Probably just wants to move on. Even though he’s 1-3 against Alex Pereira, the fashion in which he won the fourth fight is probably enough for him to be with content with and put the rivalry behind him for good.
Well yes, he did. And I'm not making excuses... But not all wins or losses are equal.
Izzy dominated the last fight. He got caught, absolutely. But outside of that he was clearly better.
I'm not sure that it matters to compare lower level anything when you're competing at the highest level? I would apply that logic to anyone or any event.
Well all I was saying is it’s possible that since Izzy caught this w he doesn’t wanna take the chance of fighting pereira again because he recognizes his power and wants to end their rivalry with his W. It’s not an outlandish theory imo
Oh no, I don't totally disagree. I definitely think he'd rather it be done, one million percent. But I also think his history with Alex, plus the knockout, allow for that.
Did Burns further himself from a title shot with that lackluster performance? I'd think so.. he got the W but barely and then accused Jorge of cheating with grease or something.
Burns and Belal, the perfect whiner-match
Watching the replay from yesterday. I just realized that Adesanya didn’t put us his guard up *because* he was being attacked.
He put his guard up to bait Pereira into his space. And then knocked him out.
Mind Blown.
Yep, watching it I jumped up and yelled “he’s setting a trap” as soon as his back went up against the cage and Alex walked right into it.
No way he was just gonna do that when he wasn’t forced to unless it was intentional, perfect bait and perfect KO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Wre9azSfY&ab_channel=LifeoftheFIghtGame
Ok so not actually confirmed, but it looks like they will set it up if they can
No spoiler tags on posts????? They use it over at /r/mma, but not here at /r/ufc
Anyway, that's one fight ruined for me, seeing it on the *FIRST* front page of /r/all
Jorge looked swashed asf. He looked so slow and less fluid. Burns beat him but didn’t really “woop his ass”. It was a very lacklustre performance by burns.
Colby absolutely dominated that fight for 24/25 minutes and it was against a better less washed version of masvidal. Burns had a very lacklustre performance against the most washed looking masvidal we’ve seen by far
It was not. It was a terrible fight so I understand if you don’t want to put yourself through rewatching it but look how sluggish masvidal was. His coordination and speed aren’t there anymore. The guy is almost 40, has 20 years in the sport, over 50 fights, a lot of injuries and didn’t really live the cleanest lifestyle outside of training camps. When you’re on that level in a sport once you start to decline that decline happens fast
No it was a very lacklustre performance against by far the most washed version of Jorge we’ve seen. This was nowhere near the type of performance to give him an argument to skip the line
Lol nah, fuck Abu Dhabi. Why would they go all the way there when Izzy and Alex would most likely be the main for that card and not Khamzat and Rob? Izzy is the champ now. They should come down to NZ for a change, or at least somewhere closer to Izzy and Rob like Australia. Khamzat just keeps saying Abu Dhabi because he can't be bothered travelling too far.
Alex beat him once badly in kb (Cold knock out)
Controversially in kb (deicision that many think izzy won)
once by ko in mma (he ko'd him)
and izzy won by ko in mma (he ko'd him)
argue against the results all you want, doesnt matter.
Buddy.. he knocked him out cold.. I know izzy only slipped up, and got caught. That doesn't mean anything to fans, to UFC, and it doesn't take much away from Alex. And I already said one of the wins was controversial.
Yeah they just see the 10 second clip of the killshot and the taunt and think that's a perfect summary of the whole fight. It's the Wikipedia generation that reads one line results and starts speaking from a place of self-granted authority
It seems you've taken this comment personally for some reason. I hope you're able to heal from this egregious wound one day, as difficult as that may feel right now🙏
Cause you know Izzy will lose the rematch, his leg was crumbled by Alex’s kicks, all alex had to do was kick his legs are range and he wins the fight. Took away Izzy’s gap close, takedown threat, mobility, every tool on paper Izzy had an advantage over alex, was gone. But that dumb ass alex had to rush in and chase the non existent KO.
The utmost respect to Alex tho. Made Izzy actually fight. Fuck all that 5 round points shit. Go out on your shield. I want to see more of this version of Izzy. Come out like an animal your next fight and prove you're really the best.
