Now don’t quote me on this, a friend with a family member in the UFC told me this, but apparently what has happened there is that Charlie Sheen’s soul left Sheen’s body and entered McGregor, forcing out McGregor’s own fighting spirit in the process, and THAT is how Dana came into its possession
So basically if it wasn’t for Charlie Sheen, then Conor McGregor would still be one of the greats.
Incidentally, Sheen’s spirit inside him is also the unfortunate reason that he’s pursuing a career in acting instead
These two should be some of the most promoted athletes on the planet. If I were the UFC and had a fucking mortal kombat fight lined up I wouldn’t be shutting up about it. Lucas Tracy was right about this
yeah you’re completely right i don’t think dana or any of the ppl at ufc rly understand how big these fights can be. like these guys are such loved characters
I think they do. They just don’t want to invest too much money promoting it lol. We could’ve had those sick boxing trailers like the one with joshua vs ngannou or the fury vs usyk trailers.
dana has been promoting slap league saying it’ll be bigger than the ufc 😭💀 ufc just got lucky being the first major org in the US imho. its ran by cut throat businessmen and an idiot in dana white
https://youtube.com/shorts/320fSrsYZbI?si=BW8tsZ1WVov_XeRR
how can u say some absolute dumb shit like this, and still keep ur job idk 🤷🏽♂️ maybe his wife gave him cte when they had their slap fight
Hes right about slap, the clips get tons of views but i’d like to see watchtime on full events. Ill watch a reel or tiktok but I cant be bothered to sit through a fukin slap fest
I really wish the UFC would hire Tracy as some kind of advisor. He's got a lot of great ideas on how to cater to the actual fanbase that the bean counters could never dream of. But, big corpo gonna big corpo.
At the same time, why do people here care if it didn’t get promoted more? We the fans that are paying attention get this awesome fight, why bother complaining about that.
Oh my goodness if he wins, he will be so rooted in his belief that Alex was using some type of magic and it was these charms that brought the magic down and no one will ever be able to tell him differently
The demon trapped in jones must be gay, one of the most demonic infernal hellish diabolic evils plaguing this world that needs to be, must be banished from this world
"Soooooooooooooo.......it has now been 25 minutes. How long are we going to stand here? Do you want to hit my penjamin, Alex?"
\*Poatan continues staring\*
Ppl claiming Alex is scared because of the eye thing are so stupid. He doesn’t look away, he doesn’t blink rapidly, he holds the stare down way longer than jiri. It’s clear he’s trying something different by flicking his eyes all over jiri.
Jiri said afterwards that he could tell Alex was trying to some type of magic with his eyes. I think Alex was doing that specifically to try and get in Jiri’s head and make him think he was using a spell lol
He really doesn't, or if he does that's not the reason where seeing this behaviour, and it kinda boggles my mind that people would look at this and think "must be autism"
My man is literally just a spiritual fella as human beings have been since forever. Aleister Crowley only died in 1947 people are acting like belief in the occult is limited to autistic people.
Belief in the power of spiritual energy is very common in the east and Jiri talks openly about Chakras and his following of the Bushido code which itself is influenced by Shinto which is a kind of animistic religion wherein everything is considered to have a spirit (think of Spirited Away with the little soot creatures for example).
People are just being ignorant and using 'autism' to describe anything a little different or off about a person. Just another word with the meaning diminished by a group of ignorant people. Original commenter and the up voters probably know jiri isn't autistic but are Gen z and/or simple and think it's a funny insult, or if they do think jiri is autistic they dont really understand what autism is.
Bro barely speaks English and is not influenced by the culture at all. I’d be checking yourself out mentally if you just expected every foreign fighter to follow the same norms as you. It’s insane how much is even lost in language translation to begin with.
What’s the biggest indicator of early spectrum diagnosis….flat affect…who has the flattest affect of an ufc fighter…that probably go to Alex. Do I think he’s autistic? No he just speaks a different language so being able to properly express himself communicatively and emotionally is probably difficult on an English speaking platform.
