Alex Pereira’s Striking is Next Level | Pereira vs Rountree *Breakdown*

[@allenc-7]

Awesome breakdown, the part about pereira being comfortable rolling with shots in the pocket is one of his best attributes I think, that’s why his pressure is so intense

[@windytv7511]

I mean did you see the 4th round head movement. He fought like he spars. So comfortable it’s unreal

[@garrusv]

He's able to be that confident because he knows he has more power in his hands than his opponents.

[@nieljohnson7943]

I think a key to Pereira's striking is that he always keeps his hands low at range, and he'll raise his hands when the distance is closed, it's like he literally just says I'm not going to waste the energy of holding my hands up until its a close range situation, at distance he can't be bothered to waste the energy

[@wszczeklypiesz]

His energy conservation is superb. When he evades punches by moving backwards he is always very conservative, never goes too far out of range, not only so he can counter right after, but he also doesn't waste enegy with big movements in and out like some fighters tend to do. For example Izzy tends to evade far and end up with back against the cage having to circle out. Whittaker does those big blitzes in and out, crossing a huge distance with each one, same with DDP and his unorthodox footwork which almost looks like stumbling. Pereira never does any of this, he's all about those tiny, efficient steps. That's how he managed to stay dangerous in every round even when cutting massive amounts of weight to get down to MW.

[@wszczeklypiesz]

The way he worked to time the jabs in rounds 1 and 2 and found it in round 3 was such a striking masterclass. Kickboxers aren't usually known for having a great jab and even for boxers it's often very hard punch to master but Pereira was exceptional with it. Incredible to watch. Also his defense - it's sometimes funny how commentators keep saying that he got hit when he rolls with punches or just avoids them by walking and/or leaning backwards, but he sometimes does it so subtly and fast that it might be hard to notice not on video.

[@GuilhermeMGoes-wb2gr]

Great breakdown... you've noticed a lot of details I have never seen anyone talk about! Very intelligent fighter

[@Zoziebaby]

Him using his shoulder after he punches to help decide if he wants to attack or disengage is a high level boxing tactic. It's call framing. You can frame without actually touching your opponent. Just having that In-between you and your opponent is a great use of defense.

[@ALifeInVegas]

Cory’s got such a great mind for MMA, it’s super interesting to see

[@happym5717]

Watching you mimic the style head on really makes toy appreciate how far his head is from their perspective compared to tv distance

[@tde2902]

mma fighters always hope to not end up teaching classes after their career, but you're a great teacher!

[@waynzignordics]

Fun breakdown. Pereira's ability to land his jab both inside and outside Roundtree's guard showed his incredible striking IQ. At one point, he play-fought Roundtree's lead hand, and jabbed Roundtree hard without pulling his hand back. It pissed Roundtree off and he lunged forward with a left-hook. The mistake Rountree made was he was trying to counter-strike after getting hit, which was forcing his body weight on his back heel, and leaving his punches way short. Pereira would lean back, then spring forward into a follow-up strike.

[@MysticMan412]

I’m ready for another great breakdown, can’t wait to see you in the cage again!

[@armandogonzalez2304]

Great analysis and Pereira impersonation… 👏🏻

[@wtfiswrong1h]

Great video but why are you doing the soulja boy dance at 3:00?

[@windytv7511]

Fun fact Soulja boy was the first person to do mma ever

[@RilezGamer]

@@windytv7511 They copied his whole fucking flow

[@thehiddenone181]

Pereira is so comfortable rolling in the pocket, but that’s where he’s there to be hit as well. That’s why I think Izzy’s win was so impressive. He knew to aim for the two places Alex presents openings, his stomach and his temple. Izzy had a good body kick he was throwing, and he was throwing a few leg kicks so it wouldn’t only be his legs getting fucked up. In the pocket, Izzy threw out a dummy jab then blasted the overhand right to the temple, the biggest opening Pereira leaves in the pocket.

[@tigercrush2253]

Alex also does a great job of keeping his range when he pulls. He doesn’t bail so far that he can’t counter punch, so when guys wing on him, they get punished. The last few exchanges in round 4 were beautiful pull counters, but he had pulled out too far, Khalil might have had a chance to recover. Great breakdown, love Alex’s style

[@Darksagan]

Excellent breakdown.

[@andrewmcgivney7606]

love the breakdown man! Maybe for the future I think it would be cool if you did breakdown videos of your own fights! Would be unique and probably help you as well

[@ohgeezitsnate]

i’d love to see that too - maybe when sandman’s retired we might see more of that. but in the meantime, i’m sure he doesn’t want to give anything away…

[@lolmatevnaknolol1283]

another important point to mention about alex was his footwork in coordination with his “long-guard” defence. he’s light on his feet and slides just out of range as roundtree explodes in to further protect himself from shots. sweet stuff

[@4ndr3w22]

This is awesome stuff. Very informative. Can't wait to see you fight again, Sandman

[@brownies1324]

Good shit Cory 🤌🏾

[@aarotron]

Perfect analogy of the striking kinetics he uses with his shoulder

[@Perkjetil]

Thank you for another good breakdown! Learned from this🙏

[@UpThatPOLEFN]

Always quality, thank you Cory

[@Rnksdogg]

Very good breakdown, appreciate it

[@missinginsanity]

Cheers Sandman. Informative and detailed as always.

[@nathanharper5670]

Quality stuff as always.

[@amospan14]

Super high level and insightful breakdown! Thank you Cory! 😄💪

[@LuckyTheSaint]

4:46 🙌💯💯💯this is the real ability that Alex has, that broken rhythm

[@jeremysmith2256]

Good shit. Keep up the content Sandman!

[@JSchanback94]

Excellent breakdown, subbed.

