Media Israel Adesanya’s coach: “The DDP loss … is a lot easier to take than the Strickland one”

[BoxerMaurits]

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Agreed. At least against DDP he was in the fight. He looked lost against Strickland, from early on.

 

[TrueBias]

Well, Israel decided to end the fight with DDP, so no shit.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Make sense, but still sounds like standard-issue City Copeboxing

 

[SamuraiBro]

lol … lmao even

 

[Marko Polo]

Seans a lot smarter than he makes out, so losing to him isn’t as terrible as it seems. I want Adesanya to get a win before he retires

 

[Fact Checker]

Strickland took no damage against Izzy, just boxed him up all night. Close to a flawless victory.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

I believe that because when he got beat by Sean he took a long time off, and knowing Adesanya as we do he will try to get a fight booked ASAP again usually.

When he lost against Jan, he was disappointed but said he wants to fight again straight away and go back down to MW and defend the belt quickly

When he lost against Alex he kept saying "damn I had him, felt I was controlling the fight, I know I can beat him and want him again, lets do it"

When he lost against Sean it was different, he went silent and we heard very little from him for ages, and he never said he wanted to fight again quickly ASAP, which is what he usually says.

 

[WOLVERINEKILLS]

He did not consider Strickland to be in his level. Unfortunately, he was correct because on the night of the fight Strickland was the superior fighter. I do think Izzy fares much better in a rematch so long as he is prepared mentally.

 

[jko1355]

Well like Sean beat him up and honestly also beat Dricus... im surprised with how personal the Africa stuff was that izzy is more happy to lose to the guy he said was attacking his whole self than Sean who just easily beat him up.

 

[don't ask]

Losing to Sean is pretty embarrassing for Izzy. Especially when you look at Alex's fight with Sean.

 

[gentel]

Yeah DDP put on an overall more athletic performance and brought in the grappling which was always a known Izzy weakness

How Strickland did so well against Izzy is just confusing but it wasn't a total fluke either, given he made it super close against DDP

 

[Elegant]

Watching Strickland outclass and humiliate Izzy not only in the fight but at the press conference will always be one of the greatest gifts ever given to the sport, couldn't have happened to anyone more deserving.

I wouldn't be able to get over that emasculation if I was Izzy either

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

look how Pereira beat him bud. use more feints and you will fuck his defensive timing up.

 

[clackers]

I thought Adesanya would retire after he lost to DDP. All the Africa talk and how Adesanya said this was the first time he wanted to actually kill someone in the fight. It was a Title fight he probably didn't deserve after his terrible performance against Strickland. Theres was alot of emotion from Adesanya pre fight about the whole African thing and he took it way too far as usual.

I don't believe the narrative coming fro Eugene. This was a Tilte fight after a l9ng rest and the way Adesnya acted pre fight. Plus the previous Face off with DDP calling him the N word.

If the Team is getting ok with losing fight after fight then Adesanya is just sticking around for the $$ now.

 

[7 others]

Agree, the fight is pretty even at 2 to 1 I'm favour for Izzy and the 4th round is up for grabs IMO but DDP ended the fight and credits to him for that

The lost to Strickland was worse after Strickland repeatedly and relentlessly taunted Izzy in the built up to the fight

The fight was even worse when Izzy, a striking specialist was dropped for the first time in his MMA career by someone whom everyone (me including) thought would have been destroyed by Izzy

Strickland never once grapple nor clinch with Izzy in their fight and preferred to stand with Izzy and was winning exchanges and the round, leading to a unanimous decision

I think this lost bothers Izzy a lot as he did nothing for 20 plus minutes and lost a UD

 

[Shaolin Alan]

Adesanya losing to a white-boy, hurts a lot harder than to a fellow African brotha

 

[TempleoftheDog]

I haven’t seen anyone mention Izzy’s dog. And how Strickland was trash talking Izzy at the Izzy/Alex presser, I believe. Well before Strickland beat him. There was a lot of personal shit talk. It all makes sense, to me.

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

Makes sense... I still can't believe Strickland did that to Izzy, I always thought he was tailor made for Izzy to counter and pick apart.

I heard Rampage and Rockhold talking about how much they hate the way Strickland fights, I'm sure a high level striker like Izzy losing like that is probably insanely frustrating lol. Then on top of it, it's Strickland hahaha.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

The 15 minutes of fame Israel gave Sean has outlasted his own.