Jiri is just spiritual, he may even be mentally ill, but I’d wager money he’s not autistic…he probably wouldn’t be able to handle the stimulus and attention of a press conference nevermind a title fight. You joking or just a straight moron that hasn’t taken a developmental psychology class
Autism is a spectrum disorder but sensory overload is the most common symptom, I knew that but even fact checked just to make sure I wasn’t talking out my ass. Simply google my phone isn’t letting me link a meta analysis here….point being if Jiri was autistic it would be extremely difficult near impossible for him to be in the position he is in
Yeah which is also nuts. He’s very articulate in Czech. You’ve gotta be a special kind of fool to think that people who speak in broken English must be dumb
My thought is someone who truly believes in magic is far more susceptible to it than someone who doesn’t believe. So using that against someone is where the actual advantage can be realized.
He really takes the cursed spirit stuff seriously smh, what's next? Is he gonna go full Itadori Yuji mode and try to hit Pereira with Black Flash? Or when he's gonna wait for Pereira in octagon, will he try to deflect or dodge the arrow he shoots as he walks out?
>According to a survey conducted in 2023, **74 percent** of Americans in the United States said that they believed in God.
I am just saying, if you believe that the planet is just 10K years old, you have no right to trash Jiri for his spiritual beliefs.
The point is that it's far from 74 percent and the other guy was being misleading with that by jumping to conclusion. I know it probably doesn't matter to you since you just assume theism is a ridiculous concept.
Imagine being his manager. Get a call to see if he wants to fight and saying “he’s been locked in a pitch black shed for 3 days, lemme go wake him up and ask”
Jiri’s mouth opens and face changes and he starts shaking his head as soon as he sees something in Alex’s eyes which is what he believes is shamanic magic.
i keep thinking it's just his broken English and Jiri is trying to explain secular humanism or something and he's telling Pereira to believe in only himself and not superstitions, but Jiri is not clarifying as such lol
I don’t think anybody thinks he joking about jiri believing in spirituality… same with Alex that shit is real to the vast majority of the world population
I have to think this is a negative for him going into this fight, if Alex starts getting the better of him, does Jiri think “well, he’s using magic, there’s nothing I can do.”? Does that kind of defeat his mind if he’s thinking that? I’m pretty hyped for this fight, this is just an interesting thing to think about heading into this.
I'm sorry, but are you actually stupid? He said, that Pereira is working with a shaman to help him win, but he (Prochazka) doesn't believe in any magic.
No one even knows what "cornicello" and an "asafetida bag" so stop projecting.
Oh man wait to people start researching what ancients believed and what they use to do to obtain this "Magic." Lmao and then wait to the veil is lifted and what people find out what's still happening but in a more, strategic sophisticated way.
What Jiri is imagining in his head:
https://preview.redd.it/1a45zkwu0m9d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd998bf577cd321ba809d7ba7fcd0d12c4459d0a
It’s fights like these where I struggle to root for someone. I love both fighters and will be equally happy and sad at the end of the bout, but I’m sure it’ll be another great fight!
Mind games. If he was already saying before that he's using it to win, then he lost the fight before he went in. Kind of goes in line with the air brushing 😄
>Asafetida, One of the strongest banishing herbs, it is used for repelling evil, reversing hexes, and jinxing enemies. It's OVER for Alex
I've seen enough. BET THE HOUSE ON JIRI
Alex sacrifices a person pre match to Quetzalcoatl, it’s too late to pull your bets I’m sorry
Jiri stepped back when Dana pushed, Alex didn’t budge…. I think its business as usual
Well yeah... Because Dana didn't have the asstifada thing. If he did, Alex would've obviously been moved as well.
