Israel Adesanya's Absolute Destruction Of Costa Will Be The Most Ruthless Beatdown Ever Witnessed

Oh I wont pull up old "shit". Its all ok. I can respect you see Adesanya as more competent in stand up. Lets hope Costa - Izzy will be a good fight thats imo the most important aspect.
There is a method to my madness.

People who tend to approach reality in a black and white way will always find a way to misrepresent my views, thought process and my reasoning for playing devils advocate.

There is a sort of niche and grey area lost on people at times.
 
I'm a fan of izzys skillset and favor him in this fight but costa is very top heavy, expecting a knockout at the very least.
 
Hoping Costa wins, but think Izzy will piece him up unfortunately..
 
The problem with this thread is that the assessment of how the fight will go is depthless. "Costas style is tailor.made for Adesanya". No its not lol. Its tailor made to give him.major problems. If you think he's gonna just catch Costa coming in, you don't understand what both guys actually do, not just on the surface. Costa is Izzy's biggest challenge yet mainly because of his fundamentals. Plus the combo Perreira hit izzy with is Costas specialty. Best 2-3 in the division
 
The problem with this thread is that the assessment of how the fight will go is depthless. "Costas style is tailor.made for Adesanya". No its not lol. Its tailor made to give him.major problems. If you think he's gonna just catch Costa coming in, you don't understand what both guys actually do, not just on the surface. Costa is Izzy's biggest challenge yet mainly because of his fundamentals. Plus the combo Perreira hit izzy with is Costas specialty. Best 2-3 in the division
You're right every MMA fighter who can throw a 2-3 can land it on Israel Adesanya.

Quote me next time fight analyst.
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It will be a brutal, savage, merciless, unforgivable destruction.

Costa will be beaten down so relentlessly and thoroughly that he will cry in the ring and subsequently retire.

Bet the house. Bet the wife. Bet your first born son.

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You're right every MMA fighter who can throw a 2-3 can land it on Israel Adesanya.

Quote me next time fight analyst.
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Lol its just important to note for this.matchup when Izzy exits out the pocket in southpaw. The main reason hes a tough fight for Izzy is his pressure, footwork, faints, and balance when throwing. Romero was a good counter puncher too. But Costa fainted out his counters and lit him up against the fence. Tell me how this is an easy fight for Izzy
 
That's the game though.

Everyone Is trying to be Conor and sell themselves.

The world of cameras is a game of masks.

Cant take it too seriously. These people are often a lot more chill, respectful and humble deep down than they might appear on camera.
Hmm, I get that, but Izzy already had a bunch of hype around him.

I don't know one fan of Izzy's who said "I started liking him in the buildup to Izzy vs Whittaker".

I dislike the system, trust me, but some people push it farther than others. Izzy is one of those guys.
 
Ahaha very true.
Most of my problem with Izzy was the build up to Whittaker and how that fight went down. I am a huge Whittaker fan, so that just put me off Izzy permanently.

In the words of Chael P. Sonnen "there is no better day to stop being you and start trying to be Chael P. Sonnen".

I'm a huge fan of both, so I was really torn with that fight. I picked Izzy though, but I really hope for a rematch for Bobby to at least get a chance to redeem himself. Cannonier is a hell of a task though!!
 
I'm a huge fan of both, so I was really torn with that fight. I picked Izzy though, but I really hope for a rematch for Bobby to at least get a chance to redeem himself. Cannonier is a hell of a task though!!
Yup. Funnily enough I was more worried for the Till fight than I am for Cannonier.

imo Cannonier is tough, but Bobby is too fast for him.

It may just be the fact that I don't know much about Cannonier, but I feel stylistically Till was harder.
 
Lol its just important to note for this.matchup when Izzy exits out the pocket in southpaw. The main reason hes a tough fight for Izzy is his pressure, footwork, faints, and balance when throwing. Romero was a good counter puncher too. But Costa fainted out his counters and lit him up against the fence. Tell me how this is an easy fight for Izzy

I wrote a whole essay about it, thought you where sneak dissing with your "tailor made" comment.

Costa will lose because there is no complexity to his game. He's a straight forward high volume, high pressure, brawler, who throws semi-decent punches and has everyone creaming themselves cause he goes to the body under specific conditions.

He relies on his output and resilience to get him through fights. As Gilbert Melendez pointed out for those ESPN breakdowns, Costa meets power with power, meaning he doesn't mind getting hit in order for him to hit you. He's confident in his physical abilities (being a bully in the cage) which is why he doesn't develop his game much. This mentality, along with his simple game, and high output, will be his undoing.

