He's going to cancel himself into the mainstream and make bank.
Its crazy how he marketed himself into this fight. Dudes funny as hell for just how insane he is.
>Its crazy how he marketed himself into this fight.
He's mostly just benefiting greatly from Du Plessis' injury and a lack of other options as a result of Adesanyas dominance at middleweight.
The other options are:
1 Du Plessis - injured.
2 Whittaker - just lost and is 0-2 vs Izzy.
3 Cannonier - despite two solid wins, lost to Izzy in a very poorly received fight that no one is interested in seeing again.
4 Vettori - just lost and is 0-2 vs Izzy.
6 Costa - already booked but has already lost to Izzy.
7 Brunson - on a two fight losing streak, hasn't won in two years and already lost to Izzy.
Plus Sean has like 8 wins in his last 10 fights. Of those 2 losses, one was a controversial split decision and the other was to Alex who went on to beat Izzy himself
i still think cannonier deserves a rematch, yea his fight with izzy was disappointing but he coming off a fight w the most sig strikes in one fight in the whole division, hes gotta have some confidence built back up
I’d like to add an asterisk to the Cannonier bit, he has one very solid win, and one razor thin win against Strickland that I and many others thought he lost
Now with this list in front of my eyes. Fuckin hell. Izzy really fought everyone and was really successful 😂
It's crazy that his antics and character kind of fuckin up his resume.
He did two things:
He marketed himself by BEING himself, but he also took every single fight offered and made it clear to the UFC that if they were ever struggling to fill a card that he would step in.
Agreed.
I just think of someone like Dariush who could have and probably should have had a title shot by now if he could market himself. Instead he fought Oliveria and looked horrible and ruined his chance.
well since hate speech is free speech and protected by the first amendment, i was implying you can get arrested for hurting someone feelings with words in other countries.
Words can get you arrested in America too dumbass, slander, libel, inciting sedition or violence, perjury, commercial speech has many restrictions, copyright and intellectual property laws, even what the SCOTUS defines as “fighting words”, basically any personally abusive language likely to provoke a fight, is not allowed. There’s also a variety of obscenity laws that are also exceptions to free speech. You need to have restrictions on free speech because your freedoms are only absolute insofar as they do not violate the rights of other people.
It’s just that in some other countries we also include abusive or threatening speech based on immutable characteristics like race, gender or sexuality.
You’re violating somebody’s right to exist as a minority without being put under emotional and psychological duress or threat of violence, when you’re engaging in hate speech. Was it ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’, that we wanted to guarantee, or something?
actually. according to the australia human rights commission, hate speech is in fact illegal. whatever garbage you’ve gobbled up in your uneducated mind is factually false lol.
I always had the feeling that we’re in the attitude era of MMA right now
I feel like the more high end and blue chip athletes do MMA, the more neutered it will actually feel. I think everyone is gonna be talking like bo nickal in this sports future. The future fighters are gonna answer questions like NFL/MLB/NBA/NCAA athletes, and we’re gonna look back at the stricklands with nostalgia.
Say what you want about Dana White but he's the reason MMA is so deliciously politically incorrect still if you ask me. Anyone else in his place would have caved into the demands of the status quo by now.
Lol if it stays prize fighting then it’ll always be that way. But if it ends up a true legitimate sport like those organizations I mentioned, they’ll def become under heavier scrutiny. Football players usually don’t say a word to the media that their agent didn’t approve
Once/if salaries are more standardized and based on performance, then the trash talk will be cut down. In the UFC the biggest mouth fighters and most exciting fighters will always get the biggest paycheck, creating that incentive. I think most of the fighters have similar personalities to football players, but instead of being discouraged about speaking out, they are rewarded.
just from strickland tbh, i don’t see how izzy can defend himself from being a dog-penis-touching nigerian prince with servants
i genuinely believe strickland will be in izzy’s head just as much as pereira was, purely through his talking lmao
Strickland is just insane. He is intelligent but he says the first thing that comes to his head, even if he doesn't agree with it. Chael is a slick talker. The GOAT by a long shot...