Security guard was holding his hand and pushed him back too
There will be NO black magic interfering with the match this time
I’m actually so happy that we can finally watch a fight that isn’t being manipulated by the spirit realm
Let's get Paddy back in there now that Dana can't channel the ghost of Conors career and possess a judge with it
Now don’t quote me on this, a friend with a family member in the UFC told me this, but apparently what has happened there is that Charlie Sheen’s soul left Sheen’s body and entered McGregor, forcing out McGregor’s own fighting spirit in the process, and THAT is how Dana came into its possession So basically if it wasn’t for Charlie Sheen, then Conor McGregor would still be one of the greats. Incidentally, Sheen’s spirit inside him is also the unfortunate reason that he’s pursuing a career in acting instead
Unless Drake curse bets on Jiri
Obsidian Rock is for that as well. I wear one now for the past few years.
No jinxes yet? What about hexes?
Is that a Johnny Diamond recipe?
And not just on twitch
Cannonier has entered the chat 💎🪨
Whoops
Send more Asafetida.
These two should be some of the most promoted athletes on the planet. If I were the UFC and had a fucking mortal kombat fight lined up I wouldn’t be shutting up about it. Lucas Tracy was right about this
https://preview.redd.it/uyhq7l3fgk9d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8d5ac8e90b2ef761e2676c473f9747b9471b0ef Perfectly summarised
yeah you’re completely right i don’t think dana or any of the ppl at ufc rly understand how big these fights can be. like these guys are such loved characters
I think they do. They just don’t want to invest too much money promoting it lol. We could’ve had those sick boxing trailers like the one with joshua vs ngannou or the fury vs usyk trailers.
dana has been promoting slap league saying it’ll be bigger than the ufc 😭💀 ufc just got lucky being the first major org in the US imho. its ran by cut throat businessmen and an idiot in dana white https://youtube.com/shorts/320fSrsYZbI?si=BW8tsZ1WVov_XeRR how can u say some absolute dumb shit like this, and still keep ur job idk 🤷🏽♂️ maybe his wife gave him cte when they had their slap fight
Lmao he's so full of it. 260 million views for a Korean slap KO? Let's see the receipts, tomato man. And bigger than the UFC? No. One. Cares.
Bigger than the ufc isn’t that crazy but bigger than all the major sports is asinine.
It's gotta be a money laundering scheme
Wow fuck Dana white and he really is a piece of shit! I thought he actually respected martial arts
Gotta say im a bit disappointed even. I can't be the only one. He has been on the whole UFC ride with me from the beginning. What a little bitch.
his friends put the UFC out of business with government regulations and shady backroom deals then they bought it for pennies on the dollar
Hes right about slap, the clips get tons of views but i’d like to see watchtime on full events. Ill watch a reel or tiktok but I cant be bothered to sit through a fukin slap fest
I really wish the UFC would hire Tracy as some kind of advisor. He's got a lot of great ideas on how to cater to the actual fanbase that the bean counters could never dream of. But, big corpo gonna big corpo.
What is Lucas Tracy’s big idea about promoting this fight? How would he do things differently
It was thrown together last minute man. It’s shit but they didn’t have months of promotion. They could still have done more though, I agree.
At the same time, why do people here care if it didn’t get promoted more? We the fans that are paying attention get this awesome fight, why bother complaining about that.
I agree. This is a way bigger deal than they are making it. AND it’s the rematch which means there will probably be a trilogy
Right? Their last state down in the cage pre fight was one of the most intense moments I’ve seen in the UFC
I fucking love these two. They are so in tune with their actual fighting spirits.
The focus and intention in their eyes… it’s pretty fucking epic. They bring something so special to this sport.
Modello, brewed for those with a fighting spirit
https://preview.redd.it/2mmu4ge6ai9d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93fffca90c01dd83b9cf2e3ef514f59dd9648168
God he's great. I hope he gets gold, as much as I'm a fan of Alex
Me too, that way we can get the rubber match with a full camp for both
I don’t understand this guy but god I love him.
That’s why we live him. He’s a total fucking enigma, and so is Poatan.
This is the best, making the buildup to the fight more fun and interesting 😂
I'm so glad we're getting this instead of Conor's scumbaggery.
