This is my "I thought Whittaker won" thread

[JustBleed69]

I had it 49-46 or 48-47 for Rob. Goddammit.
It was close I guess.

Thought Round 1 was a blow out for Adesanya, Round 2 & 3 razor thin but leaned Rob, 4 & 5 clearly for Rob.

 

[KID Yamamoto]

It was close as shit. Thats my take.

 

[Portland8242]

4 and 5 for Whittaker

1 and 3 for izzy.

Round 2 was the swing round, I had Izzy edging it barely.

Bisping is a fucking retard trying to make it sound like a blow out.

 

[Chok Sok Te]

Same but I’m biased asf

 

[TRUS8888]

It was very very close.

Izzy really is an extremely boring fighter and relies 100% on his opponents bringing the fight to him.

So many of his fights have ended with both fighters leaving the octagon with very very very little damage.

 

[Simian Raticus]

3-2 for Whittaker would not have been an outrageous scorecard IMO.

 

[r-harper-1]

3-2 Izzy ….Izzy clearly won first 3 rounds

 

[Phisher]

It was very very close.

Izzy really is an extremely boring fighter and relies 100% on his opponents bringing the fight to him.

So many of his fights have ended with both fighters leaving the octagon with very very very little damage.

Adesanya was on the front foot the entire fight except when he was defending TDs. Neither guy was in there to take chances.

But yeah, his last three fights have felt like sparring sessions. Going to lose favor with Dana sooner or later unless there's a big finish.

 

[kevinramsdell]

Israel's fights will continue to be close as long as guys chess fight him. They will be slow, they will be boring, but Israel will most likely sneak out wins in chess match fights. The thing people underestimate are those leg kicks, under the new rules of MMA damage prevails, and Israel was eating him up with leg kicks, but he was missing alot on some punches. The takedowns for the most part were nothing.

 

[Portland8242]

DC gave round 4 to Izzy. What a fucking idiot.

 

[arabian_matrix]

I had it 49-46 or 48-47 for Rob. Goddammit.
It was close I guess.

48-47 rob

the judge who scored it 49-46 is gay for izzy

 

[Azure]

I thought it was 4-1 Izzy and I wanted Rob to win

 

[car epic win]

i hate both guys, and whittaker won 5, maybe 4 if hes lucky. was a shite fight and both goofs suck

 

[Dbreiden83080]

I was just following along on Twitter so I need to actually watch it from start to finish. But I have always said in a very close fight the champion should get the nod. Sounds like that’s what happened..

 

[MMASpeculator]

I thought it was 3-2 at best for Izzy. More like 4-1

 

[r-harper-1]

4 and 5 for Whittaker

1 and 3 for izzy.

Round 2 was the swing round, I had Izzy edging it barely.

Bisping is a fucking retard trying to make it sound like a blow out.

Bisping the only one making sense ….Dc trying to make it seem competitive

 

[BetoG695]

it was close and its one of those things, Dom vs jon, Shogun vs machida 1....you gotta beat the champ to be the champ....You cant eek it out, i felt whittaker won, id have to see the numbers tbh.....but im not mad or surprised izzy won. Wonder if whittaker goes back down

 

[Question]

Very close, but I thought Izzy got it. Maybe I need a rewatch.
IMO Rob was very hesitant to take risks and that cost him here. What caught me was when Rob said: "I was surprised how well my gameplan worked"
This to me showed that he wasn't too confident in himself, which made him way more hesitant than he needed to be.

I wish he did more body work, threw more hooks and offense whilst Izzy was defending the takedowns.

Love Rob, but he should've taken more chances here.

 

[Goldentrophy]

Adesanya was on the front foot the entire fight except when he was defending TDs. Neither guy was in there to take chances.

But yeah, his last three fights have felt like sparring sessions. Going to lose favor with Dana sooner or later unless there's a big finish.

2 fights, Costa was not a sparring session.

 

[IvanDrago2.0]

I had rob winking 4-1 or 3-2 .. he just doesn’t have the octagon IQ nor is he good enough at boxing nor submissions or take downs .. he’s a worse version of vittori .. if vittori had the octagon IQ of jone iones or gsp = he would destroy Izzy .. but he thinks he’s rock Marciano smh .. I’ve seen him training recently quite a few times and his boxing just isn’t there . Whitaker needs to go down to 170.. cannonier is too sloppy and will get finished by Izzy rather easily .