Izzy needs to retire immediately

[Dr Fong]

Absolutely it is. Adesanya is not particularly at risk.

Oh, ok. I guess we'll all have to take your word for why someone with 115 professional fights is not particularly at risk of CTE.

 

[Ares Black]

Oh, ok. I guess we'll all have to take your word for why someone with 115 professional fights is not particularly at risk of CTE.

Because he took almost no damage in almost all of them.

 

[Dr Fong]

Because he took almost no damage in almost all of them.

You utter simpleton.

 

[CrimsonFan]

Lol @ everyone talking about how good he looks when losing by knockout.

He should retire TS. I agree with you. He might win another fight or two but I think continuing to get wrecked is just as likely. I've seen this tape many times before.

 

[CatchnShoot]

He has lost his chin. As good as he was, that's a wrap.

Kudos on a fantastic career.

 

[Ares Black]

Lol @ everyone talking about how good he looks when losing by knockout.

He should retire TS. I agree with you. He might win another fight or two but I think continuing to get wrecked is just as likely. I've seen this tape many times before.

I'm certainly not saying that he should keep fighting indefinitely. I just think he has more than earned the right to go out on his own terms.

He's taking a break. He'll probably have at least one more fight. If he gets KOd again then it might be time to hang them up. But he could also have a good performance and then retire on a win.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Adesanya days are numbered. The guy should retire, he has nothing left to prove. He'll be known as one of best MW ever.

And I'm sure he's financially ok to retire.

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

Happy endings in combat sports are rare, sure. But Adesanya could easily have a decent career for a few more years.

The doom and gloom is mostly recency bias.

Recency bias is real with a fighter at the end of there career on a 3 fight skid and 4 and 1 over the last few years. He's aging and getting worse there's no changing that and the fact that the UFC build names off there aging stars I don't see things getting any better.

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

Those are all vastly different careers.

Aldo was on TOP. CONSISTENTLY. For a LONG time. Usually guys like that, after they finally lose, cant continue to fight at the level Aldo has been able to. This is why I bring him up as his and Izzy's situation was similar, but its very rare for guys in Izzy's position to stay motivated enough to pull off what Aldo did in the past decade.

I agree it's a hard fall from the top.

 

[markg171]

He was winning until he wasn't. But that's basically the story of a lot of these aging former champions.

The reflexes are not there anymore and he will be more prone to these types of results.

Aging fighters who try and fight like they used to is exactly why they suffer those bad losses.

All the experience in the world and still do dumb shit like refuse to evolve to their new realities.

 

[Ares Black]

Recency bias is real with a fighter at the end of there career on a 3 fight skid and 4 and 1 over the last few years. He's aging and getting worse there's no changing that and the fact that the UFC build names off there aging stars I don't see things getting any better.

Fair enough. He's not the fighter he once was, certainly.