Strickland vs. Adesanya: A DIFFERENT Level Of Upset

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There’s a lot of well-deserved praise going around for Sean Strickland today.
In fact, I think it’s taking the MMA world a bit of time to really get behind the idea that this win was actually more about Strickland was doing and less about Israel being off.
Sure there’s a middle ground between the two - but Strickland stepped up and defied the odds in a way that barely made sense while watching it live.
His pressure, his defense, the moments he chose to spring out and attack, the fight IQ he showed, and the dedication he displayed to his gameplan, where absolutely nothing was ever going to deter him from fighting the way he wanted to fight - save for those final 20 seconds where he came out of his shell and let Israel know exactly how he felt.
This was a masterpiece and in my opinion, it was an upset or a shock that goes way beyond the other candidates in the all-time upset conversation - and trust me, it’s not hard to see why.
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@michaelrookensmith945 9 месяцев назад

If Strickland had knocked adesanya out in the 1st round it would have been described as"lucky" but he out thought and out fought him. It's a lesson adesanya will never ever forget.

@madgavin7568 9 месяцев назад

Many fighters don't tend to comeback the same after being outclassed like that. They realize deep down that they're not the best anymore which messes with their confidence. To give some examples; Renan Barao was never the same after his first fight with TJ Dillashaw, Anthony Pettis was never the same after the RDA fight, Tony Ferguson was never the same after Justin Gaethje (he did take a VERY concerning amount of damage though), Tyron Woodley was never the same after Kamaru Usman, JDS was never the same after his fights with Cain Velasquez and even though he's 2-0 since Volkanovski 3, I believe we've seen the best of Max Holloway as well.

@socratese5 9 месяцев назад

Yeah this one will be extra hard for him, he thought his life was going to go a certain way after he Beat Alex and he was “manifesting” his life in a certain way, and then this happens, His confidence was shot at the end of the fight and Sean was bullying him. Kinda reminded me of when you see two animals fighting for Alpha and one suddenly stops and runs off knowing it’s been beat and it’s over. Izzy claimed that the octagon was his and he claimed it pretending to pee on the side like a dog, But Sean showed him that night he’s the new top Dog. Until Dricus that is, who knows who wins that fight, or Khamzat etc. But his spirit was broken at the end.

@remyhavoc4463 9 месяцев назад

@@madgavin7568ehhh Adesanya got beat by Jan BlaIcantspellhisname and he still kept defending his title I don't know if he'll win in a rematch but who knows

@madgavin7568 9 месяцев назад

@@remyhavoc4463 That wasn't an outclassing though. It was a competitive fight with Jan really only dominating the last two rounds with wrestling. It was also a forgivable loss because it was up a weight division. The loss to Sean though? Sean beat Izzy at his own game for 4 of 5 rounds, dropping him in the 1st, battering him throughout and mentally breaking him in the final round.

@AlanAndres-px3hz 9 месяцев назад

@@madgavin7568 I mean there are dudes who have been through more and still have there day Dj got out classed by Dom and became one of the best. Bisping got finished and out classed by rockhold and others and came back to finish him and win a title. I don't like izzy much but if they can he certainly can only time will tell

@abominably_antisocial 9 месяцев назад

I've never been this happier watching a guy win in MMA!

@qwertyali2943 9 месяцев назад

I feel you! This win by Sean Strickland brought so much excitement and happiness to MMA fans. It's truly one of those memorable moments in the sport! 👏🥋

@Drew791 9 месяцев назад

I’ll be the first to admit I never ever thought Sean was championship caliber. He really showed a great game this past Saturday and it was definitely his night. Now I still have a hard time believing he’s going to hold on to that belt for a while, but in his own words “it doesn’t mean a thing” anyways.

@justinwright7469 9 месяцев назад

It’s the saying of mma math doesn’t work.

@javierlandaverde4108 9 месяцев назад

If you watch Strickland fight in his time in UFC. I thought his style was really weird but intresting. Keeps it very basic and fundamentals but he uses heavy cardio. I thought he was championship level. The thing is, he has a bad rap for being "according to" UFC and Media: Obnoxious, annoying, homophobic and racist so basically he was canceled out or already put negative in his media coverage. People didn't take him for granted and he wasn't really put out there by the UFC in PPV. Given that, he has absolutely done a solid job. He was kind of in the Belal list. No one want didn't want to fight him yet the UFC was trying to cancel him out. You saw until recently that Robert Whitticker wanted to fight Sean before Sean got the nod for the Izzy fight. If you take Sean's personality or negative image he is a solid high IQ fighter. No wonder he's a mentor in his camp. People like to be around him and he feeds off great energy for his camp and fighters.

