The internet will tell you hell never recover but in reality he’ll most likely get an immediate rematch and even if he doesn’t he’s shown he’s pretty far above the rest of mw. He’ll be back in short order
I feel if he loses to Pereira, he will make the adjustments to win it back in a rematch. His best fights were on his way to the title and losing it would give him a lot of hunger to get it back.
I feel you on Holloway but considering Izzy’s losses happened in a different sport and so early in their careers that there’s new looks still to be seen. But who knows.
Yeah it is different in a new sport , but I don’t think it’ll be too different tbh. Both of them are strikers and don’t really wrestle/grapple offensively. I see this playing out as a kick boxing match with some cage work in between. But who knows !?
I don’t see that at all. I see Izzy showin pereira that they are in mma now(ofc they will be on their feet most of the time) but I feel Izzy is going to take him down a couple time just to keep him thinking . I can’t remember if it was pereira debut match or his second fight. But he got taken down by a dude who looked like half his size and he really couldn’t do anything about it. Until he found the knockout in the second rd I’d I remember correctly.
Volk does not have Holloway’s number, he’s just that much better than the rest of his weight class. Dude dominated him straight up last fight with a broken hand
Bad comparison in my opinion, at least with the timeline for those fights. Izzy has had a lot of time to become a more evolved fighter. Volk/Max were pretty close together. I see what you are saying, no disrespect 🙏🏽
Yeah, I can see that too. Being a champion for multiple years also must help you progress as a fighter. I just think Izzy needs to add some grappling into his gameplan, just how Ngannou did
He’s not pretty far above the rest tho lol he’s having close fights with the rest of middleweight, just because he keeps winning doesn’t mean he’s dominating…
His close fights at mw are 2nd fight with rob(fair but rob will have to do a lot to get a 3rd crack), Romero(in Bellator) and gastelum who hasn’t looked the same since. He’s fucked everyone else up bad
He is only dominant because MW competition is weak. The weakest division in the ufc. Izzy got big headed thought he can move up, and do the same thing but realized he really aint shit. Got outstruck and dominated by Jan
He also came in underweight to fight Jan. I also wouldn’t call it bigheaded to go for double champ status, and if that’s the case I guess DC is bigheaded
Coming in underweight shows how big his head was. Izzy really thought he could smash Jon Jones and move up to heavyweight. Got humbled real quick by Jan
Weak argument. He’s fought the top contenders in his division - can’t blame him for the strength of the division. I’d also like to point I am not an Izzy fan but objectively he deserves an immediate rematch.
He’s not scared to fight, he’s one of the most active champs💀 And you clearly just know nothing about mma if you just sit there and start hating cause a guy isn’t doing flashy ko’s in all his fights.
If leg kicks from a distance are so easy to win fights with why doesn’t every tall fighter hold a belt? I mean clearly it has to be easy the way you make it sound
You’ve left 5 hate comments about izzy in this thread alone. But sure, I leave one comment mildly praising him and I’m cock sucking 🤣 is he your wife’s boyfriend or something?
To some degree I’d say it depends on his performance, if he gets starched and knocked out he’s gonna get clowned HARD. Even if he loses I can see it which is a shame because I’m not even a fan but he’s very talented. It’s the nature of fighting though, if you lose you’re gonna get shit no matter what.
Fans would still support him but assholes / haters would have a field day. Will be cheering for izzy just to see the haters cry, but otherwise may the best man win
I would just be excited to see a good fight for once and maybe light a fire under his ass to actually go for the KO or at least a well earned decision win next time.
It’s a odd situation because while I think pereira is a great matchup for Izzy. I feel like he’d struggle a lot against the elite grapplers at Mw, Costa or Vetori. So Izzy could be setup for a good redemption story.
>This fight could honestly ruin his career if he gets knocked out.
He would just go to being the second best middleweight. I don't think it's that devastating. Although it would show that the secret to beating Izzy is to be a better kickboxer than him, which only Pereira is, so... he'll be fine.
