“I Can’t find my jab”

[Randy Fandy Fo Fanders]

After the third or fourth round Izzy told his corner that he couldn’t find his jab. Do any of you stat nerds have any idea of how many jabs he threw and how many he missed?

i’m wondering how this would compare to stats from previous fights.


EDIT: he landed only 14.2% of significant head strikes.

 

[Reign009]

I don't have the numbers, but Izzy was missing a lot and having a difficult time trying to land a clean shot.

Sean's defense is very good.

 

[Liverkick-king56]

Could be low numbers but the way Strickland's defence was set up it prevented Izzy from even being able to throw the jab.

Sometimes guys have a defensive style that make your weapons feel like they're impossible to land so you'll throw em even less. Izzy doesn't seem to usually fight behind his jab but not having the space yo flow seemed to mess with his head.

 

[rear naked ankle pick]

Izzy is new BJ penn except he BJ was better and sexier

 

[Joshuaace]

His sig strike accuracy for this fight was around 35% vs his career avg of around 48%. Pulled those numbers from the UFC.

Just ask @Paolo Delutis , the discrepancy can 100% be chalked up to Izzy's lack of performance, not Sean's defensive masterpiece.

 

[Paolo Delutis]

After the third or fourth round Izzy told his corner that he couldn’t find his jab. Do any of you stat nerds have any idea of how many jabs he threw and how many he missed?

i’m wondering how this would compare to stats from previous fights.

The critical part about that line is that his corner didnt offer or Izzy didnt have anything after that...

This was the flaw of the fight .. they expected one thing to work and when it didnt they didnt adjust , they just proceeded to try again ...

Izzy was unable to adjust after probably being caught off guard abit in the first...

I knew once the third round ended he was in trouble or the fight was in jeopardy.. because to not make changes after rounds 1 and 2 ...seemed well... off to me..

Make no mistake Izzy has all the skills to beat Strickland...this fight came down to tactics...

Izzy made some poor decisions compounded by the fact him or his corner made no adjustments throughout...

 

[gracie_barra_samurai]

He should have tried to test the guard from southpaw. But he'd have to commit to the backhand, which he seemed scared to do.

 

[Joshuaace]

The critical part about that line is that his corner didnt offer or Izzy didnt have anything after that...

This was the flaw of the fight .. they expected one thing to work and when it didnt they didnt adjust , they just proceeded to try again ...

Izzy was unable to adjust after probably being caught off guard abit in the first...

I knew once the third round ended he was in trouble or the fight was in jeopardy.. because to not make changes after rounds 1 and 2 ...seemed well... off to me..

Make no mistake Izzy has all the skills to beat Strickland...this fight came down to tactics...

Izzy made some poor decisions compounded by the fact him or his corner made no adjustments throughout...

Predictable. You give no fucks about embarrassing yourself do you?

 

[goOb]

Sean's Philly shell had Adesanya coming up short all night. It really was interesting to see. Found this looking for something more broken down though.

 

[Harlekin]

If you are a 6'4 mw with a massive reach advantage and can't find your jab against a flat footed opponent....

 

[Paolo Delutis]

Predictable. You give no fucks about embarrassing yourself do you?

?
Its literally the story of the fight lol


To be a great champion you must be able to make adjustments on the fly all the greats do it...

Jones vs Vitor
GSP vs Condit and Hendricks
Anderson Vs Chael 1

Izzy couldn't/didnt do it...and it made all the difference

Fights and fighters break down into 3 categories

Skills - The techniques you use and know
Attributes- Speed, power , aggressiveness etc
Tactics - Range, pressure, grapple heavyz counter striking .

This fight came down to tactics ... Simple as that

 

[Randy Fandy Fo Fanders]

Sean's Philly shell had Adesanya coming up short all night. It really was interesting to see. Found this looking for something more broken down though.

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as a financial analyst, i love this chart. But holy shit, Izzy landed only 22 of 154 significant head strikes. That's only 14.2%. fucking crazy.

