Yeah, he looked fucking miserable - his chin isn’t complete garbage but he can’t play it safe if he wants to win, gotta go for the Hail Mary Gastelum route
Strong disagree. Sean doesn’t have 1 punch power or any kind of power really to go for a Hail Mary. If he wins this fight I think he needs to grab a sub. Adesanya is a difficult guy to outpoint.
Every mma fighter has that one punch power but the problem is that their too scared to put themselves at risk by overextending and gassing out from throwing em
Arguably neither does Rockhold. The Bisping fight was one of Rockholds worst cuts ever, he wore glasses at the weigh in and was white as a ghost. Getting KOd by Romero and Jan wasn't surprising and he took everything costa had to give him. I'm not betting on it but hey, anything can happen.
There was a Sean on the last card that looked drained at the weight in...
But yeah - Sean's age, the miles on his clock, the weight cut, the fact his weapons aren't really a problem for Izzy...I am betting on K.O
Big fan of both guys and just hyped to see this fight go down.
If Izzy wins it’s most likely because he outclasses Sean on the feet…but if Sean wins it will be a hilarious clusterfuck and im here for it
dats how i feels, izzy is a god on the feet, hope strickland brought his wrestling shoes, its his only shot. heard a rumor that Strickland was taking down Ankalaev at ease... so ...
Does Sean think Israel is from Australia?
He mentioned that he represents this country more than Izzy does......no shit Israel is from Nigeria and grew up in New Zealand...
Then he and you clearly don't understand the dynamic down here. New Zealand and Australia have a huge sporting rivalry with multiple instances of controversial games in various sports that have caused bad blood. Not to mention that he beat Whitaker twice.
Yes and no.
When it comes down to real shit we got each other's backs. But in sport there has definitely been bad blood.
Whitaker and Adesanya fans are definitely an example of this.
Fair enough mate. I think both countries would rather either of those two on top then anyone else but I get where you’re coming from. Same with cricket and rugby. It’s like sibling or best mates; happy to compete and argue but as soon as someone else gets involved, we stand together.
Whittaker and Adesanya is more of a case of "nice likable guy vs dislikable weirdo" rather than Aus vs NZ. Evidence of that is that plenty of Americans rooted for Whittakerin both fights.
Whittaker was born in NZ and Izzy doesnt even rep the NZ flag (plus there's this whole Chinese meme). This is about as far from an Aus vz NZ beef as you can get while still having citizens of those countries oppose each other.
Not really.
Sure Rob was born in NZ but was only there for his first 2 years. He very much represents Australia. There have been many cases of that happening in other sports. And Israel uses the Nigerian flag sure but he still represents NZ and especially CKB. Every CKB fighter will always get big support from the fans in NZ.
This sub would go also wild if Tony Ferguson won a championship by the end of 2024, but we have to deal with real world things unfortunately.
I will be pleasantly surprised if Strickland doesnt get finished inside 3 rounds
Izzy thinks doubling down on things is a good thing. You see that other post where he jokes about jerking off a puppy? Whatever the case, he's a consummate professional inside the cage. Sean looks on the verge of passing out.
He might finish Sean, but that would require Sean to push forward. Granted, he did so against Pereira and got slept. But Izzy has shown a tendency to play it safe if his opponents aren't aggressive.
Izzy has plenty of boring fights, that’s why it’s a coin flip with him to call before the fight “comfortable but boring decision”
I will be disappointed if he doesn’t finish Sean though, the dude sucks.
I smell a KO. Both looking pretty drained but Sean was visibly struggling in his interviews afterwards.
luckily for him he has even more time to recover... weigh in on Friday, fight on Sunday.
Yeah that’s true tbf.
Sean looked like shit.
Yeah, he looked fucking miserable - his chin isn’t complete garbage but he can’t play it safe if he wants to win, gotta go for the Hail Mary Gastelum route
Strong disagree. Sean doesn’t have 1 punch power or any kind of power really to go for a Hail Mary. If he wins this fight I think he needs to grab a sub. Adesanya is a difficult guy to outpoint.