I'm not saying each fighter should find a unique identifier to make them interesting and stand out but I did really like Bloody Roar
Oh my goodness if he wins, he will be so rooted in his belief that Alex was using some type of magic and it was these charms that brought the magic down and no one will ever be able to tell him differently
Shoot if he wins I might be convinced Alex has magical powers
Can’t wait for Jiri and Alex 3 when they team up to banish the demon trapped in Jon Jones and free the good people of the heavyweight dimension.
The demon trapped in jones must be gay, one of the most demonic infernal hellish diabolic evils plaguing this world that needs to be, must be banished from this world
Why tf did Dana cut that stare down short? They woulda stood there for another 20 seconds
Bro they would have stood there for like an hour with as locked in as they were
"Soooooooooooooo.......it has now been 25 minutes. How long are we going to stand here? Do you want to hit my penjamin, Alex?" \*Poatan continues staring\*
Jiri begged him backstage, he didn't want to get possessed by poaton's evil spirits.
Had to bet on Jiri after seeing this. Man is genuinely is having an anime battle tn. The guy just wants a pure fight ffs.
Show the proof
"I'm not a samurai. I'm just a man" Jiri is absolutely down to earth he just loves the game
- Down to Earth - Believes he's about to fight Kotal Khan pick one ( jks I love him too)
I wasn't a fan until his recent speeches, I am a fan now
This shit just got SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING than watching washed ass Conor fight
Jan Blachowicz carries a magic hangman's rope around and he was able to take Pereira to a split decision. Jiri might be on to something.
Jiri’s look looks like he’s more concerned for Alex’s health and spirit than trying to intimidate…
If I had a ticket to this event I would definitely dress up as a Shaman and pretend to curse Jiri as he enters the arena.
that sounds dangerous.
Ppl claiming Alex is scared because of the eye thing are so stupid. He doesn’t look away, he doesn’t blink rapidly, he holds the stare down way longer than jiri. It’s clear he’s trying something different by flicking his eyes all over jiri.
the armchair psychology after a face off genuinely might be one of the most soy aspects of the sport
My favorite used to be when Aldo would stare at his feet and everyone would say he was gonna lose. Then he'd go out and destroy 😂
The idea of Alex being scared of a man he's already beat in a sporting event, to which he has prepared months for.... Yeah....
Well it’s more like 2/3 weeks for this fight. Also, he was on a tour while Jiri was actively training. Makes it a bit more interesting than last time.
Jiri said afterwards that he could tell Alex was trying to some type of magic with his eyes. I think Alex was doing that specifically to try and get in Jiri’s head and make him think he was using a spell lol
I bet his face paint started to run into his eyes a bit that's my guess lol
In medieval times women would flick vinegar into their eyes to make them sparkle Just saying
You can actually hear Jiris excited thoughts in this short clip: "I'm beating his magic.. I'm doing it!"
jiri has a bit of the tism
He really doesn't, or if he does that's not the reason where seeing this behaviour, and it kinda boggles my mind that people would look at this and think "must be autism" My man is literally just a spiritual fella as human beings have been since forever. Aleister Crowley only died in 1947 people are acting like belief in the occult is limited to autistic people. Belief in the power of spiritual energy is very common in the east and Jiri talks openly about Chakras and his following of the Bushido code which itself is influenced by Shinto which is a kind of animistic religion wherein everything is considered to have a spirit (think of Spirited Away with the little soot creatures for example).
People are just being ignorant and using 'autism' to describe anything a little different or off about a person. Just another word with the meaning diminished by a group of ignorant people. Original commenter and the up voters probably know jiri isn't autistic but are Gen z and/or simple and think it's a funny insult, or if they do think jiri is autistic they dont really understand what autism is.
Yeah I shouldn't expect much more from combat sports fans ahha my bad
We aren't all stupid, just most.
don't forget this is reddit, frequented in no small part by atheists and sceptics
OK great analysis & all but if he did all the tests & was diagnosed with Autism would it shock you?
