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I’m an Izzy fan, I think he has the brash confidence and style to make the persona interesting but is still a fighter at heart.I still don't like alot about him but I agree with this was a great interview.
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I’m an Izzy fan, I think he has the brash confidence and style to make the persona interesting but is still a fighter at heart.I still don't like alot about him but I agree with this was a great interview.
Only thing that really annoys me about him is for a guy who says he doesn't care what people think, he might actually care the most of any fighter I've ever seen..I’m an Izzy fan, I think he has the brash confidence and style to make the persona interesting but is still a fighter at heart.
Yep plus I've never seen Izzy so tentative, which fair enough too but he certainly wasn't countering like normal because he was more concerned with not getting hit.For all Izzy's height, that was a genuine middleweight vs a genuine light heavyweight. Adesanya was trying to explode out of positions and Jan wasn't even budging. That 10kg made all the difference.
How do you say DC did it if McGregor didn't?I think Izzy losing to Jan is good for the sport. It really legitimises the "Champ champ" status, which imo Nunes, DC and Cejudo are the only ones to have achieved it. We've now seen Max Holloway and Izzy, and you could even throw in McGregor too, all fail to achieve it. All going up to fight not just heavier guys but better wrestlers/grapplers.
DC successfully defended both titles.How do you say DC did it if McGregor didn't?
Not against the real champion if you wanna 'legitimise' itDC successfully defended both titles.
Not against the real champion if you wanna 'legitimise' it
The guy has enormous confidence in himself and usually that can go one of two ways. He's obviously the type that takes it on the chin, knowing he will come back from it. It's exactly want you want in a fighter.Side note, reckon Izzy may have converted me.
His post fight presser was really impressive, didn't make many excuses and showed a lot of humility. When people cop big losses, shows a lot about who they are.
You really think that's what I was referring too?And are you referring to his loss to Stipe?
I think that's unrealistic if you're saying the condition for "legitimacy" is that you need to successfully defend against the previous champ
You're really struggling to follow along.I don't see how you can even question the legitimacy of his LHW title though? He defended it multiple times
The fact Jon Jones had it stripped from him twice is beyond Cormier's control or anyone else's for that matter
You're really struggling to follow along.
You said Conors doesn't count so then I asked how can you count Cormiers?
I count both, you were picking and choosing
Well I'm not sure if I count Cormiers seeing as he couldn't beat Jones twice.And I said DC successfully defended both titles. Whereas for Conor, he hasn't?
This topic is aways going to be based on the subjective criteria each person sets on it. What makes it legitimate? Successful title defenses? Simply taking it off a previous champ? Everyone's going to interpret it different, which is why I said "imo".
But is this a 'big loss' for him? He still gets to walk away with his middleweight belt, so the only thing he lost was a big payday fighting Jones and his having his first loss. He also got to prove he can be a challenger at LHW and would be favourite against most of the ranked LHW's.When people cop big losses, shows a lot about who they are.
But is this a 'big loss' for him? He still gets to walk away with his middleweight belt, so the only thing he lost was a big payday fighting Jones and his having his first loss. He also got to prove he can be a challenger at LHW and would be favourite against most of the ranked LHW's.
Yup, I think his chance to fight Jones might be dead in the water now.as a prize fighter it’s a huge loss for him and the ufc.