UFC 281 On ESPN+ PPV [11/12 @ 10 pm ET] “The Big Payback…Revenge” (Israel Adesanya/Alex Pereira)

[Paper Boi]

Gotta see that again. Early stoppage? But let’s be real Alex was controlling that the whole way. Leg kicks, jabs. Winning in the clinch with strikes

nah is brains were about to start coming out his ears

 

[Doctor Doom]

Was he being too cute or just didn't have the stamina to press Pereira the whole fight?

Pereira was dead after the third round

Everyone could see that, even commentary's bumbling ass

Izzy let him live in the 4th and got the consequences for it

 

[FaTaL]

Bad year for Nigeria MMA.

2023 should be better

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Izzy should have never taking his big ass to the ground. All that weight and pressure while dude was fiddling with a choke hold cost him the win.

Izzy had the hands on fleek, but at the end of the day...he wanted to play the game...

 

[CW_1991]

You know Israel's soul is burning. This dude literally followed him to an entirely different organization years later and knocked him out again. Unbelievable

 

[LinusCaldwell]

Izzy a smart dumb nikka.

 

[GOAT]

Horrible stop after seeing the replay. He never really hit Izzy after initial punch.


Stopped the fight while izzy was weaving.

Weaving? Dude wasn't even looking at Pereira, he was out man

 

[xiceman191]

Now I mean I guess it don't matter cause he won but how does a guy with 5 fights in the UFC already able to get a chance at the title?

 

[Kornball The Conqueror]

goddam this man followed izzy into a different sport just to whoop his ass again

 

[Mowgli]

That's what happens when you fail to finish with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.


Had zero takedown threat for Khotal Khan and was gifted a submission opportunity and chose to try and ground and pound a monster. Just rnc him and go home.

Damn Izzy was just bowing to that man.

 

[The G.O.D II]

Izzy should've worked the ground more. Alex didn't have a clue

Neither did Izzy. He was getting cracked with elbows and shyt while he was in full guard trying to pass. It’s a reason he stood back up at the end of the round

 

[Bryan Danielson]

That was a very good stoppage breh.

Pereira would have had another highlight KO reel against him if the ref didn't jump in.

Yea

The scary part of that onslaught was … there was like 2 punches he missed that if he would’ve landed

My Gawd….. he would’ve KO’s Izzy on some vicious highlight reel shyt

 

[El Bombi]

Jon Jones fukkery is coming.

 

[Mowgli]

Now I mean I guess it don't matter cause he won but how does a guy with 5 fights in the UFC already able to get a chance at the title?

Izzy asked for the fight. He wanted to get him outta there and send him to contender hell fighting his way back to glory.

 

[Sterling Archer]

He felt the power. He was too worried about what was coming back at him. Forget the takedown attempts. You can tell with the way jabs were landing that he didn't want to trade with him.

With the bit of boxing experience I have I thought that Alex stance is stiff and makes it easy to land combos on him but also is a powerful stance to land counter hooks and jabs. If Izzy would’ve been less conservative with his hands, he might’ve done something but just what he did kept giving Alex opportunity after opportunity.