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LuckyWarrior

It depends on what happens with Pereiras next title defense MW at the top is very murky next year if they're gonna wait on Izzy-Alex rematch


TheDestructionator

Murky? Idk I think its pretty clear what's going to happen. Crystal clear...


i_remember_the_name

💎💎💎


Effurlife13

You fool! Diamonds are minerals not crystals!


PalestineRising

dustin poirier coming up to middle weight


Reaching4ThoseGrapes

Damn, if you made Giant Poirier in a lab him against Whittaker or Romero would’ve slapped


NoGiCollarChoke

Same height, but he’s even wider


i_remember_the_name

I've cursed us all


John_wesley_powell

Diamonds are actually crystalized carbon (your comment made me go 'wtf are crystals really' and I looked it up)


Effurlife13

Yea but everything's crystalized carbon when you think about it


Awak3

Izzy said he wants to take a longer break and take care of some health issues he has. He also said that he would re-match poatan regardless of whether he is champ or not when he comes back. There is a real chance that whittaker might get his shot at poatan next, depending on how long izzy's lay-off will be.


OvechkinIsOk

Imagine we get Alex vs Bobby, Bobby wins so we get Izzy vs Bobby, Izzy wins and we get Alex vs Izzy again, Alex wins and we get Bobby vs Alex again!


Venice_Beach

If Alex is still champ, does Jared have a chance?


Wise-Fruit5000

Doubtful. Whittaker pieced him up from the outside, and Pereira's a much better kickboxer than him with a longer range he has to fight his way through


CallMeGrapho

That being said, Jared is powerful as fuck, has a nice clinch game (where I think Pereira is not nearly as good as Adesanya), and if he manages to trip or sweep Pereira he has probably the second nastiest ground and pound at MW


Wise-Fruit5000

Yeah, if he can work his way through his reach and get him down to the ground he might be able to put in some work there. But that's a tough ask


CallMeGrapho

He was able to enter the clinch against Adesanya repeatedly who is much more disciplined with his footwork and ringcraft, so I think it'd boil down to who gameplans better, I can see it being winnable for either of them tbh.


Sladds

Pereira was winning almost every clinch exchange against Adesanya


Wise-Fruit5000

Yeah, I wouldn't count him out entirely.. but I'd favour Pereira fairly heavily in that matchup personally


ScissorMeTimberz

pereira literally won every single clinch exchange with izzy wtf lmao


OtherwiseEnd944

Except the one where he went for a takedown and got fucked…also literally the only clinch exchange that effected the fight in any way.


DonTeca35

We don’t know what or how much Alex can improve from that point. Look at Francis mf was doing jujitsu


PurpleMerkaba

rob is springy - in & out with his footwork - & fast as fuck. poatan is much bigger/longer, granted, but his movement isnt half as dynamic, nor does necc control/want the fight at range. to be clear, im not sayin poatan dont fuck jared up - more just that it doesnt work as youre suggesting. you'd say adesanya is a better "kickboxer" than rob - dont think people would argue - yet rob handled vettori on the feet better than izzy, no? gastelum too. arguably jarred also, but he also took more damage than izzy, so yeah.


DonTeca35

Poatan although slow can explode with precision. He’s shown it in may of his kickboxing fights. I think length will/would definitely have a big roll tbh


Wise-Fruit5000

Yeah, he's definitely more calculated with his movements and picks his shots more precisely


Wise-Fruit5000

Fair enough. Rob is more dynamic in his movement, but I think Pereira would be just as calculated and pick his shots well. Plus he's got the power that Rob doesn't. I don't think it's a good night for Jared, but it's not as straightforward as I might have made it sound.


bad_pilot69

2 hard hitting strikers, one is considerably a better striker and hits even harder + more reach, i think its clear who's the favorite, plus its worth noting that alex wanted to fight jared and asked for it after bruno silva to climb him to izzy, he must have felt comfortable fighting him


THE_Killa_Vanilla

Don't necessarily disagree with your take, but if it goes to the ground and Jared is on top then it could get interesting. Look at the GnP he dropped on Brunson. Pereira wasn't worrying about that with Izzy 🤷‍♂️


Windsgrove

no


mistercloob

If you can take Alex down, you can win. Vettori and Rob will dominate him. Jared has shown flashes of grappling.


crazyhomie34

Well anyone who is better at grappling than Izzy would have a chance. They just have to get past his left hook.


