Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silva Cross Paths | UFC 234, 2019 | On This Day 

Agreed

100%

so true

And once Khamzat takes the belt from Izzy, it'll be another torch passing moment.

I would say: "the most"

I get the feeling that izzy really wanted to show silva what he could do

Morpheus

Guy and rock 😉

@KTV 4U True

@@debbiecrankin yeah that was the first thing that came to my mind to

A true fighter would NEVER step into the ring with no expectation of winning, wanting his opponent to take pity on him...all for the sake of getting another big pay check. How many of us that love the sport and remember Andersen as one of the greatest and most feared fighters of all time wanted to see this and a fight against Jake Paul as our last memory of him....smh.

It's just a show. It's for money.

Learn the diff between fightin in a ring & fightin for ur life dummy

​​@@bryankarst3881what do you now about a real fighter? Are you a one? Nerd Bryan

@@dusleratasoy7025I You are 100% right...whatever it is that you want to be right about. Because I don't want to have any sort of an argument with you. You are clearly either an 8 year old or someone who can't read and write. Your post just made me feel bad... Now...its know Are you a one...leave out the, A, or it doesn't make any sense Nerd Bryan is not a sentence ....Where it gets really sad though is, it was even edited!! Lmao. Again, I don't want to argue with a kid or a real fighter that you claim you are because that would mean you have been punched in the head a few too many times.

looks like staged fight.

@@ermac6466 There was so much respect between the two going into the fight, and they both probably already knew what would happen if they tried their best considering the 15 year age gap. It looks like two great fighters showing off their talents to each other, which makes sense when Adesanya is very much the spiritual successor of Silva.

@NVMVNV freedom of speech he's allowed to voice his opinion

@@greatarchitect his opinions allowed to be wrong

@@greatarchitect and we're allowed to correct his theory and say it's stupid

Copying others comment 😂😂

@@Ajatashatru7 just like how you copied someone’s comment

Really dawgg

@@Ender-bu7bh nah...NT me bro...I seen the fight earlier.... nothing but RESPECT in that fight....ain't no dam copycat potner....

Thank you Izzy For not Completely destroying Silva

Ya I really enjoyed watching this ! Not many fights I say that about. Also I respect Anderson a lot more now as well!

Plus the press conference apparently was just for show. I thought they actually were being forreal

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I think Silva just respected him same as any other fighter, Izzy was the one who probably idolized Silva. Silva would have won this if he was younger.

Wow, yeah. Awesome respect. This was great to see.

You can tell they don't wanna hit each other.

thats gay

@@vermilion6667 yeah I think Izzy could’ve slept him cold but held back

@@ItachiUchiha-wf9gf like ur Japanese cartoons

​@@ItachiUchiha-wf9gf How?

the respect to true MMA means go in to the octagon and give it your all for the fans. If they want to play paddy cake together they can do that on their own dime.

@@bryankarst3881 was waiting for somebody to have the balls to say it. felt like they were dancing and fooling around. people want knockouts, thats the truth. knockouts are the fun of the sport.

@@bryankarst3881 I think you sir need to grow up, as you really sound entitled to the extreme. Firstly, who are you to say that this wasn't what true fans of both wanted anyway? A lot of lads respected Silva as youngsters and wanted him to have a restful passing of the torch, including Izzy in a similar light and showed his skills while giving appreciation. Secondly, what do you know about "respect to true MMA"? It's a fight organization with the sole real purpose of making money through mixed martial arts, that respect is up to the fighters inside the octagon to decide on, not the fans, the fighters aren't our slaves child.

@@Osama-KIN_TMZ01 Wow. So you just said "It is a fight organization with the sole real purpose of making money through mixed martial arts" Do you understand how ridiculous of a comment that is? You are saying I need to grow up and respect the sport, and it isn't for the fans it's for the respect of MMA....then say the sole purpose is to make money? lmao The fighters are not our slaves, the sole purpose is to make money, Silva wanted a restful passing of the torch, I don't know anything about true MMA....interesting take. I can't stop laughing. Maybe I need to "grow up" and realize the sole purpose is to make money....yet it isn't for the fans. Hard to make money without the fans.

