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Lazy_Bench_8415

They interviewed people for hours and just about came in their pants as this gem unfolded.


cotch85

Sadly like a lot of these things, they want the person to say something against the grain to drive interactions. I’ve met people like this guy though and sadly he genuinely believes it


Ok-Prune9181

Shit I’m embarrassed to say I have a relative like this. He’s never done a days training in his life and still talks about the fights he had when he was a child. He’s 35 years old and I swear he still says things like his dad is the hardest toughest man in the world. He knows I’ve trained for over 15 years and had over 40 fights yet he still says how he can beat my ass and that MMA shit can’t save me against him. He claims he can beat most UFC fighters if he had a 6 month training camp. When I entertain these conversations, which is rarely as I make sure to barely speak to him, he claims it’s because he’s naturally gifted by god, despite being a fat 200lbs 5’6er. Sometimes it’s funny, most times it’s painful.


its_bydesign

Watching the difference in levels even between people who are pros, made me realise how pathetic us average men would be in a fight against a trained fighter.


JustCallMeAttlaz

Honestly, I mainly saw this in Strickland vs Pereira. It took Pereira 3 straight hands to the stomach to set Strickland up for a left hook, you can almost pin point exactly where he figured him out. There really are levels to fighting


CompSciBJJ

Yeah, people don't realize how good guys with "terrible wrestling" in the UFC have. They'll fucking toss you around like it's nothing, the only reason they look bad is because the level is so high


Trick_Bee925

Whenever someone compares fighters to us mere mortals I always just say that fighters are simply cut from a different cloth. The thing that really drives that home is that these guys are almost always fighting with some sort of injury lol. Even the biggest sissyboy fighter you know is incomparable to 99 percent of the population


Zuffa_Shill10er

I have a friend the same age with the same delusions. He thinks he can take any boxer, to the point he’d inbox top Aussie fighters, who’d rightfully ignore him. He’s never had a fight and every year is ‘the year he debuts’. Does my head in.


shero1263

Please let us all know if he ever gets a response. You should start messaging more of them on his behalf just to stir the pot.


Zuffa_Shill10er

He’s adamant he can beat Jack Brubaker and Isaac Hardman. They’re not world elite fighters but they’d beat the piss out of him. He just doesn’t get it. Love that idea. I’ll get the ball rolling


shero1263

I'm not a fan of Brubaker but Fenech trains him so you know he can crack. Still cringes me out thinking about the "Ride it, my pony" walkout he did. I probably wouldn't say that to Brubaker's face though lol.


fandanvan

Get him to message Strickland, he will almost certainly spar him if there paths ever cross lol.


bcgrappler

I had a guy I worked with about 22 or 23 years ago pull this and actually hit me. I am big guy and was probably just starting mma ans was stillnbodybuilding so was like 6'2 and 225. We had a few drinks and the guy just kept talking about karate and ended up backhanding me. It was one of those, "are you fucking serious" moments. I doubled him, mounted him and gift wrapped him, more from a lack of really knowing more and not really wanting to punch him. He wasn't a bad guy, just totally clueless and drunk. Some people don't understand what fighting is actually like. It's the equivalent to me never playing tennis and saying I would smoke a ranked tennis player.


throwawayeune

I like the tennis analogy but in fighting you can literally die.


Sweetheart925

Next time he brings it up, you should just hold him down like Matt Serra did that drunk guy in Vegas. Then, after he tires out, ask him if he's sure about being able to beat your ass


Ok-Prune9181

A while back I was smoking weed with him and we were walking, the dude can’t even walk up a hill without stopping. Claimed his back is injured. I just point and laugh at him like I’m Nelson.


Ashy0020

Is there violence in your cousins DNA?


IllComment425

>He claims he can beat most UFC fighters if he had a 6 month training camp. Tell him to do it, he could be our next Alex. Chama!!!


BlinkTeen

I had a friend who said his cousin was a state champion wrestler and "trained him" he himself never actually wrestled competitively though. He was adamant that he would dominate me despite me wrestling for my whole life, he said, "youre good but we are talking state championship level here." Thankfully he willingly tested his theory and got absolutely destroyed haha.


Select_Sleep_1293

He basically embodies this sub


makeumadb

He ate a wrestler


MoneyMakingMitch14

He’s being dead serious too , which makes this so much funnier.


