Alexandre Pantoja speaks with Daniel Cormier after defending his flyweight title against Steve Erceg in the main event at UFC 301 in Brazil.
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Brazil fans don't deserve an event Ufc Africa deserve more by a mile
You mean another rumble in the jungle
they should just do ufc events in Sau Paulo rio is such a shit place
@@Unknown-tizyor Fortaleza, Brave CF did an event in Fortaleza and the crowd wasn’t full of ruffians Edit: the UFC also did a show in Fortaleza once, Paulo Costa was on it
What time was the fight aired CST,?
Crowd leaving before their own champ speech, such a disgusting disrespect from brazilians
Happens every time they go to Brazil
That's because showing outward support and love for others is more important than actually caring about others in Brazil. Check their crime rates if you don't believe me.
They are disguising. Why do we act like it’s a normal thing to chant “you’re gonna die” to every opponent?
They did the same thing to Glover and that was his last fight! He was speaking to a empty arena! 😱
Bro, it's Rio De Janeiro, after 10PM everybody is "mandado"(one informal word like "Suspect"), not safe country!!!
Stop making events in Brazil,or at least in Rio, these fans dont deserve them.
ye they should do it in Sau Paulo
His name is Alexandre Control Time Pantoja
pantoja vs belal could put on the first ever street fight that ends in a decision
@@michaelferguson1sterling tooo
@@Maazahmed_ Sterling actually attacks submissions
game is game. time control is a part of the game.
And every fight I’ve ever been and I have never lost to someone who had control time control time is out the window in a real fight,,,,
Not a good look when the champ has to beg his hometown fans to hang around to hear his interview 🫤
Tbh Brazil always leave early
I truly understand why people living in different countries might see this and think that it’s not a good look for the crowd to leave early. However, in Rio de Janeiro, you have to understand that it’s a very dangerous place to go home after 2 am. Additionally, there’s still a big concert happening in Rio de Janeiro, which would lead to complete chaos in traffic. The UFC should consider hosting events in a different city in Brazil, rather than in Rio de Janeiro.
Because the fans knew the hometown decision would be in so Why stick around for the obvious
49-46 is laughable
its not i scored the fight the same
@@ColdDrink25 for erceg right?
@@kalanahansajith5534 for Pantoja
@@kalanahansajith5534 lmao no for Pantoja
I had it that way 1,2,3,5 Pantoja.
What happened to damage over control? Pantoja did literally zero damage the whole fight.
Landing few elbows won't win you fights.
Erceg busted his face with a beautiful elbow
@@bumetyanuba4231either does landing 10 takedowns and doing nothing with it. No submission attempts, no strikes, just moving from position to position and then standing back up.
@@bumetyanuba4231have you ever read the rules? Of course it can
@NotKimiRaikkonen pantoja outstruck erceg in 2 rounds. 5th round he held him down and outstruck him again, in addition to this, erceg had 0 offense, so the argument isn't that pantoja didn't do damage on top, it's that pantoja beat him in grappling, with erceg having 0 counter offense or defense. So pantojas superior wrestling and grappling prevented any offense or scoring from erceg that entire round.
Bro 4-1? When I heard that I thought Erceg got it how did Pantoja win 4 rounds? Which rounds?
Erceg only won round 4, cry about it casual
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@@kennedyleal2943won round 2 based on what?
@@kennedyleal2943is your brain okay? Did you see Pantoja's face?
1,2,3,5 Pantoja Erceg only won Round 4
Pantoja sound like colby "stay in ya seats you filthy animals "😂😂
Brandon Moreno was the only guy that made this division exciting for me but now this division feels dead... And Brazil shouldn't have a ppv until 5 years can't believe they went back when they did that to their own man Glover
truth
Figgy was a killer.
