev did what had to be done to “just round every round.”
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