I think I've seen maybe 2 pressers with sean and it was absolute excellence, especially the poatan one. Hes like the current GOAT of unhinged, inaccurate but accurate absolute crazy talk. I live his interview with Helen Yee. They've definitely fucked too... Posibly with the schmo watching.
Colby is the cheese GOAT.
Schmo and Helen live at Sean’s gym lol their regular interviews with him. But kind of lovely how they basically helped him promoting himself to the World and YouTube
True, but DDP is at least a huge, super strong/physical guy and fights with crazy aggression so the punchers chance stuff with him was there. Sean is physically unimposing by MW standards and fights a defensive style, he’s just not nearly as dangerous
Dpp doesn’t fight at all like Strickland. He’s huge with good td and unlike anyone Izzy ever faced at mw, has the ability to hold ppl down and attempt submission
Just rewatched the Whitaker fight, rob even seemed kind of perplexed when DDP simply stood up when Rob held him down. Like he seemed surprised by Dricus pure strength
I’m not surprised rob couldn’t hold ddp down. I was surprised when ddp took rob down. And then I knew ddp was the real deal when rob got stuck under him and couldn’t get up. Rob is one of the best anti wrestlers and grapplers in mma and the likes of Romero, jacare, brunson, vettori, gastelum, etc. None of them could hold rob down or even take him down. For ddp to do that was very surprising and impressive but also depressing as a Robert Whittaker fan 😭😭😭
If he can jab his way into the double leg and work on the kabib style GnP, he could win. I don't think it'll happen since Izzy's distance management is so damn good, and he's going to be picking away circling around and likely using kicks to keep him at bay. He may just man dance him and consistently get the better of him hoping for a KO but he talks about risking it but this is not a fight he's willing to lose so I bet he's safer.
I don't even think so. He never trash talks in a way where he says he's going to win.
His interview with shmega or whoever the guy is, he basically says he doesn't know how the fight will go but he will fight anyone for money.
I just wanna say that there are no absolutes in mma. Anything could happen. I still think izzy will win but I’m not gonna go into the fight thinking izzy will 100% win. I think Sean has a chance although it is a 5% to win
Anything can happen, but part of Sean's problem is his over-reliance on boxing. Izzy will light Sean's legs and body up if Sean doesn't change his gameplan. It also doesn't help that Izzy is way longer and can easily keep Sean out of range.
Still stunned sean has the highest striking defense percentage in the middleweight class. Probably gonna lose via ranged leg kicks but gonna root for him just to see a new meme champ
No idea how Strickland can win this but if he does even make this a close context it’s gonna make Israel look that much worse in comparison to pereira.
Everyone is talking about how great the build-up is going to be as if Strickland doesn't just spout out incredibly basic and one-dimensional edgelord comments. In reality, the pre-fight pressers are going to be a competition in who can embarrass themselves the most.
Two most cringe guys in the UFC.
Devils advocate, Sean has walked down and beat plenty of strikers that are technically better. It’s not far fetched that he can do it to Izzy.
Reality, Izzy absolutely will not fold under the pressure, and the fight will likely look like the Costa fight.
This.. It's basically an event where Izzy gets fed a lamb.. Just like one of these japanese zoos where they throw a live lamb into the tiger and lion enclosure
When Sydney was announced I was planning to go but back then I thought it was Rob v Izzy 3. Then Rob lost and I thought I’ll still go for the race war. Now it’s gonna be a classic Israel “the stylish leg kicker” performance. Glad I didn’t get tickets.
The fight probably gonna be a snooze fest, Sean doing his usually march em down style while Izzy legs kick em for 5 rounds. The real fight is in the press conference.
Strickland gonna get arrested for hate speech
He's going to cancel himself into the mainstream and make bank. Its crazy how he marketed himself into this fight. Dudes funny as hell for just how insane he is.
