Israel Adesanya's resume has aged extremely poorly

[methrogenn]

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.

 

[Danespina]

With Pereira going on the run he did afterwards, I thought it aged fine.

Definitely been a changing of the guard, including Izzy now out. But all his opponents were legitimate when he faced them.

 

[ToTheMax]

His wins are better than ever.
Pereira was a stud and the bogeyman of the higher weightclass only after Adesanya KO'd him.
Costa was a destroyer who walked down everyone before he fought Adesanya. Costa was never the same after being KO'd by him.
He beat most of the other fighters in their prime and even though most of them are still in the UFC, they're not the same.

 

[ExitLUPin]

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.

 

[Dreyga Hates You Sherbums]

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.

 

[ChrisBenoit]

What's your resume, TS?

 

[Gamer007]

It's kind of sad his last win in years was the Alex fight, it seemed like that could be the beginning of something special but it was really the end.

It's even crazier that he was being thoroughly outclassed in that fight and found the remarkable shot to change the whole narrative.

At the end of the day, you can only truly judge a fighter once the book is closed, and their career is over. Maybe Izzy can reinvent some aspects of his game and get some wins, who knows.

 

[Egészségére!]

Still wouldn’t mind seeing Adesanya v Costa II

 

[fortheo]

Most fighters age poorly and do the best work of their careers BEFORE their title shot, not after.

 

[ThaiSexPills]

The same could be said about any fighter ever. Fighters get old. He beat who was in front of him and that’s all you can do. Yeah, he was boring but he ducked nobody and beat who he needed. He was an elite champion

 

[McSpikes]

People hardly argued he was better than Silva. It always got brought up for discussion but it always ended up the overwhelming majority chose Anderson. Kinda like LeBron and MJ debates

 

[prime_lobov]

Resumes don’t age. The context within which a fight occurs doesn’t change. For example, should everyone who lost to Tony Ferguson during his enormous win streak just kill themselves immediately because Tony, in 2025, is about to get knocked cold by Salt Bae? No, because tony was a monster 10 years ago. Fighting against Tony in two different eras makes a difference.

 

[Dreyga Hates You Sherbums]

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.

 

[TheGreenMachine]

TS ain't wrong. Most of Anderson's wins aged really well, even after they lost to him. Most of them stuck around and either went on some nice win streaks or got other title shots at MW or another division. The best examples are Franklin, Henderson, Vitor, Sonnen, Maia, Brunson, Okami, and Marquardt.

 

[Ibm]

Prime Anderson literally beats everyone, Id bill him to beat most HW's at that time as well. We have to look at the WAY Anderson won his fights. He made it look like he toyed with people and never even absorbed barely any punishment. Andersons wins are the best in MMA history.

 

[BigGucciSosa]

Why would I read such drivel lol

 

[BullyKutta]

He was entertaining.

That’s all that matters.

Hall of Fame bound. And deserves it.

 

[jeff7b9]

What a tard thread

Dude KOed Pereira Out Cold ans Peiera went up and won 4 LHW title fights. "Didn't age well" shut the fuck up dork

Izzy was the final boss at MW for several years and won 8 title fights. One of the most active champs in the last decade and fought the best challengers available.

 

[Xanzito]

What's your resume, TS?

Hey, if the job pays well, i'll send you mine too!

 

[meast]

Costa is good again, Adesanya GOAT