@incredible5587 9 месяцев назад

he has always been a sort of stepping stone for the top contenders, at least he has that achievement unlocked. I think they will give izzy a quick rematch since he held the title so long but you never know. Congrats for him tho!!! I really like both fighters, Sean is mad funny!!!! the full send pod with him right before the fight was funny AF!!!

@qwertyali2943 9 месяцев назад

I totally get what you're saying! Sean Strickland's victory was incredibly impressive, and it's understandable that you might have had doubts about his championship potential before this fight. He really stepped up and executed his game plan flawlessly. As for holding onto the belt, time will tell, but one thing's for sure, he made a statement with this win. Let's see how his reign unfolds. It's a fascinating time in the middleweight division! 👊🏆

@alanpassos468 9 месяцев назад

@@incredible5587 A rematch doesn't make sense, since Izzy is 4-3 in his last fights. Plus, he lost the title twice in a little over a year.

@user-wc4mh6lz5c 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for pointing out that Izzy did, in fact, not look "off". He was outclassed. Simple as that

@scotty245 9 месяцев назад

Sean did a great job of making all of Israel's options seem inadequate. Superb Defense.

@phanthomboy3 9 месяцев назад

Strickland isnt flashy and quite simply mastered the basics. Marched and cut off Izzy to put his back to the cage. He Kept a simple but masterful defense, and wrapped it all off with good timed strikes that didn't over extend. May not look pretty but it was quite textbook. Definitely surprised most of us.

@whacklp6120 9 месяцев назад

Sean's amazing, but don't be surprised if they bust Adesanya's 5th aunt and 10 of his cousins in Nigeria for cashing in insane amounts of money from bookmakers

@ifgwelf 9 месяцев назад

No rematch! Izzy got outclassed across 5 rounds. Izzy was not off. Sean simply outclassed him!

@MojKanal-cz1iz 9 месяцев назад

Only reason he was "off" is because of that ass whooping he got at the end of first round. Dude was scared lol

@TheElbowMerchant 9 месяцев назад

Agreed. Sadly, Dana doesn't, and it sounds like he's definitely pushing for an immediate rematch.

@vanvancjcj5680 9 месяцев назад

@@MojKanal-cz1iz Sean's style shut him down completely and he couldn't figure it out. that's why he looked bad and his fans can't process it.

@michaelhill6451 9 месяцев назад

I agree. Izzy is 1-2 in his last 3 fights. He doesn't deserve a rematch (especially given how Sean dismantled him). He should fight Dricus and the winner should get the title shot. This way we are sure Dricus vs Izzy happens and either fight coming out of it would be fire. That said, the UFC clearly don't want Sean Strickland as Champ. They didn't even want to give him the fight against Izzy to begin with.

@vanvancjcj5680 9 месяцев назад

@@michaelhill6451 I think Sean beats Izzy again. His style literally cancels Izzy's style. Would be fucking hilarious if he gets to defend that belt for long and Dana can't get rid of him 😂😂😂

@Imhim247 9 месяцев назад

That's the best champion bout yet. Sean did one thing and win it all. Major respect to Sean

@michaelhill6451 9 месяцев назад

Sean Strickland's victory was a real "Rocky" moment. He had a brilliant game plan, stuck to it, and essentially executed it flawlessly. He showed amazing distance management, almost flawless defense, and an ability to pick his shots with an absolutely amazing striker. It wasn't a "lucky" shot. Sean absolutely dismantled Izzy on pretty much every level.

@mitch6962 9 месяцев назад

It wasn't a moment it was a whole fight.

@michaelhill6451 9 месяцев назад

@@mitch6962 I meant the specific moment after the fight when the belt was placed around his waist. Rocky II, really.

@cpostclothesrack2012 9 месяцев назад

@@mitch6962🎯

@shane7051 9 месяцев назад

Wrong. His gameplan stated by himself and his coaches was to wrestle wrestle wrestle. He literally scrapped that and fought how he wanted to in the moment.

@michaelhill6451 9 месяцев назад

@@shane7051 Regardless of whether it was something Sean came up with on the fly or something he talked about with his team, it was a brilliant strategy which he stuck to and it worked pretty much flawlessly. If Sean just came up with this strategy on the fly by himself, that's even more impressive, tbh. P.S. "Wrong". No one made the claim you're "correcting".

