Izzy got robbed. Was it a good/bad stoppage?

[chardog]

Lmao he was about to get shadow realmed

He was already there

 

[SamuraiBro]

Dude he ducked down looking away and out on his feet lmao. Good stoppage.

 

[josh345]

izzy wasn't very elusive tonight. he pretty much got smashed every time he was against the cage. he's definitely not the best striker ever in mma lol

 

[Ronin13]

The ref is there for the safety of the fighters. Just because ones the champ, it doesn’t mean his safety isn’t worth as much.

 

[TheMadHatter]

I would have been ok if he stopped it when adesanya got knocked down. It was clear that the fight was over after that

 

[funkjunky]

But wasn't

He was a defenseless lamb to the slaughter. I like brutality as much as the next guy but it was a fair enough stoppage. I wouldnt mind seeing izzy take some damage afyer his shit talk but from a reffing point it was fair enough

 

[Nova44]

WTF was that stoppage?

 

[dmwalking]

Don't know if this is a joke or not.

Either way, no.

that’s what makes it a good troll job. Lol. But yeah I was joking

 

[MileHigher]

Yeah Izzy was still moving his head. Alex was missing at the end Not sure about that one.

Still moving his head? The ability to physically move his head doesn’t mean he was defending himself intelligently.

It was the right call. He was done. Seconds away from being knocked unconscious.

 

[TheTickG]

Can you add "great stoppage" to the poll? Thanks.

 

[Mangar]

No an Izzy fan but that was a quick stoppage. Goddard had money on the fight.

 

[Jonny Ninja]

He definitely wasn’t robbed, it was stopped at the right time. He was a little unlucky that the 1st round wasn’t a couple of seconds longer. Pereira couldn’t even communicate with his team between rounds. Absolutely saved by the bell

great fight and hopefully they run it straight back

 

[NoSmilez]

It's a fair stoppage. It just looks bad when you are slumped against the cage. It doesn't matter if you are ducking your head away from punches or not.

 

[DreyDay]

Alex most likely losing the belt in his next fight lol. He got gifted this title shot because there was nobody left for Izzy in the division.

How was this "gifted" ?

 

[Hdfi]

a bit early

 

[NZPRIX]

Bobbing and weaving and putting your hands up while on your feet, is not defending?

that's the thing moron... he was not having his hands up, they were down and so was his face. He was only kept up by the cage and even fell on his knees.

 

[ilfirin]

Just stop. We don't need to wish CTE on fighters, that's just bad form.

 

[genecop]

Stoppage was late, if anything

 

[Kono dio da!]

Early but I've seen way worse.

 

[LoneLynx]

Look if was early. Chandler would have been champ if this was the standard because Olivera would have been stopped. But Olivera kept moving his head, a basic from of defense, just like Izzy was doing. Izzy wasn’t out and could have even panic wrestled or just kept moving enough for Pereira to get tired and reset, he wasn’t given a chance.