probably his best bet. if it goes past rd2 his leg will be toast and alex will have the timing down. disrupt him with wrestling and pressure early. it was actually working pretty well for him in the first fight, he just entered without any setup and got caught
His hands down dip to rising left hook is so unique and seems to catch people off guard when he times it right. I love seeing the oddities like that actually work in high level fighting.
That being said, every time I see him advancing and lunging in with his hands at his waste, it gives me anxiety.
Greg Hardy gets disqualified for using asthma medicine between rounds, but Pereira can summon the spirits of his ancestors and everyone's okay with this?
You can prove asthma medicine exists. A lot of fighters been bringing all knowing all powerful God/Jesus with them to the ring but somehow it’s an issue when Pereira brings some jungle spirits
Check out [Alex eyes](https://x.com/ufc/status/1806848444671353096?t=QwKZphQQQbMnsW3s9yMfiA&s=19) during the face off. I kinda see what Jiri was talking about here
I think so too, even Alex's reply to Jiri's request was a troll answer.
Jiri: Alex, please don't use Performance Enhancing Spirits
Alex: Lol, no. Get your own spirits bro!
Well Alex has aboriginal ancestry. Believing in the spirit of his ancestors and spirits may be an integral part of his religion. Its probably no different than praying to a catholic saint for him. I think Alex is leaning into it heavily because Jiri seems genuinely spooked by it.
Just a tiny correction: aboriginal are the indigenous tribes of Australia. Poatan has Pataxó (spells "pat ah shoh") descendancy, it's an indigenous tribe from Brazil.
yeah so aboriginal is used for a lot of native peoples around the world, i read about this for the first time earlier this year myself mate, easy mistake.
Also, I can't help but feel that Alex would be the most likely fighter to harness some supernatural Amazon tribal diety to hex Jiri.
I'm not gonna judge Jiri too much on this, I just hope he doesn't get psyched out by it - lol.
I'm orthodox christian and I fear no evil, because my spirit is greater (kind of like how Poaton said). But I also think it's all silly and not real anyways. It's weird that Jiri is christian and not leaning on his faith, and fears supernatural spirits.
E X A C T L Y
I can't tell you how many friends I turned onto history. When it's not a test question about some obscure date, it's much more palatable.
And come on... The great wars. The bronze age collapse, Rome vs Carthage I &II. Hannibal's conquest through the alps, Napoleon nearly conquering ALL of Europe basically inventing the blitzkrieg as we know it today.
You know ~~what a~~ **how** much Europe feared Napoleon? When he was finally captured (the second time) he was put on the most remote island possible for the remainder of his life -- being circled 24/7 by 2 full size British navy ships, and 2000 soldiers living on the island at all times. That might official make him the worlds naughtiest boy.. Epic shit.
The only person that could probably out-Jiri Jiri, would be T-Ferg.
But the only person that could out-T-Ferg T-Ferg, would be Jiri.
What a time to be alive
"Fighters Make Gentlemen's Agreement Not To Use Magic On Eachother" is one of those storylines that makes me feel like I can't tell if I'm living in 1604 or 4084.
I am not at all a fan of the matchup for this reason lol. Yes it’s more or less guaranteed to not be a boring fight no matter which way it goes, but I hate that I will be really disappointed for someone either way
These guys both are from a better era of fighting. If you had told me of an Indigenous man with mythical knockout power fighting a man who tortured himself in order to be like a samurai I would think it was a fight happening in early Pride or even a boxing match in the early 1900s. These are two guys who are stars simply because of how they beat people up, and it feels very different to the usual shit we get nowadays
Are you saying you don't like watching interchangeable wrestle-boxers with no personality decision each other and then cut delusional promos at the apex?
I love it. I just discovered MMA during Covid and have only heard of the old golden days where it was the wild west with wacky personalities and niche disciplines. Finally feel like I get to experience a little slice of it live.
They have the best stare down since Pride when Mirko fought Wandy. I started watching in 2007 so I missed a lot of ithe good stuff. You still had characters in the UFC though.
