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

[Regular Developer]

The GOAT gonna retire before another black champion arises

 

[Ces1ne?]

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.

They literally just said the judges had ddp up 2-1

 

[dagodmcizme]

Man Alex moving back down is scary as shyt.

 

[UncleTomFord15]

This clown was talking like he was the next Mandela/Huey P just to be choked out by an apartheid cac .

 

[Lavish]

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

Slow down breh

Isreal was winning both of those ufc fights convincingly and you could argue that the first ufc fight was an early stoppage.

 

[Lurk Angle]

It just shows u after all these years Anderson still the middleweight goat

 

[O.Red]

Izzy should retire he is no longer a championship level fighter or he needs to completely change his style but as a 35 year old counter puncher whose muscle memory is ingrained to fight the way he does its almost impossible add that his chin is gone

He’s no longer the style bender he needs to keep his hands up at all times

Izzy never really had a chin to begin with if we're being honest

He had great movement +insane reach that kept him from getting hit

 

[QBN]

Dana White said if DDP wins there’s going to be a card in South Africa.

Him vs Sean

Two White guys headlining the UFC Africa card. That is very UFC.

 

[AngryBaby]

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

Dude your right, Izzy hasn't been the same since Alex came into the game.

I wonder if it messed with him bc he knows Alex is lowkey better

 

[DerrtySouthpaw]

Nah Strickland did him worse at least he rocked Alex in their first fight

I don’t want to call Izzy win a fluke but…. That overall record against poatan and I consider Alex HOF status already.
I don’t think Strickland is championship material in mw. But also I’m biased cause I hate his guts so that’s probably blinding me a lil

 

[O.Red]

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

Anyone else ever notice how this almost always backfires?

 

[Diunx]

They literally just said the judges had ddp up 2-1

That is insane to me, Izzy clearly won rounds 1 and 3.

 

[triplehate]

Izzy should retire he is no longer a championship level fighter or he needs to completely change his style but as a 35 year old counter puncher whose muscle memory is ingrained to fight the way he does its almost impossible add that his chin is gone

He’s no longer the style bender he needs to keep his hands up at all times

Y'all be so respectful to the legends and try to protect them. You know it doesn't end like this. I'm an old head, Tito Ortiz was my favorite fighter when I was young and boy did I wish he would retire when he was getting embarrassed every fight. Not gonna happen. He gonna fight poatan again I'm sure for the money and get destroyed

 

[Roid Jones]

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

Something about having to tap has always felt like the ultimate defeat to me, your opponent has your fate in his hands and you have to openly yield to them to be freed.

 

[Kinguno]

Jared Cannonier fights next week he’s the only person of the “old guard” that DDP hasn’t fought

Imavov is a high ranked guy who hasn’t had a championship fight

Vettori might be suspended for fighting