Manel kape is coming
Pantoja beat Moreno 3 times. It’s always been Pantoja’s division, even during the quadrilogy they made him wait years for. He’ll be 35 his next fight though. this could be his last title defense win
That was a small stadium and I saw a lot of empty seats
And the crowd goes MILDDD
You wilddd 😂
Robbery I thought Damage was the number one criteria for scoring?
It's not, it's effective striking AND grappling.
@@Zephz43 Effective Grappling means looking for ground and pound / submission opportunities. Laying with 0 transitions isn't effective.
@@Zephz43grappling refers to submissions and being able to advance position. Not take someone down, do nothing with it and then lose the position.
@@NotKimiRaikkonen Finally someone understood...
@@Zephz43yeah it literally means you gotta do damage or at least have a sub attempt, that's why it is a robbery
Bedtime you fought well brother, future champ.🔥🔥🔥💪
First Off, Erceg absolutely mashed his faced in on the feet. I have no idea how you can score that for Pantoja. The commentators especially the fatty DC were biased af for the wrestling. I don’t understand how when Martinez has Aldo against the cage they IMMEDIATELY break it up. But Pantoja just gets to have 5 minutes of “control time” where he did ZERO GROUND AND POUND AND ATTEMPTED BASICALLY NO SUBMISSIONS. Then Pantoja struts around like he’s the king of the devision after hugging for his life the entire 5th round. Oh and he also kicked erceg in the balls at least 4 time but Godard didn’t do jack. Eff this garbage.
Perfectly said
Brazilian getting favored in Brazil...
@@emanuel5880yeap goddard is awful ref get rid of him pls
100%
Because of his color he’s not gonna get the decision win
Erceg got robbed like a home invasion TRUST
They couldn’t let their boy lose in Brazil.
Not really...1,2,5 I think pantoja won these rounds
@@usamakhalid16373 was close but no way he won round 2, Erceg hit him with massive shots that round
@@stephentracy3881 he took him down and controlled him there... you hear Steve corner saying you are down 0-3 after 3rd round...I had it 2-2 going into 5th but Steve destroyed his chances by trying to take pantoja down...
@@usamakhalid1637 he got his face beat in and did zero damage, Erceg easily won 2&4 and imo won 3. I could understand having it 2-2 going into the 5th, but man was the damage one sided
2,3,4 Erceg:damage, domination in striking
Erceg only won round 4, cry about it casual 😂
@@kennedyleal2943COPE
@@kennedyleal2943is your brain okay?
This, he clearly won rounds 2, 3 and 4. This was an actualy robbery, unlike DDP vs Strickland
Only rounds 3 and 4
ROBBERY it’s disgusting how crotch sniffing for almost 6 minutes with no submission attempts after getting sliced with elbows still gives you the victory.. paper champ at its finest.
It's not a robbery
@@Tyrannosaurus_5000 was the lay and pray with no urgency to end the fight really that dominant? Pantoja was out struck and on the backfoot all fight and literally held on for dear life on every ground exchange..
@@BarakaUglyyAhhnobody said it was dominant. just calling a robbery is ridiculous. It was a very close fight. Erceg definitely won 3 and 4. 2 was a lil dicey, but to act like it’s a robbery. It was a close fight.
@@andrewvazquez1936 round 2 was erceg clear as day even most of the judges scored it like that. And round 5 is also erceg although closer
Pantoja landed more sig strikes in rounds 1, 3, and 5, and had more control time in all of those, cope
His own nation knew he lost. Walking out before he can even speak.
F Brazil.
You are crazy? Who from the specialized media gave Erceg the victory? He himself accepted defeat. It was a fair fight with a fair score. MMA is not just about striking, much less about cuts to the face.
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Não sei se você sabe, mas aqui no Brasil as lutas acabam de MADRUGADA, muita gente que vai pro evento precisa acordar cedo é trabalhar e também é muito ruim pegar Uber em horários como esses no Brasil, as vezes você fica umas 2 horas só tentando pedir um Uber e ninguém no Brasil acha isso não kkkk, Pantoja venceu e pronto, se não aceita é só sentar e chorar😂
O evento acaba de madrugada, muitos trabalham no dia seguinte
I scored it for Erceg, but it was a close fight. Still think Erceg did more damage, but he really shot himself trying to grapple with Pantoja in the 5th when most of his success was on the feet striking.