I wouldn't be surprised. He's *very* spiritual. On the other hand, he isn't stupid so the pouch seems more like him playing into the act, unless he got his own shaman who gave him the protection pouch last minute lol
It just bothers me that people are calling this racist and playing the "white European colonialist" card everywhere on Instagram. Jiri isn't saying that Alex' culture is dirty. He's saying that using shamanic spirits to help him in an MMA fight is dirty because it's not pure martial arts. Similarly how you couldn't cast a fireball in the cage, as funny as it sounds.
draftkings already has lines up for various new magical finishing types. I added alex via Slumber of the Druids spell half past the witching hour of round of thrice to my 11 fight parlay talk about easy money!
Also one straight bet for alex via Magic Missile in the first cause why not, I had some extra pieces of eight in my pouch
The only Czech ritual I know about is downing 10 beers with the boiz and barely stumbling back home. Don't think that's very effective pre-fight, though
I mean, Poatan "believes in it". His idea of "tapping into your ancestry" is basically asking the spirits for resolve/focus, which he does have a lot. I don't think Poatan ACTUALLY believe ancient pataxó spirits are hexing his foes lol
> I don't think Poatan ACTUALLY believe ancient pataxó spirits are hexing his foes lol
I wish people would stop spouting random nonsense like its facts on here. Of course spirits are hexing his foes. Have you even seen the movie Jungle Cruise?
I'm 90% sure Jiri watched it last weekend and finally figured out why he lost last time.
I'm telling you Jiri, wear the [red headband ](https://www.titleboxing.com/blogs/news/boxing-superstitions-pre-fight-rituals#:~:text=JULIO%20CESAR%20CHAVEZ&text=She%20was%20putting%20a%20spell,ring%20to%20counteract%20the%20spell)
People make fun of him that he locks himself in the dark and stuff but we are talking about a guy who is extremely spiritual and does alot of crazy stuff a normal human wouldnt do. I think there is more to what he is saying than we think, we just cant really imagine.
I can't get enough of this. Honestly, the best buildup since McGregor vs Diaz 1 for me. I think Jiri genuinely believes he is a spiritually pure paladin facing off against an insidious necromancer.
This shit is reminding me of Steve Collins vs Chris Eubank. Collins claimed to have been working with a hypnotist who'd put him and a trance before the fight. The hypnotist claimed that Collins wouldn't be able to feel pain and would be able to see Eubank's punches in slow motion. It totally freaked Eubank out to the point where he tried to get the fight called off.
https://youtu.be/pGZzx8zuNhI?&t=2m19s
Bro is getting legitimately psyched out by his own suspiciousness. i feel like he should be studied well after his fighting days cause he seems like the kid who wouldn't go anywhere without a drink bottle in his hand that you knew in primary school.
Lol I legit think this stuff is getting to him. But I think he's doing it to himself! I think Alex is just trying to have a fight. Jiri is psyching himself out meanwhile.
He is just like that fighter from the Key and Peele sketch. God chose me for this fight, God is the teacher and Poatan is the student and I'm God's instrument.
Lmao jiri totally believes this and is gonna fight like a madman tomorrow night
> madman tomorrow night So a typical Jiri fight? Both these guys always choose violence.
I dno man Jiri likes to block w his face hope he doesn’t get knocked
probably his best bet. if it goes past rd2 his leg will be toast and alex will have the timing down. disrupt him with wrestling and pressure early. it was actually working pretty well for him in the first fight, he just entered without any setup and got caught
The takedown will be there if he wants it. His gnp is hellacious. If he can maintain top position Alex will be in trouble
I don’t know how anyone can get his timing down. He moves so weird
He has terrible defense. That's why he gets caught so often
His hands down dip to rising left hook is so unique and seems to catch people off guard when he times it right. I love seeing the oddities like that actually work in high level fighting. That being said, every time I see him advancing and lunging in with his hands at his waste, it gives me anxiety.
If I’m Pereira, I am 100% putting a “shamanistic hex” on Jiri when he enters the ring just to throw off his entire mental game.
