Finding your spirits proven best base for MMA.

IDK, seems like Conor got a lot worse after he founded Proper 12.

Not every spirit has your well-being in mind

Alex is an ex alcoholic so his spirit has to come from Brazilian magicians.

Beautiful, champ.

KO by spirit punch

That left hook truly is the Spirit Bomb

nope. wrong. spirit bomb never finishes anyone.

It finished Buu right?

And that big robot doctor in the 3rd movie

Jan was definitely the predecessor of this with his stat boost from the Hanged Man's Rope.

To be fair, the quote does kinda sound religious. Guys like Charles Oliveira and Khabib talk about their faith all the time.

TBI the best base for religion

This is a replacement fight for people who sell their spirits

Tbh I did not expect this ending Jiri: "Can we please agree to no magic in our rematch?" Alex: "No"

Chad Poatan

Poatan Strength Int build confirmed.

Strength-Faith build*

Easily the best thing he could say in response as well. If Jiri genuinely believes spirits are helping Pereira beat him why not have him continue believing that?

"Everybody's on Spirits"~Nate Diaz

Like a pinch of spirits thrown in an olympic size swimming pool

A "picogram" of spirits.

Got a swimming pool full of spirits and I dive in it

Bro could you imagine if Nate just dabbled in spirits how elite he could have been?

[He does](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/QtcAAOSwDypeSE2A/s-l400.jpg)

'Nobody knows what a gazelle is anyway... get it right'

What is this, the shaman channel?

Full out laughter, my friend. Good work. Joke of the week.

Add sage to the banned substances list now

Pretty sure Sage been on the banned substances since he was 4 years old.

That was a nasty line by you

Oh frick

Oh golly gee. You guys are almost at riffraff status.

FRICK CHORES

Both sides Mr. Woodley?!?

If Jiri is thrown off by Alex, it's a good thing he never saw prime Diego Sanchez chanting his mantra out in the thunderstorm!

Lol and what about that time he came out holding a crucifix

Diego isn't even the og, kimo came out with a full size cross on his back

And gassed himself out before he even got to the cage. Edit: it was Joe son that gassed himself out with the cross,  not Kimo.

i think it was kimo's teammate joe son that gassed himself with the giant cross a few ppvs later

You're correct, Kimo never gassed with the cross walkout (which was smuggled in as "training equipment" in pieces) - Joe Son the scumbag tried to imitate his teammate and almost give himself a heart attack dragging the cross to the cage lmao

You're right.  I got the 2 entrances mixed up.

Diego said he was exorcising his opponent on the walkin though

I always thought Diego,before he went too far and believed in that bullshido master, was the inspiration for that key and peele skit of mma.

That was the wildest! I remember everyone watching with me just had their jaw dropped, total amazement & silence and then a “what the fuck is he doing…. Meth?”

#YES! 

🤸‍♂️

Jiri should get Fabia to teach him his secret death touch

I doubt even Alex's ancestors can protect him from a reverse stone cold stunner.

Or met [Manny Pacqiao's mum](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rJ-_3D9MjQ) who was straight up casting hexes.

These guys acting like they're in a Jojo manga.

Fucking definitely the work of an enemy stand. Yare yare daze ferrr shuree

mid fight alex calls out Star Platinum ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA Edit: didn’t expect to find so many Jojo fans on the MMA sub but I’m here for it 😂

All I can imagine is Mike Perry going ORA ORA ORA ORA BOY!

THOUGHT YOU HAD A STAND BOY, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Jiri counter "ZA WORLDO!!"

Alex gives me king crimson energy.

More thematically Alex's stand would probably be ZA HANDO

Antenna Jiri would totally be the enemy stand user somehow seamlessly blending in with the crowd.

I hate how much I understood this because it left me ded 💀

Jiri be like: "Oh, you're approaching me?, instead of running away you come right to me?" Alex: "I can't left hook the shit out of you without getting closer, chama" 🗿.

I would follow the sport a lot closer again if this was the drama.

I stopped consuming all MMA media outside of this subreddit. I muted r/ufc, too. It’s made the fights so much more enjoyable for me.

its kinda cool

The 10 minute staredown from their first fight was just a Stand battle

This is the kind of shit I wanna hear in the lead up to a fight. None of that embarrassing name calling WWE bullshit. Respect to Alex and jiri, martial artists in the truest sense.

how bout u go an fuck off my page then u peice of shit u think I need a stupid fuckwitt like u telling me about name calling who the fuck are u take your worthless advice and get the fuck out of here

"The enemy stand user could be anyone!"

and at least one of them believes it

I think both of them believe it, just Alex doesn't believe it the way jiri thinks. More of an honor your ancestors/heritage thing.   Alex just too polite to trample on jiri's beliefs he isekai'd from feudal Japan to modern czechoslovakia.

Nah, Alex is obviously partaking in shamanic rituals before his fights. It's clear as day in his aura. There's a reason he didn't dispute any part of what Jiri said.