@@bryankarst3881 Wow. What a way to completely miss the point and mistake things 🤣. To begin with, I literally never said "you need to respect the sport", I said you need to stop being entitled as it is not about you or me, they're the players that know what or what not to respect. Learn to read. Also making money has nothing to do with fans, yes, you clearly don't know business if you think otherwise, does any of Nintendo's practices seem fan friendly to you? 😂 The exact opposite actually, yet one of the most successful companies ever. Oh wait, your foolish bum will probably say that's not combat sport? Then how about any of "Money" Mayweather's exhibitions 🤔, you could literally get hundreds of examples. You also obviously don't realize the shaddy shiz that goes behind the scenes of UFC? Their only concern as a business is to "organize" (a word you seem not to understand the meaning of) the events and fights, what happens inside those fights is up to the fighters, and it's your choice as a viewer of whether you follow the promotion or nah. You just enforced my belief that you need to grow up, or perhaps you just might be ignorant, in that case continue to be a snob and get used by corporations, you do you boo 😘.

Good? Lol this was a dancing act they purposely didn’t hurt each other it was like watching a play it was all bs

@@Treasures776 found the casual

@@Treasures776 sound dumb af they was fighting just Israel a way better fighter

@@Treasures776 “each other” lmao Israel didn’t want to hurt Silva; that’s how it should be said

I like this relaxed stand rather than old karate rigid stand.

Yeah, but if he didn’t miss adesanya will have slept for at least a month.

Ye Israel run from that knee , some fighters ,could not have in my opinion.

@@ChenZ3n if i was a better figher than izzy, i would ko him.

@@ChenZ3n Yeah broken skull or worse Silva is extremely dangerous

@@ChenZ3n If my aunt had wheels she would be a motorcycle

💯

Sean

If only we had more FIGHTS were there was respect and less FIGHTING. I will continue to pay $80 for the ppv...Next lets get Matt Hughes, and Tito Ortiz, or Ken Shamrock....Guys that are legends, but now in their upper 40's and have them spar 25 year olds in their prime, But they don't really hit each other..just respect each other all over the octagon..🤔😂

@@bryankarst3881 brah, Matt Hughes was hit by a train and can hardly walk or speak English anymore.. Tito is 48, he got into boxing and has gassed out in the first round of every fight he's had in the past five years.. These guys business in the ring ended a long time ago!

@@zachariahswartz5970 Exactly....thats why they shouldn't be a headline fight where everyone knows and agrees they are not the same fighters they once were. They retire as the legends they are and don't take fights where everyone knows they can't win....so the opponent takes it easy on them. And everyone hugs at the end..

Silva would smoke israel

Ooph man....cant bet against a prime anderson.

Both would go all out, like the more technical version of Zambidis vs Chahid, the crowds would've been FIRE.

@@eurekadiaz3771 iron mike zambidis?

@@APAMVs yea man

Why are u a clown. Stop being a clown. Ur being a clown. Dont be a clown. Shut up ur being a clown. What do u mean ur a clown stop being a clown

It's also unfair because Israel grew up watching Anderson. Israel learned from Anderson's (few) mistakes. It's like having windows XP go up against windows 10.

@@0sba sport ever evolving

Anderson in his prime and before his leg surgery, he would have torn Israel up. Especially, fighting from the clinch. Also, he was in far better shape back then with much faster reaction time and power

@@beewalk34 disagree completely. anderson in his prime would still be a man of his time and UFC evolves lightening quick.

Yezzirrr the spider!!!!

Comcerteza

Not really no, Adesanya literally grew up studying prime Silva, *then* got into kickboxing and MMA. Not the other way around. Adesanya is quite literally the carbon copy of Silva in terms of skill and feint game, heck they both even started fighting as kickboxers.

Izzy is Silva 2.0. No disrespect here, only admiration. You can’t have 2.0 without the 1.0

Absolutely no doupt!