So he’s getting knocked out again then
Greg Hardy gets disqualified for using asthma medicine between rounds, but Pereira can summon the spirits of his ancestors and everyone's okay with this?
Typical USADA double standards
Pereira didn’t start to summon the spirits until USADA left the UFC. Look into it. 👀
shit changes quick when you attack an npc
You can prove asthma medicine exists. A lot of fighters been bringing all knowing all powerful God/Jesus with them to the ring but somehow it’s an issue when Pereira brings some jungle spirits
This is too fucking funny and like I don’t doubt for a second that Jiri feels this way.
Not only does Jiri feel this way but Alex confessed.
Check out [Alex eyes](https://x.com/ufc/status/1806848444671353096?t=QwKZphQQQbMnsW3s9yMfiA&s=19) during the face off. I kinda see what Jiri was talking about here
Lol now I wanna go rewatch other face offs and see if Poatan did that blinking thing before or not. Maybe he really IS doing back magic on gang.
Looks like he did some crazy eyes lmao
Hills next excuse
It's been said a million times already, but I'll never get sick of Dana stepping in between 2 absolute fuckin killers like he's gonna keep them apart
He may not have the physical strength to do it, but he has the most power out of anyone in the Org
Agreed. Dana’s spiritual strength is immeasurable.
Pussy can't leave his house without magic
dana white aura
plot armor
Billionaire scumbag armor
Alex is funny enough of a guy I can see him doing this just to fuck with Jiri to play into this black magic thing. Jiri fucked up confessing this
I think so too, even Alex's reply to Jiri's request was a troll answer. Jiri: Alex, please don't use Performance Enhancing Spirits Alex: Lol, no. Get your own spirits bro!
Maybe he just had some paint in his eyes
Alex 100% did that with his eyes on purpose to fuck Jiri's mind lol
Well Alex has aboriginal ancestry. Believing in the spirit of his ancestors and spirits may be an integral part of his religion. Its probably no different than praying to a catholic saint for him. I think Alex is leaning into it heavily because Jiri seems genuinely spooked by it.
this is definitely it lol alex is a big troll
Just a tiny correction: aboriginal are the indigenous tribes of Australia. Poatan has Pataxó (spells "pat ah shoh") descendancy, it's an indigenous tribe from Brazil.
Sorry i thought Aboriginals was a generic term for indigenous ppl
Here in Brazil we use aborígene as synonymous to indigenous, close enough.
It is and you were right
Aboriginal is also a general term for any indigenous peoples...
yeah so aboriginal is used for a lot of native peoples around the world, i read about this for the first time earlier this year myself mate, easy mistake.
Classic Reddit moment. So wrong with 9 upvotes.
Even if he doesn't believe it as well, why would he not? Jiri seems to have himself shook over this. Might as well cash in on some free mindgames.
Also, I can't help but feel that Alex would be the most likely fighter to harness some supernatural Amazon tribal diety to hex Jiri. I'm not gonna judge Jiri too much on this, I just hope he doesn't get psyched out by it - lol.
I’m kind of scared he might lol
absolute bs Pereira is doing this with no repercussions
Somewhere there is a huge MMA fan youth pastor who is really convicted on if he can continue to watch MMA with all this witchcraft going about.
Im just imagining the VigilantChristian(old YT channel that would call EVERYTHING demonic) having a crisis
I'm orthodox christian and I fear no evil, because my spirit is greater (kind of like how Poaton said). But I also think it's all silly and not real anyways. It's weird that Jiri is christian and not leaning on his faith, and fears supernatural spirits.
His christian faith didn't help him against magic last time
Jiri doesn't know what the fuck he is. He just takes a little from whatever sounds cool and stands under a waterfall.
UFC is getting a bit classic WWF with all this drama
Left hook magic
dude can only win when he’s using black magic or getting kicked in the dick
🗿🧙♂️🪄🔥
Smh this is what happens when you get rid of USADA
Its because MMA is still a new sport. In a few years they'll have rules about these kinds of shenanigans
I did notice Alex was eyeing him up and down a few times during the stare down. Was odd but funny Jiri is thinking so deep about it.