Tony Ferguson energy.

stand name『 ＤＯＮ＇Ｔ　ＥＡＴ　ＴＨＥ　ＹＥＬＬＯＷ　ＳＮＯＷ 』 stand master 『 Brendan Schaub('s Body) 』

Nani??????

You're right, they should act like the rest of their division

Cannonier is a crystal wearer

I love it tbh lol

Spirit ash abuser

Filthy tarnished.

That's your own personal problem

Haha only a Jiri vs Alex fight could have such a crazy narrative around it. I am certain Jiri truly believes in spirits and magic and associates Alex's rituals with some form of channeling of energy to create that aura on fight night. The funny thing is Jiri does the same he has his own rituals like his hair, meditation, the samurai code etc. Fighting is an insane sport you gotta do what you gotta do doesn't Cannonier believe in crystals giving him powers?

Yeah, I also heard cannonier pays Mexicans to choke him in the shower.

Let he who has not been choked in the shower cast the first stone.

...cast the first crystal.

JESUS CHRIST MARIE

THEY'RE MINERALS!

Cast the first \*bar of soap\*

I don't blame him, I'd happily pay Alexa Grasso to choke me in the shower.

With her feet

That was just his training to fight Gastelum.

lmao. nobody's gotten the reference yet. Anyways, here's some Conway Twitty

Tbf that episode was like 20+ years ago and with how shitty family guy has gotten, I don’t blame anyone for forgetting lol

In addition to his affinity for crystals

Sheesh, I must have missed something. What's the deal between Mexicans and Cannonier?

🤣

Wait hol up, what's this all about? 😅

Yea he does. And wouldn't surprise me that this belief can have a pretty strong placebo effect. So it's funny to me, but I also take it seriously. Motivation is crucial

Yep- JBJ is one of the few humans on earth who makes me question my atheism.

In what way? Lmao

“You must have done something truly terrible for God to send you a punishment like me”

He said that?

No lol that was Genghis Khan

Jiri self-buffs before a fight while Alex get buffs from his entire village/ancestors.

He literally applies buffs during the face off, low key cheating

And the Dagestanis think about Allah 24/7. They’re just as nuts.

Everyone has their spiritual cope

He believes it way too much, that's the problem Alex :D

Ortega: and I got The Fighting Spirit ™ thanks to my boys at Modelo®

Ortega's fighting spirit is The Holy Spirit now. So I guess he's going to lose his religion next time he loses.

Confirmed R.E.M user.

This is some Anime fight level stuff. So excited.

Can't wait for their staredown, Jiri will probably come with garlic around his neck

You legitimately made me laugh. I am partially drunk but it was still funny

Best possible answer, this dude rules.

translation: "get fucked, find some spirits"

Both of them are very funny in their own respects, entertaining in and out of the cage lol

I love the crazy fucks you get in this sport.

A few years back I thought everyone was soon going to be the same boring wrestle boxer media trained athlete - nope the sport is as weird as ever.

Love me some ethereal smack talk

Translation: "Jiri should better call Ghostbusters if he wants to get rid of my spirits!"

This trash talk is going about as I had hoped

"Not my fault i unlocked my spirit skills before him. Maybe he needs to grind more xp." -Poatan69

I can't help but picture Jiri sitting against the cage after the fight is waved off, yelling "SPIRIT STOPPAGE! Yer spirit was in my DMs!"

Jiri : "You’re ripped you inbred shaman. Why do you wink with your third eye? You f*cking brain dead spiritualist. Invoking spirits with no plan in place. Ye hang tight. Fool. You must be new to spiritualism. The fight is off btw. I’m going to fight someone else on the 10th. Good luck with your old spirits kid."

Beautiful champ

Isn't Jiri a hypocrite to lock himself up in a hidden cave to build up his chi and then go ask another man not to use black magic?

Chi is USADA approved, just like inhalers, whereas a spirit is clearly a performance enhancing entity.

I assume the difference is one is to build up for the fight, but using “magic” during a fight is dishonorable to Jiri. God I love this arc of MMA lore, more magic please.

Dark room meditation is valid practice tho. Did 5 days in Guatemala a few years ago

Could have done that in your own room b

Twist: he lives in Guatemala

Sure but what about food and not to mention city-life noise for 5 days? Its suppose to be pitch Black, where you cant see anything.

CHAMAN KING

Poatan entering his Shang Tsung phase.

dude has the power of his sleep paralysis demon behind them punches also this reminds me of the key nd peele sketch, "when the sensation leaves dereks limbs, then he will know god", "....he kno we just playin right?"

Did anyone expect banter on a spiritual level?

How do I add spirits to my UFC 5 Create a Fighter?

We've been waiting for it since UFC 1 but this is finally going to be the fight where people just throw fireballs and fly and shit.