It was not a close fight. This is not a DDP Strickland situation where you can score it oh maybe he won this round or maybe he. The only close round was round 3. Round 5 was not close at all and Erceg won it 100%. Erceg won 2,4,5 and you can argue maybe 3 because he did more damage than pentoja cutting him open like a watermelon and him leaking so much blood. Like a guy just a few fights before got TKOed because his leg leaked LESS blood than Pentojas head
@@TheYolo20you’re right erceg clearly won. Dude Brazil doesn’t deserve another ppv ever.
2 and 3 could swing either way (5 could as well until ergec missed that takedown). Coulda gone either way but Pantoja winning made slightly more sense. Casuals love calling every close fight where their fighter doesn't win a robbery
@@pembis9835 Ahh the irony of someone calling people casuals while having no idea
@@pembis9835 This fight was not close at all. Erceg won 2,4,5 without the slightest hint of a doubt, like there isnt even a debate about it if you have any idea what you are talking about. Erceg did more damage landed more strikes had the cleaner shot and fucking made pentoja bleed like he became the niagara falls. All that pentoja did in round 5 was get full mount for 4 seconds throw 1 clean punch amd loose it immediately to half guard again. Where does that constitute a win
Even erceg knew he didn’t do enough
Bro legit STILL hasn’t truly won a title fight
dominated royval
How in the absolute fuck did the guy bleeding down his entire face win!?!?! He did nothing with those takedowns and landed 30! Less significant strikes to the head and was bleeding like a stuck pig! This was a robbery and the judges should be fucking fired. What the fuck happened to "It's about damage" Erceg took zero damage, absolutely pathetic.
49-46 is a rigged scorecard. It’s damage based scoring how do you give Pantoja 4 rounds when he got sliced open and cut in three different rounds
30 body shots 9 takedown
Gets on top of his opponent " Why are you gay ??!! "
@@Chino56751you know nothing 😭 fight a mma fight you will see how important takedowns are
@@puskas14 Only if you submit or do any real damage with them, which he didn't
Erceg won, he beat the shit out of the champ
🫵🫵🤣🤣
Erceg and neww
I want an Astro boy to win cause then we can have a match with Wonderboy
If this fight was in Vegas or anywhere else, Pantoja would’ve lost his title. Erceg should’ve won rounds 2,3 & 4.
Erceg only got 3 and 4. Cry harder.
clear as day erceg 4-1 2,3,4, and 5
Pantoja deals no damage and lays and prays and somehow gets the win, wtf is 49-46 that’s just a crazy scorecard. I know Pantoja has a great chin but he got sliced open by elbows and caught when he came in, just layed down and walked backwards the whole fight
I didnt know this is the Ultimate Damage Championship. I also had Pantoja winning 4-1. you clearly watched a different fight, talking about Pantoja laying down lol what? at what point did he purposefully pull guard or let himself get taken down
@@ColdDrink25it quite literally is damaged based scoring so I don’t know what the hell your talking about.
@@liamjones7329 you are a casual you have no clue what your yapping about
@@ColdDrink25 you are the casual that can’t even read the rules bro. Fights are judged on impact
@@ColdDrink25 judging criteria is damage based which erceg had more of. And grappling dominance is seen by taking dominant positions and trying to find the submission, not just holding a dominant position. You clearly have no idea what you’re talking about mate.
Too say this was a robbery is an understatement.
Just as bad as the Jones vs Reyes robbery.
To
Are you high? 😂😂
@@Az0rAh4i rounds 2, 3 and 4 for Erceg. 3 and 4 especially clear, 0 doubt. So 49-46 scorecard???? Who’s high champ? You had a few billy’s for breakfast?
