Izzy’s counter striking

[Usssssyyyy]

One thing I was shocked about last night was the fact Izzy had no counter waiting for the rush technique DDP always uses. Who else would’ve thought Izzy would eventually time that and we’d see something like Marquez ko over Pac-Man. I’m still so shocked that the best counter striker in ufc history had nothing for what looks on the eye a simple bum rush.

Dricus must be insanely fast with it? That’s the only thing that makes sense.

 

[Tweak896]

One thing I was shocked about last night was the fact Izzy had no counter waiting for the rush technique DDP always uses. Who else would’ve thought Izzy would eventually time that and we’d see something like Marquez ko over Pac-Man. I’m still so shocked that the best counter striker in ufc history had nothing for what looks on the eye a simple bum rush.

Dricus must be insanely fast with it? That’s the only thing that makes sense.

DDP's non traditional technique took away Izzy's normally deadly counters, but make no mistake DDP didn't get inside unscathed. He was getting countered just not as consistently as Izzy normally lands on guys. DDP had some good counters of his own for Izzy which was surprising to me.

 

[ElLunico]

DDP's so fucking awkward and unorthodox that it throws off anyone even high level strikers like Izzy and Whitakker. Add his power and strength into the equation and it makes him a nightmare to deal with because if you miss and are out of position he'll ragdoll you.

Sometimes it's easier to fight someone with proper technique because you spar a lot of fighters who try to throw with proper technique so you get used to the trajectory of the strikes coming your way

 

[Paolo Delutis]

One thing I was shocked about last night was the fact Izzy had no counter waiting for the rush technique DDP always uses. Who else would’ve thought Izzy would eventually time that and we’d see something like Marquez ko over Pac-Man. I’m still so shocked that the best counter striker in ufc history had nothing for what looks on the eye a simple bum rush.

Dricus must be insanely fast with it? That’s the only thing that makes sense.

Did u miss the part where he spinning elbowed him..or the knee he landed ...

How about those stinging bodyshots..

Izzy fought extremely well...Dricus is just marauder who's full of determination...lesser competition would of folded to some of the shots Izzy landed...

Both guys fought extremely well in what im calling the highest lever MMA fight of 2024 so far...

 

[Arm Barbarian]

One thing I was shocked about last night was the fact Izzy had no counter waiting for the rush technique DDP always uses. Who else would’ve thought Izzy would eventually time that and we’d see something like Marquez ko over Pac-Man. I’m still so shocked that the best counter striker in ufc history had nothing for what looks on the eye a simple bum rush.

Dricus must be insanely fast with it? That’s the only thing that makes sense.

Yeah his blitz is pretty quick. The way he closes the distance. He also has deceptively long limbs and seems to be able to connect on those stretching shots just enough where it off balances the opponent to make him pay with a counter.

 

[bng]

i just opened counter-strike biggest data website hltv.org and checked adesanya counter-strike stats
he has won nothing in counter-strike
obv he is very bad counter-striker

 

[wh4tttt]

Yeah his blitz is pretty quick. The way he closes the distance. He also has deceptively long limbs and seems to be able to connect on those stretching shots just enough where it off balances the opponent to make him pay with a counter.

On top of that he is chaining together a few strikes when he commits to the blitz. Throw in a few feint blitz's and you get people getting cracked by the 2nd or 3rd strike while trying to do the math on avoiding the first one.

 

[Arm Barbarian]

On top of that he is chaining together a few strikes when he commits to the blitz. Throw in a few feint blitz's and you get people getting cracked by the 2nd or 3rd strike while trying to do the math on avoiding the first one.

And the combos are really weird, especially the angles that he throws them. I can see why it's hard to prepare for him. He's like a tangled mess of limbs coming at you, and when they finally connect, it smarts. lol

 

[DapperDave]

Izzy is a good striker. He has done well in the UFC.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

One thing I was shocked about last night was the fact Izzy had no counter waiting for the rush technique DDP always uses. Who else would’ve thought Izzy would eventually time that and we’d see something like Marquez ko over Pac-Man. I’m still so shocked that the best counter striker in ufc history had nothing for what looks on the eye a simple bum rush.

Dricus must be insanely fast with it? That’s the only thing that makes sense.

I think a significant issue is Izzy tends to depend on people really going after him to counter, opponent who really commit to a succession of punches leaning forward and DDP didnt really do that.

 

[filthybliss]

Dricus must be insanely fast with it? That’s the only thing that makes sense.

Maybe but I also felt like DDP was less worried about Izzy's power than Izzy was with his.

 

[Limeade]

Bad example. Marquez had a luckily times hailed mary against Manny. No one way anyone else can reliably replicate that timing.

 

[cereaI]

Did u miss the part where he spinning elbowed him..or the knee he landed ...

How about those stinging bodyshots..

Izzy fought extremely well...Dricus is just marauder who's full of determination...lesser competition would of folded to some of the shots Izzy landed...

Both guys fought extremely well in what im calling the highest lever MMA fight of 2024 so far...

i think dustin vs islam was the highest level of 2024 but then this close second

 

[Kompromat]

When DDP started breathing heavy and throwing these super telegraphed looping punches in RD3 I thought he's handing victory to Izzy on a golden platter and we are going to see another TKO Costa/Rob (as victims) style any moment. Was really surprised how passive Izzy was in his domain.

 

[FreedomCricket]

Did u miss the part where he spinning elbowed him..or the knee he landed ...

How about those stinging bodyshots..

Izzy fought extremely well...Dricus is just marauder who's full of determination...lesser competition would of folded to some of the shots Izzy landed...

Both guys fought extremely well in what im calling the highest lever MMA fight of 2024 so far...

That spinning elbow was gnarly..

The body shots were epic too.

 

[Neck&Neck]

Wait, Izzy is the best counter striker in UFC history ?

 

[flektarn]

He landed some counters but to land a solid counter he has to plant and throw which opens him up to getting taken down as well. His "elite" TDD and ground game wasnt there.
Sean got up effortlessly...but there's levels to this stuff.