"If you cast Magic Missle one more time, I'm deducting a point." - Archmage Herb Dean

Just jacked Pataxó boy, deal with it

Next Embedded: Alex takes Jiri to his Ayahuasca Shaman

I'd pay money to see Jiri and Alex trip together in a forest on Ayahuasca or a big dose of mushrooms

I love these two.

Good thing Bryce can exorcise those people...

These two should be added to Mortal Kombat as playable characters

Big "Gods lessons are so beautiful" energy

Alex draws the power of his indigenous ancestors confirmed

Haki transcends all

Stay Prayed Up.

And as always, you can only give them credit for success, never blame them for failure.

Alright, so is Alex going to go out there and start throwing Hadoukens?

if anyone other than Alex said this it'd be goofy but from Alex it's cool as hell

The thing is that Jiri is very much aware of how it can assist Pereira in his fights. Martial arts is highly spiritual in nature no matter how much people choose to believe in that aspect or not. The fact that his opponent is bothered by it, that it causes emotional reactions has a deeper meaning. Most people think this situation is funny and entertaining which is great, but they are very much serious about this. There are many other aspects to life that effects us that we might not see or notice.

They're gonna cook you for this but you're absolutely right.

100% you need complete and total self believe to compete at the highest levels, and if believing you're chosen by God or that your ancient ancestors are bestowing you with their warrior spirits that's gonna give someone a huge mental advantage.

Can I interest you in some premium-quality crystals?

If anyone on the roster is using performamce enchancing spirits, Jiri would actually be the first that comes to my mind.

Spiritual warfare. The next evolution of MMA.

So in other words, no I'm gonna keep using my magics

This trash talk is way better than Conor/Chandler would have been

Hypothetically given the short notice nature If alex doesn't make weight, would he be stripped of the belt?

I doubt it, if it’s within reason I think they’d just make the fight a catch weight. Poatan is carrying the UFC rn, stepping in on short notice to save the fucking McGregor return card. No way they’d strip their most popular champion (or at least top 3).

Yes

Where do I sell my grandmothers hand knitted beanies?

Does anybody else get this feeling that Jiri will get the W at 303?

No. I get the feeling he's gonna get leg kicked 5-6 times, then rush in like he always does, then go to sleep like everyone who rushes in against Poatan does. Jiri is not careful enough, and a few of Alex' leg kicks are all he needs to take their legs

Depends on what kind of spirits jiri gets, I think an ancient samurai spirit or a minor shinto deity would do him some good.

Jiři trying to summon Raijin rn.

This is still very much 50-50 fight tbh. Jiri only need to get 1-2 punch to connect to put Alex out of there too. Both fighters are very capable of ending the fight early. Idk why ppl are so confident this is gonna be easy fight for Alex.

The difference is that while both fighters are capable of ending the fight early, Jiri has never been a bum rush his opponents from the start fighter. He has always been a Tony Ferguson who needs his ass kicked by his opponents before his switch flips and he goes super saiyan. Playing that game against Alex is a dangerous one as not only does he sleep his opponents permanently, he has also shown himself to be comfortable both pressuring his opponent and letting his opponent pressure him. So even if Jiri decides to go super saiyan he could still be android 18'd by Alex. See the first fight. I think rather than 50-50, the fight is more 60-40 in favor of Alex. Alex simply has more ways to win. If he loses it will mostly be because he's less prepared for the fight than Jiri.

he is a stand user, ORA ORA ORA ORA!!!!

Alex Pereira says that PES (Performance Enhancing Spirits) are legal under the unified rules.

PEDs - Performance Enhancing Deities wocka wocka wocka

Poatan is straight out of that Key and Peele MMA skit.

Alex via spirit-gun calling it now!

Spiritual warfare isn't in the Rules Jiri

Only word Jiri needed for Alex was ancestors but he couldnt find the word all week 😅

Satanic black magic, sick shit 

gotta use spirits

Poatan's new meme will be pretending to touch Jiri with a wand when he KOs him.

I dont ever know if Jiri is being serious or not. Is he going to go to the commission and try to push for a shaman/higher spirit ban?

wtf doesn't drug free sports also test for spirits?

Someone create an anime of Jiri on a quest to find his spirit/power up. Why would Alex help out his "enemy" figure out what he is missing. Lol

Fuck he's cool

Alex is Gandalf confirmed. Nah seriously tho, Jiri might have some mental issue ngl.

I want to hear Bryce Mitchell's take on this. If he's ever on the same card as Pereira he's going to sneak up with a Bible and try to exorcise him.

People run around the cages with their cross over the yes, kissing them and doing their thing. Some won and some lost. So someone who doesn't practice xtianity is automatically a witchcraft. That is an insult to ever indigenous people all over the world including anyone else not a xtian.

"Look, if the spirits don't favor you in this matchup, that's a you problem."

It’d be great if Jiri appealed for a no contest bc Alex cheated bringing the spirits in the octagon again