@JimmyHuynhdesign 9 месяцев назад

Sean beat him at his own game the whole time. wow

@AlexMar-r 9 месяцев назад

That knock down , put the fear of god in Adesanya , he was so apprehensive right after that ,he felt Strickland could KO him and he couldn’t have bear the thought of loosing by KO yet again.

@DBZSeanzie 9 месяцев назад

It’s definitely one of my favorite upsets of all time, and one of the most surprising in my opinion. Very impressive

@qwertyali2943 9 месяцев назад

@brandan7095 9 месяцев назад

Round 2 was so insanely close it could've gone to Sean too. Just a master class by Sean. I wanted him to win but thought he was gonna need a flash KO to do it. Never expected him to just walk down Izzy for 5 rounds. Holy hell. 3 days later and I've rewatched it many times and am in complete disbelief he did it the way he did.

@akindtroll28 9 месяцев назад

Damn, i just realized Izzy is 4-3 in his last 7, if he loses again he'll be 4-4...

@MrCraigy2705 9 месяцев назад

Overrated.

@alexnikolas1991 9 месяцев назад

Hard to think of anyone else in recent memory who's been gifted a rematch with those kinda stats. The special treatment Izzy is receiving from Dana right now is a bad look for the MW division and a bad look for the UFC as a whole.

@SK-ix8jb 9 месяцев назад

@@MrCraigy2705by a mile

@crlclssic 9 месяцев назад

Great maths there congrats

@KhanalSush 9 месяцев назад

When you consider that one loss was at 205 it not that shocking. Just 2 losses in middle weight. It's just cool to hate Adesanya now.

@levelup2014 9 месяцев назад

Shout out to the ref for not stopping the fight early so we could witness Sean’s masterclass

@sillywabbit7989 9 месяцев назад

Sean has a great record and stats. He earned this. F the ufc and their sellout champs and set up fight paths.

@SuperTommox 9 месяцев назад

I simply would have NEVER guessed it. Never.

@Vikn01 9 месяцев назад

This reminds me of TJ vs Barao. Short notice challenger, no chance and then he outclasses the dominant champ over the entirety of the fight.

@theFall3nOne1 9 месяцев назад

That was fucking legendary

@almazingsk8er 9 месяцев назад

I keep bouncing back and forth between how I feel. On one hand, TJ was mostly unknown when he fought Barao which is why he was so underrated. For Sean, he was top 5 and had been seen as just not that guy. He wasn't underrated because people didn't know him, he was underrated because people had assumed he just didn't have the talent. it's a big difference and it makes his win a bit more impressive imo. Sean tore down our expectations whereas for TJ, his expectations had just yet to be set.

@DaPookinator 9 месяцев назад

I'd say this or Woodley vs Usman at the time.

@fachriardiansyah2613 9 месяцев назад

@@DaPookinatordude idk usman was the most ducked blue chip prospect at the time, while stricklas was basically a gatekeeper who outclassed a dominant champ in his own game

@benlewis5312 9 месяцев назад

⁠@@DaPookinator Usman was 9-0 in the UFC when he fought Woodley with wins over RDA and Maia. Sure he was an underdog but plenty of people thought he could win. Woodley was only a 2-to-1 favorite against Usman, not a 7-to-1 favorite like Izzy was against Strickland

@scottkinnon6125 9 месяцев назад

This is crazy on so many levels, not only did I completely discount him, but now I edge towards him as a small favourite in the rematch, unbelievable showcase of talent

@alpha_neandethal_primarch 9 месяцев назад

DeSean Strickland is literrally a mythical fighter.

@elnegromasguapo 9 месяцев назад

TJ was on juice 😂 Amanda had Covid 😂 Serra was a lucky punch 😂 Cejudo was a BS judges call😂 Conor gassed out😂 Strickland was domination 😊

@americkseowdevries1443 9 месяцев назад

barrao was a juicehead too.

@kingt0295 9 месяцев назад

@@americkseowdevries1443yeah true, he went like 0-6 after USADA was implemented.

@americkseowdevries1443 9 месяцев назад

@@kingt0295 They are all on steroids. I give props to natty fighters but honestly don't care because most of the rosters are juicers.