[@apjv]

Top breakdown!

[@mndeg]

very informative and direct. subbed!!!

[@r3mi_righteous]

Cory you should breakdown your fight against umar. Why you think you lost and what you would change in a rematch. It’s a high level fight and would be cool to see a breakdown.

[@sandmanqqrr]

he is not giving away his gameplan maan

[@r3mi_righteous]

@@sandmanqqrr yeah true

[@donsimons9810]

thanks Cory - subscribed

[@Astral_Kay]

Love your breakdowns!

[@seanmower3926]

1:50 also this lets him be adaptive to wrestling. I think he’s getting ready for that, if you make a good read in that 1:50 , frame, you can pivot away from single legs really well. On the balls on your heel. Go ahead and try it, think of that foot and helps like a door hinge. See it play out in real training. It’s weird and crazy

[@BigKidCasey]

Great breakdown. Learned a lot

[@Dj_mp3sage]

Very very very informative and a great manner of teaching / illustrating personal advantages of the fighters , Thanks Mr . Sandman . Ps ggo fight inna UFC again, would love to see it . If u onnat.

[@PalomosdeCazaUSA]

Great breakdown he is the best analyst I have seen together with Luke Thomas of fights they really explained what happen during the fight

[@johnthies1150]

Man, you might just be as good as Demetrious Johnson when it comes to imitating other fighters 😂

[@hasanagic96]

Especially at the altitude of salt lake city, it would be impossible for khalil to be strong throughout 5 rounds. Pereira was so measured with his energy output on contrast

[@munchingtiger4330]

love it, what an intense fight this was!

[@Greenfingah]

U the GOAT Sandhagen

[@JeremyChristenson]

@3:27 “I even feel like horny saying stuff like that, but it’s different when that guy throws punches” 😂

[@HanginwithMikeC]

spot on break down!!!

[@tearsien]

Beautiful! I feel like another thing he does is lure you into a false sense of security by staying in your range without throwing the punch he wants to land at every opportunity. I think Roundtree did really well against this specifically as he was staying out of range in the early 2 rounds. But when you're tired and get your legs kicked out from under you, you begin to allow the opponent into your range more often, and I feel like that's deadly with Pereira.

[@capoeiraviva]

Great!!!

[@Saielb]

Hit confirming, video game style lol

[@argkex9091]

1:30 . Is it better and safer to lean your head or take a back step?

[@Anfernee.Clarke]

Love that thumbnail 😂

[@sachinnaidoo5598]

Amazing content thank you

[@skilledharmish]

Sir , can you breakdown ignacio fight in sphere

[@sethchristian3056]

Great breakdown as always! Can’t wait for your next fight. UFC better do the mma community right and match you up with O’Malley(although it kinda seems like he’s ducking you)

[@user_jh7]

CORY WILL BE BACK AND PROVE. JUST WAIT. JOURNEY TO BELT JUST BEGAN. LFG.WE'LL SEE.

[@LoveMois]

I was watching this fight live but seeing those little clips of him throwing those punches look fucking insane😹😹

[@ReheatedDonut]

If you see Alex start to hop towards you with his hands waist height, you're cooked.

[@griff2972]

you just replicate alex style, very nice

[@HophopHophop-l1u]

Gotta sub these channel manh

[@VelkarTheAbyss]

Ankalaev will watch this

[@obscurelines]

Definitely a defensive style which works when you are tall for your weight. Not sure it's ideal for HW should he ever gone out a go. Having other giants swinging at him will be interesting.

[@LuckyTheSaint]

10:38 “be abit higher like khalil” partner changes nothing*

[@Astral_Kay]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@Greenfingah]

🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐

[@enesdapo4278]

So, basically he's playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers

[@Nika_Joy_Boy]

side of death 😂😂

[@orangejuice6439]

Chama alexpoatan đỉnh cau chama

[@EvanNikbin]

Real question Cory, how would you say your striking has regressed? what did you used to do when it was peak ? And now what do you do since your a more complete mixed material artist

[@KingIvanGil]

I would say he’s lost muscle he used to have a more hard muscular physique he needs to fix his nutrition or strength and conditioning

[@isaiahsdead]

Corey coming for that strap !

[@Jeremyramone]

Why is señor sandhagen talking so slow..🐌

[@allenc-7]

When are u fighting suga

[@LuckyTheSaint]

Next level???! You mean staying on the outside as the taller man? Yh real next level. Let’s see him do that against aspinal then

[@ufcfighter3005]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@hopeglory-jz4yz]

I am saying it today, Alex will knock Jon Jones out. I will bet on it

[@tenacminotauro9541]

"You're a champion cuz your jab!" -Trevor Wittman

[@axe12yearsago]

Hard to take you serious after your last fight

[@shanemccarthy1562]

Hard to take you serious after your last...... Not sure what you last did, because you haven't accomplished jack.

[@strangeone7198]

You've never fought in MMA so wtf do you know. He fought an extremely defensive fighter that doesn't leave any openings, if you know what the game is then you'd understand why him keeping up is so impressive

[@axe12yearsago]

@@strangeone7198 Wouldnt say Corey really "fought" him

[@strangeone7198]

@@axe12yearsago it takes two to dance. When the other person is high level, doesn't open up much, and is always evading you, its tough to actually fight them in the cage without getting countered. We've seen Cory open up before and he's fun to watch. But Umar was too conservative for Cory to open up with. That's when we get the slow "jab, feint, kick" match for 15-25 mins.

[@christophermorrison2626]

Cory has accomplished more than your family can ever dream of lil bro 💀🙏🏽

[@michaelmulombo8370]

Amazing breakdown

[@DopeJonPaul]

Awesome breakdown.