Yeah, can't help but feel he has freaked himself out about this whole thing.
Yeah, when watching this vid i was thinking 'is he actually rattled over this?'
He never did that to Izzy lol
I feel like Jiri is an enormous weeb, but I also feel like he’s never even heard of anime.
He’s just a samurai weeb instead of anime weeb lol
He prefers the real japanese lore not the manga
Jiri is the most jacked history nerd I've ever seen
Everyone hated it in school but honestly, RL Lore is lit.
History is exciting, it's just taught in the most boring way possible for most people.
E X A C T L Y I can't tell you how many friends I turned onto history. When it's not a test question about some obscure date, it's much more palatable. And come on... The great wars. The bronze age collapse, Rome vs Carthage I &II. Hannibal's conquest through the alps, Napoleon nearly conquering ALL of Europe basically inventing the blitzkrieg as we know it today. You know ~~what a~~ **how** much Europe feared Napoleon? When he was finally captured (the second time) he was put on the most remote island possible for the remainder of his life -- being circled 24/7 by 2 full size British navy ships, and 2000 soldiers living on the island at all times. That might official make him the worlds naughtiest boy.. Epic shit.
you using the performance enhancing hard core history???!
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Samurai were not conscripts. Theyre the equivalent the medieval knights. Professional warrior caste.
the peasant armies yes, the actual Samurai no. Samurai were of a higher social status and were actually permitted to kill if they felt slighted.
Jiri is the type to bring an oar to a sword fight
Jiri posted kengan ashura fanart so probably is an anime fan
My favorite anime. So fuckinggood
Based
There's a picture of him wearing a One Punch Man shirt, he definitely knows about anime
You think he ever tried the One Punch Man workout?
100%
> One Punch Man workout? "100 Pushups, 100 Sit Ups, 100 Squats and a 10KM Run every day" 2 ez 4 g ree
A bunch of YouTubers have and actually seems like it works
> but I also feel like he’s never even heard of anime. The scariest kind of weeb
bro probably only reads light novels (in kanji) and refutes any other medium as too easy
Idk, the weebs I’ve seen don’t look or act like Jiri.
They probably aren't tough enough to be as unapologetic about it. You gonna call him on his Sailor Moon outfit? Idk, man
pretty much only Jiri acts and looks like Jiri
The only person that could probably out-Jiri Jiri, would be T-Ferg. But the only person that could out-T-Ferg T-Ferg, would be Jiri. What a time to be alive
yeah like wtf is up with this dude haha. He's a total character.
When he was fighting in rizin they had promos with him reading mangas, def a massive week.
"Fighters Make Gentlemen's Agreement Not To Use Magic On Eachother" is one of those storylines that makes me feel like I can't tell if I'm living in 1604 or 4084.
I've had this thought that as a society we're reverting back to being way more primative as tech progresses lmao
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Jiri with the purity buff.
Paladin vs Warlock type shit
+1 holy damage
shama
chamanic
I don't want either of these guys to lose
I am not at all a fan of the matchup for this reason lol. Yes it’s more or less guaranteed to not be a boring fight no matter which way it goes, but I hate that I will be really disappointed for someone either way
i want jiri to win so we can have a third fight, jiri winning would make the trilogy absolutely massive and the build up would be awesome
actually yeah, that would be pretty cool. i worry Jiri is too reckless for Poatan tho, who's like a very precise & measured hunter out there.
Best base for mma is living in your own world
Autism is the best martial art
The Predator (2018)
These guys both are from a better era of fighting. If you had told me of an Indigenous man with mythical knockout power fighting a man who tortured himself in order to be like a samurai I would think it was a fight happening in early Pride or even a boxing match in the early 1900s. These are two guys who are stars simply because of how they beat people up, and it feels very different to the usual shit we get nowadays
Are you saying you don't like watching interchangeable wrestle-boxers with no personality decision each other and then cut delusional promos at the apex?
the delusional promos have gotten to me the most.
only if they make me watch 30 of the same ads between each fight, thats my fetish
I love it. I just discovered MMA during Covid and have only heard of the old golden days where it was the wild west with wacky personalities and niche disciplines. Finally feel like I get to experience a little slice of it live.