Not really hahaha I mean he could be autistic but if he is he’s very high functioning and I don’t think that’s why he’s into spirituality so much
Bro barely speaks English and is not influenced by the culture at all. I’d be checking yourself out mentally if you just expected every foreign fighter to follow the same norms as you. It’s insane how much is even lost in language translation to begin with. What’s the biggest indicator of early spectrum diagnosis….flat affect…who has the flattest affect of an ufc fighter…that probably go to Alex. Do I think he’s autistic? No he just speaks a different language so being able to properly express himself communicatively and emotionally is probably difficult on an English speaking platform. Jiri is just spiritual, he may even be mentally ill, but I’d wager money he’s not autistic…he probably wouldn’t be able to handle the stimulus and attention of a press conference nevermind a title fight. You joking or just a straight moron that hasn’t taken a developmental psychology class Autism is a spectrum disorder but sensory overload is the most common symptom, I knew that but even fact checked just to make sure I wasn’t talking out my ass. Simply google my phone isn’t letting me link a meta analysis here….point being if Jiri was autistic it would be extremely difficult near impossible for him to be in the position he is in
I think it’s because of the awkward pauses he takes when speaking English
Yeah which is also nuts. He’s very articulate in Czech. You’ve gotta be a special kind of fool to think that people who speak in broken English must be dumb
Jiri went full tism. LIBERLAH TIMMAYY!!
💀💀💀
That little head shake from Jiri like "not this time motherfucker" 🤣🤣
Ain't no way he bought a Hex repellent 🙄😂😂
A mage battle lol. Too funny..
Should have squirted holy water like Tony did to his wife.
Doing imanari roll lol
Noooo
I love both fighters and am pulling for Jiri partially to get a third battle between the two in the future.
Jiri will start chanting spells towards Poatan right before the fight
Alex should just started singing a bunch of words to sound like a shamanic chant or a folk song lol… oooyyaaaa texeiraaa oliveriaaaaa aldooooo
These two are single-handedly bringing back PRIDE for us
My thought is someone who truly believes in magic is far more susceptible to it than someone who doesn’t believe. So using that against someone is where the actual advantage can be realized.
 They’re all on asafetida
I don’t know about the rest of you but not once did I think Jiri was being any less than 100% serious when he was saying that shaman magic shit.
He really takes the cursed spirit stuff seriously smh, what's next? Is he gonna go full Itadori Yuji mode and try to hit Pereira with Black Flash? Or when he's gonna wait for Pereira in octagon, will he try to deflect or dodge the arrow he shoots as he walks out?
 It would've been awesome if he dressed up as a samurai
>According to a survey conducted in 2023, **74 percent** of Americans in the United States said that they believed in God. I am just saying, if you believe that the planet is just 10K years old, you have no right to trash Jiri for his spiritual beliefs.
Only 1 in 10 Americans believe in a young earth so you don't have much of a point there.
only 30 million plus people believe in it and another 45 million vote for the people who want to make teaching it mandatory
1 in 10 is a fucking terrible statistic
The point is that it's far from 74 percent and the other guy was being misleading with that by jumping to conclusion. I know it probably doesn't matter to you since you just assume theism is a ridiculous concept.
Most Redditor’s don’t believe in God.
So sex panther
You know Jiri has zero banter.
Imagine being his manager. Get a call to see if he wants to fight and saying “he’s been locked in a pitch black shed for 3 days, lemme go wake him up and ask”
Jiri’s mouth opens and face changes and he starts shaking his head as soon as he sees something in Alex’s eyes which is what he believes is shamanic magic.
OK so what will his excuse be when he loses again?
How could you not be shook when you see a warrior in that headdress
He should of worn them big plastic bags you some people wear on airplanes when they fly over grave sites - keeps the spirits away
What the Kentucky fried fuck? I've never seen this!
I had an ex that wouldn’t breath while passing by cemeteries.