This guy was tailor made for Izzy.
1) Israel has fought plenty of guys like this in Kickboxing:
If higher level strikers, who actually employ traps, use nuanced combinations, and have pure striking experience couldn't put Izzy out (sans Perriera) how is a basic striker like Paulo going to do it? He isn't the boxer some of you claim he is, far from it.

Those "body punches" everyone loses their mind about? Paulo mostly only uses them when he has you trapped against the cage, otherwise he's head hunting and eating shots. How is a low level cage cutter like Costa going to trap Israel? You guys clown on Izzy for resetting to the center ("running"), it's an intelligent tactic and Paulo won't have Israel's back against the cage because of this and Izzy's lateral movement.

2) Paulo is not defensively responsible:
Back to Melendez, Costa meets power with power. He takes one to give one. He randomly uses head movement and it isn't to set him up for counter strikes, it's just kind of something he does. His defensive footwork in non existent. He throws a lot of shots, willing to take what's coming back at him. He hasn't fought any polished strikers who can make him pay for this yet. Izzy will counter Costa comfortably all night as he marches forward, unable to cut off Izzy with his obvious footwork and round kicks.

This is the same guy who was struggling with an undisciplined striker in Uriah Hall. Uriah Hall finally decided to pump a jab and he was tagging Costa at will, busting his face up. Hall being more worried about being some Tekken fighter, wasn't defensively sound, and went punch for punch with Costa. Basically fought Costas fight, and succumbed to the pressure. Not to mention he a fighter who famously folds. Israel is neither of those things and he's a much more disciplined and nuanced striker.

3) Paulo is very basic, obvious:

There is no nuance to Paulo's game, hes able to land so much because he's willing to eat shots. His offense is limited and obvious. Though his punches are tighter than many fighters, he tenses up with all his strikes, making his offense extremely obvious for seasoned strikers.

Izzy will let Paulo attempt to march him down, while peppering him jabs to the nose and chin, capitalizing on his openings with quick counters, and utilizing his footwork and lateral movement to avoid the cage. Once Costa starts breathing from his mouth early in the third, Israel will turn it up, diversify his offense, and put him out.

Of course Costa coming in with a grappling heavy gameplan would make this fight look completely different. Should Costa come out the way he usually does, I envision the fight going similar to what I summarized above.

There you go I played my hand. No one who has called me on being confident about my pick has done this. It's a lot easier to build an argument when someone has already presented something. I'm so confident Izzy is going to put this guy down that I don't mind it. Come at shersheep.
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I wrote a whole essay about it, thought you where sneak dissing with your "tailor made" comment.
Ya nice essay here but I have a few issues. When you say he has no "nuance" to his strik8ng you are dead wrong and can't see it. 8f he didn't he wouldn't have been able to drop and pressure Romero all day safely. He probes with his lead hand, uses faints along with a jab or body jab to draw out opponents counters. Its how he opened up Yoel to that short left hook.

Another thing is you say he can't cut off the cage, thats simply untrue, all of his fights he gets his opponents against the cage. Thats not a coincidence. He knows what he's doing in that regard.

Defensively he does get hit. But with his come forward style and the small gloves its understandable. He has a good parry, and when he does come forward he can get low with shots and utilizes a high guard, from which he's able to return hooks to the body or head. He also is always in position, doesn't blitz without his feet under him like Rob or Gastelum.

So all in all you have no idea what you're looking at in terms of Costa. The only concern 8 have about him in this fight is the 5 rounds and his enormous weight cut.
 
Ya nice essay here but I have a few issues. When you say he has no "nuance" to his strik8ng you are dead wrong and can't see it. 8f he didn't he wouldn't have been able to drop and pressure Romero all day safely. He probes with his lead hand, uses faints along with a jab or body jab to draw out opponents counters. Its how he opened up Yoel to that short left hook.

Another thing is you say he can't cut off the cage, thats simply untrue, all of his fights he gets his opponents against the cage. Thats not a coincidence. He knows what he's doing in that regard.

Defensively he does get hit. But with his come forward style and the small gloves its understandable. He has a good parry, and when he does come forward he can get low with shots and utilizes a high guard, from which he's able to return hooks to the body or head. He also is always in position, doesn't blitz without his feet under him like Rob or Gastelum.

So all in all you have no idea what you're looking at in terms of Costa. The only concern 8 have about him in this fight is the 5 rounds and his enormous weight cut.