 

[Tweak896]

It seems like Izzy has great accuracy catching guys coming inside because usually they do half the work moving in quick, but Sean moved inside slow with a philly shell and seemed to also check kicks (most people acted like he was a Diaz bro). But yeah Sean didn't leave openings that the other guys did when he came in and it seemed to frustrate Izzy. To me it looked like Izzy did try different stances, but either way he wasn't finding his target on Sean's way in. To get inside Sean's guard you need some weird angles and Izzy's attacks were pretty standard entries. I feel like a McGregor or Silva would be good at taking out someone like Sean.

 

[CasualBot]

Who's the simp mod tuggin izzy's dog's nuts?

Izzy brought up the dog to Sean ... at the end of the fight.

This is relevant. Don't be a simpleton.

Coward shit.

 

[mjfan23]

The critical part about that line is that his corner didnt offer or Izzy didnt have anything after that...

This was the flaw of the fight .. they expected one thing to work and when it didnt they didnt adjust , they just proceeded to try again ...

Izzy was unable to adjust after probably being caught off guard abit in the first...

I knew once the third round ended he was in trouble or the fight was in jeopardy.. because to not make changes after rounds 1 and 2 ...seemed well... off to me..

Make no mistake Izzy has all the skills to beat Strickland...this fight came down to tactics...

Izzy made some poor decisions compounded by the fact him or his corner made no adjustments throughout...

Yeah I noticed that too. His coach looked stoned or too lazy to problem solve for Izzy. He should have suggested if the jab isn’t working kick more until you are backed up to the cage then punch or elbow if he’s in range

 

[HaulParris]

The critical part about that line is that his corner didnt offer or Izzy didnt have anything after that...

This was the flaw of the fight .. they expected one thing to work and when it didnt they didnt adjust , they just proceeded to try again ...

Izzy was unable to adjust after probably being caught off guard abit in the first...

I knew once the third round ended he was in trouble or the fight was in jeopardy.. because to not make changes after rounds 1 and 2 ...seemed well... off to me..

Make no mistake Izzy has all the skills to beat Strickland...this fight came down to tactics...

Izzy made some poor decisions compounded by the fact him or his corner made no adjustments throughout...

I agree - as great as Strickland performed (and as great as his camp/coaches probably studied tape on Izzy and came up with a gameplan which he stuck to), not enough attention is being paid as to how Izzy's corner failed him. Granted, it's him in there one-on-one with Sean, but for his corner to:
a) apparently have no back-up plan ready if Plan A didn't work
b) to not offer any useful suggestions/adjustments mid-fight
- it tells me two things:
1) they as a camp/team overloooked Sean and did not study tape on him. Sean has improved gradually, but in his last 4 fights leading up to the title shot, he has shown pretty much the same thing he showed in the title fight. He is not a 1st round KO machine - you literally have hours of footage on him to prepare.
2) City Kick Boxing is overrated AF. Volk and Izzy are amazing athletes, who would have thrived and excelled at any gym, and their success is owing more to their insane drive/pursuit of greatness than anything Bareman / Hooker can offer them.

 

[Paolo Delutis]

Yeah I noticed that too. His coach looked stoned or too lazy to problem solve for Izzy. He should have suggested if the jab isn’t working kick more until you are backed up to the cage then punch or elbow if he’s in range

I was actually surprised at the lack of clinch work, that could of been a real game changer had Izzy started entering clinches with the immobile strickand just to get the pressure off him against the cage, had he stepped forward and try to initiate clinches it could of generated different movements from strickand which could create openings and at least Izzy would be moving forward abit and not back so much... a few clinch knees or elbows could of definitely changed a few things ...

But they chose to remain patient and to stick to the original game plan...epic fail

 

[d2s]

Who's the simp mod tuggin izzy's dog's nuts?

Coward shit.

I'm guessing the smug one

 

[Crash-override]

Who's the simp mod tuggin izzy's dog's nuts?

Izzy brought up the dog to Sean ... at the end of the fight.

This is relevant. Don't be a simpleton.

Coward shit.

No he did not, he was addressing the neck tat that Sean shit on!!

That dog stuff is sean being Sean

 

[Poirierfan]

Izzy is new BJ penn except he BJ was better and sexier

Izzy is sexy in her own unique way.