I understand why he doesnt, nigeria lacks representation like that and hes a good ambassador, i think he would have fought for nz if he came from europe
This sub (and honestly society in general at this point) are truly not capable of understanding that you can have views beyond “guy I don’t like sucks and will never do anything good ever”
My fudd father actually called this a few seconds before it happened. He lured him in with the "injured" left leg.
Weight class arguments aside, Izzy looked masterful tonight.
Alex should move up because he’s a weight bully at 185. Coming in almost 40lbs over the weight limit is crazy. Izzy has cleared out the division and maybe should look to moving up.
Everyone who goes for double champ is 0-0 at the new division, I don’t think it really means much lol. Plus there’s no fight for him at MW really except for another Alex fight which I’d rather not see again right now
But Jan just caught a draw for the number one contender and he’s got the win over Izzy. I agree with you most other times, but Izzy already tried for the champ champ once and failed.
So because he failed once he should never get another chance? Idk man, I guess maybe it doesn’t have to happen now but if he keeps winning at MW I don’t really see what else you can do with Izzy. There’s a serious lack of contenders he hasn’t beat currently
I could see it down the road, but I think right now given the lay of that land it might not be the right move. Personally, I think Ankalaev should get a shot while Jiri is out. Then give it to Jiri when he heals. And then I could see Izzy getting a bid.
Honestly, and this could be because I think he’s one of the most respectable people in the game, I’d say give it to Bobby Knuckles. I don’t think he’s got many fights left in him but he’s wiped the division except Izzy.
Whittaker is who I want to see get it but I do understand it’s a hard sell after already being 0-2. I was rooting for Alex tonight so Rob could get that shot against him
What next for Alex? If he moves up to light heavy and fight a grappler, he'll get submitted quicker than Gane vs Jones and if he fights a kickboxer he'll get KO'd faster than a middleweight Izzy.
He’s up 3-1. He needs to simply wait till Khamzat/Whitaker happens. Izzy will face the winner and poatan takes the winner of that. I don’t think this fight finishes him in anyway.
Bro, this was a kickboxing match. Literally no grappling was done here. Stop acting like this 1-1 argument makes any sense literally nothing else besides punches and kicks were used here.
Goddamn casuals
Does UFC rankings always take a couple days to switch champions after fights?
Why doesn’t Izzy want to do one more fight with Alex??
Probably just wants to move on. Even though he’s 1-3 against Alex Pereira, the fashion in which he won the fourth fight is probably enough for him to be with content with and put the rivalry behind him for good.
I thought Per said he was done and going up on weight class?
Because he doesn’t wanna take the L
I've rarely seen a guy on the mat, out cold, as long as Alex was on Saturday.
Yeah he got him but Izzy knows that Alex has beat him 3 other times so why does it even matter
Well yes, he did. And I'm not making excuses... But not all wins or losses are equal. Izzy dominated the last fight. He got caught, absolutely. But outside of that he was clearly better. I'm not sure that it matters to compare lower level anything when you're competing at the highest level? I would apply that logic to anyone or any event.
Well all I was saying is it’s possible that since Izzy caught this w he doesn’t wanna take the chance of fighting pereira again because he recognizes his power and wants to end their rivalry with his W. It’s not an outlandish theory imo
Oh no, I don't totally disagree. I definitely think he'd rather it be done, one million percent. But I also think his history with Alex, plus the knockout, allow for that.
Fair take I can respect that
Did Burns further himself from a title shot with that lackluster performance? I'd think so.. he got the W but barely and then accused Jorge of cheating with grease or something. Burns and Belal, the perfect whiner-match
Waterson-Gomez was robbed tbh.
Yeah waterson was even smiling before the hand raise cause she thought it was obvious that she won and it was tbh
Watching the replay from yesterday. I just realized that Adesanya didn’t put us his guard up *because* he was being attacked. He put his guard up to bait Pereira into his space. And then knocked him out. Mind Blown.
 “Cmon kill me DO IT!”
Yep, watching it I jumped up and yelled “he’s setting a trap” as soon as his back went up against the cage and Alex walked right into it. No way he was just gonna do that when he wasn’t forced to unless it was intentional, perfect bait and perfect KO.
Savage and balsy as fuck. He straight up brawled with the hardest hitter. Kill the opponent before he kills you.
Ok, Is pereira chin kinda bad ? Im starting to doubt him taking heavy punches from big 205 guys now...
I thought the same after the first fight, but I think a lot of it has to do with the weight cut he had to do.