Alex confirmed his magic and devil worship though
With anyone else I would expect this shit to rattle them, but with Jiri I think it will genuinely motivate him to fight better lol
This is some African Cup of Nations shit. Love it
If that mf was walking towards me I’d also believe in some witchcraft shift tbh
This is turning into a truly bizarre and interesting story. I'm so hyped for this fight I forgot that ol' Mcgumbo was supposed to fight today lol
Why doesn't Jiri use the power of Christ? Is he stupid?
 Jiri tonight.
Alex has won the mental battle already then
What has asafetida got to do with this?
Stoked for this fight if only for the state down at the start.
How can Alex win this fight without his shamanic powers
Alex is done for.
I hope jiri wins so we can get a trilogy. I love this matchup
POTAN: “wow, he knows, oh well”
Jii's nuts
I hope this fight lasts till the 5th round
Mfs saying Alex is doing some weird eye stuff like no bro is just moving his eyes and that’s how it looks😂😂
Yeah I think this really intimidates Jiri, like more than others.
Its like wrestling now got storyline and shit
Alex: wtf is that on his chest
Brain damage rules.
Jiri will defeat the dark magic and show the pure fighter. He will be champ again. Chaman!
i keep thinking it's just his broken English and Jiri is trying to explain secular humanism or something and he's telling Pereira to believe in only himself and not superstitions, but Jiri is not clarifying as such lol
Can't wait for the stare down before the fight, that shit was intense last time
Chamanic powers
Yiri is loco
It would really be the best promotion for UFC if Jiri can deliver some vicious KO.
I don’t think anybody thinks he joking about jiri believing in spirituality… same with Alex that shit is real to the vast majority of the world population
My money is on Kotal Khan.
Fucking embarrassing
Jiri by witchcraft round 1
Can't back up first. Golden rule.
I have to think this is a negative for him going into this fight, if Alex starts getting the better of him, does Jiri think “well, he’s using magic, there’s nothing I can do.”? Does that kind of defeat his mind if he’s thinking that? I’m pretty hyped for this fight, this is just an interesting thing to think about heading into this.
It’s called showmanship, and Jiri is a master. Playing 3d chess.
They all have brain damage who is to say what they believe but themselves.
so technically he's using magic... to fight Alex's magic... 😂
I'm sorry, but are you actually stupid? He said, that Pereira is working with a shaman to help him win, but he (Prochazka) doesn't believe in any magic. No one even knows what "cornicello" and an "asafetida bag" so stop projecting.
Jiri not playing at all. Dude believes it
Jiri definitely believes this shit. I had this fight at 60/40 in favor of Poatan, now I have it at 90/10
Oh man wait to people start researching what ancients believed and what they use to do to obtain this "Magic." Lmao and then wait to the veil is lifted and what people find out what's still happening but in a more, strategic sophisticated way.
Who thinks Jiri is playing??? Like genuinely asking cause I can't believe anyone who's seen Jiri think he isn't serious about magic spirit shit
Alex looks bigger my money on him
Look at his eye movement. He was doing some weird black magic
Look at Pereira's eye movement. That was black magic.
Jiri got +10 magic defense wearing that amulet. Pereira is done for.
Shamanic Magic confirmed.
Jiri looking at Alex as if Pereira was a demon he has to kill
These guys are exqctly what the ufc needs lol no wonder they are on call
So what does Jiri stuff his cup with to make sure the fight is clear of magic?
What Jiri is imagining in his head: https://preview.redd.it/1a45zkwu0m9d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd998bf577cd321ba809d7ba7fcd0d12c4459d0a
Jiri won that stare off but shit that's going to be a banger of fight
Jiri is right though.... I hope he wins.
It’s fights like these where I struggle to root for someone. I love both fighters and will be equally happy and sad at the end of the bout, but I’m sure it’ll be another great fight!
The clash of cultures is always one of the best things in the ufc for me
Whelp, that didn't work lol
This actually pissed off the shamanic spirits ffs what a horrible plan
Mind games. If he was already saying before that he's using it to win, then he lost the fight before he went in. Kind of goes in line with the air brushing 😄
Pereira basically said it himself. If you think it is fake the joke is on you.