Ive doubted costa every step of the way

[MarleyLynx]

I saw him on Tuf and had a good laugh.

I saw him rise in MW and said these are scrubs
I saw him face Yoel and said... I think Yoel won.

I said his gas is poo, his strikings poo and he doesn't grapple.

.........
Yet tonight I am here considering him beating Izzy.
An izzy who has beat the who's who of his division.
An izzy young and in his prime with tons of kickboxing experience.

Am i being foolish?
Izzy has better performances against better competition
Izzy has a better combat sports background
Izzy has looked more impressive.

 

[D 1 Wrestler]

Izzy isn't young he's 31 , costa is 29

 

[Arm Barbarian]

Dude is a fucking beast with gnarly pressure.

 

[EndlessCritic]

only lyoto can beat costa.

 

[DelanoRunnymede]

Hall and Romero are his only wins against people actually still in the UFC. He got hurt by a jab in one, and arguably lost the other. You have every reason to doubt him.

 

[Portland8242]

only lyoto can beat costa.

Prime Silva would have ended Costa...

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Costa is legit bro, call it brawling but he throws to put you away and fold you. Body/Head.

 

[textwarrior]

I saw him on Tuf and had a good laugh.

I saw him rise in MW and said these are scrubs
I saw him face Yoel and said... I think Yoel won.

I said his gas is poo, his strikings poo and he doesn't grapple.

.........
Yet tonight I am here considering him beating Izzy.
An izzy who has beat the who's who of his division.
An izzy young and in his prime with tons of kickboxing experience.

Am i being foolish?
Izzy has better performances against better competition
Izzy has a better combat sports background
Izzy has looked more impressive.

I heard Joe Rogan saying how he is the real deal early on. I started looking into him, just like you, thought he was too basic. Just a typical standard MMA fighter. However, his constant pressure and non stop pace during Yoel impressed me. I did not think he lost that fight vs Yoel. Then I found out that he has a very accurate strikes.

Your not being foolish. I question both fighters. I do not put Izzy on Anderson's level. I also do not know how Costa can match up against a long rangy fighter like Izzy? I have no idea how this will play out. I bet within a minute I will have a sense who is going to win. They are both in a place to make their stamp.

I think it is one of those fights that it is hard to judge. On paper my mind says Izzy but on my hunch my heart says Costa. Who will have the better strategy? who will have the stronger will? They are both here for a reason and deserve to be here. That is the bottom line. When it is done, we will see who the true champ is.

 

[Rampage_Jackson]

Idk why people shit on dude's striking so much. Costa's style does not look fun to deal with.

 

[Steve Fox]

That is because you never tried Açai.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

I saw him on Tuf and had a good laugh.

I saw him rise in MW and said these are scrubs
I saw him face Yoel and said... I think Yoel won.

I said his gas is poo, his strikings poo and he doesn't grapple.

.........
Yet tonight I am here considering him beating Izzy.
An izzy who has beat the who's who of his division.
An izzy young and in his prime with tons of kickboxing experience.

Am i being foolish?
Izzy has better performances against better competition
Izzy has a better combat sports background
Izzy has looked more impressive.

Costa had a much better fight against Romero than Izzy.
Costa actually fought him.
Izzy danced and didn't want to fight.

 

[NDiaz209]

I saw him on Tuf and had a good laugh.

I saw him rise in MW and said these are scrubs
I saw him face Yoel and said... I think Yoel won.

I said his gas is poo, his strikings poo and he doesn't grapple.

.........
Yet tonight I am here considering him beating Izzy.
An izzy who has beat the who's who of his division.
An izzy young and in his prime with tons of kickboxing experience.

Am i being foolish?
Izzy has better performances against better competition
Izzy has a better combat sports background
Izzy has looked more impressive.

Izzy's is too evasive. He'll just point fight Costa to a win and it will be boring as hell. You will regret watching it.

 

[Herwald]

Izzy's is too evasive. He'll just point fight Costa to a win and it will be boring as hell. You will regret watching it.

Come on, yo. This card's been limping ass all night - you wanna throw this joojoo on the main as well?

 

[Riodejaneirofan]

Im in favor of Costa but i know Izzy has a good chance of winning mainly If costa goes too reckless at the begging. If costa fight smart punishing Izzy body and legs combining with Head strikes i belive he takes this fight.

 

[bjpenngoat]

Costa is trtvitor lite. He will obliterate great fighters because of his pressure and power.

 

[DarthChen731]

Izzy isn't young he's 31 , costa is 29

And 31 ain’t young?