Gastelum had Izzy rocked

[sherdogwantedtonamemekiki]

you got this confused you should be upset with Israel the country not Israel the fighter.

Both suck.

 

[ThunderStruck]

And Izzy was back peddling to get away. If Gastelum can do this then Romero who hits like a truck certainly can. I just have a feeling this may be Romero’s time.

thoughts?

Thoughts is that Gastelum has way better boxing than Romero, whos striking is basically only because of how explosive he is.

 

[ThunderStruck]

Now imagine what Conor 2.0 would do? Izzy thinks he is good striker but got totally clowned by 126 years old A.Silva

I hope you are trolling.

 

[ThunderStruck]

Adesanya is 18 fights (7 years) into his MMA career and is an undefeated UFC champ. At the same stage, Anderson had three losses, two by submission, to guys much worse than Kelvin.

This, and im not even sure if Silva fought better strikers than Gastelum other than Israel himself. Imo Gastelum is far better than non-trt Vitor who just can't win without his peds.

 

[stacrafty]

That is why I cannot, at this time, put izzy up there with Anderson yet. Anderson never had wars with guys who are just overrated brawlers (kelvin) he put them away.

Izzy may have the clout from his kickboxing days but as soon as he stepped up comp he lost. His style is great for mma but he has gapping holes already showing themselves - namely poor defence and getting hit way too much by guys he should, in theory, be schooling and stopping.

Lol how clueless are you. Hes barely been hit in over 100 pro fights.

But just take mma, best only been hit twice in 18 fights and both by Kelvin. I know it's easy to do the casual fan thing and put down Kelvin "hes just an over rated brawler derp derp"

Did you not see the whitakker fight? Standing in the pocket trading and being elusive knocking out rob twice in 2 rounds.

The guy that went 10 with Romero.

 

[YouCrazyIntheHeadMan]

Hopefully Yoel knocks Israel out cold and then New York City firefighters and policemen who lost friends and co-workers on 9/11 pour into the ring and take turns soccer-kicking and stomping his unconscious body

Pff gtfo drama queen looks like everyone is offended by everything now. We both know he had 0 bad intention when he said that, we all say dumb shit all the time and that doesn't make us racist or anything

 

[Portland8242]

This, and im not even sure if Silva fought better strikers than Gastelum other than Israel himself. Imo Gastelum is far better than non-trt Vitor who just can't win without his peds.

There wasn't many elite strikers for Anderson to even fight.

The ones he did fight he completely clowned them.

 

[cburm]

You're saying Romero's striking is on par with gastelums... are you using you're brain..

Yes romero has power but his striking isn't costa Kelvin silva Franklin marquardt level.

But izzy gets hit alot.. romero will def touch him

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

It’s because Gastelum is better than Romero

He’s also better than Whittaker and Costa.

 

[Willy Knuckles]

And Izzy was back peddling to get away. If Gastelum can do this then Romero who hits like a truck certainly can. I just have a feeling this may be Romero’s time.

thoughts?

The same was said about Whittaker, that he could do what Gas did but better. We saw how that turned out

 

[Willy Knuckles]

It’s because Gastelum is better than Romero

He’s also better than Whittaker and Costa.

Lmaoo

 

[Ideanudge]

This is EXACTLY what Robert Whittaker said before he got knocked. Exactly. Like word for word.

Here's the thing. Yoel Romero has power but subpar striking technique. Gastelum has really good boxing and used some fairly advanced techniques to get on the inside of Izzy. Yoel Romero does not have that same technical ability. HE won't be able to execute the stutter step Kelvin used or get Izzy's timing down.

Yoel will need to rely on surprise to land KO shot against Izzy.



This is just false. Adesanya has the second highest striking defense in the middle weight division. Roughly 70% of the shots thrown at him miss.

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Yoel has great striking, he outstrikes most of the people he faces. It's unorthodox, but it's effective and unpredictable. Hell, the second Whittaker fight he did southpaw stance for the first time, all of the fight; then he was switching stances quite well against Costa, showing that he is building an impressive array of skills. He has many many techniques to employ so he is on par with Israel.

 

[Anewt]

Yoel has great striking, he outstrikes most of the people he faces. It's unorthodox, but it's effective and unpredictable. Hell, the second Whittaker fight he did southpaw stance for the first time, all of the fight; then he was switching stances quite well against Costa, showing that he is building an impressive array of skills. He has many many techniques to employ so he is on par with Israel.

He stands still for far to long. Poking his tongue out and trying to conserve energy will just get you lit up by Izzy.

Skills on par with Izzy? What? You aren't talking striking skills surely .

 

[POWER2]

And Izzy was back peddling to get away. If Gastelum can do this then Romero who hits like a truck certainly can. I just have a feeling this may be Romero’s time.

thoughts?

 

[Anewt]

Anderson got dropped by chael.... what are some of you smoking?

 

[Ideanudge]

He stands still for far to long. Poking his tongue out and trying to conserve energy will just get you lit up by Izzy.

Skills on par with Izzy? What? You aren't talking striking skills surely .

Jones stands a lot too then? It's called patience. And although he is susceptible to jabs as it seems he doesn't take them seriously enough, he evades and blocks most of big moves.

You're simply falling into thought process that equates anything unorthodox into being bad.

Besides, if Izzy is so good, why did he go toe to toe with Vettori in standup <45>

 

[Anewt]

Jones stands a lot too then? It's called patience. And although he is susceptible to jabs as it seems he doesn't take them seriously enough, he evades and blocks most of big moves.

You're simply falling into thought process that equates anything unorthodox into being bad.

Jones doesn't stand with his back against the cage not moving his feet. ( He may have started too. Haven't particularly paid attention to his recent fights )

Unorthodox isn't bad . Not having the cardio to move your feet for 5 rounds is .

 

[PurpleDrank]

That is why I cannot, at this time, put izzy up there with Anderson yet. Anderson never had wars with guys who are just overrated brawlers (kelvin) he put them away.

Izzy may have the clout from his kickboxing days but as soon as he stepped up comp he lost. His style is great for mma but he has gapping holes already showing themselves - namely poor defence and getting hit way too much by guys he should, in theory, be schooling and stopping.

Who did Anderson face that had the boxing of Gastelum or Whittaker? Not to mention he already had a ton of mma experience before getting into the ufc.

 

[You Will Vote For Dreyga]

Besides, if Izzy is so good, why did he go toe to toe with Vettori in standup <45>

Huh? He annihilated him in those first two rounds. Vettori was struggling to land a clean shot. It was a one sided beat down until Marvin got that takedown.

 

[Huligani]

Styles make fights, but yes Kelvin was one punch away from winning that fight after that headkick.

That is why I cannot, at this time, put izzy up there with Anderson yet. Anderson never had wars with guys who are just overrated brawlers (kelvin) he put them away.

Anderson got tagged an dropped by Chael Sonnen, and if you think Gastelum is an "overrated brawler" then you don't know anything about fighting and definitely never trained any striking in your life.