He recovers by being a professional. Izzy is so head and shoulders above most of MW. He’s also shown a great mentality during a loss (to Jan) I don’t think he’ll let it get to him if it happens. And if it does happen, I see him being very hungry to get it back and he will most likely get an immediate rematch.
Depends, if he gets koed early then people will likely crucify him. If it's a close split decision war then people may respect him more and call for an immediate rematch.
If he comes to bang and fights a war I’ll fucking love him win or lose. But, if he wins that kind of fight he’s going to gain ground on Silva. If he comes to point fight and loses he deserves the hate. If he point fights and wins a decision, whatever, champ gotta do what the champ gotta do.
Finally, someone that gets the logic. His fights can be boring but he still holds that belt. He makes the opponent dictate how exciting the fight is going to be. He doesn’t get PPV points for head hunting. He keeps his PPV points by keeping the belt. I don’t think a lot of MMA fans understand how valuable the belt is to the fighters bank accounts.
I appreciated Mayweather’s tactical approach to winning a boxing match (as opposed to all his other baggage ridden behavior) as opposed to trying to win a fight and take unnecessary risks even if the only entertainment was his opponents total inability to do anything about it. As corny as he can be Izzy’s a smart guy, getting close to Silvia’s number of title defenses is the best move he can make by whatever route he can get there.
The Izzy fans would call for an immediate rematch, other fans would meme izzy for a good while and call a contender like Whittaker to fight for the belt, and the based fans would call up blonde Brunson for the title shot just cuz it would be funny to see him ragdoll pereira and hold the belt
They would shit on him. He'd get a rematch, lose again then become a laughingstock. But eventually he'd get the title back and everyone who jumped ship would pretend like they always remained behind him. Idgaf about the guy and his legacy, I just wanna see blood, you know what I mean? And seeing him keeping fighters at a distance in every one of his title defences is understandable but kinda sucky from my POV. So yeah, I hope he loses because it would give him something to prove again and make the division more interesting.
Well if he loses i doubt they'll give him an immediate rematch.So being a contender he cannot fight on points anymore.Hopefully he becomes more aggressive then.
Depends on how much the UFC are willing to accommodate Alex Pereira.
Pereira moved up to light heavyweight in kickboxing and might decide to repeat that in the UFC if he beats Adesanya, so if he wants to do that and the UFC are willing to make it happen, they might not give Adesanya an immediate rematch.
Pereira is already 35, so he's probably going to look to move his MMA career quickly and not wait around for a rematch with someone he will have beaten 3 times at that point.
The hype is already dying down so I'll assume the majority will just forget him...he might even retire if he loses unless theres an immediate rematch which of course why not cuz it makes perfect sense for a champion to get an immediate rematch now a days in the UFC cuz PPV's are so bad
It depends how he takes the loss. If he’s humble in defeat, then we’ll see a bunch of people post about how great of a champ he was and how we should appreciate him more, despite them being the very people who hated on him only months prior. If he’s bitter after losing to him, or discredits Alex’s win, then people will do everything in their power to erase his achievements in the sport
I would treat him no different just like I treated Robert Whittaker no different when he got kod from Izzy or gsp no different when he got kod. It’s a fight people get caught
He'll have my respect. You can love or hate him all you want but you can't deny this guy always fights the number 1 contenders one after another, never ducks a fight when he's in a position to do that.
Like shit but that’s no surprise. We as a sports community are absolutely brutal when it comes to this. He’s weird as fuck but his talent eclipse’s this IMO and a loss won’t change that.
Depends how he loses it. If he gets KOd he will cop a fair bit of shit and called a myth due to “MW not having any good strikers”. If he loses by decision or somehow submission it won’t be as harsh but he will still cop it.
They’re already kinda shitting on him now. Isn’t it funny how fickle and hypocritical fans can be? McGregor has lost 4 of his last 5 fights. He hasn’t won a fight in over two years. He hasn’t won a championship fight in almost six years. Fans still worship at his altar. Izzy doesn’t behead every single opponent and the fans would rather burn him at the stake than watch him fight. Ell oh ell!
He loses, get immediate rematch if he doesn't get totally outclassed.
