News Israel Wants to Defend Again In October

[ShowYouRoll]

One thing about Izzy, he defends, fights regular and wins. As much as we want to see him get KO'd stiff, he puts the work in.

Same for Usman, these Nigerians are tough and like to fight.

Respect

 

[Kwic]

Definitely have to respect his activity.
It's awesome to see. He is not afraid of putting his belt on the line.

 

[chinarice]

Do people even get excited for his fights?

I mean yeah he’s good but he’s a point fighter who plays it safe and doesn’t have much power, the Costa fight was an outlier and the KG fight was amazing due to Gastelum pushing a relentless pace the whole fight

And after seeing him become Jans little bitch I’m not excited to see him face Jones anymore

I look forward to seeing izzy fight more than probably any other champ.

 

[TJ Dillashank]

Oh how nice that time period works for Whittaker if he doesn’t take the fight he needs to be cut.

The fuck you talking bout

 

[The Half Blood Prince]

He didn't. He defended right away.

typo, but thats what i meant

he actually called out and defended his belt against the top contenders before going up in weight

 

[Drugstore Cowboy]

Been tellin' y'all around 2019, the guy is the most progressive fighter I have ever seen, and I've seen A LOT.
He and his coaches planned STUNNING 5 fights in 2021.

 

[13Seconds]

Hot take: Izzy has peaked and Whittaker is peaking.

 

[Big Al's Texas BBQ]

Oh how nice that time period works for Whittaker if he doesn’t take the fight he needs to be cut.

Whittaker just fought a couple of months ago. What the fuck are you talking about?

 

[Octupus Samurai]

Imagine still hating on this guy, most active champion and just wants to stand and throw flashy shit, break men down, and embarrass them.

War Izzy!

We Saw it against Jan...

 

[CashMoney1991]

as much as I don't like him, I do love that he is active

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Wonder who his handpicked opponent, ref, and judges will be

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Mad respects for Adesanya in keeping himself as an active champ. He could easily take 6-9 months off, if he wanted to.

 

[BobblyStruggles]

Hot take: Izzy has peaked and Whittaker is peaking.

It's pretty fucking amazing that Whittaker came back so strong after the 2 Romero wars and the Izzy KO. Most people were writing him off after losing the belt.
The dude fought three times in 9 months, beating all elite competition.

About the Izzy part, I don't think we've seen him slow down or stop evolving. BUT, he does have over a 100 fights in combat sports and has been competing since age 18.
Izzy doesn't take much damage in his fights so it might not be a big issue, we also have to keep in mind he's also turning 32 this year. That's 14 years of combat sports competition.
It's possible he could start slowing down and gradually leaving his prime. I haven't seen anything that'll show that, so we'll have to see how he looks in his next few fights.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Good, love having champions who actually want to fight!

 

[PIИKBLIИK]

Look everyone, it's a champ that isn't a pussy.

Other BS champs take note.

 

[DatSamboKid]

I love active champions. Mad respect Israel.

 

[Dana's Moonface]

Big fan because of his activity

It was the one and only thing I disliked about Khabib, but Izzy would fight every month!

Big Respect to the guy!!

 

[Dante]

Izzy and Whitaker have the best iq’s in the division; we might be in for an awesome rematch come October.

 

[theleerygoose]

Say want you want about Izzy but there’s something to be said for active champs.