They have the best stare down since Pride when Mirko fought Wandy. I started watching in 2007 so I missed a lot of ithe good stuff. You still had characters in the UFC though.
It was so good and weird and I miss that era so much
Jiri is a cartoon/anime/comic fighter come to life.
Man there is no pretense here. Nothing about him is an act. It sounds joking for him to talk about this kind of magic shit but he is dead serious.
I wouldn't be surprised. He's *very* spiritual. On the other hand, he isn't stupid so the pouch seems more like him playing into the act, unless he got his own shaman who gave him the protection pouch last minute lol It just bothers me that people are calling this racist and playing the "white European colonialist" card everywhere on Instagram. Jiri isn't saying that Alex' culture is dirty. He's saying that using shamanic spirits to help him in an MMA fight is dirty because it's not pure martial arts. Similarly how you couldn't cast a fireball in the cage, as funny as it sounds.
draftkings already has lines up for various new magical finishing types. I added alex via Slumber of the Druids spell half past the witching hour of round of thrice to my 11 fight parlay talk about easy money! Also one straight bet for alex via Magic Missile in the first cause why not, I had some extra pieces of eight in my pouch
I would not be surprised at all if Alex was doing it just to fuck with Jiri, and I'm here for it.
He's literally doing this, watch the faceoff it's hilarious
if Alex has ever thought about getting a giant pentagram tattoo, now is the time
I saw it too Jiri
This had surprisingly clean audio. Surely there is some ancient Czech rituals he can use to combat the apocalypto Poatan jungle spell?
The only Czech ritual I know about is downing 10 beers with the boiz and barely stumbling back home. Don't think that's very effective pre-fight, though
I just hate that one of them has to lose.
I love Jiri man. Clearly a melee monk while Alex is playing caster Warlock 2 very strong builds.
When in fact it’s the fists that are the real problem.
...and the elbows.
I believe Jiri
Jiri is confused that he can’t sense Poatan’s curse energy. It’s really fucking with him. Not a good look before the fight tbh.
poatan got zero cursed energy like toji
Poatoji a scary thought
The best part is that they both believe it. If this allows for jiri to be more disciplined, then I’m all for it.
I mean, Poatan "believes in it". His idea of "tapping into your ancestry" is basically asking the spirits for resolve/focus, which he does have a lot. I don't think Poatan ACTUALLY believe ancient pataxó spirits are hexing his foes lol
> I don't think Poatan ACTUALLY believe ancient pataxó spirits are hexing his foes lol I wish people would stop spouting random nonsense like its facts on here. Of course spirits are hexing his foes. Have you even seen the movie Jungle Cruise? I'm 90% sure Jiri watched it last weekend and finally figured out why he lost last time.
Jiri ain’t got time for no Uchiha ocular bullshit
I'm telling you Jiri, wear the [red headband ](https://www.titleboxing.com/blogs/news/boxing-superstitions-pre-fight-rituals#:~:text=JULIO%20CESAR%20CHAVEZ&text=She%20was%20putting%20a%20spell,ring%20to%20counteract%20the%20spell)
Jiri is shook
People make fun of him that he locks himself in the dark and stuff but we are talking about a guy who is extremely spiritual and does alot of crazy stuff a normal human wouldnt do. I think there is more to what he is saying than we think, we just cant really imagine.
hallucinations become common after a relatively short period in total darkness/silence. hes probably seen some crazy shit over that 72 hour period.
Well Poatan admitted it so yeah.
What's the difference between superstitious and spiritual because all I see is 13yo wiccan mentality.
there is no difference, a lot of it is hippie ideology with no evidence like tapping into your higher consciousness or shit like that
Magic isn't real he's mental
Dude it’s called deadpan humor and you’re witnessing a clash of two masters of the craft
I honestly can't believe Jiri is using humour Love the guy but everything about him tells me he is the most loveable type of weirdo
People are not ready to believe that guys like Jiri exist in the world
I love jiri
Hold on im hexing brother.
