Alex Pereira is bigger than Dominick Reyes (pic)

The question was are there any division champs who “aren’t absolutely massive for their division?”

Leon is the welterweight champ, and he’s not “absolutely massive” for the division. He’s got an inch or two in height on Usman but different body type.

Are you suggesting that because of that height difference that Leon is a massive ww?

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Nope. I was just simply stating he is a tall ass mf’er

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Yeah it doesn’t taste good about shit happens. My wife was just agreeing with everything I was saying last night cause I was so pissed off. Lol.

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Same. Especially in the fifth round after Izzy looked as good as he did. That was a rough one, same night as Frankie going unconscious.

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Yeah man, and you can even taste it but you just kind of accept it cause you know you ain’t got shit else to eat.

Or like bread that isn’t expired yet but you didn’t close it all the way so the entire loaf is hard.

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I was actually getting mad at Alex for NOT letting his hands go, especially his right. Then, he starts the 5th round on fire… and wins. He came close with some shots early that were KO shots. Izzy was quite skillful too BTW. It’s just that sometimes, for some reason, Alex wasn’t throwing yet moving forward. Almost head scratching.

In a rematch, he’d be no fluke if Izzy KOs him, he came close too, but even if he was ahead on points and is in a remtach, he knows he can get KOed anytime. That Poatan power is scary.

Yet styles make fights. Izzy has beat many good wrestlers while Alex would get G’n’Ped. You have to salute the UFC brass for signing Alex and doing this. They shook up the division big time.

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The weird thing is i thought Izzy was big for the division but Pereira is a giant. Sports become Ultimate Weightcutting for the last few years. Remember when Hughes was considered huge for 170?

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It’s no wonder he looks so gaunt when competing.

Amazing transformation.

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Alex will get the weight dialed in where he has cardio and size, but he has a long way to go with the grappling. He may have to fight more like Izzy to keep the distance

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That would be hard for him to do. Izzy’s style takes a fair bit of agility and cardio. Alex is a wrecking ball and it would be hard for him to stay away long enough.

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Honestly it’s incredible he even makes 185lbs.

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I think he got flustered from getting hurt in the 1st, almost KO’d and then out grappled later on.

I feel like after he got his second wind, one of Izzy strikes really woke him up, and he went for broke. This is something a lot of fighters just do not do.

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I agree. He was on Queer Street at the end of the first and was getting wrestle ducked by Izzy in the third. He has guts

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What i find so amazing if that he looks so gaunt before the fight and even afterwards during the fight he isn’t as big as he is in that pic.

He could probably fight LHW.

WHich now makes me think the Hazmat fight a little differently.

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Hazmat drags him down if he gets a deep clinch. I hate the guy but he is good

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I think a good grappler will likely take the belt off him, if Izzy does not win it back, which is possible.

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I’d like to see Izzy win the title back and I think he will. It is exciting to have a shake up in the division though

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I think Izzy is moderate to big for the division. Alex is a giant. I feel like he walks around at like 220

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Pereira was a full weight class and a half bigger in there.

Son of a bitch was in there looking like Antonio Bigfoot Silva!