The more and more fights Strickland has, the more impressive what Poatan did to him looks

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Strickland was 20-0 @ MW before fighting Alex. The winner was gonna fight Izzy for the title and Alex KOd him in half a round. 1st loss @ MW.

Since then

SD against Cannonier that many thought Sean won
UD against Imavov where he basically dominated
TKOd Abus, won POTN
UD domination against Izzy, dropped him and just walked him the whole fight, won POTN
SD against Dricus, FOTN and many thought Sean won
SD against Costa but that 49-46 Costa card was insane, Sean had some problems with the leg kicks but he outworked Costa easily outside of that

Sean also dominated Jack right before Alex fight and TKOd Brendan in the 2nd who are both top 10 MWs too

Basically Sean manages to implement his game @ MW against literally everyone he fights. Everyone knows what he's gonna do... That goofy stance, blocking kicks, jab, jab, teep, teep, jab, jab... Hook, combo.... Reset... Rinse and repeat. Even the losses are SDs that many think he won because the opponent couldn't shut him out (Dricus, Cannonier).... Except Poatan. That win has aged tremendously for Alex.

 
Yeah, Sean can hang with anyone at MW. Even Poatan said before the fight with Strickland, that was the most nervous he had been, due to Sean's craziness and pressure.

It's kind of wild to see how styles make fights, in regards to Alex and Izzy being really competitive against each other, but very different in how they matched up against Sean.
 
Poatan is much longer than Costa. He was able to reach Sean with that hook where Costa was having a really hard time hitting the head. I think not even 20% of his shots were to the head.
 
RockyLockridge said:
says who?
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He fucked up Izzy, did pretty fucking good against DDP, I think he takes out DDP in the rematch. If then Khamzat loses to Rob, its hard for me to see Rob beating someone like Strickland considering how Costa had him on skates in the first round and was competetive with him for the rest of the rounds iirc.
 
ExitLUPin said:
His chin was drained @ MW babyboi. And he was still 3-1 against Izzy and was actually able to beat Jan and Sean which Izzy failed to do as he got dominated by both.

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Izzy just outsized at LHW since we're just out here making excuses. Wasn't motivated against Sean. Excuses are fun

Lets play this game more, cupcake. I believe in you skippy. Make me proud, little fella.
 
It's impressive anyway you look at it but keep in mind conditions were also perfect for Pereira. Strickland is not known as a lethally heavy puncher, doesn't kick high, and doesn't grapple. It's a champion kickboxer's dream come true.
 
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He fucked up Izzy, did pretty fucking good against DDP, I think he takes out DDP in the rematch. If then Khamzat loses to Rob, its hard for me to see Rob beating someone like Strickland considering how Costa had him on skates in the first round and was competetive with him for the rest of the rounds iirc.
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My "says who" comment is about poatan making 185
 
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