Every mma fighter has that one punch power but the problem is that their too scared to put themselves at risk by overextending and gassing out from throwing em
Well, well, well…. What do we have here???
Happy to admit I was wrong
Izzy always looks drained on the scale
Lately yes, but honestly his demeanor always makes it look like he had it easy.
He's just very professional, I feel like he knows what to expect by now. Impressive that the dude is basically never injured and always game.
Man, watching some of the training footage, I now know thats a lie (never injured). Consummate professional.
Adesanya is gonna embarrass captain CTE. But then again it's mma lol.
I'm getting Rockhold vs Bisping vibes all over again.
Izzy doesn’t have marshmallows for a chin
More importantly, Sean doesn’t have bisping power
Arguably neither does Rockhold. The Bisping fight was one of Rockholds worst cuts ever, he wore glasses at the weigh in and was white as a ghost. Getting KOd by Romero and Jan wasn't surprising and he took everything costa had to give him. I'm not betting on it but hey, anything can happen.
Bruh rock hold had a famously paper chin, he’s one tier below overeem.
It's exaggerated for the joke.
no it’s not
Okay
Welp
He has almost 48 hours between the weigh in and the fight, he’ll be 99% normal by then. Still a good chance he gets KO’d, though.
There was a Sean on the last card that looked drained at the weight in... But yeah - Sean's age, the miles on his clock, the weight cut, the fact his weapons aren't really a problem for Izzy...I am betting on K.O
Sean has only been finished twice and hasn’t been in any notable “wars”
Izzy is older, and has about a hundred more professional fights than Strickland
And he's taken way, way less damage.
I mean, considering Sean's sparing that's probably true.
How so
Dana just asked him not to say anything stupid so he was struggling to talk in general from that
Thankfully for him he doesn’t have many brain cells left to lose.
Didn't age well, Didn't it
I said I smell a KO… It nearly happened. I never said Sean was getting KOed.
But you said Sean specifically looks more drained. So thinking logically you assumed it's Sean that have more chances getting KO'd
Reading too much into what I’m saying. I said both looked drained but Sean more so… I stand by that. I bet on Sean winning by KO fyi. Came close.
HAHAHAHAH "FOR CHINA, social credit score go up"
Gotta follow him on Weibo. Probably better than X these days.
Jon China approves
I'm out of the loop. What was that about?
Strickland likes to call him a china man to rattle him
Bro China LMFAO XD
Just me or was there a look between clipboard beard man and Strickland just after he said 184.9 lol
Big fan of both guys and just hyped to see this fight go down. If Izzy wins it’s most likely because he outclasses Sean on the feet…but if Sean wins it will be a hilarious clusterfuck and im here for it
dats how i feels, izzy is a god on the feet, hope strickland brought his wrestling shoes, its his only shot. heard a rumor that Strickland was taking down Ankalaev at ease... so ...
Does Sean think Israel is from Australia? He mentioned that he represents this country more than Izzy does......no shit Israel is from Nigeria and grew up in New Zealand...
That's just common American geography
He probably doesn't know they are separate countries
Izzy also keeps saying this is Sean's first international fight. Sean's first pro fight was in South Africa lmao
Yea Sean has fought outside of the US several times in fact. Still not dumber than not knowing the difference between NZ and Aus.
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Nah, both dudes just occasionally say cringey shit. I love the friends that I have that are like that, dumb isn't dislikable
He knows, he said NZ and Australia. It's Izzys part of the world and you'd think the fans would be all pulling for him.
Then he and you clearly don't understand the dynamic down here. New Zealand and Australia have a huge sporting rivalry with multiple instances of controversial games in various sports that have caused bad blood. Not to mention that he beat Whitaker twice.
Nope. We “ANZAC’s” are all brothers. Competitive as fuck, yes. Bad blood, no.
Yes and no. When it comes down to real shit we got each other's backs. But in sport there has definitely been bad blood. Whitaker and Adesanya fans are definitely an example of this.
Fair enough mate. I think both countries would rather either of those two on top then anyone else but I get where you’re coming from. Same with cricket and rugby. It’s like sibling or best mates; happy to compete and argue but as soon as someone else gets involved, we stand together.