@@buddycider3670 i give him 2 and 4 With some doubt 💁
The Belal Muhammad of Flyweight
Obviously you haven't seen many fights
Except Belals more entertaining.
You probably don't know what you're talking, don't embarrass yourself
@@robertdiengdoh Pantoja was out struck and on the backfoot most of the fight.. if you think 6 minutes of “control time” with zero submission attempts and no urgency to end the fight is dominant then you probably don’t know what you’re talking about.
@@garrettafancytrouser1424 I’ve seen many fights since UFC 1 in 1993.. Pantoja fight style is the worst, he repeated the same crotch sniffing the past 3 fights.
Erceg had all the damage! Should have won. Pantoja had nothing, damage over wet blanket.
It’s true but I’ve watched so many fights over the years and takedowns in the last round win it almost always. You have to land something really big like O’Malley did vs Yan to negate the control time/takedowns. Do I agree with it? No. Does it almost always happen? Yes. Especially with Pantoja, look at his last fight with Moreno, he stole it the same way. I was for Erceg and when I saw him going for the takedowns at the end I was like omg he’s gonna lose. Should have stayed on his feet and kept smashing Pantoja’s face
Damage Over Control except when it’s in the UFC, Rematch In Perth needs to happen
When I basted birthday/visited Perth was one of the most beautiful cities I ever saw
Who the heck scored the contest 4-1 for pantoja. Must be high on weed
Brazilian cocaine
Erceg just won new Fans, can see him dominate champ in couple of years he did lose (his own corner after the 3rd said to him on the stool he’s down 3) but very close fight had me on the edge the entire time
You are correct they called him to Steve Carel look alike
Erceg won that
Only if he were a different color
What happens when you put fights at times just to fit US viewers, everyone leaves asap, wait for ufc main event at 3am in the UK and see...
Man whatever you think of the decision the way he ate elbow and then the hook after…that’s one hell of a fighter and one hell of a man.
I thought this was damage base scoring??
who told you that? its a fight where everything matters: aggression, striking accuracy / amount of thrown shots, Octagon Control, Control time on top, submission attempts / defense, knockdowns if this sport was based on damage then whats the point of Jiu Jutsu and grappling in general? why doesnt everyone just start swining at each other like its a bare knucke fight
You were wrong, EFFECTIVE striking AND grappling is base scoring,not damage.
@@ColdDrink25 the point of jiu jitsu and grappling are submission otherwise they're just hugging contest
@@AlexCS8 i know that i was asking the other person since he/she claimed scoring is based on damage which is simply not true. otherwise Jiu jutsu and Grappling make no sense in MMA
This is why we need a sixth mandatory round for these type bites in which both fighters realize after six rounds if there’s not a knockout then both buyers will go home with no purse
Pantoja boring asf! Literally averaged a takedown or takedown attempt once every single minute of the fight
Damn that's crazy almost like Steve should work on his takedown defense. And that this isn't the ultimate striking championship.
Why is a judge would not score of that has anything I would score a body slam or a judo throw as a take down one point but at those little drag you down For all of your life’s survival is what that is and it’s not fighting it’s simply wasting time under the guise of ground control time
Erceg should have won on damage, surely, over control time w/ no submission attempts.
Colby was right about Brazil. The disrespect that they showed to pantoja is just pathetic
Looking at this comment section you can rlly see who’s a real UFC fan and who just became a fan after UFC 300
Elaborate your thoughts on the fight and decision
I bet you use the term 'casuals' also, just so you can feel superior to others because you think you know more about MMA lol
A casual would be someone who thinks takedowns with no damage matters in mma now. Which seems to be what you’re implying. Erceg clearly won.