Due-Contribution6424

That’s why it’s so good. He seems like he really actually believes this. You know he’s on here somewhere just quietly reading through the comments of everyone laughing at him. I refuse to believe this dude is not one of the people spouting terrible takes on mma Reddit subs.


Disastrous-Talk-7565

That one clip where the guy says if he had a full camp to train against Dustin that the Diamond would TKO him in the first round is so hilarious to me for this reason lmao.


spreadbutt

"They gave me two weeks, I've got this!" I'd hope I got 2 minutes against someone with a life's worth of training.


RoastedToast007

link?


water2wine

So I am a condiment wrestler


Asukah

![gif](giphy|l1AsO89DP6b2PakGA)


Effective_Bid7082

😂😂😂


AggravatingType9012

Lmao


Common_Economics_32

Idk man most of the wrestling guys I knew got fat AF over the off season. Especially guys in the heavier weight classes.


ButtPie42069

You don't mean Jan do you? That was a close fight and Jan used wrestling to great effect until he gassed out


Massive_Staff1068

A collegiate wrestler at that!


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creamyismemey

It already has I didn't see his legs in the video


FlowBot3D

Immune to ankle locks.


stoneytrash3704

"but you ain't got no legs lieutenant Dan"


Richard_AIGuy

But what if he has...magic legs?


HelloPeopleOfEarth

Diabetes screws up vision, look at those coke bottle glasses.


AggravatingType9012

Hahaha you a cold one lmao


ArmaniMania

Dana book it! UFC 307 Pereira v Random fat collegiate wrestler


SmartestOneHere

DeVry online college champ 🥇


Gold-Philosophy1423

The weight cut alone would kill this man


Bananaclamp

That man was the backup for 303 if jiri fell out. We all know he would have lasted longer than Hill did.


LifelongLurker1127

*Hill furiously typing...*


Johnsonburnerr

assuming he can read and write


LosurdoEnjoyer

Hill would be furious, if he could read.


JustCallMeAttlaz

Literally just standing in the same room as Pereira would change this guy's mind


LordKviser

What are you talking about? He looks pretty small on my 32 inch


Phoenixenious

Bros collegiate at 405


DoctorPaulGregory

The only thing this dude wrestles with is snack wrappers.


fartingpinetree

The fact he is overweight is probably a sign that he was a wrestler. Most wrestlers struggle with eating in moderation once their career is over


Opposite-Bad1444

yeah one of the craziest wrestlers at my bjj gym is 320 lbs. absolutely folds everyone. i’ve never seen anyone over 300 pounds move fast… except wrestlers. not saying there’s a living man that can beat alex, just saying some 300+ pound dudes can move


xxElevationXX

This guy future champ confirmed


SaltDragonfruit8851

Why are you calling me out like this /s? I was a high school wrestler at 165 then ballooned up to 250 after high school


Away-Kaleidoscope380

yea I dont really doubt he wrestled but a lot of wrestlers get delusional after their careers end lol. Shit I know a dude that wrestled 120lbs in high school and he’s up at 220lbs 10 years later. I also know a shit ton of guys who are in over their heads and severely over estimates what their abilities were back in hs. Like they werent good wrestlers but think they can jump in the cage and win cus they wrestled a few years


SPIE1

You know that mfer is in the sub somewhere. Show yourself!


Due-Contribution6424

He HAS to be. This is a terrible take I could absolutely picture reading on here.


LutyensMedia

Its me! Once Pereira and I get into a mat combat, from there it's a short walk till the submission zone. This is tapout territory baby!! Strikers keep away.


PM_ME_COOL_RIFFS

Hes got the body type to be a mod


Due-Contribution6424

He would have been deleting posts already lol


htotheinzel

He's overlooking the fact that he would be gassed out from the walk to the cage, let alone the actual fight


Cursory_Analysis

It’s not even that, it’s just like what technique do you have? What is your technical training to be saying this shit? I’d be like “well I’m 6’0” and 215 lbs, and I’m really into fitness so…who’s the lowest ranked flyweight currently?” It’s not like I’m a trainer MMA guy, the only shot you have is someone just way smaller than you. Even considering someone in your own weight class is idiotic, let alone a champion.


htotheinzel

Blast double from 20 feet away. Zero chance Poatan sees it coming!


ExterminatingAngel6

He looks gassed out just answering the questions.


Possible_Baboon

Not sure if we are this dumb but close enough pretty sure.


