In opposition to Standard Perception, Joe Rogan & Royce Gracie Vet Alex Pereira’s Grappling – “Got His Shaded Belt From Glover”

UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira is the supreme Brazilian movie superstar in all of MMA for the time being. Having in actuality speedrun the UFC to change proper into a two-division champion in merely his seven fights in the promotion, the frail kickboxer stands on the cusp of becoming presumably the first three-division champion of the division following heavyweight champion Jon Jones floating a likely bout in opposition to him.

A frail two-division Glory kickboxing champion, ‘Poatan’s deadly (albeit unorthodox) hanging is known and has considered him scamper away a path of knocked-out opponents on his technique to the head of the UFC. The one put aside a query to that has dogged him repeatedly, nonetheless, is his grappling (or lack thereof). Even UFC commentator Joe Rogan has voiced issues about ‘Poatan’s ground game.

Joe Rogan thinks Alex Pereira desires to fight an elite wrestler

Whereas Pereira will likely be the supreme Brazilian mixed martial artist on the earth, Royce Gracie is the original Brazilian movie superstar, the winner of the very first UFC tournament assist in 1993. His success in opposition to bigger males in the no-guidelines, no-holds-barred frail-school UFC is what made BJJ so current and ended in the enchancment of MMA as a sport.

And Gracie joined Joe Rogan on episode #156 of the JRE MMA Prove, the assign they discussed one thing that is considerably of a uniqueness for Gracie: grappling. To be extra particular, the grappling talents of Gracie’s compatriot Alex Pereira.

Rogan urged the BJJ maestro that he would be very drawn to seeing what would occur if Pereira fought a world-class wrestler (which ‘Poatan’ has but to achieve in his three-365 days UFC stint). He identified that since Pereira had earned a murky belt in BJJ final month (following his UFC 300 victory over Jamahal Hill), and the champ’s coach (and good friend) Glover Teixeira used to be waxing eloquent about ‘Poatan’s grappling, a fight in opposition to an elite grappler would resolution any questions about Pereira’s grappling talents.

“With Pereira, I desire to survey what occurs if he fights in opposition to, worship an elite wrestler, or [a] essentially good [grappler] who’s essentially good at takedowns, who knows Jiu-Jitsu, you perceive. And we haven’t considered that but. However he trains a quantity of grappling too. He’s beautiful bought his murky belt from Glover from Glover, which is plentiful. Glover says he’s worship extraordinary on the ground,” Rogan urged Gracie. We are capable of be very finish to getting the resolution, as ‘Poatan’ has now issued a grappling scenario to Anthony Smith.

Poatan willing to position his grappling to the take a look at with $50okay scenario

Whereas it is for the time being unknown how good the frail champion kickboxer is on the ground now, he is undoubtedly (very) confident. The 205-pound has just lately issued a scenario to #10 light heavyweight Anthony Smith, identified for his ground game. The latter has time and again claimed that Pereira would not have a successfully-rounded game, and used to be good at merely one thing- his hanging.

Pereira it looks that took immense offense to this characterization of his grappling talents and has issued a  $50okay grappling scenario to the American, offering to initiate up with ‘Lionheart’s hooks in him. And Smith has accredited Pereira’s scenario. This undoubtedly would be one technique to clear Rogan’s doubts about his ground game. And if Pereira is a success in his grappling match with the frail title contender, despite the favorable phrases he has given ‘Lionheart’, he’ll undoubtedly have reach a protracted technique since anyone took him to the ground.

The final time an opponent selected to determine Pereira to the ground used to be Jan Blachowicz at UFC 293, which used to be Pereira’s first foray at 205 pounds. Within the very first spherical, the Pole took ‘Poatan’ to the ground, the assign the latter’s lack of talents on the ground used to be apparent to survey, with Blachowicz having abet an eye on for the whole lot of the four minutes fifty seconds they were on the ground.

Since then, nonetheless, the Brazilian has earned a murky belt in BJJ, and is so confident that he’s challenging to bet a BJJ knowledgeable $50alright to fight and defeat him. The proof, as they whisper, is in the pudding. And unless Pereira proves his grappling, either on the mat in opposition to Smith or in the octagon, the questions will persist.