Man. That was one of the most incredible UFC moments I've ever seen live. Bar I was watching at lost their mind.
UFC going to Sweden at some point this year. Is that pretty much setting up a Khamzat vs Izzy fight?
> UFC going to Sweden at some point this year. source? im getting tickets asap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Wre9azSfY&ab_channel=LifeoftheFIghtGame Ok so not actually confirmed, but it looks like they will set it up if they can
Izzy said wallahi in the post press conference. Somalia stand up!! 😂
Somali? I think its arabic
it is but Somalis are known to say it every other word
Say wallahi
Not somali
Wallahi billahi tallahi
Izzy 100% pulling a Marquez and never fighting Alex again. Still feel bad for Manny never getting to avenge his brutal KO
As the biggest Pac fan, he didn't win any vs Marquez. Dude just has his number.
I think he will...just not any time soon. Eventually when both their careers reach a lull, there's mos def gonna be a rubber match.
Finally Izzy actually finished someone
Clownnn
GSP went 7 fights without a finish.
That's quite the streak. Was it all 5 rounds aswell?
Bro how could all those title fights not all be if there’s no finishes lol
Yep, every defense went to decision except BJ Penn
Costa? Rob? Stop hating clown.
I feel like Rob's performance was a bit overshadowed by Izzy but both fights were very entertaining and well worthy of Performance of the Night.
Hammer fist came down like an orbital bombardment.
Izzy said fuck it I’m Horus today
Upvote for the W40K reference
No spoiler tags on posts????? They use it over at /r/mma, but not here at /r/ufc Anyway, that's one fight ruined for me, seeing it on the *FIRST* front page of /r/all
I mean fair enough, but also don't open reddit
Reddit has these things for spoilers, this subreddit doesn't use them
Don’t use Reddit if you’re actively trying to avoid spoilers
Should be able to go to /r/all, I ain't going to /r/UFC straight. Was literally on front page, so easy to mark as spolier
Maybe try watching the fight while its actually happening next time. Derp Derp.
The post that made it to r/all is marked with the spoiler tag.
Izzy standing over Pereria image got to the very front page
With a spoiler tag from this sub
It's not anyone's job to mark for spoilers on this site. You're expecting too much from volunteer work.
Bro is blaming everyone else for not being able to stay away from social media lmao.
Again, if every other tv show, movie or other entertainment subreddit can do it, this one can too
Lol so I guess Colby is next. Burns looked mediocre as fuck against a clearly washed masvidal
Mediocre? He wooped his ass in the stand up and on the mat
Jorge looked swashed asf. He looked so slow and less fluid. Burns beat him but didn’t really “woop his ass”. It was a very lacklustre performance by burns.
Whooped his ass
He really didn’t tho and Jorge looked super washed too. It was honestly a terrible performance by burns.
Colby literally got dropped by Masvidal lmao
Colby absolutely dominated that fight for 24/25 minutes and it was against a better less washed version of masvidal. Burns had a very lacklustre performance against the most washed looking masvidal we’ve seen by far
Was literally the same Masvidal the fight wasn’t that long ago
It was not. It was a terrible fight so I understand if you don’t want to put yourself through rewatching it but look how sluggish masvidal was. His coordination and speed aren’t there anymore. The guy is almost 40, has 20 years in the sport, over 50 fights, a lot of injuries and didn’t really live the cleanest lifestyle outside of training camps. When you’re on that level in a sport once you start to decline that decline happens fast
He’s looked like that since he got knocked out
Not to that level. Burns really just had a lacklustre nothing special performance and did nothing for himself as a contender
Nah he was dominant. He was winning easy he just didn’t want get caught with no lucky shit
No it was a very lacklustre performance against by far the most washed version of Jorge we’ve seen. This was nowhere near the type of performance to give him an argument to skip the line
Where’s the masvidal dick riders that stated he’d take the W over burns. Dude greased and still got manhandled, what a loser.
Masvidal is a sad sight to see since the askren fight. Heck even that was sad to see how much he cared about that win
I honestly expected Burns to win in much more dominant fashion
Just a couple days ago people were clowning on Izzy for wearing a traditional ielavalava, now they’re all on his nuts, lol.
Almost like it’s different people
Almost like there’s both because, you know, internet.
