Poatan got a solid chin at light heavyweight

[Motivated BJ Penn]

He ate some bombs tonight, even a flush head kick. And Khalil hits like a damn truck.

That cut to middleweight really fucked with his ability to take shots

 

[surgeyou1]

Yeah that head kick was cleaner than I thought and he just ate it

But the shot Izzy hit him with could still hurt him at LHW. Alex was being overzealous and Izzy landed clean on the button with the pent up rage of 3 Ls lol

 

[barillas]

I believe the cut was bad for his chin too

 

[FreedomCricket]

Khalil got a chin tho

 

[snaportap21]

Yeah that head kick was cleaner than I thought and he just ate it

But the shot Izzy hit him with could still hurt him at LHW. Alex was being overzealous and Izzy landed clean on the button with the pent up rage of 3 Ls lol

Izzy hurt Alex that same way at the end of the first round for their mma fight. It wasn’t Alex being overzealous it was him always being susceptible to that exact punch from Izzy.

 

[ExitLUPin]

He was drained badly @ MW. Was obvious. Even 205lbs cut is not that easy for him. His last few fights in kickboxing were LHW too. His chin was prioritized from weight cut @ MW and he still managed to win the title. Was a miracle he was even making 185

 

[Cowboy Kurt Angle]

Well yeah he doesn’t have to drain to middleweight anymore

 

[Oscar Madison]

Poatan just so Confident in stalking, even while taking hits -- and yet still moving forward to maintain pressure.

Absolutely an intense joy to watch a professional cooly breakdown another fighter,

then COLDLY bust up and destroy his opponent.

And that flash hand-speed when it was time to up the pace and push for a fight ending damage.

 

[surgeyou1]

Izzy hurt Alex that same way at the end of the first round for their mma fight. It wasn’t Alex being overzealous it was him always being susceptible to that exact punch from Izzy.

Yeah but he definitely thought Izzy was more hurt than he actually was. Completely lost all sense of defensive composure

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

His reaction time is better, he rolls with punchs and doesn't get caught when squared up

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

Yeah but he definitely thought Izzy was more hurt than he actually was. Completely lost all sense of defensive composure

Izzy was alot more hurt than Izzy makes out. He wasn't playing possum it was the last ditch effort of a man on the brink of being put away.

 

[HCS]

I thought I remembered him getting hurt by Jiri in the first fight. Am I remembering wrong? I am old.

 

[RichardHarrow]

I question that. He’s only been cracked a few times and when it occurs he’s wobbly.

 

[Motivated BJ Penn]

I question that. He’s only been cracked a few times and when it occurs he’s wobbly.

He got cracked quite a few times today alone, the only that wobbled him was after the missed high kick when he had his back turned and didnt see the punch coming.

 

[Tweak896]

Izzys strikes were quicker and Pereira didn't see coming. I felt like he could take harder shots, but he was moreso caught off guard in that loss.

 

[snaportap21]

Yeah but he definitely thought Izzy was more hurt than he actually was. Completely lost all sense of defensive composure

But he still got caught with that exact punch multiple fights. There’s a great gif of Alex getting hit by that right hand in each kickboxing fight and mma fight that shows you how similar of a punch Alex is always getting hit by,

 

[deadshot138]

Izzy hurt Alex that same way at the end of the first round for their mma fight. It wasn’t Alex being overzealous it was him always being susceptible to that exact punch from Izzy.

It was the over zealousness that made him susceptible to the punch. Trying to get a finish and disregarding all defense while doing it

 

[Harlekin]

He did good on taking off a little of that kick.
He ducked in that direction, which would have been a knockout.
In the last moment he moved away from it.

 

[sjon22]

He ate some bombs tonight, even a flush head kick. And Khalil hits like a damn truck.

That cut to middleweight really fucked with his ability to take shots

The Izzy shot he didn't see coming and thought he was finishing the fight. A punch like that knocks anyone out.

 

[snaportap21]

It was the over zealousness that made him susceptible to the punch. Trying to get a finish and disregarding all defense while doing it

Then what was it all those other times he’d get hit and rocked by that punch? That same punch got Alex a standing 8 count in their second kickboxing fight, and almost finished Alex at the end of the first round in their first mma fight. Izzy also landed it flush many times in their first kickboxing fight. Was Alex just overzealous in all those situations as well?