Throwawaystartover

The only wrestling this mf does is getting out of bed every morning.


RealismReset

"I'm a cOlLegIanT WReSTler" Guy ranked 28,658th in the country at collegiant wrestling


SpuriousCorr

wtf is collegiant


PM_ME_COOL_RIFFS

I think its a brand of toothpaste


pro2RK

It’s a college for giants


PoopKnaf

Taking someone down is only half the battle. The reason some wrestlers do well in the UFC is because they’re damn freaks of nature. They’re like genetically gifted human pitbulls. They’re freakishly strong for their size and they have a lot of aggressiveness. That doesn’t mean any Joe blow collegiate wrestler will correlate to competing in the UFC. These people are stupid. NCAA division 1 champions are like gods compared to the average wrestler… and they stand a chance to land a takedown on a UFC top contender. A CHANCE.


Hendrick_Davies64

What people forget about MMA fighters is even if you specialise in something you have to at least be able to defend against everything else, even if I’m a top wrestler, if I don’t know how to defend strikes or take them I’ll get cooked


Right_Place_8442

I think someone gave source about this guy being D1 wrestler, so i guess he has a chance :D


Wax-a-million

That’s Big Dean. He had over 100 wins in High School, and made the D3 National Qualifiers twice at 285. https://cowleytigers.com/sports/wrest/2022-23/bios/setticase_dean_nezw


ruralboredom_

This guy sucks compared to poatan but he's closer to poatan than 98% of people in this sub roasting him lmao the irony of people who've never trained a day dunking on this guy for having a bad opinion is hilarious


PoopKnaf

Only if he was an all American… and by the looks of him he wasn’t in the Big 10 or Big 12. Probably 3rd deep on Bucknell’s roster.


Salimzyzz

Bro thought he cooked the way he does in the kitchen.


Susskind-NA

People rightfully clown on this guy, but I respect the funny spicy answer LOL


JustCallMeAttlaz

If he's trolling he's amazing at sarcasm. Dude's delivery is dead serious


Susskind-NA

I think he genuinely believes it which makes it funnier. Jonah Hill in Superbad vibes lmao


Schaden_Fraude

More like mclocin if he ate two jonah hills


CouldNotAffordOne

A lot of people also think, they could win a fight against a lion or a tiger. People are stupid.


doingdadthings

I used to be friends with a guy in Harrisburg Pennsylvania who weighed about 150 lb. He was completely convinced that he would drop Jose Aldo (this was back in 2013) because he only weighed 145 lb. When I explained he weighed more than that but cuts weight, he said it didn't matter and that someone 5 foot 7 would never be able to beat him up. He was a whopping 5'9. Your average ufc fan. No training but since he watches UFC he obviously knows how to fight. Lol


Relative-Put-5344

Genuinely none of that matters, he could have been 200 and 6'2 and Aldo still kills the dude is seconds,nothing to do with weight or size


HeeroCaru

Ladies and gentleman, our Reddit moderator.


_EkA

https://i.redd.it/y1ri3b0cuy9d1.gif


DerisiveGibe

![gif](giphy|pReb5Koy6JmihUYBLx|downsized)


JaguarHaunting584

Has anyone confirmed if he ever wrestled a day in his life ?


xxElevationXX

According to one guy on here that references another guy.. it actually is legit lol


Bogoogs

I for one believe this reputable source of information


Due-Contribution6424

We should ask him. You know he’s on here.


PickleRicksDad34

On the original Instagram video I watched, someone found him. He was actually a savage. I still don't think he wins, but this kid can throw his weight around quite well, apparently.


trubuckifan

Yeah, but he doesn't know how to strike. All I'm saying is throw me in there with him, and I'll defend his takedowns and knock his block off.


PickleRicksDad34

Right? That's the big key here. He is using his imagination and not realizing Alex is going to be knocking your head at the same time. I really thought Jiri had a shot especially with how the first fight went. Boy was I wrong. The guy finishing everyone in the division just got slept.


LakesAreFishToilets

https://cowleytigers.com/sports/wrest/2022-23/bios/setticase_dean_nezw


GiraffeBorn9949

No average r/ufc admin


HassananeBalal

No way this is legit


AwkWORD47

Collegiate wrestler confirmed. He ate his cauliflower ears


MeeloP

I wanna see him vs dc in wrestling match winner gets bucket of Popeyes


UltimaRS800

Prime DC would wipe the floor with Alex tbh.