This bozos above sooooo mad, hahahaha 🤣
The crowd clearly came to see Jose Aldo 🤣 Savages
I really thought that would’ve been a good time for him to retire ,,, CTS is no fun
Though it was a close fight and surprisingly good performance by Erceg. I just don’t get how people are saying it was a robbery, I literally watched it again and yes it was a very close one but anyone with common sense would agree that Pantoja won. Just having more significant strikes doesn’t mean someone won. Pantoja had like 9 or 10 takedowns in the fight, over 5-6 minutes of ground control. And yeah he wasn’t as impressive in the stand up and got cut twice as well but even before the decision, it was clear that it would be a unanimous decision for Pantoja, just look at both fighter’s body language after the fight, they both knew who won. Props to Erceg though.
Pantoja was more dominant. Erceg fought well. Pantoja deserved the win. Congrats champ.
Do a rematch UFC, PLEASE!!!!!!!!
I knew i shoulda went to sleep after the Aldo fight... Pantoja is probably the worst champ right now. Absolute boring ass decision machine.. Steve won that fight.. sure he got held down some but he did DAMAGE... Pantoja landed some shots but they did next to nothing
What was funny is we know the UFC really wants to be international and really wants to attract everyone from around the world that would’ve been a perfect chance to give you earth like the title and that wouldn’t have more Australian interested in the sport they lost the perfect opportunity their marketing wise but then again had the decision gone to her sick/Erceck we may have PSI violent crowd with alcoholic rages,,Which could have spoiled up rolled out into the street therefore by law the judge is Required by the rule book the hometown decision to avoid that catastrophe
3-2 Erceg
Brazillians fans are insane, they always leave before show ends. They did the same on UFC 283 and now UFC 300
If this guy still being champ . Danna gonna cancel flyweight for real
Just 40.000 views? Big disrespect to the flyeeights
Because of the Canelo fight
This dude is a tough champ
Americans only want standup. Pantoja was pushing the pace for 4/5 rounds. Defo won.
Pantoja is not the one who determines the victory, the jury is the one who gives the assessment, the jury should be asked for clarification. that's it, simple
Many Australians cry babies here. When Costa fought Whitaker he smashed Whitaker face and no Australians were saying it was a robbery.
and people say Dagestani fans are bad? They ateast show respect to the fighters. That entire arena is empty.
The judges wanna get it over with in today's fights and go back home partying and drinking regardless of what the fighters did in the octagon... Judges should be held accountable
That would be like holding district attorneys and judges accountable in this country for creating our urban Democratic plantation environments intentionally
I think UFC should stop doing event in Brazil after this. Better do PPV event on Saudi. It won't be more boring and lame than this, at least.
Great fight! People giving it to Erceg are f*cking insane, with all due respect
What a fight! Congratulations Pantoja 👏👏👏🇧🇷
This was literally the most unbearable commentary I've ever come across. The Erceg dickriding is obscene and insane. Throwing the rounds over to Erceg, claiming over and over again that Erceg is so elite, that Erceg won is despicable. At one point the commentary booth only observed all that Erceg did and didn't even comment any of Pantoja's left hooks or jabs. Erceg did well but it was horrible to see commentary be so biased.
Ercerg with only 3 fights who makes an experienced champion suffer it's CRAZY Pantoja is too reckless he will get knockout in the next fight
I scored it rounds 1 3 and 5 for Pantoja. But it was super close.
Brazzos are THE worst fans in the UFC. Absolute embarrassment.
There was a counter strike tournament in rio, and they booed every team after their team got eliminated early. It’s not just worst ufc fans, they just salty
Pantoja is a very hard fighter to beat right now, you can be competitive with him but to beat him is another matter.
This is why the UFC is considering a mandatory sixth round of these type bites,,, if there is no knock out after the sixth round both fighters well received no Purse
Clear win , Congrats Pantoja despite the controversy
Chael was right about brazil
Close fight, respect your champ Brazil
Pantoja looks like a solid, stand-up dude, I just don't like his style inside the octagon. I wouldn't be surprised if the UFC is going to try to get him out of there like they did to Sterling.
