Steve Erceg believes he will get a 3rd round finish of Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 301 in Brazil: "I do think technically [Pantoja] is lacking in some areas, and I'm gonna exploit them to the best of my ability and come away as the new champion... I think I'm gonna finish him in the third round"
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Let’s go bedtime crew
Aye man listen
This the mf who explored vault 31 in the fallout show, Lucy's brother.
Small Frame trait, Nerd Rage perk.
You're a fucking vault dweller, dude
We’re the Tunnel Snakes, and we rule! 🐍
I was surprised with how good that show actually was. Thought it was gonna be a terrible cash grab but I’m super excited for season 2
Yeah honestly I felt the same. I didn't have high hopes but was shocked at how good the show is.
you mean Goosey, that's 100% verified
Oh yeah, isn't he the little creep that was fucking around with 13yo Willow Smith when he was 20? Dude and the Smith parents literally got investigated by CPS for that shit.
Steve is the fucking legend, dude came in into the UFC, got a title shot after 3 fights and made little Mokaev cry in the corner lmao
Mokaev should try being entertaining
Watching this sub turn on him right as he was winning me over is comedy gold. 😩
You’re wild 😂
You're not the real Boxman!
the fans that boo crotch sniffers are the worst people ever. The fans that shit on crotch sniffers online are heroes
His self reflection and awareness the last bit is what won me over. Compare and contrast with someone like ankalaev who seems super entitled.
Initially, I hated his attitude but it just turns out he's a young man in his early 20s who is maturing!
Fighting wise, he has a long way to go but I think he can be a champ in the next few years especially as the division ages out. That fight with Perez is hard to defend tho.
Mokaev would be unranked if we had ONE’s ruleset.
He’d be a bus boy
He’d still have 3 finishes in his last four fights so idk about that. He’d def be coming off a loss tho.
Nah Elliot was up 2 rounds and Mokaev was desperately tryna ground himaeld to avoid knees
I guess we'll see how this "boxing oriented striker" handles calf kicks.
pantoja snaps his leg throwing a hard kick 3:23 into rd 3
Maybe Erceg plans to grapple with him, he is primarily a grappler
striking is the only way to beat pantoja, im a pantoja cheerleader but royval nearly had him
While I agree striking is the way to be Pantoja - Royval didn't nearly have him. Pantoja always looks like he's about the die in there and then just keeps going. He gets that crazy look in his face where I've always said to myself that he was gassed and then he gets a takedown.
He is not, he started bjj in his teens. Look up Wilkes martial arts in Perth. He is primarily a striker
Lmao where was all the Erceg grappling? I used to train with him in Perth
Worked for Ilia
Ilia fought Pantoja?
Yeah after Pantoja took Islam's 0 at 155 he moved down to fight Ilia to try and take his. Didn't work out so he went back down to his natural weight class.
Damn, dude. I'm clearly out of the loop.
Pantoja is hittable and Erceg hits hard. With that said Pantoja by decision or sub.
Same formula for most Pantoja fights: start like you just got the star in Super Mario R1, get cracked after an adrenaline dump R2, outgrapple opponent R3+
If Erceg actually wins it would be so funny.
I mean, I don't think it's that unlikely
People are just giving him shit because he doesn't have many fights in the UFC (some people don't even know who he is), but he has a big age advantage and he hits really hard. Pantoja has a great chin, but he's very hittable
I wouldn't be surprised if he got the KO at all
I’m curious which areas he thinks Pantoja is lacking in, that fight Pantoja had with Moreno was beautiful on the feet and on the ground
He does have a tendency to get reckless on the feet when he charges in.
His cardio/pacing seem to be his biggest weaknesses. In both the moreno and royval fights he kinda blew his load early on and was kindve fighting on second gear the rest of the way.
Second gear is faster than first gear
Yeah for some reason i’ve always heard it when something is being talked about as sluggish, i don’t know
Maybe youre mistaking it with fighters never getting out of 1st gear (like Strickland)
Really impressive for him to still go all 5 rounds in both of those fights tho. His fight IQ is great (knows when to implement his wrestling/BJJ) so if he learns to pace himself first two rounds I don’t see anyone threatening Pantoja
I would not describe the striking as beautiful. Erceg has shown better technique so far.
Michael Scott got dem hands. He’s gonna avenge Islam for some reason.
I like him quite a bit. He seems like a really down to earth type guy and I hope he does well!
Sneaky little Ben Cousins cameo there.
Best base for mma
If this MF wins I think he's gonna be so popular. He seems really down to earth and kinda goofy
Pantoja will grapple but Steve has the striking to surprise ppl
I still have no idea why they're giving this guy the title shot
Erceg backwards is Gecre
Because Moreno needs a break, Royval just fought, Kape is an idiot with mutant DNA, KKF is out for a while, Nicolau and Perez are fighting now, idk about Albazi, Mokaev is an idiot with boring DNA and Elliot just lost to him.
That leaves Schnell or Erceg, and Erceg KO'd Schnell.
Erceg is quietly a dark horse in the division. He is good everywhere. I'm a fan because hometown bias and mates have trained with him. But he is something special and has the skills to beat Pantoja.
Also because Royval beat Moreno lol
I’m liking Bedtimes confidence going into this fight
Ben cousins AFL goat in a thumbnail on the mma reddit. I’ve seen it all
Pantoja R1 sub it is!
It's weird seeing people so surprised by this, 125 doesn't have a log jam of names they're trying to build to PPV sellers. Back in the day when most title fights were expected to do 300k-500k at best champs fought pretty often. They try to stack cards heavier and like to keep champs available to bolster cards. This is what happens when you have an active champ and contenders. This will be Pantoja's third fight in the last year or so. Im all for fights like this.
My dude looks so much like a slow loris it’s crazy. Rooting for this slow loris!
Pantoja doesn’t get enough credit for how good he is imo but hoping Steve gives a good performance for himself flyweight needs a new serious contender imo.
Erceg gang rise up!
Steve “fuckin” Erceg.