@xMYK3 9 месяцев назад

i never comment on videos but your videos are so high quality for a channel your size! good shit

@Cromius771 9 месяцев назад

Can't spell Adesanya without Dana

@DaPookinator 9 месяцев назад

The fight it reminded me the most of was Woodley vs Usman when it happened. Due to the surprising domination of an established champion and the inactivity of the champion.

@leeham6230 9 месяцев назад

There is no upset like this in the history of MMA, you are right. Nobody saw this coming.

@NIN948 9 месяцев назад

Izzy was not off sean was just the better fighter that night

@sloppygoo 9 месяцев назад

Holly vs Ronda, Volk v Islam, Strickland v Issy- the Aussie identity is built around underdog sporting wins and the energy the crowd brings has helped bring the sports some huge shocks! We get behind the underdogs and make them believe we’ve been doing it for our own sides in other sports for over a century

@superace6 9 месяцев назад

This was the most shocking upset imo

@benzeltser9851 9 месяцев назад

48 Hours later and I still can't comprehend this

@Littlebitz3211 9 месяцев назад

It’s crazy how ppl say Izzy was off that fight. He was so sharp but couldn’t cut through Sean’s shell

@ethanstewartstevenson7309 9 месяцев назад

Couture vs. Silva is what this felt like. He took his spirit in round 1, and took his soul in following 4.

@justinwright7469 9 месяцев назад

I think Garbrandt vs Cruz should be on the list. Mostly because he did to Cruz what Cruz had done to everyone else.

@undrash 9 месяцев назад

Yes that was insane to watch

@madgavin7568 9 месяцев назад

Cody wasn't that big of an underdog against Cruz compared to the other upsets.

@justinwright7469 9 месяцев назад

@@madgavin7568 He was still an underdog, and he fought Cruz the way Cruz fights. I don’t think anyone really saw that coming.

@madgavin7568 9 месяцев назад

@@justinwright7469 There have been way bigger upsets than Cody vs Cruz.

@J0nny_Ch1mp0 9 месяцев назад

Sean strickland is so tough, he provided protection for his body guard.

@mrhighway5312 9 месяцев назад

Well said. I think too the momentum leading up to this fight was in Sean’s favor. The pre fight presser being a good sign of that. Sean picking on Izzy,getting the crowd behind him,it was his moment and he was gonna take it. Izzy seemed disinterested and just kinda going through the motions. Probably figured it’d be another night at the office for him as I guess we kinda did. Props to Sean

@TheDreamDetective888 9 месяцев назад

Great topic.

@Musicdudeyoutub 9 месяцев назад

When they say it was an upset, they mean that Adesanya fans are upset that their guy just got exposed

@nickzx1082 9 месяцев назад

This fight like the fight with Khabib and Connor

@teegees 9 месяцев назад

Spot on.

@SnaketheJake87 9 месяцев назад

This victory changed my life.

@personreanimation 9 месяцев назад

Sean utterly dismantled Izzy and took away everything that made his a good fighter.

@AyAngelchillfoo1315 9 месяцев назад

Corona California finest Sean Strickland !!!! 951!

@NavidKhan84 9 месяцев назад

That fight iq jump from his last fight to this is crazy…he made almost 95% right decisions…that’s madness…it usually take way more experience and a lot of drilling to muscle memory and usually never happens in not such a short time…Adasanya had a absolutely wrong approach to philly shell defense ..he needed to put in combos and put high roundhouse kick as the last shot of combo…philly shell is a great boxing defense but is always vulnerable while going out of pockets to high head kicks in mma, cos u have only one hand as high guard and there are high possibility of head high roundhouse kick to slip over the hand and hit the back/side portion, a vulnerable part of the head even with the guard up…those question mark kicks had no set up and Sean saw them coming from miles..Israel had no plan B when Sean checked almost all the low leg kicks..no adjustments at all

@razvanteleanu4302 9 месяцев назад

This guy is Rocky. Bulletproof.

@frankscola1163 9 месяцев назад

Shout out to the Puppy!

@alreadytookenname 9 месяцев назад

When I see a fighters response to sean hitting his own face before the fight, I think about that fallout meme "you didn't ask for this you didn't want this but it's happening" 😂

@joshthemediocre7824 9 месяцев назад

It was very much like Rousey V Holm...a complete beating by a proven but underrated opponent. I personally wasn't as shocked by the time the fight was over the way i was with Rousey v Holm, simply because Izzy had lost a few fights already, where Rousey never came close to losing until she lost. Regardless your right about Sean getting a lot more of the credit than he did at first, a lot of that has to do with how MMA channels broke the fight down for people, it opened their eyes to what really happened. It was amazing to watch.

