Could a prime Weidman have beaten Izzy?

[SPooderMan]

Looking through the middleweight rankings, and I'm seeing that there's no really high level wrestlers. I know Izzy fought Romero, but Romero was old and never really used his wrestling; and that was a shit fight altogether.

How would have Izzy done against a prime champion Weidman? The won who beat Silva, Machida, and Belfort back-to-back? Weidman usually had the means to get people to the ground, but he seemed to have issues keeping them there, but when they were there he did some damage. Curious to see how this would have gone. What do you guys think?

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

Prime, non spinning wheel kick, pre "still my boy" Weidman would pressure Izzy to a decision win. That version of Weidman was savvy enough with his striking and had the chin to avoid the danger on the feet, and had better wrestling than Jan to drag Izzy into a grappling fight

 

[GOATtalks]

Izzy brushed of Brunson like it was nothing. My bet is he would do the same to Chris. On the feet it’s not even close.

Jan only took Izzy down, because he mixed it up so well with his striking and because he’s a big MFer

 

[Spath]

I think ”Prime Weidman” would whoop Adesanya. Weidman is/was hell of a grappler and was a very strong middleweight.

Adesanya is very dangerous on the feet and tough to get down, but I feel like he has been in a right place in the right time to have the success he’s had. We’ve seen Brunson fight recklessly and get KO’d, we’ve seen him fight tentatively and ”scared” and that’s what we saw against Adesanya. I think we’re now seeing the best version of Brunson right now and he could pose a danger to Adesanya now.

This is a fantasy match up though and no one is right or wrong. Weidman seems to be done, pretty much, and Adesanya is still undefeated at MW. We’ve seen that he’s beatable.

 

[Choco]

it would be important to know what version of Gynobender Weidman would face. Gyno irks me because i don't like cocky cheaters, but he is showing a remarkable progression. Early Gyno would be wrestlefucked by Weidman.

Weidman downfall was in my opinion (Apart that he always faced killers) related to his inhability to make adjustements during fights. He was brutally KOed in several fights that he was "winning" and once that everyone figured him out, it was over.

 

[Stixx]

I think Weidman would have been a pretty bad matchup for Izzy, but I would never ever put my money on him in any fight.

 

[HomemadeTacos]

Prime Weidman was (T)KOed like 5x

Prime Weidman claim to fame was beating a 38 year old Silva,a 36-37 year old Machida(who was considered past his best after being strangled by Jon Jones) and a deflated 40 year old TRTless Belfort,who hadnt fought in over a year

Stylebender by KO

 

[Jewish Lightning]

Weidman at his very best was an absolute tank. He would have a better chance than Rob imo.

 

[quadrunner]

Hmm probably, prime Weidman was an absolute force.. he beat a relatively prime machida in damn near a 5 round karate point fighting match lol not to mention his power, wrestling and submissions.. he also had great timing which would help against izzy and a good chin.

 

[Ice Hotel]

Both current Weidman and Rockhold beat Izzy

Luckily for Izzy he won’t have to fight them

 

[Willek]

Bisping would have beat Weidman at any stages of their career.

 

[JustOnce]

Looking through the middleweight rankings, and I'm seeing that there's no really high level wrestlers. I know Izzy fought Romero, but Romero was old and never really used his wrestling; and that was a shit fight altogether.

How would have Izzy done against a prime champion Weidman? The won who beat Silva, Machida, and Belfort back-to-back? Weidman usually had the means to get people to the ground, but he seemed to have issues keeping them there, but when they were there he did some damage. Curious to see how this would have gone. What do you guys think?

Prime Weidman is much better fighter than Israel in my book.

 

[JustOnce]

I don't think it would've been close and I don't think it would've gone the distance. Weidman by tko/sub.

 

[ifindgifsforjackslack]

Weird man always seemed slow to me. Probably Uber strong but Israel has reach and speed.

I like Chris. It just feels like another one of those dudes who were running hot through an aging division and pretty quickly all the older vets faded out of the top 10 and were replaced by monsters. (Not that he really lost to the monsters that replaced the top 10) I just think the level of competition rises quickly when older fighters get to hang around in the top 10 off previous accomplishments

 

[Shay Brennan]

Absolutely. He's much better than Marvin and Marvin had some success against Izzy.

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

Both Adesanya and Whittaker destroy any version of Weidman.

 

[pick999]

Probably.he koed silva 2x and look how bad izzy looked on the mat.

 

[ExitLUPin]

Yeah nightmare matchup for Izzy TBH. 2012-14 Chris would beat any current UFC MW besides Whittaker IMO

 

[GUY]

Israel has a better camp, the guys at City KB are always super well prepared. He is also at his prime. I think Israel would take it.

 

[Greyscale]

Prime Weidman looked like he could beat almost anybody. Amazing knockouts standing up, world-class wrestling. I can easily imagine a pre-Rockhold Weidman putting pressure on Adesanya and winning a decision.