Can Vettori get the strap?

Vettori 2.0 vs Izzy will be a great fight.

Took that fight against Jack on very short notice and went 5 hard rounds

On a full camp he will be alot better
He had a full camp he was fighting next week brah.
 
I think he is championship level but his gas tank may become a hurdle in achieving that.

Vettori did gas in round 3 but recovered nicely in 4-5. He had only been training for a 3 rounder.
I think he's too hittable to be champ but he'd likely try to use more wrestling against Adesanya or Whittaker.

This was a great fight though and Vettori just proved what he's been saying. He deserved a fight with someone closer to the top. Credit to Jack for taking the fight.
 
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I think he is championship level but his gas tank may become a hurdle in achieving that.

He went 5 rounds tonight and helped set a record for strikes thrown in a middleweight UFC fight.

In his first 5 round fight and taking the fight with almost no camp on short notice...

I'd say given his output and practically zero camp, his gas tank was surprisingly good.
 
Yes of course and everyone saying no its either crazy or just a hater, he went 5 rounds against a top five oponent and won 4 of thouse rounds, his cardio isn't the best but this was a very high paced fight. In my book he has everything to be champion and he does match up good against izzy

It’s about the styles though. Jack is tough and relentless but MV was bigger and stronger and was on point with his defensive grappling. In a pure standup affair Jack is solid but not great. This fight has almost nothing in common with what an Adesanya rematch would be. If MV can get takedowns, sure, but if not he’s getting destroyed.
 
What does his success against Joker have to do with the enormous gap between Marvins striking and Israel’s?
He is the only man who ever had a winning scoring card against israel, also this is mma not kickboxing.
 
Vettori 2.0 vs Izzy will be a great fight.

Took that fight against Jack on very short notice and went 5 hard rounds

On a full camp he will be alot better
I agree, both guys have improved since their first one and the way to beat Izzy will to constant grind him like a guy like Martin will do. Izzy has had it easy considering he has has kickboxing matches for the most part in his mma career.
 
What does his success against Joker have to do with the enormous gap between Marvins striking and Israel’s?
There's also a enormous gap between Marvin's grappling and izzy.
 
What does his success against Joker have to do with the enormous gap between Marvins striking and Israel’s?

Yes, and Vettori still took bad kicks from Hermannson, both to the legs and to the body.

With Izzy's dynamic kicking, Vettori would not get into boxing range. His legs would get chewed up worse than Costa.
 
He went 5 rounds tonight and helped set a record for strikes thrown in a middleweight UFC fight.

In his first 5 round fight and taking the fight with almost no camp on short notice...

I'd say given his output and practically zero camp, his gas tank was surprisingly good.
Didn't he have a basically a full camp minus a week? Wasn't he supposed to originally be fighting next week?
 
Yes, and Vettori still took bad kicks from Hermannson, both to the legs and to the body.

With Izzy's dynamic kicking, Vettori would not get into boxing range. His legs would get chewed up worse than Costa.
You're acting like vettori is going stand with izzy for 25 minutes. Do you know that Marvin's a wrestler, not a striker? He strikes really well but he's mainly a wrestler. And wrestling is izzy biggest weakness.
 
It’s about the styles though. Jack is tough and relentless but MV was bigger and stronger and was on point with his defensive grappling. In a pure standup affair Jack is solid but not great. This fight has almost nothing in common with what an Adesanya rematch would be. If MV can get takedowns, sure, but if not he’s getting destroyed.
I agree he's not likely to win against adesanya in a stand up affair, but even at that "destroyed" is not what i think it would happen, first of all he's a competent striker in himself and second there is a motive the first fight between them was close. Vettori isn't a static fighter, thats not the type of fighter israel usually destroys on the feet
 

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