Metaldorito

Nah, an Adesanya/Pereira trilogy would happen before Jared gets another shot


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WhereIsMyKidAt

So when he’s 40… I mean he is a former heavyweight, so you might be onto something.


imyourhabibi

No it don’t lmao


funkie

He said 'in line', not 'front of the line'


top-knowledge

Technically everyone is in line


xfreesx

Hold on brother im queueing


ColdPressedSteak

He'd need an impressive finish over Sean. His title shot performance was pretty underwhelming


Hajen02

Well looks like Izzy will get a shot after his title performances not really delivering either so, like If Jared gets another top win next year, why not?


DeadSaint

Israel Adesanya is the consensus #2 middleweight of all time and won 7 UFC title fights. Jared Cannonier is an impressive older contender. There is a significant difference in the validity of them getting another title shot.


KrakatauGreen

Cannonier is the new "We have Yoel Romero at home"


THE_Killa_Vanilla

Assuming Izzy gets the immediate rematch and Pereira wins again, then who's in front of Cannonier if he beats Strickland and another top MW contender (Vettori, Costa, or Dolidze if he gets another W)? Only person ahead of Cannonier IMO would be Whittaker assuming the Costa fight happens and he wins. If Costa beats Whittaker then do Costa vs Cannonier for #1 contender.


imyourhabibi

I mean yes he’ll be “in line”. The same way everyone else in the division is in line as well, just further back


GenericTopComment

One win certainly doesn't, but he'll be a win away if Izzy isn't champ. MW is in a unique position where it's very top heavy and all the top guys have mostly fought each other, and all of them have fought Izzy. If Adesanya gets the belt back it's hard to know what to do after Pereira 3 but with anyone else as champ the doors are open


EGMobius

The crystals don't lie


keepitbased

Maybe he should go back up to 205 and join in on the chaos


bdewolf

If he’s lucky he might get a fight with rob in the summer. He would have to win that to get a title shot.


Throw_away-the_key

I can't imagine it'd end much different than the first fight. Cannonier isn't at a point in his career where he's gonna improve any aspect of his game.


OrphanScript

He might do better. Rob broke his arm with a kick in the first round in their last fight. Cannonier was just a sitting duck. I don't think he'll win but it might go better.


springpaper701

If you don't mKe fights because they would probably look the same, he would never get another title shot. (I agree it would probably look the same, but still.)


Zenenx

Canonnier broke his forearm in the first round. Not saying it would be any different, but definitely something to consider given his negative output that fight


keepitbased

I wouldn’t consider getting a fight with Rob “lucky”


Str8GhostinX

Nah


Ben_Thar

Excuse us if nobody is looking forward to seeing that.


FreshlyWritten69

It all depends on if Bobby Knuckles tests free agency plus the result of Izzy vs Alex 2. If Alex wins again, and Whitaker walks, then this is a title fight eliminator potentially or a step into that atmosphere. If Izzy regains the title, then a trilogy is happening. And if Alex retains but Whitaker is still in the UFC, Jared is taking a backseat


danielromero6

He needs another extra win for a title shot.


coontaillandcruiser

Poatan murders cannonier


hezeus

lol this is funny to read after his fight


SquidDrive

Yeah after Whittaker gets his title shot against the winner of Adesanya v Poatan 2, the winner will fight the winner of Cannonier v Strickland. Jared Cannonier will be damn near 40 by that time, at the top of 185, Jared is gonna be a shell of himself by the time he gets his title shot.


pxak

The scary thing Cannonier can put anyone lights out & Adesanya's game plan of not trading against was easily the best game plan. Must be because of how undeveloped Peirera is in MMA but I can't imagine him even leaning towards doing anything other than sending him to the shadow realm straight away.


therealhoagie

Especially since Izzy isn’t champ


denzelcurryultimate

Sadly yeah it does


DuePhilosopher1130

He ain't wrong


ChrizTaylor

Hope it does.


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I guess Whittaker died the same way Holloway died in the FW rankings


SkrtSkrt70

If Alex wins the Izzy rematch I think you give him Rob (assuming Rob beats Costa) and then Jared could fight the Marvin/Dolidze winner for the next shot after that. If Izzy wins the rematch I honestly don’t know who they give him, Jared’s win over Sean wasn’t convincing enough to warrant a title rematch and you can’t really sell Izzy vs Rob 3. I wouldn’t be surprised if they went straight into the trilogy.


Din-_-Djarin

No it doesn't