Izzy's Striking compared to Anderson???

Andy's more versatile, less point-fightery. Seemed to have a sharper killer instinct, too.

But still hard to say. Izzy seems like he's found the right blueprint to beat all these jacked manlets and has no reason to add any flash to it. I can't blame anyone for doing whatever it takes to win.

But, yeah, Anderson's striking reel is just richer. Take a look:

 
Herwald said:
Andy's more versatile, less point-fightery. Seemed to have a sharper killer instinct, too.

But still hard to say. Izzy seems like he's found the right blueprint to beat all these jacked manlets and has no reason to add any flash to it. I can't blame anyone for doing whatever it takes to win.

But, yeah, Anderson's striking reel is just richer. Take a look:

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This seems a little crazy to me. Silva was putting people away with his striking. Izzy keeps people at bay with his. There’s no real comparison here. Except both ruled over very shallow divisions where the real strong stylistic matchup just didn’t really exist. MW seems to be about striking. WW seems to be about wrestling.

Id like to see a potential Izzy vs Borz matchup in the future. We’ll see what happens.
 
As a pure striker - Izzy.

MMA striking - Anderson.

Alex Periera may potentially surpass both - although age is not on is side.
 
Herwald said:
Andy's more versatile, less point-fightery. Seemed to have a sharper killer instinct, too.

But still hard to say. Izzy seems like he's found the right blueprint to beat all these jacked manlets and has no reason to add any flash to it. I can't blame anyone for doing whatever it takes to win.

But, yeah, Anderson's striking reel is just richer. Take a look:

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I literally LOL with this haha. Nothing against the other Anderson Silva but this post was golden lol.
 
GordoBarraBJJ said:
As a pure striker - Izzy.

MMA striking - Anderson.

Alex Periera may potentially surpass both - although age is not on is side.
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I think Anderson takes it on all levels not just mma striking. Izzy is just a kickboxer, he's missing many elements of the striking game. He doesn't really throw elbows or knees. Anderson has a more complete striking game with more killer instinct.
 
Prime Silva was brilliant.

Silva was more creative, had a greater arsenal of attacks, and was just more effective. He could hurt you with just about anything.

He also had better timing, reflexes, and was better at setting traps.

No one ever talked about anyone fighting like they were in the Matrix until Anderson Silva came along.

He was even better at mental warfare.
 
TempleoftheDog said:
This seems a little crazy to me. Silva was putting people away with his striking. Izzy keeps people at bay with his. There’s no real comparison here. Except both ruled over very shallow divisions where the real strong stylistic matchup just didn’t really exist. MW seems to be about striking. WW seems to be about wrestling.

Id like to see a potential Izzy vs Borz matchup in the future. We’ll see what happens.
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Actually, I could see Izzy putting away most of the lessers that Silva put away; I would have a hard time saying Silva is a KO guy and Izzy isn't. I think Izzy has fought tougher comp than Anderson did. Agreed neither really had tough stylistic matchups most of the time; there is still time for that to change for Izzy though. Someone new could come along unless he pulls a Khabib and retires before that can happen.
 
TempleoftheDog said:
Except both ruled over very shallow divisions where the real strong stylistic matchup just didn’t really exist.
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This shit is stupid.
If MW is/was so shallow, why didnt some of the elite wrestlers in the allegedly super strong WW division just moved up and ruled the weightclass back during GSP's era, or today?
We see fighters move up and down one weights all the time.

The truth is some of them tried....and failed, because there wasnt such skill disparity, the top contenders at either weightclass are/were of comparable caliber.
 
Herwald said:
Andy's more versatile, less point-fightery. Seemed to have a sharper killer instinct, too.

But still hard to say. Izzy seems like he's found the right blueprint to beat all these jacked manlets and has no reason to add any flash to it. I can't blame anyone for doing whatever it takes to win.

But, yeah, Anderson's striking reel is just richer. Take a look:

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pankrat said:
This shit is stupid.
If MW is/was so shallow, why didnt some of the elite wrestlers in the allegedly super strong WW division just moved up and ruled the weightclass back during GSP's era, or today?
We see fighters move up and down one weights all the time.

The truth is some of them tried....and failed, because there wasnt such skill disparity, the top contenders at either weightclass are/were of comparable caliber.
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You can also consider that wrestlers are used to cutting greater weight and prefer to drain themselves as much as possible.

As you said, many of those great wrestlers at 170 could have moved up to take out the supposed weak wrestlers/grappling at 185 but it clearly isn't that simple for most.
 
Fedor5723 said:
1.Long Way to Go
2.On the right Track
3.Similar Striking already
4.Better Striker than Anderson already
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Just some advice, if you want a poll to be done, you need to be a platinum member. just found out how they did polls cuz it gives me the option that I have never seen before I got platinum.
 
They're both technical and sharp, but Anderson was a finisher.
 
Herwald said:
Andy's more versatile, less point-fightery. Seemed to have a sharper killer instinct, too.

But still hard to say. Izzy seems like he's found the right blueprint to beat all these jacked manlets and has no reason to add any flash to it. I can't blame anyone for doing whatever it takes to win.

But, yeah, Anderson's striking reel is just richer. Take a look:

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Love how people complain it isn't Anderson Silva, yet He was born with the name as if He could do anything about it, maybe if he called himself Andy Silva.
 
Prime Silva was more powerful, more dynamic/creative, had more success across a range of fighting weights.

He also demonstrated submission threats which adesanya hasn't - maybe because he hasn't needed to.

Izzy seems to be a better defensive wrestler, which is an aspect of striking in mma. You can be phenomenal at striking but if you can't stuff the takedown, it doesn't matter.
 
I think skill wise its quite close..

Where it differs is philosophy..

Anderson Silva is looking to end you once he gets a read on you.. hes there to stop you once he figures out what your bringing.. we've literally seen him take the first round off just read his opponents only come out in the next round or two and end them perfectly thats his philosophy..

Izzy is there to embarrass you and for you to understand your not that good of a striker the finish is secondary to him in the sense he will end you if you leave yourself open for it...if not he will punish you till you quit and hes more then fine with that kind of dominance , which he should be it takes a large amount of skills and patience to control distance and punish an opponent while not taking damage for 25 mins of combat ..


Both are fantastic at what they do...skill set is similar but the WHY is different
 
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