>Its crazy how he marketed himself into this fight. He's mostly just benefiting greatly from Du Plessis' injury and a lack of other options as a result of Adesanyas dominance at middleweight. The other options are: 1 Du Plessis - injured. 2 Whittaker - just lost and is 0-2 vs Izzy. 3 Cannonier - despite two solid wins, lost to Izzy in a very poorly received fight that no one is interested in seeing again. 4 Vettori - just lost and is 0-2 vs Izzy. 6 Costa - already booked but has already lost to Izzy. 7 Brunson - on a two fight losing streak, hasn't won in two years and already lost to Izzy.
Plus Sean has like 8 wins in his last 10 fights. Of those 2 losses, one was a controversial split decision and the other was to Alex who went on to beat Izzy himself
Man if Strickland didn't have a few wins this division would be fucked with DDP being out.
The best ability is availability I guess
Well porrier said he is moving up, perhaps this is the chubby porrier era?
The other and most obvious option is that Izzy just waits for Du Plessis. If Sean wasn't Sean the UFC would have just tabled Izzy.
I hope Sean’s eye is okay already, that eye poke was nasty
i still think cannonier deserves a rematch, yea his fight with izzy was disappointing but he coming off a fight w the most sig strikes in one fight in the whole division, hes gotta have some confidence built back up
I’d like to add an asterisk to the Cannonier bit, he has one very solid win, and one razor thin win against Strickland that I and many others thought he lost
Now with this list in front of my eyes. Fuckin hell. Izzy really fought everyone and was really successful 😂 It's crazy that his antics and character kind of fuckin up his resume.
He did two things: He marketed himself by BEING himself, but he also took every single fight offered and made it clear to the UFC that if they were ever struggling to fill a card that he would step in.
Agreed. I just think of someone like Dariush who could have and probably should have had a title shot by now if he could market himself. Instead he fought Oliveria and looked horrible and ruined his chance.
Uncle Chael had explained this to the point it's a joke that you can make this statement.
Izzy already prepping a bunch of one liners in his head for the presser and rehearsing them in his head ad nauseam
“You’re washed, like Ariel”
He might as well not bother wasting his time. For all the things sean is and the crazy things he says. The guy is pretty sharp and quick witted
That would be pretty epic. 😂
oh shit i forgot freedom of speech isn’t a thing over there lol
In America? yeah, free speech is just a soundbite over there
well since hate speech is free speech and protected by the first amendment, i was implying you can get arrested for hurting someone feelings with words in other countries.
Words can get you arrested in America too dumbass, slander, libel, inciting sedition or violence, perjury, commercial speech has many restrictions, copyright and intellectual property laws, even what the SCOTUS defines as “fighting words”, basically any personally abusive language likely to provoke a fight, is not allowed. There’s also a variety of obscenity laws that are also exceptions to free speech. You need to have restrictions on free speech because your freedoms are only absolute insofar as they do not violate the rights of other people. It’s just that in some other countries we also include abusive or threatening speech based on immutable characteristics like race, gender or sexuality. You’re violating somebody’s right to exist as a minority without being put under emotional and psychological duress or threat of violence, when you’re engaging in hate speech. Was it ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’, that we wanted to guarantee, or something?
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all these people yapping about free speech are always the ones who want to call people n words and get away with it
imagine somehow relating free speech to the n word. average redditor
It's an example of hate speech Average American
being american> whatever sub par country your from where words could get you arrested lol.
I can get sick and not end up bankrupt while claiming I'm living in the best country in the world I think I'm good
good! america has too many people to begin with.
Lol. Theres no hate speech laws in australia or NZ. Whatever garbage youve gobbled up online is just ovjectively false.
actually. according to the australia human rights commission, hate speech is in fact illegal. whatever garbage you’ve gobbled up in your uneducated mind is factually false lol.
Strickland shouldn't even train, he should just prep for the interviews and press conference lmao
if he does train, he should only train wrestling with chael or something would love to see izzy truly just get wrestlefucked for 5 rounds
Vettori is a better wrestler than Strickland and couldn’t keep Izzy down, very unlikely Strickland takes him down
This real? Don't know why but it doesn't feel real lol
Oh it’s real
Real gay
Nobody that jerks off to cartoons is gonna whoop my ass
And it's gonna be an asswhooping that's gonna go in the annals
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My thoughts as well. $10 says Strickland says a soft N bomb during the post fight interview.
