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Have to give it to Alex. Stopping the undefeated (at MW) dominant UFC champ is quite an accomplishment, especially with comparatively little MMA experience and in his first main event (never mind on a PPV), even though his other two wins were not over top tier talent.
- Volk...only two fights...one over a guy he already faced twice.
- Pacheco's 4-0 is nice, especially with the finishes in the first three (albeit not over 'killers'), and then showing grit to win a 5rd decision over the previously undefeated Kayla, but is that better than Alex's 3-0 and beating Izzy? Nah.
- Islam was also only 2-0 in 2022, and despite the dominance over Oliveira to win the belt, the other win came over a late replacement in Green.
- While Sergey's wins were nice, none were as consequential as Alex beating Izzy. If he keeps this up though, he could very well be up for this award in 2023.
- Volk...only two fights...one over a guy he already faced twice.
- Pacheco's 4-0 is nice, especially with the finishes in the first three (albeit not over 'killers'), and then showing grit to win a 5rd decision over the previously undefeated Kayla, but is that better than Alex's 3-0 and beating Izzy? Nah.
- Islam was also only 2-0 in 2022, and despite the dominance over Oliveira to win the belt, the other win came over a late replacement in Green.
- While Sergey's wins were nice, none were as consequential as Alex beating Izzy. If he keeps this up though, he could very well be up for this award in 2023.