Anderson Silva: I don't see anyone beating Israel Adesanya at 185

I don't see Izzy being a special fighter or his title reign will last longer than Anderson's. He is great counter striker and has better tdd than Andy. Thats it. Imo Rob has the best chance to deathrone Izzy
 
Can’t strike with him, somebody needs to take the Chael approach and try and mercilessly wrestle GNP him for 5 rounds.
 
I have to agree with Anderson, not that I didn't think this before, but outside of the Whittaker rematch, if he beats him again, I don't REALLY see anyone beating him. Another thing is that Jan fight has somehow managed to skew the perception of what it takes to beat Izzy SO much that I find it hilarious. Jan has something nobody at 185 has, and that's a MUCH bigger frame, and striking on par with Izzy.

People really think that because Jan, who was probably 220+ on the night was able to take him down, and hold him down that that's the HOLE in Izzy's game that these much smaller Middleweights can exploit and it just doesn't work that way.

Darren Till's output very much sees him lose a decision. A technical fight yes, but Izzy's far more active in terms of Strikes thrown, DEFINITELY in terms of variety, and Darren isn't gonna press the issue with Wrestling/Grappling so this fight is essentially a Kickboxing contest.

Derek Brunson already got smoked in spectacular fashion, and despite training at Samford his Cardio looks like it's seeing diminishing returns, and he's getting up there in age.

Jarod Cannoneir is likely to get styled on as well, and it's either KO or Bust. He fancies himself an "Intelligent Striker" not gonna argue against it, but he's not beating Izzy at ANY range in the striking, and much like Till, I DOUBT he'll press the issue with grappling.

Robert is the best chance, after that, it's looking pretty grim, and I don't think I need to go on he already beat Costa, and beat Marvin twice.
 
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Maybe when he gets old or a really good grappler that can trade with Izzy enough to set up his takedowns comes along. I don’t really see anyone that can do that right now.
 
Completely agree. He's certainly not the dominant force that Anderson was, but he's miles ahead of everyone else in terms of his striking. His worst match-up would be a guy like prime Weidman or maybe TRT Chael. Whittaker is clearly the second-best in the division, but his striking isn't up to par with Izzy, and I don't believe his offensive wrestling is good enough to get him the win. Marvin is probably the contender with the best wrestling, and we all saw that he didn't have much success in their last fight with that. Unless Izzy gets caught by some power puncher or moves up in weight again, I don't see him losing.
 
AS is a PED cheat but he does have a valid point here. None of the top guys have much of a chance in beating Izzy. Try to make an argument that one of these guys beats Izzy, a punchers chance is it...
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Its not izzy fault that this division is pretty weak atm
 
No good enough wrestlers right now at 185, but one will come along at some point.

Maybe Strickland's pressure and volume can get it done, but prob gets slept in the process.
 
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