Yoel has 3 ways to win. Israel has one.

I don’t know if Izzy can ko him but I think he’s gonna hit often and a lot ! It’s make the difference later on.
 
winkydinks said:
Romero can win by knockout, submission, or decision.

Israel can win by decision.

Yoel isn't getting knocked out, and I'll do an av bet with anyone convinced otherwise. Like it or not, Izzy is a volume striker. I know he knocked out Whittaker and kind of knocked out Brunson, but those seem to be pretty chinny guys who were both favorable match ups for Izzy. Silva stood there, smiled, and let the dude punch him in the face. The dude has a chin. Gastelum was hurt for the entire 5th, and Izzy still couldn't put him away. The dude has a chin. Romero on the other hand, has never been finished in the UFC, and only once in his career...nine years ago. We saw him eat bombs from Costa, whose power dwarfs Izzy's. I would say that Izzy could put him away with a head kick. The problem with that however, is that Izzy only has one head kick knockout in his 18 fight mma career. Yoel isn't going to be his second.

It's obvious that the Cuban isn't getting submitted.

What I'm saying is that Izzy needs to bank at least 2 of the first three rounds. If he doesn't, he's fucked. Yoel will be free to go hunting, and will finish him in the 4th or 5th. The Cuban's game plan is much more flexible.
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Funny..... couldn't the same have been said regarding Whittaker vs Yoel twice?? Who won those fights BTW?

Couldn't the same be said for Costa vs Romero? How'd that work out?

How many times has Adesanya lost in MMA compared to Romero?

Let me let you in on a secret....there is only 1 way Romero will win and it's by KO. His output is too low to win a decision and I've never seen him attempt one submission during his UFC tenure.
 
winkydinks said:
Romero can win by knockout, submission, or decision.

Israel can win by decision.

Yoel isn't getting knocked out, and I'll do an av bet with anyone convinced otherwise. Like it or not, Izzy is a volume striker. I know he knocked out Whittaker and kind of knocked out Brunson, but those seem to be pretty chinny guys who were both favorable match ups for Izzy. Silva stood there, smiled, and let the dude punch him in the face. The dude has a chin. Gastelum was hurt for the entire 5th, and Izzy still couldn't put him away. The dude has a chin. Romero on the other hand, has never been finished in the UFC, and only once in his career...nine years ago. We saw him eat bombs from Costa, whose power dwarfs Izzy's. I would say that Izzy could put him away with a head kick. The problem with that however, is that Izzy only has one head kick knockout in his 18 fight mma career. Yoel isn't going to be his second.

It's obvious that the Cuban isn't getting submitted.

What I'm saying is that Izzy needs to bank at least 2 of the first three rounds. If he doesn't, he's fucked. Yoel will be free to go hunting, and will finish him in the 4th or 5th. The Cuban's game plan is much more flexible.
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If Whittaker is chinny, why couldn’t Romero finish him in the fifty minutes he spent in the cage with him? By this “logic”, Adesanya must hit much harder than Romero.
 
winkydinks said:
Romero can win by knockout, submission, or decision.

Israel can win by decision.

Yoel isn't getting knocked out, and I'll do an av bet with anyone convinced otherwise. Like it or not, Izzy is a volume striker. I know he knocked out Whittaker and kind of knocked out Brunson, but those seem to be pretty chinny guys who were both favorable match ups for Izzy. Silva stood there, smiled, and let the dude punch him in the face. The dude has a chin. Gastelum was hurt for the entire 5th, and Izzy still couldn't put him away. The dude has a chin. Romero on the other hand, has never been finished in the UFC, and only once in his career...nine years ago. We saw him eat bombs from Costa, whose power dwarfs Izzy's. I would say that Izzy could put him away with a head kick. The problem with that however, is that Izzy only has one head kick knockout in his 18 fight mma career. Yoel isn't going to be his second.

It's obvious that the Cuban isn't getting submitted.

What I'm saying is that Izzy needs to bank at least 2 of the first three rounds. If he doesn't, he's fucked. Yoel will be free to go hunting, and will finish him in the 4th or 5th. The Cuban's game plan is much more flexible.
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Yoel certainly has more ways to win. I do feel Izzy has a chance at gettign TKO. Izzy has to be the most clinical striker Yoel will face. Yoel is also a slow starter. If he takes rounds off he'll become a walking punching bag. Could get cut, eye's both closed etc.

I think Izzy will get it done.
 
It's a Risky fight for sure , but Israel should be rightfully favored. Don't know if he will KO him but I think he can Route Yoel as long as he doesn't get caught.
 
Beherit said:
israel will TKO him inside 3 rounds, you ll run from this thread after the fight, like u always do.
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You didn't read my reply last time, and then ran from the simplified version I provided for you. You're like someone in the closet who calls everyone else gay to divert attention. If you're so confident in Izzy winning by tko, then why not take me up on my av bet I mentioned? If you know I'm going to run, will raising the stakes convince you otherwise?
 
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Cerrone had 4 ways to win against Conor.
Conor had 1 way and 1 way only, and only in the first 2 rounds.
 
That’s a Dumb small minded simpleton assessment of this fight.

Izzy has many ways to win and Ko/tko are not only within the realm of possibilities but also rather feasible.

Yoel paces himself for 5 rounds by using very little volume in rounds 1 and 2. He will explode a few times but unless he clearly hurts Izzy, he will save gas for later rounds.

This could allow Izzy to accumulate damage or even hurt/ko Yoel before he gets going. He could also set a pace to force Yoel to work and then pick him apart or catch him clean.

I’d love to see Yoel win, but anyone who thinks he has “more ways to win” is kidding themselves.

If anyone has an advantage it is the guy who has proven he can fight a hard five rounds out of a five round five.
 
mudrubble said:
Yoel has lost enough fights to not make him winning seem inevitable. Izzy has done better against opponents they both fought as well. The idea of Yoel submitting Izzy seems ludicrous.

Yoel can KO Izzy and, consequently, can be KO'd. He's been close several times before, or at least rattled enough to be possibly finished by a precise, measured striker. If he comes in with that explosive speed and is timed by Izzy, he'll be susceptible to the KO for sure. So either can KO each other.

Neither is likely to sub the other.

Yoel is unlikely to win a decision as he only has 3 rounds in him and given Izzy's footwork, he's not likely to win all 3 of those, if any.

So a more accurate analysis would be: either guy can KO the other and have proven they can do this in past fights, either guy can win a decision although it's MUCH more likely to be Izzy winning a decision. And probably neither guy is going to sub the other.

Also Yoel doesn't like to wrestle for prolonged periods of time in his fights and Izzy is notoriously hard to get down and keep down so I think it will be a striking battle which will favour Izzy.

Your assessment seems a bit ludicrously one sided, friend.
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Well said.
 
Hoping for a yoel win but let's get real. This should be tailor made for Israel to piece up and matrix yoel like prime Anderson.i woudlnt be shocked to see yoel pull out a crazy ko or Israel to just embarrass him to an easy tko or ko
 
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