Anyone feel like Strickland can get this done?

[Royce's Gi]

I honestly can't see a solitary path to victory for Sean.

There is ONE way to victory

 

[SouthernThrown]

Hahaha I love these threads. To the Strickland haters credit this one definitely was a fuckin' huge upset but man let's GOOO TS!!!!!

 

[markantony20]

You predicted it TS well done TS well done.

 

[ryun253]

I see his legs getting chewed up beyond repair

One of the biggest part of the fight was Seans actual leg kick defense, must've been working hard on it

 

[SouthernThrown]

Man this has gotta be top 5 major upsets right here boys fucking Anderson vs Weidman status here can't fuckin' believe it whooooo!!!!

 

[CrimsonFan]

I absolutely give him a chance.

Strickland has a lot of things going for him in this fight. He's got good boxing, cardio, pressure, chin, grappling, and he's got heart.

Izzy is a phenomenal kick boxer, but his actual boxing does have holes and a volume puncher like Strickland could pose some problems if he can get inside and make this a dirty fight. Especially if he can get Izzy's attention with his hands and land some takedowns and push him against the fence. I think he can win for sure.

Would I bet on him? No, not at current odds. If he gets up to like +500 or more then yeah

Well I had a better take on this fight than most.

Anyone that says shit like "____ has zero chance " has not been watching fights very long. Especially when talking about two top 10 fighters.

So while Sean winning didnt really surprise me.. I expected Izzy to have more moments of his own.. definitely didn't think Sean would win every moment of the fight like that.

 

[The_Renaissance]

Great call TS. Izzy got massively exposed massively. He was so cowardly when confronted with a forward moving pressure fighter who can strike.

 

[CasualBot]

 

[Lost_Cause]

I was wrong. And I’m not sad about it.

 

[Poatan Power]

No

You just trying to hype yourself up into buying this shitty card, Dana would be proud, this's a no man's buy

lol, no.

I just think Strickland gets outworked in a sparring pace type of fight. He will have some moments and that is about it. Both men don't really push the pace when it comes to trying to finish the opponent. I don't think Israel is going to expend all his energy early and get finished by Strickland due to fatigue. They are both quite technical but Israel definitely has more physical attributes and weapons in terms of more techniques.

<45>

No

Nope

As long as Israel takes him as seriously as he took Pereira, Israel will remind us why he’s a reigning defending, vindicating champion. I have nothing against Strickland, but Adesanya is the king.

LOL no.

Izzy via 50-45 legkick-jab combo.

Who knows.. maybe Adesanya comes out aggressive and we get ourselves a fight.

If Sean has a brain (and I'm not sure he actually does...) he should try to SURPRISE Israel with something that he doesn't normally do.
So....jab jab jab and plodding forward aint gonna work Sean.

Clinch him and judo throw or shoot a really FAST double or something and try to submit Adesanya. It's his best chance.
He ain't gonna win on points and he ain't gonna win a striking battle so..... wrestle the Breaking Native to the ground and choke him out or armbar him.

Then.....he'll no longer be the Breaking Native, but the Broken Native.

 

[AmonTobin]

Mega dork confirmed.

 

[Goutfather]

I said if O’malley takes out Aljo and Strickland takes out Izzy, I should just switch to chess instead of mma.

how about othello? it’s a fair approximation of the ufc title landscape these days.

 

[World eater]

how about othello? it’s a fair approximation of the ufc title landscape these days.

Ye, not bad. But I went through my Shakespeare phase many years ago, just after my Dickens phase. Also, I’m already studying chess, vulture defense, apocalypse attack and similar cool sounding stuff. Got to eat that crow properly.