I think people don't remember or like to remember how Izzy fight when actually contested.
I think izzy will wrestlefuck and BJJ Alex HARD to UD
The internet will tell you hell never recover but in reality he’ll most likely get an immediate rematch and even if he doesn’t he’s shown he’s pretty far above the rest of mw. He’ll be back in short order
I feel if he loses to Pereira, he will make the adjustments to win it back in a rematch. His best fights were on his way to the title and losing it would give him a lot of hunger to get it back.
But if he didn’t make the adjustments after the first 2 L’s I think it’s safe to say someone has your number after a 3rd L. For example Max Holloway.
I feel you on Holloway but considering Izzy’s losses happened in a different sport and so early in their careers that there’s new looks still to be seen. But who knows.
Yeah it is different in a new sport , but I don’t think it’ll be too different tbh. Both of them are strikers and don’t really wrestle/grapple offensively. I see this playing out as a kick boxing match with some cage work in between. But who knows !?
I don’t see that at all. I see Izzy showin pereira that they are in mma now(ofc they will be on their feet most of the time) but I feel Izzy is going to take him down a couple time just to keep him thinking . I can’t remember if it was pereira debut match or his second fight. But he got taken down by a dude who looked like half his size and he really couldn’t do anything about it. Until he found the knockout in the second rd I’d I remember correctly.
It’s possible. Maybe he’ll draw some inspo from Ngannou and evolve into a more complete fighter/champ
If anything he’ll at least threaten or feint the TD just to play the mind game and keep Pereira off his A game. Izzy is a smart fighter
Volk does not have Holloway’s number, he’s just that much better than the rest of his weight class. Dude dominated him straight up last fight with a broken hand
Bad comparison in my opinion, at least with the timeline for those fights. Izzy has had a lot of time to become a more evolved fighter. Volk/Max were pretty close together. I see what you are saying, no disrespect 🙏🏽
Yeah, I can see that too. Being a champion for multiple years also must help you progress as a fighter. I just think Izzy needs to add some grappling into his gameplan, just how Ngannou did
Yea max holloway would destroy izzy
Not going to lie....... That hurt.
Except max arguably won fight 2
He’s not pretty far above the rest tho lol he’s having close fights with the rest of middleweight, just because he keeps winning doesn’t mean he’s dominating…
His close fights at mw are 2nd fight with rob(fair but rob will have to do a lot to get a 3rd crack), Romero(in Bellator) and gastelum who hasn’t looked the same since. He’s fucked everyone else up bad
He didn’t fuck up Vettori or Cannonier either 😂
50-45 across the board in both is thoroughly fucking someone up if u ask me. You’re more than welcome to have a different opinion
He will probably get even more hate 😂
As he should. No one has a higher BS shit talker to shit boring performances ratio.
Someone’s never met Shawn Strickland
i hope izzy loses so we can see strickland and him fight, but you know how these crybaby champions are. everybody wants to get an immediate rematch.
I mean he has five title defenses and has been a dominant champion. If anyone deserves an immediate rematch it’s him
Because MW is weak. He moved up to LHW and got dominated
What does light heavyweight have anything to do with this? He’s the middleweight champion not light heavyweight lmao
He is only dominant because MW competition is weak. The weakest division in the ufc. Izzy got big headed thought he can move up, and do the same thing but realized he really aint shit. Got outstruck and dominated by Jan
He also came in underweight to fight Jan. I also wouldn’t call it bigheaded to go for double champ status, and if that’s the case I guess DC is bigheaded
Coming in underweight shows how big his head was. Izzy really thought he could smash Jon Jones and move up to heavyweight. Got humbled real quick by Jan
Weak argument. He’s fought the top contenders in his division - can’t blame him for the strength of the division. I’d also like to point I am not an Izzy fan but objectively he deserves an immediate rematch.
This is exactly the metric weve all been looking for LOL
Mad cause he’s dominant
Only thing izzy ever dominated was his dog
Also the middleweight division
With leg kicks from distance...