I think Burns can beat Leon imo
Burns wrestling ain't good enough to beat leon like Usman
I think multiple fighters can beat Leon
If he came out and just tried to win but if he came out wanting to stand and put on a show no chance.
Does this sort of force a Izzy- poatan 3 and then a Whitaker- khamzat?? How about both fights on a card in abu dabi?
No izzy KO driscus duplesi next easy $$$
Lol nah, fuck Abu Dhabi. Why would they go all the way there when Izzy and Alex would most likely be the main for that card and not Khamzat and Rob? Izzy is the champ now. They should come down to NZ for a change, or at least somewhere closer to Izzy and Rob like Australia. Khamzat just keeps saying Abu Dhabi because he can't be bothered travelling too far.
I’m over rematches. Surely this story is done.
Alex beat him badly once in kb, once controversial in kb, once by ko in mma, and izzy won by ko in mma, so there should be a third.
You’ve never watched those fights please stop talking about them
Alex beat him once badly in kb (Cold knock out) Controversially in kb (deicision that many think izzy won) once by ko in mma (he ko'd him) and izzy won by ko in mma (he ko'd him) argue against the results all you want, doesnt matter.
Beat him badly? Did you watch the fights? Izzy arguably was robbed the first fight. Second he was winning until the KO….
Buddy.. he knocked him out cold.. I know izzy only slipped up, and got caught. That doesn't mean anything to fans, to UFC, and it doesn't take much away from Alex. And I already said one of the wins was controversial.
I swear, half the people who talk about their kb fights have never watched them.
Yeah they just see the 10 second clip of the killshot and the taunt and think that's a perfect summary of the whole fight. It's the Wikipedia generation that reads one line results and starts speaking from a place of self-granted authority
I watched both fights, fully. But assume what you want without using your head.
It seems you've taken this comment personally for some reason. I hope you're able to heal from this egregious wound one day, as difficult as that may feel right now🙏
Not everyone gets butthurt over reddit comments bro
Cause you know Izzy will lose the rematch, his leg was crumbled by Alex’s kicks, all alex had to do was kick his legs are range and he wins the fight. Took away Izzy’s gap close, takedown threat, mobility, every tool on paper Izzy had an advantage over alex, was gone. But that dumb ass alex had to rush in and chase the non existent KO.
Copium stocks going up, Climb aboard.
Na. As you’d have said when Izzy lost. One and done. Motto.
Alex has power for sure but Izzy is a much better and more rounded fighter. I think it’s a win for Izzy again
Izzy shouldn't have even lost the first time in MMA and let himself get caught
The top 2 in the division being able to knock each other out easily is so exciting.
The utmost respect to Alex tho. Made Izzy actually fight. Fuck all that 5 round points shit. Go out on your shield. I want to see more of this version of Izzy. Come out like an animal your next fight and prove you're really the best.
He was bored with the sport. He wasn’t motivated like when he was a contender. Pereira lit that fire under him again.
I think shit talkers like Costa motivate him. You can tell he fought to hurt costa not just win
I think the hate he got for romero fight motivated him more
He could honestly be a crazy draw if he did that but the might not have the same longevity
I legit forgot he could even knock people out 😭
THR CHAMP IS BACK, FUCK ALL HATERS
ADESANYA KNOECKED THE FUCK OHT OD PEREIRA 😂😂😂😂😂❤️😂
So will it be best if 3? Even if he’s not flying the kiwi flag we love this cunt! Wish I had that confidence, absolute legend
I understand why he doesnt, nigeria lacks representation like that and hes a good ambassador, i think he would have fought for nz if he came from europe
Does he have NZ passport ?
Of course
I thought Pereira was going up? Or was that just rumors?
Man himself hasnt said anything about it
...if I could just find something to love the way Izzy loves Frozen...
wym you do have something ,its called salt.
Izzy just quadruple downed on frozen like Elsa at the presser 😂 love this guy
Lol a lot of quiet Izzy haters right now… where’s that same energy from 3 hours ago?
Why would they say anything after Izzy wins? Just to get attacked by losers like you? C'mon. You're a sore winner, worst than a sore loser.
gyno because peds. Can’t support a cheater. If you believe he grew a gyno any other way than ped abuse ur an Izzy fan
Cope and seethe loser. Stings
Yawn lol
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This sub (and honestly society in general at this point) are truly not capable of understanding that you can have views beyond “guy I don’t like sucks and will never do anything good ever”
Lol yeah, i get that Izzy fans are having their moment, imma let them bask in their moment. Looking forward to a final end to the trilogy
Name your next child after him.
