All these threads and almost none for Izzy...

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Around the corner from Izzy's bout against a name most people don't know, on a card that is less relevant.

What's the expectation?

By the way, I suspect this card will deliver.
 
Will be a good sparring match between Imarov & Izzy

Someone by split decision

Page vs Magomedov should be the real main event
 
The fight kind of has “meh” written all over it. Neither guy will finish the other, and the only interesting factor it has going for it is Izzy’s state of mind towards the fight game. Bro does not seem hungry anymore, not that I can blame him after the years he’s put in.

I think win or lose he’ll retire in the cage.
 
Spacebadger said:
Izzy is the Savior of middleweight who chased away the weight bully Monster.
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Correction: After hitting his lightning in a bottle, and finally defeating Alex Pereira (in their fourth total fight, after getting KO'd the last two times, while being lit up in their last), Izzy landed his KO punch — then refused to fight Alex Pereira again. Despite Alex lobbying for immediate rematch, Izzy continued to refuse, so Alex then moved up a division (that Izzy failed in), were Pereira beat the guy who beat Izzy, and Poatan is now cleaning out that LHW division.

Meanwhile, back in the MW division, Izzy then got dropped and soundly defeated by Sean Strickland, whom Alex KO'd in one round, , then Izzy got choked out by DDP. (BTW, Strickland publicly acknowledged Alex would destroy him, and DDP, and is thankful Alex moved up.)

So, at least cite what really happened correctly.
 
Imavov is a good enough striker combined with his grappling to really give Izzy fits; surprised he took this fight because it’s not a good match up at all for him. Best fight they could make for us fans tho imo.
 
Edward Henry Berg said:
Correction: After hitting his lightning in a bottle, and finally defeating Alex Pereira (in their fourth total fight, after getting KO'd the last two times, while being lit up in their last), Izzy landed his KO punch — then refused to fight Alex Pereira again. Despite Alex lobbying for immediate rematch, Izzy continued to refuse, so Alex then moved up a division (that Izzy failed in), were Pereira beat the guy who beat Izzy, and Poatan is now cleaning out that LHW division.

Meanwhile, back in the MW division, Izzy then got dropped and soundly defeated by Sean Strickland, whom Alex KO'd in one round, , then Izzy got choked out by DDP. (BTW, Strickland publicly acknowledged Alex would destroy him, and DDP, and is thankful Alex moved up.)

So, at least cite what really happened correctly.
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Alright, let’s set the record straight on Alex Pereira. The dude’s entire UFC run was one big cherry-pick parade. He dodged every grappler in the division like they had the plague. Krzysztof Jotko? Nah, too risky. Derek Brunson or Marvin Vettori? Forget it. Instead, he got hand-fed strikers tailor-made for him to look good against. Let’s not pretend like he clawed his way up the ranks the hard way — he basically got carried on a silver platter to Adesanya.

And don’t even get me started on the weight bullying. This dude was cutting down from heavyweight to middleweight like it was some kind of game. His weight cuts were borderline dangerous, and everyone knew it. Half the division wasn’t even fighting the same guy they prepped for — they were fighting a guy two weight classes bigger on fight night.

Now, that first fight with Izzy? Let’s call it what it was. Pereira was getting his ass handed to him and got saved by the ref in the first round when he was about to be KO’d. Fast forward to the fifth, and Izzy was dominating him 3-1 before the ref pulled a trigger-happy stoppage to gift Pereira the belt. Yeah, he hits hard, but let’s not act like it wasn’t a lucky break.

Then came the rematch at UFC 287, and what happened? Izzy shut all that down with a brutal second-round KO. Pereira thought he could bully his way to another win, but Izzy flipped the script and put him to sleep. Pereira realized he couldn’t keep up at middleweight anymore, so he ran to light heavyweight to avoid cutting weight.
 
I am more interested in Said Nurmagomedov vs. Vinicius Oliveira
 
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