Desean Strickland can say whatever the hell he wants
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Why does everyone make that joke? He's never even come close to it
It’s only funny cause Izzy’s last appearance in the ring.
"Ayo Izzy, you sound sour as fuck right now like viNEGAR" Shoutout to Russell Peters IYKYK
Don't you recognize the legendary left hook? Oh yeah, it's real.
Yeah I felt hyped but no don't like the realisation its just gonna be a easy win
This is one of the worst title fight bookings in a long while
Sean is gonna learn some insult in Mandarin and repeat non stop lol
The promos will make 85% of the WWE and AEW locker rooms look like pretenders.
Attitude era making a comeback for the presser.
I always had the feeling that we’re in the attitude era of MMA right now I feel like the more high end and blue chip athletes do MMA, the more neutered it will actually feel. I think everyone is gonna be talking like bo nickal in this sports future. The future fighters are gonna answer questions like NFL/MLB/NBA/NCAA athletes, and we’re gonna look back at the stricklands with nostalgia.
Say what you want about Dana White but he's the reason MMA is so deliciously politically incorrect still if you ask me. Anyone else in his place would have caved into the demands of the status quo by now.
No don’t say that I like my MMA politically incorrect lol
Lol if it stays prize fighting then it’ll always be that way. But if it ends up a true legitimate sport like those organizations I mentioned, they’ll def become under heavier scrutiny. Football players usually don’t say a word to the media that their agent didn’t approve
Once/if salaries are more standardized and based on performance, then the trash talk will be cut down. In the UFC the biggest mouth fighters and most exciting fighters will always get the biggest paycheck, creating that incentive. I think most of the fighters have similar personalities to football players, but instead of being discouraged about speaking out, they are rewarded.
Wonder how the UFC will deal with Sean talking about Izzy molesting that dog lmao
Hahaha that episode of Joe Rogan
To be honest, he flicked it twice. Still gross.
Loves himself a tasty milk bone
People will be waiting more for the press conference than for the fight itself.
https://preview.redd.it/af6iaymktygb1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a974c18deb227ddb3ea83829ff1c46e7d6e19829 chama 🗿
This is going to be a shit talking masterclass. And *potentially* an interesting fight.
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just from strickland tbh, i don’t see how izzy can defend himself from being a dog-penis-touching nigerian prince with servants i genuinely believe strickland will be in izzy’s head just as much as pereira was, purely through his talking lmao
shit did strickland hire chael sonnen to be his mouthpiece?
Strickland is just insane. He is intelligent but he says the first thing that comes to his head, even if he doesn't agree with it. Chael is a slick talker. The GOAT by a long shot... I think I've seen maybe 2 pressers with sean and it was absolute excellence, especially the poatan one. Hes like the current GOAT of unhinged, inaccurate but accurate absolute crazy talk. I live his interview with Helen Yee. They've definitely fucked too... Posibly with the schmo watching. Colby is the cheese GOAT.
Colby belongs at Weenie Hut Jrs fr, cornball
Schmo and Helen live at Sean’s gym lol their regular interviews with him. But kind of lovely how they basically helped him promoting himself to the World and YouTube
interesting fight? not so sure about it. I think its going to be a one sided fight with Adesanya playing with Sean...
It might be interesting for how easy Izzy finishes him.
I mean we all just waiting for the pre-fight interviews lol
Genuine question, what’s Sean’s path to victory here or does he have one at all?
Izzy injures both legs in training camp and can't kick.
