Is Adesanya Done at a Chamionship Level or Does He Take This Agaisnt Dricus?

[Darkavius]

I'm 50/50 on this fight but they last time Izzy had bad blood and a lot of heat with an opponent Izzy worked him (Paulo Costa). My bigger concern is what is next for either guy when they win? It looks like rematches everywhere or a no show Khamzat.

 

[orca]

Jan was significantly larger, and Izzy's counters come from swaying back out of your reach while still being able to hit you. He couldn't do that against Jan, so his counters never came in to play. DDP does not have that reach

fun fact sometimes a fighter chooses not to gain more weight to have a speed advantage

also a fact izzy doesnt like to get pressured
if sean can pressure him by just a stand up war

pretty sure ddp with the threat of takedowns can

let me remind you of the pattern

lol at jan being significantly larger
dont exagerate

 

[rjmbrd]

Alright I was too gentle earlier. You are exactly what you appear to be from a distance. A low IQ pothead is who is probably high right now with one of the worst takes I've ever seen.

Friend, whatever is bothering you, talking to strangers on the internet this way is not going to help.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

Nah I don't think he's done. People thought Alex was done at the top level too after getting KO'ed by Izzy and look where he is now. I think Izzy pretty comfortably wins by decision IMO.

 

[Muay Thai #1]

Izzy has a lot going against him. He is older now (especially for his style of fighting), multiple fighters have put plans together to beat him (there is a blueprint now), Dricus is in his prime (and can breathe now)

 

[djacobox372]

Izzy is 35yo... so there's an excellent chance that he's DONE, and DDP will be too much for him.

But if he's at 70% or better, he stops DDP rather easily. Izzy has a lot more power than Strickland.

 

[VAfan]

he's 35 now. but if anyone has a puncher's chance, it's izzy. not gonna bet no money on it though.

 

[Shaddows]

I can’t figure out a winner on this fight. I originally picked Izzy but now I lean more towards DDP as the fight gets closer. Adesanya has cleaner and better technique but he takes his foot off the gas way to much in fights. Dricus usually thrives against guys who lay back as he gets ahead quickly on activity and damage. I personally think the best version of Israel beats the best version of Dricus but Izzy may have lost the fire. Thoughts?

" Izzy may have lost the fire."
you said it.

IMHO it'll all hinge in how he is mentally.
I hope he got bored. That would mean that he is (again) excited to fight. ... or so I hope.

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

I think it speaks more to the lack of depth in the upper weight divisions.

Poatan is now at LHW
Driccus already beat #3 Whittaker and #1 Strickland.

#5 Cannonier is coming off a TKO loss
#6 Vettori is injured and #8 Costa is out of the picture

The 'on the way up' guys in the division right now are #7 Allen and #4 Imavov, who fight each other next month. That will produce the next contender.

Allen needed to put Curtis away and make a big statement to stir things up, but he eeked out a split decision. Imavov is on a two fight win streak, I think its good match making to put these two together.

In this landscape, Izzy gets a title shot he doesn't really deserve by good timing and the UFC paying peanuts. Upper weight divisions have shallow roster depth because the pay is so atrocious.

That's alot of mental gymnastics to pretend there's no contenders at MW.
If anything it's got too many.
The winner of cannnonier vs imanvov was easily deserving.
Strickland who arguably never lost the belt did his job and won a good fight to earn his rematch.
Whittaker did his job defending his rank vs everyone he was asked and won a round vs the champion before he as caught is easily deserving of a rematch.
Khamzat although not the most deserving has been promised title shots multiple times and is undefeated.

All should be ahead of a 45-50 loser coming out of retirement unless you got Dana White privilege and it won't end there.

 

[Portland8242]

I'm not sure I've ever been as confident in a match as I am here: DDP is tailor made to lose to Izzy.

Everybody is forgetting how good Adesanya is, and DDP does not have the striking defense strickland had to pull that off

Yeah I've read a couple times that Adesanya is "weak" against pressure fighters but that just doesn't tell the whole story.