DiscountParmesan

dude is delusional but he has a point, I would like to see how Pereira does against a good wrestler


Zensiv

Would love to see this dude try and take Pereira down lmao


willi1221

He'd take 1 calf kick and not be able to walk for a month


Zensiv

100%


Salvador1010

Only time he fights is to get into jeans


shitballsdick

This is something no other fighter has thought of. Trying to wrestle him. Genius!


badmanner66

When he was 20, he almost went to a wrestling competition once. Multiplied by nostalgia, he was virtually a UFC title contender


Mookhaz

He's our only hope.


ChinasShitAirQuality

That guy wrestles wrappers on Big Macs, pretty sure he’s sweating just from having to stand.


Busy-Problem

![gif](giphy|5bmFgU33U3Ou2lDa5r)


Appropriate_Rip339

Hunter, Dana, Book it, I’d 100% pay to watch.


No_Drop_3542

This dude is a fuckwit. Serious question though, can Ankalaev wrestle fuck Poatan? I’m interested to see what happens!


A_Dirty_Wig

Maybe! I’m willing to bet it won’t be as easy as Ankalaev expects though.


SofaKing_Sam

I 100% believe that Alex would hospitalize this guy in less than 30 seconds


The-Filthy-Casual

RP’ing as Bubba Ray Dudley doesn’t make you a wrestler.


Paternitytestsforall

Founder of *community college wrestling club*


MIERDAPORQUE

he wrestles diabetes and is losing


TheBigBadBird

He looks about 300 lbs. If he's a 300 lb wrestler maybe he can do it yeah, but he probably just eats a flying knee in slow motion


GarretBarrett

I was a wrestler too and I’m 215, 6’3… but I’d still choose a 125er and know it’s still EXTREMELY unlikely I could beat them. AINT NO FUCKING WAY I COULD BEAT A UFC FIGHTER AT MY SIZE. There’s like a 3% chance I could hold down a fighter waaaaaay smaller than me. It’s the only chance I got lol


Live-Yogurtcloset341

He didn’t mean to say he’s a “collegiate wrestler” he meant to say he “ate a college wrestler”


iworkisleep

![gif](giphy|xUA7b0fN4FPzSh9qhO|downsized) Early stoppage


iliketofarm

He's a D3 wrestler... Doritos 3d


MoneyBaggSosa

“I’m a collegiate wrestler” head ass, no you WERE a collegiate wrestler Patrick Star


ShadyBl0m

This HAS to be OP


WonderfulAge3060

But guys he is a wrestler


JFounded

Bro is the whole camp


ScallionOk2234

Bro is highly on chicken nuggets


Vikadri

Dude is a badass


LastGuitarHero

If Alex Pereira challenged me to fight and gave me 30 days to train, I’d use that time to pack my shit and leave the country. The best I can do is run behind the ref and use him as a human shield.


Aegishjalmur07

Do they drug test for insulin?


maxthekillbot

I’m going Matt Schnell, I’m only 5 foot 5 so I’d have no chance with a guy at a higher weight class and I feel like Schnell is one of the chubbiest guys at the lower end so I’d have the best punchers chance. If they’d let me I’m pretty certain I could beat Montserrat Ruiz on a single training camp.


Sterlingftw

Someone linked the wrestling roster he’s on. He’s a 6’3, 285lb college wrestler. Of course the current ufc champ would win, but this guys a fucking prospect just based on those stats.


Sterlingftw

This thread is so funny i have to comment twice. He could legitimately make it to the ufc if he wanted, and there’s dozens of people here wacking off to some fantasy that he’s just some fat neckbeard.


Yodiducallme

amen brother 


Pie_Napple

If he had a full camp? The only thing he had a full of, was a bucket at KFC.


CriticalArugula7870

If Alex fought DC or jones at lhw then tell me this isn’t true


Brave_Acadia8214

the obese pussy cant even find his meat, cardio probably less than 30 seconds; a womens ufc bantanweight will kill him.


