How can you lose to a guy 3 times.. win once then run from the rematch? Lame.

[dildos]

Let pereira have a few more fights before fighting izzy again.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Lets remember Adesanya is the most active champ in UFC by far, I think they fight again this year for certain.

 

[matrixremaster]

We should have known he was going to run after one win.

All the stuff he said leading up to the fight like,

"I don't keep score, I settle them"

"One and done"

 

[Banana Tree's Nemesis]

Let's say they go for the instant trilogy.
Both outcomes kinda suck.
If Alex wins you have Izzy AND Whittaker in title contention although they have already beaten the whole division already. And you can't really give Izzy a fourth match at that point and can't make him fight Whittaker either.
So you can make Whittaker vs Alex and then land in a world of shit when Bobby wins, because Izzy still can't fight Bobby again and he can't fight Pereira either at that point.

If Izzy wins he hasn't proven anything new. We know now that he can beat Alex even by KO. He'd still be 3-2 though. What do you do at that point? Give Alex the benefit of the doubt and do the quadrology?! Even then Izzy can only break even to a 3-3. You can't let them fight each other exlusively until they are 60 years old.

It's an absurd level of complaining. The only reason that there are no other great options for Izzy at this point is because he literally cleaned out the division.
If Pereira is that great of a mma fighter, he can just beat 1 or 2 top guys and still get another title shot. It's not like they don't do it immediately so they can never fight again.

 

[Van Daz]

Who is Izzy gonna fight then ? Monster energy guy ? They're not same weight class

Should fight Rob.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Izzy has haters working overtime holy fuck, i love it

 

[spinitch]

Quit while you’re ahead. Izzy has the belt. Lame of course, but tough tity milk taste so good. Izzy such a charm.

 

[The Bloody Nine]

Best case scenario you can make for Izzy is that it's one all. In no way, shape, or form is it "settled".

This just looks like bitchery.

 

[NenadRS]

Izzy's comment showed that he does not like this fight (who can blame him). But he is right that Alex was given title shot pretty fast.

I would say one or maximum two top10 fights for Alex, and he deserves title shot again.

Seems like Izzy and Alex are both 50/50 when they fight in MMA, can go either way at any round. I hope they fight again, since both fights were amazing.

 

[chinarice]

Mma fans don't like divisions to progress

I can't grasp the idea. It's so beyond stupid to me but alas, people continue to say please ufc please, only rematches all day. I hate seeing fresh matchups! Fucking worst!

 

[jooohnmatrix]

Izzy will do what Francis did to Stipe, win one and then close the door. Not very honourable but his adoring fans will love it. Wouldn’t be surprised if Izzy retires if he’s forced to fight Alex again, he knows he was lucky and is still 3-1 down.

 

[pseto223]

Pereira's huge cut is not getting any easier and while he looked amazing in the first fight, on Saturday he was clearly drained and in worse physical shape. I'm not a weight cutting expert (even though I'm on Sherdog, so I may as well pretend I am), but I think with such huge cuts there is an element of chance whether a fighter recovers well or not for fight night.

The weight cut plus the severity of the KO make me think Pereira will be the one to back down from instant rematch, not Izzy. Adesanya is clearly a MW, a proper LHW like Jan was way bigger than him. It'll be interesting to see how Poatan fares at LHW, as he clearly has the size, but most times there is a reason someone kills himself making weight at a lower than his natural division.

 

[Gladiator24]

It's not boring, both fights were nail bitingly exciting..

You'd rather see Izzy fight du plessis? Why, oh why???

Because they are izzy fans and want izzy to fight someone easy

 

[Wonderfight]

They are 1-1 and Izzy has proven to be better mixed-martial artist by a landslide, was winning the first fight rather easily and demolished Perreira in the second. There is no question who is better in MMA, especially who is more proven.

I don’t know why are you guys so stuck in the other sport, that is of no consequence at all, it was just used to sell moving Perreira 30 spots in the rankings for a storyline. Izzy proved that he can win standing multiple times (even in kickboxing) and however bad, is still superior in grappling to Alex. So there is no surprise that this happened when there was no standing count or bell to save Alex.

 

[tastaylvr]

It is hilarious that people are asking the loser to move up in weight lol

that is usually requested of the champion

even his biggest fans know the truth

 

[benebox]

There is Pereira or Khamzat, choose your poison. I'm happy with either

 

[Thepaintbucket]

I just think it's weird how Dana White and Izzy had a silent agreement for Alex to move up lol

 

[d0g]

He's a chicken like GSP ducking the third Matt Serra fight. Matt Serra had the more impressive win and will always be considered to be the better fighter.

 

[clackers]

Bro, Izzy has much more pressing fights to attend to than the guy who is beating him 3-1 who is his greatest rival across combat sports and one of the best rivalries in MMA history.

... like his potential trilogy fights with Rob and Martin Vettori

hahhaahah this is true.

Adesanya wants to hand pick his next few fights and they will be boring fights for the fans then blame the guy he is fighting.

Alex made the division exciting again…

 

[TerrorTimmy]

You're right, TS. Let's cancel all other MW title shots and just have Izzy vs Alex forever. That definitely makes sense. Fuck the other contenders. Fuck the sport. Fuck the fans. Fuck the money. Let's just make this fight over and over again because it's 1-3 and your OCD won't let you leave it be, or something equally fucking stupid