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Alex Izzy 1 was definitely stopped a lil early

snaportap21 said:

EDIT: For those of you who think that a weave pattern while looking down isn't a form of defense. This exact movement made his head a very difficult target for Daley's hands. That split second Daley used to try and aim gave nick enough time to get up.


I do not know if Izzy could have survived the rest of the round, there was a bit of time left in the round. I'm simply being objective about the fight being stopped at that moment. If you play the finish back at .25x speed, you clearly see Izzy glance up at Alex to try and anticipate how to roll with the next punch right before the ref steps in. Izzy wasn't out, and he was moving and dodging in a weave pattern while aware enough to find times to glance up to figure out how to roll with the next incoming punch. The ref definitely missed that in the moment. If hindsight is 20/20, quarter speed replays are probably omnipotence. The ref's job is difficult so im not mad at him I'm just being objective about whether or not that's a good stoppage.
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You’re right they should have let Alex put him in a stretcher. Head stomp him once he was out maybe would of been enough for you?
 
IMO it was a very good stoppage.

When guys like Poatan start to tee off like that and start landing IMO you cant let it go too far, every strike can be life changing...
 
It was stopped early when the ref should've allowed Alex to connect the uppercut that he was setting up. That would've done it.
 
A championship fight where the champion is stopped while hes still standing and people think its a fine stoppage. We always can depend on the pussy boys announcing themselves out when these occur.

That said, im ok with alex winning.
 
Lol some of you don't realize how fucking hard Poatan hits and how many shots he landed on that finishing sequence.
 
snaportap21 said:

EDIT: For those of you who think that a weave pattern while looking down isn't a form of defense. This exact movement made his head a very difficult target for Daley's hands. That split second Daley used to try and aim gave nick enough time to get up.


I do not know if Izzy could have survived the rest of the round, there was a bit of time left in the round. I'm simply being objective about the fight being stopped at that moment. If you play the finish back at .25x speed, you clearly see Izzy glance up at Alex to try and anticipate how to roll with the next punch right before the ref steps in. Izzy wasn't out, and he was moving and dodging in a weave pattern while aware enough to find times to glance up to figure out how to roll with the next incoming punch. The ref definitely missed that in the moment. If hindsight is 20/20, quarter speed replays are probably omnipotence. The ref's job is difficult so im not mad at him I'm just being objective about whether or not that's a good stoppage.
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Strictly-speaking, the stoppage was not too early. It was actually a good stoppage. That Adesanya's corner told Izzy it WAS a good stoppage clears the air of any contention.

That said, allowing the fight to go on longer wouldn't have helped Izzy at all, but it would have allowed Pereira to have utterly decimated Adesanya, leaving him a broken, limp husk piled onto the canvas — thus removing the need for this wasted second showing.

After Pereira decimates Adesanya again, tomorrow, their need be no more talk of these two together.

At the end of the day, Pereira is The Man, Izzy the boy.
 
Dude he was weaving but almost out on his feet, he was clearly hurt bad. You have to be defending yourself "intelligently" not just moving around like a zombie.
 
most fights, he's done, however championship, should have let him die on his shield because he was willing to.
 
mmadeewana said:
Izzy would have got kneed
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would have could have should have

but he didnt

considering he's a long reigning champ, highly experienced, never been knocked out in mma, I think there can be a case made. Any other non title fight, then surely would have been the right call.
 
The finish was similar to Belal Muhammad vs Sean Brady.
 
Sirwastealot said:
Dude he was weaving but almost out on his feet, he was clearly hurt bad. You have to be defending yourself "intelligently" not just moving around like a zombie.
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Pretty much, that weaving was totally ineffective, it was just putting his head down to be hit.

Personally I think if any bias was in play here it was pro Israel, wanting to stop the fight before he was KOed so his hype wouldnt be damaged as much.
 
Most people agree, but they don't like Izzy so they're going so it wasn't early at all. Which is nonsense. It wasn't outrageous tho, I completely understand why the ref stopped it. The ref has to make the decision right then and there. He doesn't have the privilege of hindsight. Bur Izzy definitely wasn't out and was defending himself. He was just in survival mode.
 
Elvis. said:
The referee did an excellent job , I don’t think Izzy complained about it
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I thought it was good, the ref gave Izzy every chance I thought, maybe even a bit too long but it was a title fight, they often get extra leeway. Certainly not early though for me.
 
For fuck's sake it was an early stoppage, it was 6:00 o' clock in the fucking morning down to Italy when I was watching the fight live.

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