Gastelum pressured but ate a horrific amount of punishment doing so. Poatan was able to pressure him but he's also the guy who matches/exceeds Izzy's height/reach and carries immense power that you have to respect. Strickland was able to pressure because of his incredible defense.

DDP does not have Poatan's kickboxing skills/power and he doesn't have Strickland's defense. So if he's gonna pressure, he's likely gonna have to take some punishment back his way just like Gastelum had to.

 

[Hog-train]

Hard to tell if Izzy is over the hill or not. If Izzy in his prime, he wins. If he slowed down, then DDP takes it.

Whittaker is unequivocally the career accomplishment of Izzy and its not close. DDP also owns this same win and he murdered him.

Hard disagree. KO-ing a much larger and more powerful Poatan is.

 

[cws80us]

I mean he was winning the 1st Pereira fight before getting stopped on the 5th. Then finished Pereira in the rematch. The Strickland fight was a real outlier as far as what we've seen from him. Never seen him dominated like that. Not sure why. Maybe he didnt take Strickland seriously. Maybe it's was just a bad matchup, or maybe he has just hit that proverbial wall mentality and physically. I guess we'll find out against DDP.

 

[RockyLockridge]

If Izzy shows up physically and mentally prepared, he should outclass Dricus. I expect him to have a solid gameplan for what Dricus offers. There is a talent gap between the two and that makes Izzy dangerous in the first half of the fight.

In Dricus favor is his durability. The longer the fight goes, the more I like his odds. If he can weather a beating I can see Izzy wearing down in the later rounds with DDP surging back and putting it on Izzy. I also wouldn't put it past DDP to catch Izzy at some point. His funky approach makes that a possibility.

He won't. I just know Izzy will lose in some contentious way. Like a tko via cut, doctors stoppage, injury or robbery decision. Izzy will not beat dricus du plessi.

 

[Rio Ferdinand]

If DDP can't take Izzy to the ground then he might get in trouble.

Izzy is a sniper with his striking and could easily catch DDP.

 

[RockyLockridge]

If DDP can't take Izzy to the ground then he might get in trouble.

Izzy is a sniper with his striking and could easily catch DDP.

Dricus won't be afraid, he won't give Izzy space, I think he'll just walk him down and bust him up

 

[whocares]

He won't. I just know Izzy will lose in some contentious way. Like a tko via cut, doctors stoppage, injury or robbery decision. Izzy will not beat dricus du plessi.

Hey thats just like, your opinion man

I have no idea who's gonna win this fight, just like all the rest of em. We can make up all these scenarios but they're gonna get in there, bang it out, then we're gonna be on here hating on one of em. Ok, we're gonna be in here hating on Izzy lol

 

[fortheo]

Yeah I've read a couple times that Adesanya is "weak" against pressure fighters but that just doesn't tell the whole story.

Gastelum pressured but ate a horrific amount of punishment doing so. Poatan was able to pressure him but he's also the guy who matches/exceeds Izzy's height/reach and carries immense power that you have to respect. Strickland was able to pressure because of his incredible defense.

DDP does not have Poatan's kickboxing skills/power and he doesn't have Strickland's defense. So if he's gonna pressure, he's likely gonna have to take some punishment back his way just like Gastelum had to.

He's got a much better chin than poatan and strickland, and a huge level change threat to go with it though. It's an interesting fight.

 

[Mammothman]

That fight will be closer than people expect, DDP will surprise a lot of people

 

[wrb]

I predict DDP loosing and then not getting the rematch as it was his first defense and then Sean vs Izzy, DDP vs Robert or Iamov and then I guess we get more rematches.

DDP's chin is his best asset, for some reason I don't see that guy getting knocked out. I also don't see what he does on the ground that people think is so good as he did not cause damage to Sean and his control was like 20 seconds in the 2nd (a round I know he did not really win)

That being said, Mad props if he beats Izzy and then beats Sean for real in the rematch, that will be a crazy accomplishment I would love to see DDP vs rob again as well so I am going fir Izzy.

 

[KO Shotz]

I would love to see DDP vs rob again as well so I am going fir Izzy.

If DDP beats Izzy & Whittaker beats Khamzat (if the fight happens) he'll be back in the title mix