Rewatch Fight Rewatch Rob VS Izzy 2

[Tweak896]

Clear 3-2 win for Izzy. Poor Sherdoggers need to get their eyes checked. Only a few bozos in the media thought Robert won. Dude fought scared as fuck after Izzy rocked him in the 1st. Tyler Treese, Sherdog's own, literally watching a completely different sport. Fucking terrible.

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Also in fight stats, Whittaker lost every round except for round 4, which Izzy threw more strikes. He managed to takedown Izzy every round except the 1st, but so little control time and should've been able to use it to pull ahead in the strike numbers.

The fight was a sham, Whittaker completely gave up on his blitzes and tried to turn into a wrestler. If he wanted a trilogy or get his belt back he had to make a statement after the 1st fight getting KO'd. Izzy already dialed in his strategy to win fights when you want to avoid him striking the inside and try to grapple him. Izzy did enough not being controlled too long and outstruck him standing on the outside.

I think you could have given it to Whittaker if he landed harder strikes and you argue damage, but nothing he landed really had anything on it. Izzy defended more takedowns than Rob landed, out worked him striking, and made the takedowns he did land inconsequential. With the knockdowns, judges probably had Izzy up on damage, Whittaker needed to do the same but instead kept with the clinch.

 

[BjPenn2017]

Ok your a fan of Whittaker got it lol you’d have to be on crack to think he won that fight

 

[Streeter]

Had it 4-1 Izzy not particularly close. And I was rooting for Rob.

 

[chinarice]

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Also in fight stats, Whittaker lost every round except for round 4, which Izzy threw more strikes. He managed to takedown Izzy every round except the 1st, but so little control time and should've been able to use it to pull ahead in the strike numbers.

The fight was a sham, Whittaker completely gave up on his blitzes and tried to turn into a wrestler. If he wanted a trilogy or get his belt back he had to make a statement after the 1st fight getting KO'd. Izzy already dialed in his strategy to win fights when you want to avoid him striking the inside and try to grapple him. Izzy did enough not being controlled too long and outstruck him standing on the outside.

I think you could have given it to Whittaker if he landed harder strikes and you argue damage, but nothing he landed really had anything on it. Izzy defended more takedowns than Rob landed, out worked him striking, and made the takedowns he did land inconsequential. With the knockdowns, judges probably had Izzy up on damage, Whittaker needed to do the same but instead kept with the clinch.

That's what I said back then. I said Izzy arguably won 4 rounds, 3 at worst. I just don't see any argument Rob won that fight, other than the fact that a ton of people absolutely despise Izzy here and have zero ability to be impartial about him.

 

[Eric Silva 2.0]

Round 1 Izzy chews Robs legs with leg kicks and Rob slips when Izzy uppercuts him, Rob goes for a few takedowns but Izzy stuffs them
10-9 Izzy

Round 2 Rob starts to find his Rhythm tagging Izzy by blitzing him with boxing Rob gets a takedown finally, Izzy gets up to his feet but gets clinched against the cage, Izzy breaks the clinch, Izzy continues to chew Robs legs, Whittaker lands a leg kick of his own and counties to blitz Izzy, Izzy throws a few more kicks but nothing lands.

10-9 Robert Whittaker

1-1 overall

Round 3 Izzy starts kicking again Rob continues to find success blitzing Izzy with punches, Rob rushes in and both him and Izzy land, Rob seems to be slowing down a little bit he goes for a takedown but it’s stuffed and Izzy knees him in the clinch, Izzy continues to fight on the outside blasting kicks, he goes for a head kick on Rob, but Rob takes Izzy down and takes his back, Izzy is back on the feet but Rob maintains Izzy in the clinch, Izzy breaks the clinch, Izzy lands a heavy leg kick, Rob is definitely gassing a little bit as he looks up at the clock. Izzy lands a few more shots but nothing crazy

10-9 Izzy

Overall 2-1 Izzy

Round 4

Izzy opens with more leg kicks, Rob gets a takedown gets Izzy’s back tried to sync in a standing RNC, Rob lands a nice body shot, izzy starts to pressure Rob more against the cage throwing more kicks, Rob throws more punches at Izzy, Rob ties up Izzy in the clinch, Rob throws a nice punch at Izzy, bloke a head kick

10-9 Whittaker

2-2 overall

Round 5

Izzy pressures Rob against the fence and lands a body kick, Whittaker snaps Izzy’s head back with a punch, Rob goes for another takedown but it’s defended, Rob gets eye poked , more bias commentary saying Rob hasn’t had success, Rob shoots on Izzy gets the takedown, Izzy once again ends with his back taken in the clinch, Rob lands a nice left hook on Izzy, who Rob lands some nice jabs, Izzy lands a leg kick, Rob goes for another takedown but doesn’t get it, Rob lands some strikes on Izzy from the clinch tries to get Izzy down again but doesn’t get it