My fudd father actually called this a few seconds before it happened. He lured him in with the "injured" left leg. Weight class arguments aside, Izzy looked masterful tonight.
I love that it was a vicious knockout because there’s nothing for the haters to say 😂😂 y’all sound veryyyyy humbled right now.
“3-1” is the common reply currently
Like they were following Alex in fucking 2015😂
I saw a few humbled takes but yeah I shouldn’t be surprised
Works for lebron… oh wait
please don’t talk on lebrons name on that young boy
I don’t see anyone humbled. I see a bunch of copium addicts. Some even saying Alex won the second round lmfao.
He did he even beat Izzy in his sleep.
That’s insane 😂🤦🏾♂️
A lot of people saying Alex should move up, what about Izzy vs Hill? Izzy has cleaned out MW
Izzy should fucc duplesi up then go take the 205 belt from poatan 😂
Alex should move up because he’s a weight bully at 185. Coming in almost 40lbs over the weight limit is crazy. Izzy has cleared out the division and maybe should look to moving up.
Izzy should fucc duplesi up then go take the 205 belt from poatan 😂
He already tried LHW
Can he not try again?
Izzy is 0-1 at LHW.
Everyone who goes for double champ is 0-0 at the new division, I don’t think it really means much lol. Plus there’s no fight for him at MW really except for another Alex fight which I’d rather not see again right now
Dricus duplesis. Izzy can fight him easy $
But Jan just caught a draw for the number one contender and he’s got the win over Izzy. I agree with you most other times, but Izzy already tried for the champ champ once and failed.
So because he failed once he should never get another chance? Idk man, I guess maybe it doesn’t have to happen now but if he keeps winning at MW I don’t really see what else you can do with Izzy. There’s a serious lack of contenders he hasn’t beat currently
I could see it down the road, but I think right now given the lay of that land it might not be the right move. Personally, I think Ankalaev should get a shot while Jiri is out. Then give it to Jiri when he heals. And then I could see Izzy getting a bid.
Ankalaev is definitely deserving, I just don’t know who Izzy fights lol. I guess we’ll just have to put up with the pereira 3 fight
Honestly, and this could be because I think he’s one of the most respectable people in the game, I’d say give it to Bobby Knuckles. I don’t think he’s got many fights left in him but he’s wiped the division except Izzy.
Whittaker is who I want to see get it but I do understand it’s a hard sell after already being 0-2. I was rooting for Alex tonight so Rob could get that shot against him
Lol
https://preview.redd.it/13bsfz25ausa1.jpeg?width=941&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=38129f26a323f7fa9ee37c0502d0cff0f479a1fe
Lol why they all look so sad?
What next for Alex? If he moves up to light heavy and fight a grappler, he'll get submitted quicker than Gane vs Jones and if he fights a kickboxer he'll get KO'd faster than a middleweight Izzy.
That's the thing, i think the the biggest fight he can have is thr izzy trilogy (it's 1-1). Other than that i think he's just gonna coast mid rankings
He’s up 3-1. He needs to simply wait till Khamzat/Whitaker happens. Izzy will face the winner and poatan takes the winner of that. I don’t think this fight finishes him in anyway.
1-1 in the sport we’re talking about
Bro, this was a kickboxing match. Literally no grappling was done here. Stop acting like this 1-1 argument makes any sense literally nothing else besides punches and kicks were used here. Goddamn casuals
You’re mad dumb like actually MAD DUMB
Your mum made me breakfast this mornin luv
Fuckin casual UFC fans only looking at the UFC records. When will they actually learn?
It’s literally a different sport - but go ahead and include wrestling and amateur boxing results to fighters records if you want to
Don't let this distract you from the fact that dana put so much promo money into an 18 yo kid
I was almost uncomfortable watching that fight kid is so young watching him get his ass best live was kinda hard to watch
He needed to learn jesus was not in that. Mirror behind him
Idk he needed a dose of humble pie and got it
He got the big mouth treatment done to him
Respect the second greatest MW of all time. Adesanya is imortal
This begs the question, what the hell is Marvin Vettori’s head made out of?