UFC 305 On ESPN+ PPV [8/17 at 10 pm ET] “African Born, African Bred” (Israel Adesanya/Dricus Du Plessis)

[Lurk Angle]

Fukk nah

205 with his diminishing chin he'll get blasted.

Lhw right now shallow he would fair better

He got cracked by strickland and subbed by DDP and your answer is to move up to fight people who hit even harder and are stronger ?

No other options other than retirement

Don't see him beating Strickland or ddp

Realistically he should just retire

 

[Roid Jones]

Afrikaner was super respectful

You know he was thinking 'stay in ya place Kaffer'

 

[Bleed The Freak]

Izzy should wait to see if Darren Till comes back and get a good KO and that's all she wrote

 

[dagodmcizme]

We need another FBA up there smh

Who the hell is out there? I’m rooting for Khalil against Alex but I don’t see it happening

 

[Miggs]

in fairness to Izzy he was gassed as fukk too .... a lot of people just didn't want to see it.

they both were gassed out.

Fair point but he was about to be up 3-1 and he was forcing DDP on his feet,DDP looked much worse right up until that take down and choke.

 

[CHICAGO]

he was in control right before he got taken down and choked...he was about to be up 3-1 he had Du Plessis stumbling on each stop was dominating the strikes....he lost in the 3rd round when he didnt go after him when he was hurt...

HE WAS IN CONTROL
IN THE FIRST HALF OF RD 3
JUST LIKE HE WAS IN THE FIRST
HALF OF RD 4
AND HE LOST THE 2ND HALF OF
BOTH OF THOSE RDS
DUE TO FATIGUE.

HE COULDN'T KEEP THE PACE UP
BECAUSE EVEN WHEN HES GASSED
DDP DOESNT STOP COMING.

I CALLED IT AFTER RD 3​

2-1 IZZY

BUTS IZZY TIRED NOW
AND GOT HIT WITH A LOT
OF SHOTS IN THE SECOND HALF
OF RD 3....​

​

 

[Regular Developer]

What's worse, getting knocked out, choke unconscious, or having to tap?

 

[prince_peoples]

izzy looked like the much more skilled fighter in there, but that doesn't always equal a win

looked like he gassed out to me, and as soon as the pressure came he folded

 

[ciubaca]

Weird champion this guy is.... he punched air for half the fight , got gassed easy but somehow got it done.
Being a good wrestler when you're tired is like a cheat code

 

[Stuntone]

Retire???



Adesanya needs this money. Aint no way he retiring.

 

[triplehate]

why yall even want to watch this bum ass nikka fight again

just retire already this was embarassing enough already dont ruin your legacy even more

You supposed to get washed and keep fighting in mma, they don't make enough money for legacy

 

[DerrtySouthpaw]

Alex pereira came through and crushed dudes aura. sad to see. Move to lhw? With even more grapplers? Nahhhh

 

[Deafheaven]

Anyone who lunges like that is ripe for a counter uppercut.

I'm blown away he wasn't clipped

step back 6, check hook, pull counter...so many options for boxing. Pacquia used to lunge like that but it he was about 30x as fast as DDP so

 

[O.Red]

makes me think that pereira fight was just a lucky shot at this point now

Here we go again with the revisionist history after every UFC Y'all JUST did this shyt with Leon Edwards

I still think Pereira is the better fighter but Izzy set that shot up perfectly

Y'all gotta stop immediately trying to erase nikkas previous accolades after they lose a fight

 

[Kinguno]

What we saw was a guy who had a lot of kickboxing fights under his record and a whole lot of MMA fights in a short amount of time and it all caught up in the last 2 years

Izzy was off for a year to heal injuries

His footwork wasn’t crisp as normal plus he’s been scouted

It’s probably been too long that he got hit as well because he was stunned a few times

At the end of the fight he got caught trying to ask the guy to fight while in a fight with a guy who been fighting him and then he got popped in the mouth a few times then got taken down and submitted

DDP was up 2-1 on the judges cards