@L3GHO5T 9 месяцев назад

Though I’m bias gsp as a Canadian. This Strickland win in my opinion is the biggest win in ufc history.

@arthurperalta104 9 месяцев назад

I’m right there with you on this being the biggest upset and I always thought Strickland was never showing his full ability in the octagon I knew he was good but I honestly never thought he was going to be style bender the way he did I just thought he would make the fight semi competitive

@josevargas-fr7ty 9 месяцев назад

This fight reminds me of the penn vs edgar fights

@moncherixxx 8 месяцев назад

This was a (Cody garbrant) moment for Strickland! That was his best possible performance and we won’t see him fight anything like a perfect game plan like that again!

@marcoslaureano5562 9 месяцев назад

What was WACK AF was Dana making excuses for Izzy and even looking pissed that Strickland won. Izzy is 1-2 in his last 3 fights. I always thought he was a bit overrated tbh.

@ChimpFromSpace 9 месяцев назад

A champion who is openly critical of China while Dana and his corporate cronies/overlords are trying to make a market in China = tomato Dana.

@user-kf6vk6kf9g 9 месяцев назад

SUn Tzu, said, know your enemy n know yourself, you don't have to fear 100 battles. Strick knew his foe.. It's like he had the cheat codes..

@VIIx22 9 месяцев назад

Never fuck with the Philly paddy cake shell baby!!!!!!! Sean the Aussie Strickland! Congrats

@bewaremycurse 9 месяцев назад

This upset is so insane that if it written in a movie i would say that thats corney and is completely unrealistic Hats off to the mad man D'sean Strickland! 🦅

@wildmonkey2409 9 месяцев назад

Sean outclassed prime Israel

@RoyalFlush1998 9 месяцев назад

If Strickland started barking like a dog near the end I woulda fucking died lmao

@mikedangerdoes 9 месяцев назад

I think it's interesting that we see more and more holes in Izzy's game, with each loss he takes. WIth Jan, is was that he was bigger and heavier and mixed in takedowns. With Alex, it was that he can be knocked out and if you take away his reach advantage, he is touchable. But with Strickland...I don't even know what to say. Maybe that it's he has an inability to deal with pressure, doesn't make use of a full MMA arsenal (never tries to grapple), or he can't adjust mid-fight. Because it's wild to me that a champion of his calibre, with coaches like Bareman in his corner, can't make a read on Strickland over the course of a full five rounds and figure out some way to have success.

@socialmediaego 9 месяцев назад

It’s a style Izzy wasn’t ready for. A pressure boxer with excellent movement.

@randoir1863 9 месяцев назад

Great analysis in under 10 minutes! Unlike the Ronda/Holly fight , where Ronda fell in love with her garbage striking, Sean won 4 rounds of 5 on the judges scorecards . Sean found a way to beat one of the best strikers in mma at his own game . That's what makes his win all the more sweeter !

@ChimpFromSpace 9 месяцев назад

The dude has spent A LOT of time sparring, and you can tell.

@scotty245 9 месяцев назад

Sean said fuck my coaches im about to humble the "best striker in the game" without any grapple game

@BosonogiNebo 9 месяцев назад

damn right

@vladxful 9 месяцев назад

Big like

@TrggrWarning 9 месяцев назад

He is the real THEY LIVE guy … he sees stuff.

@MyPalJimbo 9 месяцев назад

I was so close to betting the house on Izzy. Would have been my first online sports bet. I would have lost my shirt. Now I shiver if a DraftKings ad plays.

@alexandermendez4653 9 месяцев назад

Sean was probably happy that the fight wasn't stopped in the first round so he could beat him up for twenty more minutes. That's got to be a crazy experience, just beating the brakes off a guy for almost half an hour.

@jamesmejia2955 9 месяцев назад

Sean shut Izzy down, I totally agree that Izzy didn’t look off, Sean really just put the hands on him and Izzy started losing confidence after he was missing punches so much

@rabbithole8858 9 месяцев назад

Dana glazing Izzy so hard he's about to drown in Jizzy

@ImranKhan-gs2hy 9 месяцев назад

Its crazy how Sean dominated and beat Izzy at his own game (counter striking) and in Izzy’s backyard!