No I see it, I just think he's been doing it to lesser fighters. Strikers like Adesanya and Till can pivot and counter him all night long. He only looks good against the Hendricks', Halls, and Bamgbose's (lol) of the world. Do you really think a guy from a camp full of feinters, who didn't bite against decorated kickboxers, is going to get got by a plodding mma fighter all of a sudden? Come on man. I get that you can identify more than the average sherdogger, but with the knowledge you have, I know you realize there's levels to this. Paulo is too tense and slow for Izzy.

With the cage cutting, again, he's known for this against lesser fighter. He hasn't fought anyone with good lateral movement, cage awareness, and just good def footwork in general. As far as Romero goes, he's not a good litmus test for anyone, Romero isn't a very good fighter at all. He's a genetic specimen, with crazy speed, and huge KO power in every limb. Put his skill set in another fighters body and they wouldn't be shit, straight up.

Parrying Yoel is impressive because he had to go into the fire for that (something Izzy avoided), that said Costa took a lot of damage in that fight and arguably lost (I don't think so, but I saw many make the argument). He got in the fire cause that's his style, take one to give one. He'll try to parry, draw out attacks, and stay set, while he's in the pocket, but none of that matters if you're still getting hit. Something higher level strikers tend to avoid

Fights in a few hours though, bump this after your boy wins.
 
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It will be a brutal, savage, merciless, unforgivable destruction.

Costa will be beaten down so relentlessly and thoroughly that he will cry in the ring and subsequently retire.

Bet the house. Bet the wife. Bet your first born son.

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but I think this post will be a laughing stock come tomorrow
 
No I see it, I just think he's been doing it to lesser fighters. Strikers like Adesanya and Till can pivot and counter him all night long. He only looks good against the Hendricks', Halls, and Bamgbose's (lol) of the world. Do you really think a guy from a camp full of feinters, who didn't bite against decorated kickboxers, is going to get got by a plodding mma fighter all of a sudden? Come on man. I get that you can identify more than the average sherdogger, but with the knowledge you have, I know you realize there's levels to this. Paulo is too tense and slow for Izzy.

With the cage cutting, again, he's known for this against lesser fighter. He hasn't fought anyone with good lateral movement, cage awareness, and just good def footwork in general. As far as Romero goes, he's not a good litmus test for anyone, Romero isn't a very good fighter at all. He's a genetic specimen, with crazy speed, and huge KO power in every limb. Put his skill set in another fighters body and they wouldn't be shit, straight up.

Parrying Yoel is impressive because he had to go into the fire for that (something Izzy avoided), that said Costa took a lot of damage in that fight and arguably lost (I don't think so, but I saw many make the argument). He got in the fire cause that's his style, take one to give one. He'll try to parry, draw out attacks, and stay set, while he's in the pocket, but none of that matters if you're still getting hit. Something higher level strikers tend to avoid

Fights in a few hours though, bump this after your boy wins.
Ya, after the fight we can come back to this and see how you got Costa fucked up. Hes very technical, and yes Izzy looks like he'll be able to move laterally and get out the way. But to counter you got to set, unless you just leg kick and move. When he does set Costa will unleash to the head and body, I dont think Izzy has dealt with a body attack Costa will bring.

I know styles are different but in the Romero fight Izzy had a very difficult time drawing out Romeros counters, Costa didn't and was also able to make him pay. Romero respected Costas feints more. Izzys jab was non existent in that fight. Come to think of it I haven't seen Izzy employ a jab heavy game plan before. Anyways cant wait to see how this unfolds. Thanks for the back and forth, cheers.
 
Ya, after the fight we can come back to this and see how you got Costa fucked up. Hes very technical, and yes Izzy looks like he'll be able to move laterally and get out the way. But to counter you got to set, unless you just leg kick and move. When he does set Costa will unleash to the head and body, I dont think Izzy has dealt with a body attack Costa will bring.

I know styles are different but in the Romero fight Izzy had a very difficult time drawing out Romeros counters, Costa didn't and was also able to make him pay. Romero respected Costas feints more. Izzys jab was non existent in that fight. Come to think of it I haven't seen Izzy employ a jab heavy game plan before. Anyways cant wait to see how this unfolds. Thanks for the back and forth, cheers.
Cheers bro, enjoy the fights. Co-main and CKB boys should be good.
 
I think Costa will gas & adesanya will get a tko win, but with that being said cocky Izzy fans better chill out. Costa could get a finish early before he gasses as well.
 
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