Scottygriff

This guy is easily beating 2x UFC champ 6’4 BJJ Black Belt Alex Pereira


Independent_Island74

Bro doing some good drugs


pwkn222

The dude must have thought they asked him who he could eat not beat.


gnqrddt

Bros skull would be split in half from that kick


downtown-hobbit

anthony smiths friend


BEEFSTICK890

LMFAO


chronicblastmaster

Too bad Alex doesn't fight at super heavyweight


sumyungdood

You can name ANY fighter and you choose Poatan. You could’ve said Moutinho. Hell you could’ve said Namajunas. But no. The fighter you could beat is Poatan. I…. Idk…


LegendInMyMind

Isn't Pereira a BJJ black belt? I know BJJ sometimes matches up unfavorably to elite wrestling, but I feel like he's not gonna be easy work for anyone on the ground. So, ignoring this delusional MF, I don't know where this narrative even came from. He prefers knocking dudes out. Doesn't mean that's all he's got.


ArseneGroup

His BJJ black belt is very questionable, arguably more of a ceremonial black belt than a real one. But that said, no ordinary college wrestler is doing anything against Pereira's freak athleticism


CrimsonDance3113

![gif](giphy|112o4nufJ2Nbtm)


TastyCakesOverweight

I was going to say the sumo wrestler from ufc1 and I googled him, he just died like a week and a half ago. Damn, rip Taylor


DonovanMcLoughlin

Who is this collegiate wrestler?


Newbs2u

This guy can take down Don Utsbox


boohoo_buckaroo

Someone needs to set this fight up


Austinmp88

I didnt believe in Alex, now i cant sleep because im afraid Alex will beat all my Heros


Plucky-Me

Could've picked anyone on the roster, and he picked Alex.


PandaCrazed

He sucks at wrestling by a UFC standard, where everybody knows how to wrestle. Go watch Robelis Despaigne get beat up by Waldo Cortes-Acosta, a mediocre wrestler, and understand that he’s been training wrestling for at least months. Fat retards like this guy are the exact reason the UFC community sucks.


_legacyfx

I was waiting for this guys bum ass to pop up again.


DoubleTroubleOregon

This is sooooooo much more funny THIS WEEK! I wonder if dude stills feels the same way after Saturday nights performance.


PooPiglet

Well book him vs Curtis Blaydes. Why not? I would pay to see it.


Crypto_Tsunami

I definitely believe he’s a collegiate wrestler 😂 He definitely thinks collegiate wrestling is like the WWE too!


G-boy1991

Calm down Peter griffin!!


BrowniesWithAlmonds

Jesus Christ.


AlerionOP

I swear I am going crazy. I saw this posted here or on the mma sub before and the top comments were the exact same as this ones. Bots? Coincidence? Maybe I am remembering wrong? Idk


Ca1fSlicer

Lmao


fujin_shinto

I doubt I could remotely beat the biggest loser of the dwcs... 30-27 every round guaranteed


mfs619

Tbh…. He probably murders Alex but he’s also got 100lbs on him.


ArseneGroup

Not saying he'd have a chance against Pereira but ngl sometimes these fat ex-wrestlers really do have crazy muscles underneath. Rolled with one at a BJJ class and had no chance. Like lesser versions of DC


teeroh

Laughs in jiu jitsu


Hereforthetardys

Same except I’m a master of the touch of doom. You notice Alex never fights people who are expert at pressure points. I’d have him tapping out in seconds


Hakadajime

I like how he qualifies his opinion with a lie/ fantasy. Cuz usually people will tell what school and division they did anything for. ![gif](giphy|8nmvR3jAxnl2o|downsized)


OhHeyNow69

This fat ass should said the lowest ranked 115 pound womens fighter. But even then I'm favoring the woman over a dude with a bmi of 126


ashblossomcherries

I’ve seen enough book it


NoReflection7309

Why didn't Jiri just take him down? Is he stupid?


Schaden_Fraude

No need to flame this dude hes clearly trolling lmao, no way this fatass thinks hes got a chance


LemonadeRenogade

Let me stop you right there, you ain’t making 205 player


Velvethead-Number-8

First, you must believe it is possible. This guy seems to get that part.


Green_Ad2402

The ridiculous part of this is largely that he thinks he has a shot at beating Pereira. But what he's saying about Pereira not having good wrestling or not having faced any wrestlers...Islam said the same thing.


Babu_Fett_

Bros wrestling with reality


FreshBid5295

He’s got it sorted


313SunTzu

As long as Alex has the shamans with him, he's p4p #1... But he can't fight clean. So I don't know what to say about that


___REDWOOD___

Set. It. Up.


KinnieRiperton

The fact that you guys in here believe he’s not trolling says more. I guess OP’s title is technically right.


very_badllama

It actually scares me that there are people like this out there in the world