@luckyold317 9 месяцев назад

It was Garbrandt/Cruz, I had a gut feeling the whole build that it might be, Strickland fights like a gamer who won’t let go of the block button, and Izzy is a combo builder. Izzy, however, might be the fighter who can actually learn and adapt, and Strickland isn’t exactly mixing it up with his style.

@socratese5 9 месяцев назад

Yeah this loss will be extra hard for Izzy, he thought his life was going to go a certain way after he Beat Alex and he was “manifesting” his life in a certain way, and then this happens, His confidence was shot at the end of the fight and Sean was bullying him. Kinda reminded me of when you see two animals fighting for Alpha and one suddenly stops and runs off knowing it’s been beat and it’s over. Izzy claimed that the octagon was his and he claimed it pretending to pee on the side like a dog, But Sean showed him that night he’s the new top Dog. Until Dricus that is, who knows who wins that fight, or Khamzat etc. But his spirit was broken Saturday night, hope he comes back stronger.

@wasp3959 9 месяцев назад

It's weird I think Sean really robbed izzy of his soul in the press conference. All the dog and china stuff has definitely hurt his popularity. Izzy may pretend to be brash but he is probably gutted to be the heel.

@DamanKingBear 9 месяцев назад

Strickland won more with his defence than his offence. That is buzzy

@scotty245 9 месяцев назад

very buzzy. A great fight! Much like adesanya's counter plays, but just raw defense.

@hakr1298 9 месяцев назад

I think it's fair to say that you can never ever predict what is gonna happen in an mma cage, no matter how much you think you know

@BerticusBersht 9 месяцев назад

You can generally predict a lot fairly accurately but it is way more volatile than any other sport.

@MojKanal-cz1iz 9 месяцев назад

@@BerticusBershtall it takes is 1 punch to end the fight or complete change it

@chabbytreemechanic1731 9 месяцев назад

Congrats to Strictland

@ottebya 9 месяцев назад

I still feel the Dillashaw/Barao fight was the most impressive upset because A) it was insanely savage on dillishaws part against a beast of a champ and B) it was the the moment of seeing a new champ who looked levels above the person who looked levels above, basically a new era from a new destroyer -- with strickland I dont see him as a potential long reigning champ, he just seems like he has izzy's number and so it may be the end for izzy being on top but I think this just opens the division for rotating champs

@MMADIVE 9 месяцев назад

Yea, I think I'll need some time to reflect. But Dillashaw beating Barao is the other major upset that just ticked all boxes. Cody/Dom was another one pointed to by one of our commentors.

@WindWalker1961 9 месяцев назад

Pillar to Post Beat Down

@stuartdalrymple 9 месяцев назад

Thankyou for speaking the truth good sir! Subbed

@ZenTea 9 месяцев назад

He beat him 4 times, once for every round. Maybe round 2 is debatable. He dominated him nearly the whole fight.

@jakemitchell1671 9 месяцев назад

I know that now saying I believed Sean would win carries no weight at all. Sounds like BS. But I really did see a path to victory for Strickland, and it turned out to be what he did: Pressure him WITHOUT getting over-aggressive. Izzy is an absolute genius at luring his opponents into a mistake. Sean resisted, and stayed at range even when he had some opportunities. Most of Izzy's opponents have not been able to resist the urge to close the distance and try to finish him. Izzy's counter striking is so elite he just has had to wait on those situations. Sean never presented that chance. A master class in figuring out an opponent.

@Y2Si 9 месяцев назад

the only other upset of this kind that i can think of is in boxing, with Joshua - Ruiz

@c.m8820 9 месяцев назад

I’m not sure what you watched but it was a pure dominant performance from Strickland

@MMADIVE 9 месяцев назад

Yea you can call it that, for sure. It was a shade or two below the likes of Dillashaw/Barao - so I'll stick with calling it 'comfortable'. Splitting hairs though, it's right on the border-line for me.

@scotty245 9 месяцев назад

it was, but less obvious because the gap in skill wasn't in offense but defense.

@heroprotagonist24 9 месяцев назад

The last DogBender defeated by the Crazy Aussie Strickland

@jamal6221 9 месяцев назад

Reminds me of Woodley Vs Usman, Tyron never recovered from that, I think it's safe to say Izzy's reign is over, he will never regain that confidence, the king is dead, long live the king, this game is brutal.

