Chael Sonnen during participation in the program 'Bad Guy, Good Guy'. Photo: YouTube Reproduction
Chael Sonnen was really impressed with the performance de Alex Poatán against Magomed Ankalayev. the brazilian lost the belt of the light heavyweight division (up to 93kg.) in the main fight of the UFC 313, last Saturday (8). For the 'American Gangster', the The São Paulo native proved his 'fight IQ' and made the clash with the heavyweight king (up to 120,2kg) much more attractive.
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“You don’t get very far when you start talking about Alex Pereira vs. Jon Jones . You just don't get there, because we know Jon can take you down and beat you. Like, that's something Jon does really well. He can knock people down and then beat them up," Sonnen said in a video on his YouTube channel.
“Well, you watch this fight and you think, ‘Hey, it looks like the old Alex Pereira is not that easy to take down.’ Alex Pereira really showed some things. That whole narrative that he can’t fight and can’t defend himself is now over,” Chael said.
Daniel Cormier thinks the opposite of Sonnen
On another occasion, the subject was dealt with in the program that Chael Sonnen e Daniel Cormier divide. Former heavyweight and light heavyweight champion Cormier addressed the issue on a recent edition of the podcast 'Good Guy / Bad Guy'. According to him, the difficulty demonstrated by Poatan in dealing with the pressure imposed by Ankalaev would be amplified against the organization's biggest fighters.
“When we watched him fight Ankalaev on Saturday, I think it was clear that he’s at his weight limit. I don’t think he’s strong enough to fight anyone bigger. With the pressure that Ankalaev was able to generate without the danger coming back to him like we expected him to, those heavyweights were going to walk right through his every punch,” said the DC.
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