Izzy should move up and beat Jan. He is the weakest LHW champ in a long time.

[daltonames]

he has 2 title defenses, he should stay the fuck put and defend his belt.

 

[Bobby Pistachio]

Nah. Smesh Jared then Jack then move up

 

[Omega Man]

Jan would smash him.

 

[daltonames]

Chimeav is still a big question mark. The guy is not even ranked. Yes he has looked fantastic and looks like a world beater. But he has to fight someone ranked before I can say he's worthy to fight a guy like Adesanya.

yup. he isn't ranked and hasn't fought anyone ranked. folks already got him fighting for the belt. SMDH.

 

[ION CUTELABA]

Izzy would be the favorite, he is a better striker by a mile, he would be way too slick for Jan. Jan is not a wrestler, i see Izzy working him with leg kicks for the first few rounds before Jan starts to gas then Izzy takes him out.

Izzy won't stand in the pocket and trade with him like Reyus or Rockhold. Jan is a slow plodding fighter with power, no match for the striking skills of Izzy.

Izzy should take this fight before Jones moves down and beats Jan.



Jan is no DC or Jones...

Jan is an pretty underrated kicker. Don´t forget he was outkicking thiago santos( elite kicker), outkicked rockhold( solid kicker) and outkicked reyes( solid kicker). Of course adesanya is way more technical striking wise but never count Jan out, many opponents did that and found their head on the canvas.

 

[ION CUTELABA]

MW has a lot to offfer, even after Cannoniier/Whittaker. Who is the best ground fighter Adesanya has faced?

- Hermanson is a very interesting matchup for Israel, who is still somehow untested by elite grapplers.
- Too bad Mousasi is not in UFC, that would be a hell of fight.
- The fading great grappling especialists - Weidman, Jacare, Rockhold - return with corona; let's see if one of them can pull a late run. Close to their best version, arguably the toughest test to date for a striker in Adesanya.
- If Chimaev keeps his meteoric rise he will be knocking on the door soon.

Don´t forget marvin vettori, After he finishes akhmedov, he is for a run on 2021.

 

[SKYNET]

Chimeav is still a big question mark. The guy is not even ranked. Yes he has looked fantastic and looks like a world beater. But he has to fight someone ranked before I can say he's worthy to fight a guy like Adesanya.

We're on the same page. My point is with a guy on the rise at MW plus the current top MWs you mentioned there's no point for Izzy to leave now.

Khamzat puts 2 top 10 W's on his resume and he will jump everyone at MW by early next year. Dana will have a huge money title fight and Izzy isn't gonna find a contender that will draw like a battle tested Khamzat any time soon at LHW

 

[pankrat]

Don´t forget marvin vettori, After he finishes akhmedov, he is for a run on 2021.

I still dont see him as a contender. If he beat Omari in impressive fashion can see it. Not easy task though

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

We're on the same page. My point is with a guy on the rise at MW plus the current top MWs you mentioned there's no point for Izzy to leave now.

Khamzat puts 2 top 10 W's on his resume and he will jump everyone at MW by early next year. Dana will have a huge money title fight and Izzy isn't gonna find a contender that will draw like a battle tested Khamzat any time soon at LHW

I do hope so, because I do really like Chimeav he's a badass.

 

[Pem123]

The weight different, the grappling, i like izzy but this is not a good fight for him.

Jan is a solid grappler with 9 sub win.

 

[Kyojiro Kagenuma]

Izzy would be the favorite, he is a better striker by a mile, he would be way too slick for Jan. Jan is not a wrestler, i see Izzy working him with leg kicks for the first few rounds before Jan starts to gas then Izzy takes him out.

Izzy won't stand in the pocket and trade with him like Reyus or Rockhold. Jan is a slow plodding fighter with power, no match for the striking skills of Izzy.

Izzy should take this fight before Jones moves down and beats Jan.



Jan is no DC or Jones...

Weakest lw heavyweight champ huh? Well he's the oh one since Jon and Daniel in 9 years, so.

 

[Kyojiro Kagenuma]

Forest would beat Jan....

Since when did people think Jan was anything more than a mid tier fighter? He's a champ now cause te division is frankly the second weakest in the UFC.

It was just last year when MW bottom feeders ran through the division to earn title shots...

Forest was pretty good. Getting spanked by Silva doesnt disqualify all the good wins he had.

Jan has obviously improved, have you not realized that? People can improve.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

No one considered Forrest a weak champ until after the Silva fight. Which, in fairness, says nothing of him as champ.

Forrest won the belt legitimately. I'd say more so than Jan did, Forrest took it from the defending champ. Jan won a vacant belt.

so you don't consider DC a legitimate champion either then?

 

[Kyojiro Kagenuma]

The guy has 70 Kickboxing fights, Jan is a sloppy brawler. Izzy kills him.

Lol at Jan being sloppy.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

Forest would beat Jan....

Since when did people think Jan was anything more than a mid tier fighter? He's a champ now cause te division is frankly the second weakest in the UFC.

It was just last year when MW bottom feeders ran through the division to earn title shots...

Forest was pretty good. Getting spanked by Silva doesnt disqualify all the good wins he had.

what about getting spanked by Keith Jardine?

 

[asdf122345]

The thing is ... i want izzy to fight khabib 2.0.

 

[ION CUTELABA]

I still dont see him as a contender. If he beat Omari in impressive fashion can see it. Not easy task though

he has improved a lot in his striking recently( vs sanchez he showed very good combinations) and his cardio has always been top notch. . Recent wins vs ferreira, andrew sanchez and karl roberson are very underrated.

 

[Barteh]

Well he's the weakest champ in a long time because he's not called Jones (or DC if you consider him a legit champ).

Doesn't mean he's not good. He's no Michael Bisping.

 

[KingConorMcGreGoat]

No one considered Forrest a weak champ until after the Silva fight. Which, in fairness, says nothing of him as champ.

Forrest won the belt legitimately. I'd say more so than Jan did, Forrest took it from the defending champ. Jan won a vacant belt.

LoL Forrest was always a tomato can what tf are you talking about. Ufc hype machine blind you. Shogun loses every other fight and got subbed by Chael Sonnen he's pretty much a journeyman. Those were very dark days

 

[ShreddinMMA]

so you don't consider DC a legitimate champion either then?

What? Are you fucking stupid?

Where did I say Jan wasn't legitimate? All I said was if anything, Forrest won the belt more legitimately because he took it from the defending champ. No were did I say Jan wasn't legitimate. All I did was defend Griffin as a champ.