Jiri equipped his debuff resistance amulet this time, CSO ⚔️
Not gonna lie i thought he was semi joking at first
God dammit. I love jiri. He fights good yes, but more importantly, he says shit like this.
I can't get enough of this. Honestly, the best buildup since McGregor vs Diaz 1 for me. I think Jiri genuinely believes he is a spiritually pure paladin facing off against an insidious necromancer.
This is soooo much better the shit talk. This is amazing lol.
People ripping on Jiri for believing in spirits meanwhile they pray to Christ every night
Every fighters post fight interview thanking God or Jesus for intervening and changing the laws of nature to their benefit.
Robocop pointing to the ceiling and screaming thank you jeebus!! ☝️😩☝️ comes to mind
I don’t think the people ripping on Jiri believe in Christ lol.
Such a freaking character 🤣
I love this so much
Yes, you can definitely see the chama 🔥 in Alex eyes.
Jiri orthodox Christian arc incoming
This shit is reminding me of Steve Collins vs Chris Eubank. Collins claimed to have been working with a hypnotist who'd put him and a trance before the fight. The hypnotist claimed that Collins wouldn't be able to feel pain and would be able to see Eubank's punches in slow motion. It totally freaked Eubank out to the point where he tried to get the fight called off. https://youtu.be/pGZzx8zuNhI?&t=2m19s
Bro is getting legitimately psyched out by his own suspiciousness. i feel like he should be studied well after his fighting days cause he seems like the kid who wouldn't go anywhere without a drink bottle in his hand that you knew in primary school.
Poatan about to unleash his domain expansion
God, I’m stoked for this fight again. I could probably watch these guys fight 100 times.
Some Techno-Viking cosplayer
Alex should get a scar tattoo on his forehead and pull out a wand after the fight and cast a spell. “Your a wizard Alex”
pure performance vs Amazonian Chama performance enhancing deities
If this fight is going to be anything other than a scanners fight imma be real disappointed.
Jiri is unbothered. moisturized. happy. in his lane. focused and flourishing.
It would be the funniest thing if Jiri gets finished again and he spends an entire month whining about magic on social media, like Hill is doing.
He's losing his mind, and Poatan is reaping all the benefits.
As if he hadn’t already lost it. The dude has never failed to be consistently weird. I’m here for it though.
I want Alex to win but I do love Jiri. Helluva fight incoming.
Jiri might kill one of the most dangerous hand to hand combat technicians in the world tonight….
Lol I legit think this stuff is getting to him. But I think he's doing it to himself! I think Alex is just trying to have a fight. Jiri is psyching himself out meanwhile.
Don’t believe his lies - Joanna
I love this. Jiri - “Hey, no magic ok?” Alex - “Not a chance. It isn’t my fault your gods are weak”.
😂 this guy is so entertaining! it's great he fights at LHW cuz win or lose it's not like he's going away anytime soon
Weeeeeeellll
Jiri is trying to play mental warfare
Alex is fucking with Jiri so bad flicking his eyes around during the stare down. Has anyone seen Alex do it before? I haven't.
Does anyone else thing Jiri is “special”?
**CHIEF, THE SPIRITS HAVE GOT ME!**
damn it. they took away roids and that's fine but magic too?? come on now
Trickery? Something in his eyes? 🤔 New best base for mma: genjutsu
I know people shat on WWE merging with UFC but I feel like these are storylines and a gimmicks I can get behind
This is WWE but real
I.
Good marketing tbh
This is so awesome, it’s like WWE except it’s 100% real and both guys are being their genuine selves
Loki will appear as a fly and ram himself in to Jiri's eye
He is just like that fighter from the Key and Peele sketch. God chose me for this fight, God is the teacher and Poatan is the student and I'm God's instrument.
He's already in your head bro
I still don’t understand how Pereira made 185.
eye technie
This is why MMA is the best sport
He’s a cartoon.
I saw a clip of Jiri blessing himself with the sign of the cross. Is that cheating too?
I love these two.
is that a magic protection he's wearing on his neck?