Israel Adesanya's resume has aged extremely poorly

[kuroro]

Alex was making 185 & now he weighs 245lbs.

anyone can turn into a fat fuck in the off season

 

[Logan M]

Israel Adesanya will always be a legend but it's insane how poorly his resume has aged.

I remember there used to be a time where people were arguing that he is better than Silva & some were even saying he's on his way to the mt Rushmore.

Other than Alex & Rob, his wins over Marvin, Costa, Romero Cannoneer & Gastelum have aged like milk.

Even the 2nd Rob fight was relatively close & he was getting his ass kicked before KOing Alex Perira. Alex was making 185 & now he weighs 245lbs.

He's now on a 3 fight losing streak despite only being 35. He has been asking for a Strikland rematch & I won't be surprised at all if Strikland beats him again.

This just in. Fighters age.

 

[Bork Neslar]

You dumb useless turds shouldn't try to make analysis about anything. Just watch the fights and stfu.

 

[Paladin]

Israel Adesanya will always be a legend but it's insane how poorly his resume has aged.

I remember there used to be a time where people were arguing that he is better than Silva & some were even saying he's on his way to the mt Rushmore.

Other than Alex & Rob, his wins over Marvin, Costa, Romero Cannoneer & Gastelum have aged like milk.

Even the 2nd Rob fight was relatively close & he was getting his ass kicked before KOing Alex Perira. Alex was making 185 & now he weighs 245lbs.

He's now on a 3 fight losing streak despite only being 35. He has been asking for a Strikland rematch & I won't be surprised at all if Strikland beats him again.

How do those wind age like milk.. when most of said fighters were in their top form when Izzy beat them.

It’s like saying Andy Silva’s over Hendo win aged like milk because Hendo got old and started to lose.

 

[Hog-train]

I don't think his career aged poorly at all. Super active fighter and who the fuck else has done this to Pereira? A fighter that is literally a weight class and a half bigger than him.

That is super impressive to do that to Alex when he was at the top of his game. He also completely schooled Costa when he was seen as one of the most ferocious MW's at that time.

 

[Aurelian]

It's not really surprising Izzy has started to lose at 34-35. His style really relies on physical gifts. Speed, timing, reflexes.

 

[kdday]

This is ridiculous. It’s just a changing of the guard this always happens.

No one makes the arguments that Yoel Romero wins aged poorly after Rockhold and Wiedeman went on their losing streaks.

Are we now all of a sudden gonna say, Tony Ferguson wasn’t a good win??

All this is nothing but revisionist history.

Weidman and Rockhold held a title before they went on their losing streaks, almost every guy Izzy beat went on to do nothing and had never done much before losing to him either, most of his wins like Vettori were guys that looked like they could be champs but have proven to be just run of the mill.

 

[Mike]

You guys really need to stop putting words like only before words like 35 years old. That implies 35 is young for an athlete, when it absolutely is not. And you guys always do this shit.

From the Olympics to the NFL to fighting to whatever else MOST people are not in their athletic prime anymore after 30.

And 35 to 40 is absolutely ancient for an athlete.

 

[surgeyou1]

You guys really need to stop putting words like only before words like 35 years old. That implies 35 is young for an athlete, when it absolutely is not. And you guys always do this shit.

From the Olympics to the NFL to fighting to whatever else MOST people are not in their athletic prime anymore after 30.

And 35 to 40 is absolutely ancient for an athlete.

MMA is usually different though. Lot of guys only start figuring things out in their 30s

 

[Mike]

MMA is usually different though. Lot of guys only start figuring things out in their 30s

It really isn't but people just say it is for some reason. Most guys in MMA are utterly done by their mid thirties too. Look at how everyone shit on Fedor for losing at like 33, then when JDS and Cain hit their mid thirties they went on these terrible slumps and never looked good again.

The only argument I've ever seen that MMA fighters somehow age differently, is the UFC hw division being filled with a bunch of old guys. But all of those old guys were better in their prime years, and a bunch of guys pushing 40 still being ranked is just an indictment of the hw division as a whole. Not proof that MMA hws are somehow in their prime untill 40 just because they're competing until then.

 

[Mask Of Winters]

And so has he. (Rim shot.)

 

[Mask Of Winters]

You guys really need to stop putting words like only before words like 35 years old. That implies 35 is young for an athlete, when it absolutely is not. And you guys always do this shit.