10-9 Robert Whittaker

Overall 3-2 Robert Whittaker 48-47

I scored rounds 2 4 and 5 for Rob not really a robbery but a close fight, Rob barley edged this fight in my opinion and I say that has a big Rob fan

this fight showed why it wasn’t that crazy for someone like Sean Strickland to beat Izzy as you have to add pressure and box

Izzy is also super lucky that Khamzat was a WW at the time because if Izzy ran into Khamzat then it would have been Izzy getting submitted

Other notes

Dr Joe Rogan chimes in texting DC that he thinks Izzy broke his hand

Commentary is very bias and the stats seem very misleading you have Bisping stumbling over his words saying Izzy is up every round, DC kinda says the same but says it’s very close

I have to rewatch the fight again but thanks for the post. A few things I would agree with off the bat. It was a close fight, the commentary is/was biased, Khamzat would've ragdolled Izzy and pressure/boxing combo works on Izzy ( see Kelvin fight, even in a losing effort showed that).

"Dr. Joe Rogan"? Did Rogan get his medical degree while tripping on Ayahuasca?

 

[Minnja]

I’m a huge Robert Whitaker fan and I felt like the fight was close and arguable that he won but I did feel like Izzy won. Rob had a good strategy and did well and I think he was close to making the rounds more convincing but ultimately I felt like he did not have enough control time nor impactful strikes to swing it his way. He did great at blitzing in with his jab but iirc that’s all he was really able to land clean and he did not attempt much more than jabs to get in.

I think with some more heavier shots he would have got the win but it’s obviously tough to do against a great counter striker like Izzy and already knowing he’s been dropped by him for being too aggressive in their first fight

 

[Portland8242]

Kind of sucks when you don't have enough confidence in your chin that you have to fight that cautious and reserved.

Strickland and Dricus had a way better approach. Back Izzy up and crowd him, don't show him respect. Unfortunately Rob has neither the iron chin/power of DDP or the defense of Strickland (who's also got a better chin than Rob too).

 

[ElLunico]

What a weird fight to try to dispute lol. There have been way more fights that felt like the wrong fighter won. In no way you finished watching that fight and thought Whitakker won. He didnt land anything significant while Izzy landed the bigger shots and had him badly hurt. Yeah he had the upper hand in some grappling exchanges but barely did anything with it.

 

[Dorkman]

I could have seen it being scored in Robs favor. Wasn't upset Izzy got it though. Was a close fight, but Rob didn't wow me in any way.

 

[jeff7b9]

"If you give every close or sort of close round to the guy I wanted to win instead of the guy I didn't like then the result would be the thing I wanted it to be."

 

[jeff7b9]

Kind of sucks when you don't have enough confidence in your chin that you have to fight that cautious and reserved.

Strickland and Dricus had a way better approach. Back Izzy up and crowd him, don't show him respect. Unfortunately Rob has neither the iron chin/power of DDP or the defense of Strickland (who's also got a better chin than Rob too).

Izzy put Rob on his ass and basically KOed him twice in their first fight.

Reminded me of Anderson Silva vs Rich Franklin 2, where there was a "saved by the bell" "knockdown" that was highly likely to have been a stoppage if even a few more seconds were on the clock.

So dude has a full on concussion.
Comes back out R2 and gets KO'd good and proper.

Dude had reason to be cautious. His blitz in attacking style just played perfectly into Izzys counter striking skill set. Coupled with izzys enormous reach Rob was basically trying to headbutt a woodchipper.

 

[Pierce 34]

What split decisions ?

Romero, whittaker 2, vettori

 

[Trabaho]

Romero, whittaker 2, vettori

Only Vettori was split.

What is a split decision ?

 

[Rorschachxx]

I think I only rewatched that fight once shortly after and still felt like Izzy won a comfortable 3 rounds, possibly 4.

Not a hill I'd die on though.

 

[L0ki]

I thought Rob won it, 48-47.

 

[mooseman17]

I had it 3-2 for Rob after it finished. The 49-46 scorecard was egregious.

 

[JBJ was here]

Yeah he had the upper hand in some grappling exchanges but barely did anything with it.

Gassing himself out doesn't count as doing something? Every grappling exchange ended up with Whittaker a mouth breather and Izzy fresh as a daisy.

 

[r-harper-1]

Clear Izzy win …. Whittaker fought the worst fight ever , at least he went for it the first time

 

[JustBleed69]

It was too close to be upset about the decision, but I did score it for Whittaker as well.