Izzy lucky it was not silva in his prime

Honestly, I can’t imagine if Anderson would’ve rocked Izzy with that flying knee late in the third. Does he go and finish the champ before he even begins his legacy, or does he let Izzy stand back up? Gotta imagine the competitive spirit would’ve meant lights out for old Iz.

@@Minoclassic Anderson lucky Izzy didn't want to finish him in this match(Izzy had chances to finish him but didn't)

@@tchanek3825 Hes not lucky bro. Watch the fight again. Izzy is being cautious bc Anderson is very dangerous. You fell for the same thing all of Silvas opponents fell for. "I can finish this guy" then you go for the knockout, silva slips and unplugs you. Izzy respects that man for a reason.

If not "the greatest"

Israel went ultra instinct

OUTSTANDING sportsmanship and comment on it.

Everyone treats Anderson Silva with respect though (besides Chael Sonnen)

Eh i always want sportsmanship but the trash talk leading to a fight always makes it more interesting

Only lesser fighters like McGregor needs to use tactics like that to fill arenas, Adesanya just needs to show up.

Showbiz

I love how Izzy gave the fans what they wanted though. He went in there and let him show off his skills and they traded back and forth. Felt like an exhibition almost. Felt like he was shipping him off with a good farewell. Then you have douche bags like Uriah Hall who try as hard as they can to knockout old men but are still barely able to.

Happens to everyone

@@BeersAndBeatsPDX Unfortunately!

@joe Louis could have been even better if he didn't constantly fuck everything up

@joe Louis prime Silva mops Him you 12 year old kids need to quit it already lmao actually use google

Yeah he won a round against the current champ at 43 years old, GOAT

@@JRF1004 old goat naw forever the goat his accomplishments has yet to be reached Izzy got a long way to go my friend I swear prime Anderson would of put it on him

@Darren Reddix So roids doesn't matter huh, Then Vitor Or Jones must be your God/GOAT... I can't understand the idiocy of some of the people who watch MMA 🤦‍♂️

@@karthikhegde9752 shut up

@@karthikhegde9752 Almost everyone is on steroids. Without it they can't compete with the best. And you're a Indian. 0 UFC champions 😂

yeah none of them held back against the other, they're both masters of their craft and at knowing how to dodge/counter it

@@user-tw3ub5xh8k felt like silva is actually holding back tho...he is just smiling and only playing around...then again only "felt like"

None of these guys are holding back. They respect each other. My cousin was a boxer. I wasn't going to pounce him I respected his boxing and slowly came in and moved with defense. I am not trained but was much heavier it was his idea to box but rushing someone and you can get knocked out.

That and he is fighting Anderson Silva. Just cause Silva isn't at the top during this doesn't mean he doesn't have it anymore.

👍👍👍👍👍👍

10/10 pfp

Watch the next generation be inspired by Izzy like Izzy was inspired by Silva

Fax

Isreal will never be Silva.

@@michael-pg8fi he shouldn’t be, two different people hence the word “comparisons” pretty sure he even said it he’s not trying to be anyone else but him in there.

Se observamos foi isso mesmo o Anderson Silva foi durante muito tempo o lutador mais habilidoso do UFC nesse luta vimos que adesanya era muito mais e que esse esporte avia evoluído

Anderson Silva de 2006-2011 riu desse comentário kkkkk

Não ia perder jamais

Doubt

Some people just don’t understand that mma is not all about power strikes and sudden finishes. A real display of respect is all it takes

If only all UFC fights were as spectacular as this...

@@seank9823 he’s lying. I have watched Izzy for about 5 years now and he definitely held back.