From the Olympics to the NFL to fighting to whatever else MOST people are not in their athletic prime anymore after 30.

And 35 to 40 is absolutely ancient for an athlete.

This. SO much this. It's like 95% of people here have never watched or followed any other sport in their lives. Which is completely believable now that I think about it.

 

[Mike]

This. SO much this. It's like 95% of people here have never watched or followed any other sport in their lives. Which is completely believable now that I think about it.

It's annoying because even if you're not a sports person, how the hell can you just fail to notice your entire life that 99% of elite athletes are young?

How many old olympians do we see? Jordan, one of the greatest athletes of all time was done performing at an elite level before 40. Hell Mike Tyson was never the same after his early 20s. When Ali fought Foreman he was 32, and the narrative going into that fight was that Ali was too old and past his prime. And that fight took place in 1974.

Way the hell back then people knew an athlete approaching his mid thirties was most certainly not in his prime anymore.

 

[Danespina]

Another thing that some don't consider, is that all of Paulo Costa's losses were to Israel Adesanya opponents.
So if Costa beat Whittaker, now Whittaker isn't good.
If Costa beat Vettori, now Vettori's resume is worse.

There's lots of Izzy defence vs. Izzy defence fights out there.
The losses have to go somewhere.

 

[Stagliano]

Cannonier is a legit win and has aged fine TBH.

Rob, Alex, Cannonier are his only truly great wins unless we count 44yo Yoel too. And with Alex we know how bad the weight cut was for him. His power wasn't the same as it is @ 205 and his chin was MUCH worse at 185.

Remember how hyped Kelvin was after their war? Kelvin has a losing record @ MW lol he was always a fat WW but the division was so weak back then they couldn't get him out of the rankings.

Alex is a career MW and no one has knocked him out except Izzy. Adesanya's win aged very well. Particularly knowing that Alex is much bigger than him and could easyly fight at HW.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

i don't know why people hate on Adesanya's fighting. he was 1 of the most active champions ever and literally ASKED for the hardest matchups. the only reason Pereira is Pereira in MMA is because Adesanya wanted that fight even though he was down in their rivalry. Adesanya ASKED for Romero when Romero was the boogeyman of the division. he fought Costa when Costa looked like The Terminator. say what you want about his antics outside of the ring, but in the ring he was one of the best champions the UFC ever had in the modern era.

 

[GOATtalks]

Adesanya is tied with Anderson for number of TOP Ten winS

Adesanya's resume:

#9 Derek Brunson
#4 Kelvin Gastelum
#1 Robert Whittaker
#5 Yoel Romero
#2 Paulo Costa
#7 Marvin Vettori
#2 Robert Whittaker
#3 Jared Cannonier
#1 Alex Pereira

Adesanya has 9 top ten wins.

Silva's resume:

#9 Alex Stiebling
#4 Jeremy Horn
#1 Rich Franklin
#8 Nate Marquardt
#3 Rich Franklin
#9 Demian Maia
#3 Chael Sonnen
#4 Yushin Okami
#2 Chael Sonnen

Silva has 9 top ten wins.

And the names on Izzy’s resume are actually more impressive

 

[Here's Johnny!]

Adesanya is tied with Anderson for number of TOP Ten winS

Adesanya's resume:

#9 Derek Brunson
#4 Kelvin Gastelum
#1 Robert Whittaker
#5 Yoel Romero
#2 Paulo Costa
#7 Marvin Vettori
#2 Robert Whittaker
#3 Jared Cannonier
#1 Alex Pereira

Adesanya has 9 top ten wins.

Silva's resume:

#9 Alex Stiebling
#4 Jeremy Horn
#1 Rich Franklin
#8 Nate Marquardt
#3 Rich Franklin
#9 Demian Maia
#3 Chael Sonnen
#4 Yushin Okami
#2 Chael

You just decided dan Henderson, mach sakurai, Vitor Belfort, and forest griffin werent top ten.

Even Brunson was top ten when Anderson beat him... well robbed him but still...

You can't just lie lol izzy is great but Andersons resume is much better

 

[Conan the K-9]

lol, these threads are getting worse and worse.
Adesanyas resume is not even close to being that bad, like some other ex-camps resume is looking right now after tonight’s main event…

 

[Thug Rose]

I think Yoel Romero win didn't age poorly, that's a good win. Except imo he lost that fight.