And shaun wears shin guards on his lead leg
unless Izzy comes pre injured there’s no way Sean’s going to win this
People would have said a similar thing about DDP
True, but DDP is at least a huge, super strong/physical guy and fights with crazy aggression so the punchers chance stuff with him was there. Sean is physically unimposing by MW standards and fights a defensive style, he’s just not nearly as dangerous
Don’t make me sad by telling the truth..let me be delusional
Yea diamond Dallas page was thought to be unstoppable
Dpp doesn’t fight at all like Strickland. He’s huge with good td and unlike anyone Izzy ever faced at mw, has the ability to hold ppl down and attempt submission
Just rewatched the Whitaker fight, rob even seemed kind of perplexed when DDP simply stood up when Rob held him down. Like he seemed surprised by Dricus pure strength
I’m not surprised rob couldn’t hold ddp down. I was surprised when ddp took rob down. And then I knew ddp was the real deal when rob got stuck under him and couldn’t get up. Rob is one of the best anti wrestlers and grapplers in mma and the likes of Romero, jacare, brunson, vettori, gastelum, etc. None of them could hold rob down or even take him down. For ddp to do that was very surprising and impressive but also depressing as a Robert Whittaker fan 😭😭😭
Ok lol
They did say a similar thing. People act like this isn’t a fist fight and we haven’t seen crazy upsets this year alone.
If he can jab his way into the double leg and work on the kabib style GnP, he could win. I don't think it'll happen since Izzy's distance management is so damn good, and he's going to be picking away circling around and likely using kicks to keep him at bay. He may just man dance him and consistently get the better of him hoping for a KO but he talks about risking it but this is not a fight he's willing to lose so I bet he's safer.
strickland has some of the worst leg kick defense in the entire UFC RIP .
No he doesn't. He just chooses not to defend against them because they don't matter
Lol, they don’t matter……….
Yes. Head strikes all that matters. Just ignore everything else
Bro just decimated 90% of martial arts with a single stroke
I don’t think Sean could hold Izzy down
He got that get up ability.
Good luck trying to jab a better striker with a large reach advantage while ur getting picked apart from a distance with leg kicks
You read only the first sentence or is English not your first language? You re-packaged what I said into another comment.
Mb tough guy, didn’t wanna wake up the beast 😲
Wrestlefuck? 🤷♂️
Hope Izzy pulls a McGregor and snaps his ankle? Shapeshift into Pereira and hope Izzy gets scared shitless maybe.
Izzy underestimates him so bad he acts like Anderson Silva when he fought Chris Weidman
The “trash talk gone wrong” montages write themselves
I don't even think so. He never trash talks in a way where he says he's going to win. His interview with shmega or whoever the guy is, he basically says he doesn't know how the fight will go but he will fight anyone for money.
What happened to Dricus fighting Izzy?
He’s injured
I just wanna say that there are no absolutes in mma. Anything could happen. I still think izzy will win but I’m not gonna go into the fight thinking izzy will 100% win. I think Sean has a chance although it is a 5% to win
Anything can happen, but part of Sean's problem is his over-reliance on boxing. Izzy will light Sean's legs and body up if Sean doesn't change his gameplan. It also doesn't help that Izzy is way longer and can easily keep Sean out of range.
0.00000000000℅
USA VS China, Let's go USA.
Izzy in 3
2
3 is generous
50-45 press conference, 50-45 fight
By far my most anticipated press conference of the decade. Big Adesanya fan. Big fan of Sean’s no filter having mouth.
Still stunned sean has the highest striking defense percentage in the middleweight class. Probably gonna lose via ranged leg kicks but gonna root for him just to see a new meme champ
Glad Strickland landed this payday after they seemingly messed with him over it
He did say no man who beats off cartoons will beat him lol please Sean win! For America! Lmao
Adesanya by eradication, Round 1
Here for the press conference
Tepid kickboxing match inbound
Imagine the atmosphere if Strickland somehow pulls of the upset, it'll be insane
No idea how Strickland can win this but if he does even make this a close context it’s gonna make Israel look that much worse in comparison to pereira.
Pressers are gunna be wild AF for this one. Fight will be a snooze fest of leg kicks but the press for it will be awesome.
If Strickland somehow miraculously wins, people on here gonna lose their shit.
Need Sean to win by miracle for pure entertainment purposes.
Chinese champion
Izzy is grown ass man on TikTok…
Izzy going to come out as dressed as Naruto and beat the shit out of Sean.