@madgavin7568 9 месяцев назад

Its happened enough times throughout MMA history to count; Anthony Pettis was never the same after the RDA fight, Renan vs TJ, JDS vs Cain 2 & 3, Tony vs Justin, Condit vs Lawler, one could argue Max vs Volk 3. We may have to add another one to the list.

@kingt0295 9 месяцев назад

@@madgavin7568we cant argue Max v Volk 3 max beat really promising talent in Allen the took out KZ with zero resistance hes still the same old max Volk is just better

@tomo6303 9 месяцев назад

Another case of "great fundamentals vs player fighter". Watching Hamed vs Barrera was the same kind of experience.

@mindblockandroid 9 месяцев назад

I feel that this is more like those boxing fights where a fighter gets exposed, like Spence vs Crawford. Izzy is not bad, but he was exposed as a bit one dimensional.

@michaellee1688 9 месяцев назад

I’d love to see a rematch one day. But I think Izzy needs to get a few wins before getting a rematch. But knowing Dana and how much he hates Sean and loves Izzy. I bet the rematch will be the next fight.

@rjames1951 9 месяцев назад

Kody Garbrant vs Domemic Cruz.

@wrxrob2589 9 месяцев назад

Merab said Sean by decision

@cmattingly5033 9 месяцев назад

I said Sean was going to finish them in 4 r 5 our a decision more toward a decision I said he was going to win around 3,4,5 I didn't think he was going to do what he did that was even cooler lol I knew the Forward pressure was going to be hard for Izzy after the second

@jnano2071 9 месяцев назад

People saying Sean had a great game plan don’t realize his game plan was to wrestle

@Project.X7 9 месяцев назад

Unfortunately sean will likely struggle with a wrestler of du plessis and more so of chimaev's calibre

@calvinslattery6625 9 месяцев назад

5-0 against Izzy is one of the biggest upsets of all time.

@RibsBjj 9 месяцев назад

Aint no upset everyone liked that 🤣

@chuancey0389 9 месяцев назад

This fight is just dillashaw vs barao without a finish

@GodsSon7770 9 месяцев назад

HE USED HIS BRAIN FIRST, AND THOUGHT TO HIMSELF "WHO HAS BEATEN IZZY"? AND HE WENT TO SPAR FROM WHAT I HEARD MANY MANY ROUNDS, DAYS, WITH ALEX PEREIRA THE ONLY MAN TO KNOCK OUT IZZY, AND HE SOAKED UP KNOWLEDGE LIKE A SPONGE , DEFENSES, OFFENSE AVAILABILITIES, AND HE PICKED IZZY APART JUST AS ALEX PEREIRA HAD DONE MULTIPLE TIMES. IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN HOW TO BE THE BEST YOU CAN EVER BE. I SEE SEAN CONTINUING TO SPAR WITH ALEX PEREIRA AND GET EVEN WAY BETTER AND UNBEATABLE, GREAT JOB SEAN STRICKLAND 👍🏽

@GodsSon7770 9 месяцев назад

NO MATTER HOW MUCH DANA WHITE HATES IT 😂🤣🤣

@TheLexstrong 9 месяцев назад

D'Sean is the type of guy that would walk down the hate train and give the conductor the 1-2

@shauncampbell6199 9 месяцев назад

Im not a casual fan, with that said I was not surprised at the outcome. Sean Strickland was completely underrated and disregarded in this fight. I really think that most people got caught up in his shenanigans and didn't realize the guy can actually fight and hes technically a really good fighter. I also think everyone got caught up in MMA math. Just because a guy beats someone and then another guy beats that guy doesn't mean that he can beat the other guys opponent. This one was not as much of a shock to me as some of the other upsets but I've seen in the past.

@emcee6476 9 месяцев назад

Exactly unless your Jon Jones

@jeremydauzat4665 9 месяцев назад

Izzy got beat at his own game. Sean was patient and found the right time to throw. Obviously this is my personal opinion, I think Sean is better than alot of people think he is. He intentionally tries to make people believe he's dumb.

@sweetpeagrayble5858 9 месяцев назад

Women's "upsets" not allowed on the all time list

@mangakey 9 месяцев назад

I think training with Pereira had something to do with it... The only person to ever dominate Izzy like that ( even tho he lost his last fight with him still has more wins over him) is Pereira. Strickland Really did have a "Rocky moment" ( rocky 3 to be exact) he trained with his former adversary to defeat a greater enemy ....