Pantoja won 4-1 maybee 3-2 at worst. a lot of you people who say Erceg got robbed need to take off your pink glasses and start watching fights more unibased. your only saying that he got robbed cuz he is a likeable Australian athlete and Pantoja happens to be a Brazilian Grappler which a lot of MMA fans in the Community seem to hate
With the medical association is going to give you a suspension for three months mandatory because of a giant cut on your head and gives us like the typical 30 day suspension who do you think really one medically or psychologically or physically in the long run and that’s what bites are they are the long run with life
Gifted the win
Thai will always go to the champ and we have hometown decisions
What happen with the golden gloves???
Biggest damage done by Pantoja was with headbutt
Exact reason why I missed out on this card 🤷♂️ knew he was gonna win by cuddling his opponent for 5 rounds
Lot of losing bets in the comments
Even though they have a great fighters, The Brazilian crowd are one of the worst crowds of all time.
This guy has cardio and ground time, his striking is very basic and I haven’t seen him conflict much damage in his last few fights. Damage should always win
The disrespect of this guy against Daniël Cormier. Leaving him, grabbing the MIC and then, after he spoke English he decided to do it in his own language, leaving the audience in the dust after disrespecting them. I dont like Pentoya!!! 💯❌
Congrats
He didn't win this fight. You can't have your corner step in and wipe blood from multiple cuts while giving your "victory" speech. Crowd probably left because they weren't impressed. Do we all really think he won? Erceg may have been taken down, but what damage was done? Erceg just overall rocked this guy.
Triple body shots extra triple take downs lmalooo
Why do these fighters always try to rip the mic away from DC, Rogan etc? Lack of self awareness?
Let's be honest, how many times have we seen robberies? We need to do something about the judging system
Its crazy how Pantoja can win by just grappling these guys after getting his face rearranged. Damage is the 1st part of judging criteria and you can't tell me Pantoja did any meaningful damage in the fight. Always some shady decisions in Brazil
Better parlay next week boys 🇧🇷 Pantoja ftw 🙌🏻
Robbery WTF
So tired of the biased towards wrestlers
* bias
😢 cry control is superior
This is absolutely insane that pantoja got the win hahahaha bro clearly lost 3 maybe even 4 rounds… it’s damage not control time
You nearly died....
Only 66,000 views on the main event post fight interview after a day and a half. No one watched this at all.
Bro barley beat at Rank 10 fighter ? Crazy someone needs to take it away bro don’t deserve it
This was a robbery, the big bang theory dude won the fight in my opinion.
48-47-pantoja 48-47 erceg 49-48 pantoja split
Erceg got robbed.
100% I don’t understand how the judges gave it to the crotch sniffer who got sliced open and out struck just because he was a wet blanket for almost 6 minutes..
he really didnt, Pantoja won 4-1 imo maybee 3-2.
There's needs to be a rematch on the Australian card!!
Great scrap and Pantoja deff the rightful winner but Erceg will be back
Fifth round last grappling exchange ending up on top getting some extra hits in won him the fight. It still was based mostly on the grappling tho, even with some good hits the challenger had the upper hand on the significant strikes landed I think. Even fight, I don't hate the decision at all, but this really could have gone to erceg as well.. should at least bump him up some spots in the rankings and with a couple more wins a new title shot on the horizon. Well fought by both, high pace from start to finish.
I was so exhausted from watching fights and Canelos fight was going on at the same time so I could barely pay attention to both
UFC shud never do another one in Brazil, absolute let down. Empty seats during main event, and then leaving as soon as the last fight done. Your Brazilian champ had to tell you to stay seated. Disrespected Glovers retirement and now ur current Brazilian champ too. Shame on you.
No doubt Mokaev would become flyweight champion now. Like a bear in a farm. He is getting feed easy food
Mokaev barely won his last fight, lol. That's why they gave the title shot to Erceg and not him.
Bedtime robbed
Robbery