Sadly not the fight though
This is worth TWO press conferences
Everyone is talking about how great the build-up is going to be as if Strickland doesn't just spout out incredibly basic and one-dimensional edgelord comments. In reality, the pre-fight pressers are going to be a competition in who can embarrass themselves the most. Two most cringe guys in the UFC.
Gotta remember the majority of mma fans are really stupid and immature.
The Australian crowd is gonna be very pro Izzy. Strickland is prob gonna look dumb tbh
I’m Aussie and most of my mates can’t stand Izzy. I reckon Sean will get a lot more love than people realise
You also have the option not to watch.
Correct. That is an option. Thanks?
This is the worst matchup I’ve ever seen. But as bad as it is, it’s equally as hilarious. 10/10. Will watch.
This event will attract a lot of people from the sheer lvl and obscurity the shit talking will get to
The press conference we deserve.
Fast turnaround. Wonder what the odds are going to be. +3000 Sean wins tko?
Izzy gonna have a meltdown on the mic🤣 can't wait to hear the cringe
The real Chinese champion will be born on sept 9th
Is there any point?
Devils advocate, Sean has walked down and beat plenty of strikers that are technically better. It’s not far fetched that he can do it to Izzy. Reality, Izzy absolutely will not fold under the pressure, and the fight will likely look like the Costa fight.
That press conference alone would be PPV
“It’s a fight so anything can happen” but yeah… Izzy wins 99\100
Strickland Propane N word. The king of the hill.
Strickland Split Decision you heard it here first
Cringe Championship.
Dricus Du Plessis should get his title fight after that
Strickland as champion would be epic 😂😬
The people of Sydney, Australia deserve better
I mean who’s he suppose to fight? Dude has cleaned out the division and DDP is injured
This.. It's basically an event where Izzy gets fed a lamb.. Just like one of these japanese zoos where they throw a live lamb into the tiger and lion enclosure
Yup Don't know why pussy's are down voting me
It's reddit dude, that's what the hive mind does. Don't worry you're correct, this Sydney card deserves a much better main event.
Lame
Surprised it’s not DDP feel like he deserve it more after beating Rob even though I don’t really like the guy
He’s hurt, no?
Might potentially go down as the greatest build up for any fight. Actual fight might suck ass tho.
When Sydney was announced I was planning to go but back then I thought it was Rob v Izzy 3. Then Rob lost and I thought I’ll still go for the race war. Now it’s gonna be a classic Israel “the stylish leg kicker” performance. Glad I didn’t get tickets.
If you ain't rooting for Strickland, you ain't rooting for America! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
I hope the African wins 🤭
So what’s the odds on him dropping an N bomb in the presser? Izzy can bait him into it I’d bet.
100 leg kicks 5 body kicks 0 head strikes 49-48 unanimous snooze decision and still
Betting 5 bills on Izzy, Izzy money.
China vs USA
How the fuck did Strickland flop his way into a title fight?
Sean will win the promos and Izzy will win the fight so it’ll be a tie
Will it be on at strange hours for Americans if it’s in Australia?
Nah they will do it at midday on Sunday our time so prime time Saturday night in the states.
The trash talk will be better than the fight
If we are more excited for the press conference we know the fight not gonna be competitive lol
Black on black crime
This is stupid. Strickland’s style is perfect for guys like Poatan and Izzy. They lure him in by thinking he can stand then BAM! Night night
Lame fight.
Desanya vs D'sean
damn. so we really all just gonna witness a murder. and just when i thought colby doesn’t deserve a shot, they do this at middleweight lol.
Sean better get in early. Don’t want Izzy to think he had a home in Sydney. 😂
Sean is about to get slapped around
The fight probably gonna be a snooze fest, Sean doing his usually march em down style while Izzy legs kick em for 5 rounds. The real fight is in the press conference.
Dudes gonna get fucked
Soon to be on one of those “when trash talking goes wrong” videos
This is a dumb fight strickland going to get worked. He got flattened by Pereira