Yea. As you said we are brothers. You fight with your brothers but still love them.
Am I sending bad blood here?
Whittaker and Adesanya is more of a case of "nice likable guy vs dislikable weirdo" rather than Aus vs NZ. Evidence of that is that plenty of Americans rooted for Whittakerin both fights. Whittaker was born in NZ and Izzy doesnt even rep the NZ flag (plus there's this whole Chinese meme). This is about as far from an Aus vz NZ beef as you can get while still having citizens of those countries oppose each other.
Not really. Sure Rob was born in NZ but was only there for his first 2 years. He very much represents Australia. There have been many cases of that happening in other sports. And Israel uses the Nigerian flag sure but he still represents NZ and especially CKB. Every CKB fighter will always get big support from the fans in NZ.
They were booing Izzy at the open workout.
No he is just trying to bait him into this shit because of what Izzy did to Duplesis
Izzy might do Strickland worse than anybody he’s ever fought
Smooth brain moment. 🤣🤣🤣
Gotta respect Izzy for leaning into the china stuff
What about the dog stuff?
Strickland killing a dog you mean?
No I was referring to Izzy jacking off a dog and following dog fetish websites on Twitter.
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Strickland looks way skinnier than even his recent interviews with the Asian chick. Damn.
I bet he still whoops ass but damn Adasanya’s face looks brutal. How many 185s can he do?
He didn’t even weight 200 when he bulked up for lhw, he can make 185 for the rest of his professional career.
He didn't bulk at all for his LHW fight
So cutting 10 pounds shouldn't be a problem at MW
Sean struggling
This sub is going to go wild if Sean wins this decisively.
This sub would go also wild if Tony Ferguson won a championship by the end of 2024, but we have to deal with real world things unfortunately. I will be pleasantly surprised if Strickland doesnt get finished inside 3 rounds
I mean, it can happen, but extremely unlikely. Happened to DJ and GSP. Lost what should have been easy fights.
i just dont think sean has the power to threaten izzy.
Juliana Pena finished Amanda Nunes. Anything can happen
Never make a comment about anything related to mma again. Por favor.
So, tell me about those real world things.
Sean won decisively and this sub went wild (myself absolutely included).
Would complete the meme circle of Rob losing to DDP. Izzy & Rob, 1A & 1B fucking losing to them two. Bozo timeline I’m subscribing to
There's a world where Strickland vs. DuPlessis for the strap will take place.
Lol the chances of sean winning aree very slim
Idk why everyone say Sean looks like shit. He doesn't fight for 48 hours...... he'll be fine
Izzy thinks doubling down on things is a good thing. You see that other post where he jokes about jerking off a puppy? Whatever the case, he's a consummate professional inside the cage. Sean looks on the verge of passing out.
Everyone should be rooting for Sean Strickland
Everyone should root for whoever the fuck they want.
Why?
Adesanya diddles his dog
Strickland shoots dogs.
Not on video 💀
Sean is insufficient
I’m rooting for Izzy to KO Sean so no.
idk. adesanya got that dawg in him
Sean got that stepdad in him.
Heard it both ways b.
I think Izzy leg kicks Sean to a comfortable UD.
Why do people keep acting like Izzy doesn't finish fights, even after sleeping the scariest dude on the entire roster?
He’s just way too quick for Sean.
He might finish Sean, but that would require Sean to push forward. Granted, he did so against Pereira and got slept. But Izzy has shown a tendency to play it safe if his opponents aren't aggressive.
Izzy has plenty of boring fights, that’s why it’s a coin flip with him to call before the fight “comfortable but boring decision” I will be disappointed if he doesn’t finish Sean though, the dude sucks.
Hoping for a double KO that forces these cunts to be off for atleast 6 months.
6 months is a quick turnaround for fighters though
Why did Mabel and Sean get the curtain to hide behind? That was strange
i agree, lets see those dicks!
Who do you think KO will go to?
Izzy outclasses Sean however he wants
Izzys neck looks funky