@@yendevus1747 quick question, how is he a crotch sniffer? hes just repeating what the man himself said

@@saunajoe5973 if adesanya learnt the power of crotch sniffing doe

@@yendevus1747 he barely threw leg kicks but when he did he buckled Silva and backed off. Cracks him, buckles him and swells his eye yet backs off and says come to the middle throwing wild ass spinning shit. Anybody else and Izzy would tare their legs off immediately like costa. What makes you think he went all out on an old idol of his? See cann ain’t give a fuck and kicked his leg off immediately, no respect 😂

@@enigma372 Look at his tells they are blatant if you play poker you can't miss them. Every time he pulls a punch or holds back from taking shots at Silva, he showboats afterwards to cover it up. The "come on then" with the hands from Matrix etc. Izzy is pure class he could have fucking demolished Silva but out of respect for his role model in the sport he didn't. Quality.

Silva man, Silva. It's right there in the title lol

But you have to agree that the competition Izzy is facing are more dangerous than what Silva faced because the sport has evolved. Even Silva and GSP said that.

Silva*

@@KZ_MMA_ Sliva*

@@Dapson12352 And the one that will come after Izzy will be more dangerous ? ^^ It does'nt make any sense to say that kind of stuff. Sorry but guys from Anderson's era are still competing to this day, in the UFC and they still relevant and in the top 10 ^^ So I guess the new people are not that dangerous, compare to what you try to make them look. Sorry. Anderson retired he was still in the top10 of his division , he won a round against Israel , wich means what it means. Guys like Jose Aldo STILL in the top 5 TODAY 35 years old , in a division full of killers , Franky Edgard was a generation before Silva , Romero before he left . You want more names ? Coz there are many guys like that, still. So no , the new guard ain't more evolved or dangerous than beck then. This is total BS.

save urself some brain cells mate

he was also scared of rushing in and getting countered. Andy was 43 here so nothing to be ashamed about and furthermore I think in his prime he catches Izzy 9/10 times

Bro if you think Anderson was ever a better kickboxer than Izzy you are simply wrong...

@@jernyx9139 I’d say Silva definitely has better boxing

@@magnatical8621 to be honest they are both fairly bad boxers, now kick-boxing they are good with punching but straight boxing they'd both be utter garbage. Comparing the two in their primes though I think Izzy has gotta have the edge, though his grappling is far weaker he is strong and agile enough to block those TDs and stay on toes. Izzy is the greatest for me, he's a genius kick-boxer and a great person too. Izzy the champ!

Nah, Izzy just didn't want to take risks against a good counter puncher

Asa e boss!

Nao sei aonde vc viu equilíbrio kkkkk adesanha amassou

Tacos burritoos nachos quesidillas

@@nickb4356 humor

Tirando a parte do equilibrou os dois mostraram o que é um UFC de verdade, ficará marcado pra sempre essa luta

Na minha opinião foi mais uma apresentação de dois bons lutadores do que um fight de verdade, é por isso que eu entendo que tudo na TV é manipulativo e tendencioso...

Nigga what you doing here dawg😂😂😂

@@ttv_rapidez8799 getting clout

Verdade

Profissionalismo.

Rock Lee e Guy

Que show meus Amigos!

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It felt like more smoke than fire to me.

They were very similar.

Matadors are scum so bad analogy, this was two honourable men

What unfair fight. So ridiculous as Vitor Belfort vs Holyfield.

Yea no, looking back at it now, this fight only exposed Izzy’s timidness. All the respect for Silva but this fight was pretty bad considering it was a ppv main event that was scheduled for three rounds

What unfair fight. So ridiculous as Vitor Belfort vs Holyfield.

No final eles casaram vivem ate hoje felizes para sempre kkkkk

Queria ver a luta dos 2, com aquele Anderson lá de 2010, no auge. Aí ele já tava lento p Carvalho. Kkkkkk

iimagina um dos dois brigando com um cara que nao luta kkkk

Ia apanha menos que tu no português kkk

O sucessor é o Alex Poatan, que já deu duas surras no Adesanya.

@@jfcosta só porque brasileiro kkkkk

Respeito depois da luta né kkk Na luta desrespeito uma lenda ...

@@danielcampos20242 sim, chapa kkkkkkk

O professor e o aluno dando aula de respeito e profissionalismo.

Oh Shit