Have Izzy’s reflexes diminished?

yea he is less quick, seems slower. his reaction time is a bit slower. he doesnt throw as many sharp strikes anymore. He needs more volume and he has to be smarter. I thought his distance management would be better but DDP just rushed him really. got him to bite on some feints even.
 
acannxr said:
11 months of inactivity didn't help either.
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It definitely helps when you took a lot of head trauma and have a long career in combat sports.

Izzy looked sharp as ever and landed well, had great defense and his counters were money.

Dricus is the better grappler by a wide margin, and that made the difference. Not a lot to unpack here.
 
Every time a fighter losses, it’s always the same thread and excuses.

Adesanya looked great, he just faced a better fighter that was grittier and actually utilizes a ground game.

When Holloway lost to Volksnovski a few years ago, these same threads occurred.

Adesnaya isn’t losing to the fighters outside the top 5 or 10, he’s losing to championship caliber fighters.
 
I think the talks of Izzy losing his speed is slightly exaggerated, but he probably has slowed down a tiny bit.

I think it has more to do with cardio. Really hard to put on weight and maintain cardio. And more importantly, Round 3 is the most strikes Izzy has ever thrown in his entire ufc career. Izzy typically likes to throw around 30 strikes a round give or take 10 strikes. He threw 83. Round 4 he threw 53. DDP forcing the pace.
 
He never had Anderson Silva type reflexes. He was always hittable. Got KOd and touched up at points throughout his career. Add in a year of inactivity plus coming in at the heaviest weight of his career against the champion.
 
KarateYeah said:
And then losing the way he lost to Strickland.. I think it's the same as Anderson..once that aura is gone, it takes a toll on the confidence
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I completely agree, before that Izzy had that aura about him and of course the confidence that came with it, once it's gone the confidence goes with it and then the doubt seeps in allowing for more mistakes to be made.

I think he looked more or less the same at times throughout the fight but definitely made mistakes which he probably would not have in past fights leading to the loss.
 
His style of fighting does not age well. Just like Silva. Without looking it up, he might be the same age Silva was when Teh Chris smashed him.
 
IDGETKTFO said:
His style of fighting does not age well. Just like Silva. Without looking it up, he might be the same age Silva was when Teh Chris smashed him.
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Izzy much younger because Anderson was 38. It could be lifestyle tho because I see Izzy krump dancing, traveling, hanging with famous people, did a documentary movie, he got a DUI, doing sponsor related stuff. I'm sure he did train hard for this camp. The best fighters still train during the off seasons.
 
Izzy lost because he rather "train" and waste time with that POS f Zuckerberg . Fthem both.
 
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TheOnlyGreatest said:
He's afraid to engage and follow through with combinations. Getting put down by Pereira and Strickland ruined him mentally. There were moments in the fight where DDP was very vulnerable and hurt, and the Izzy from 3-4 years ago would have gotten the finish instead of backing off and resetting.

Part of what made him great was the fact that he believed that winning was his destiny. In his fight against Gastelum, for example - he was ready to die for the W. This version of Izzy would have folded in the face of that kind of adversity. It's not so much that he declined physically but the fact that he's not even close to what he was mentally. Same thing that happened to Tony. Once you know for a fact that losing is an option - you start losing. It's over.
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Outstanding analysis, especially that last line.
 
or maybe Dricus is much better than everyone keeps thinking? every single fight since the Till fight people have said DDP was going to lose and get embarrassed. yet he keeps winning in dramatic fashion. maybe it's time to accept it and look at what makes his style successful and dangerous and stop looking for the faults in it.
 
volcom5 said:
Every time a fighter losses, it’s always the same thread and excuses.

Adesanya looked great, he just faced a better fighter that was grittier and actually utilizes a ground game.

When Holloway lost to Volksnovski a few years ago, these same threads occurred.

Adesnaya isn’t losing to the fighters outside the top 5 or 10, he’s losing to championship caliber fighters.
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Adesanya is way older now than Max was when he lost to Volk.

I'm not sure if Max was even 30 years old yet.
 
Just in general reflexes start to diminish late 20's early 30's. Izzy is 35.
 
Hard to say whether he's declining or the division is catching up. Strickland and Dricus are clearly tougher matchups than Costa and Vettori so that has to be part of it. Age could be a factor too but it's so subtle you don't really notice yet.
 
Your reflexes peak in your late teens/early 20s so yes.
 
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