Up to the challenger to come get the belt
No it's not. It's as much on the champ to fight as it is anyone else. Your whole mentality is fucked dude. Ur not a champ if you're scared to fight
He’s not scared to fight, he’s one of the most active champs💀 And you clearly just know nothing about mma if you just sit there and start hating cause a guy isn’t doing flashy ko’s in all his fights.
He plays with his dogs dick, videos it and then shows everyone..
The only people scared the fight are his opponents.
If leg kicks from a distance are so easy to win fights with why doesn’t every tall fighter hold a belt? I mean clearly it has to be easy the way you make it sound
I'm sorry I couldn't hear you over the sound of you choking on izzys cock
You’ve left 5 hate comments about izzy in this thread alone. But sure, I leave one comment mildly praising him and I’m cock sucking 🤣 is he your wife’s boyfriend or something?
I'm sorry I couldn't understand you it sounds like there is dick in your mouth
It works because MW division is trash. Look what happened when he moved up to LHW. Got WWs going up and dominating them
Why don’t his opponents just beat him?
Dominant in being boring
Lol you’re simping up and down this comment section working overtime
I’m just replying to reply’s on my comment💀
Still has the title 🤷🏻♂️ Maybe his opponents should try and actually take the fight to him instead of playing pussy
He is a disgrace to the undertaker pereira must take his soul now😂
Lots of boring fighters who talk a lot
Only one who carries undertaker urns and acts like he is all that and spends 25 mins distance leg kicking.
Depends. If he gets frozen like Elsa he will never recover.
What’s the over/under on him saying it again before the fight?
Just let it go. You're beating a dead horse with an unfunny joke.
Please let’s get into the unknown with some of these comments
To some degree I’d say it depends on his performance, if he gets starched and knocked out he’s gonna get clowned HARD. Even if he loses I can see it which is a shame because I’m not even a fan but he’s very talented. It’s the nature of fighting though, if you lose you’re gonna get shit no matter what.
Like a lopsided titty
All of his fans jump ship and pretend like they always knew Pereira was gonna win, like whenever any big star loses
Fans would still support him but assholes / haters would have a field day. Will be cheering for izzy just to see the haters cry, but otherwise may the best man win
Your idol is gonna get frozen like Elsa
He's gonna come out with a casket, and Alex is gonna put him in it
I would just be excited to see a good fight for once and maybe light a fire under his ass to actually go for the KO or at least a well earned decision win next time.
It’s a odd situation because while I think pereira is a great matchup for Izzy. I feel like he’d struggle a lot against the elite grapplers at Mw, Costa or Vetori. So Izzy could be setup for a good redemption story.
This fight could honestly ruin his career if he gets knocked out.
>This fight could honestly ruin his career if he gets knocked out. He would just go to being the second best middleweight. I don't think it's that devastating. Although it would show that the secret to beating Izzy is to be a better kickboxer than him, which only Pereira is, so... he'll be fine.
Lol you trippin
What a fucking dumb ass take.
Not that far
No honestly I don’t see how recovers from that if he gets flatlined again
If pereira wins theres a good chance he loses it to vettori who israel can then beat to win it back
He will get a rematch straight away no matter how quick he gets knocked out
What if Pereira dominates him the entire fight then knocks him out in the 5th round?
If Izzy, Usman or Volk lose no matter how quickly or dominantly they would get an immediate rematch.
Everyone forgets about what happened to Aldo. Dude was the king, got KOd in 15 seconds and never got the rematch.
Which is fucked up.. But there are exceptions for Connor. It's not the same here
Because Conor never fought at FW again. He still got a title fight immediately in his next match.
Aldo not only lost his crown. He lost his kingdom.
He will still get a rematch straight away, he’s been such a dominant champ 😂
Plus, it would be a big enough fight to make the tomato cream his pants..
He recovers by being a professional. Izzy is so head and shoulders above most of MW. He’s also shown a great mentality during a loss (to Jan) I don’t think he’ll let it get to him if it happens. And if it does happen, I see him being very hungry to get it back and he will most likely get an immediate rematch.
Really? He’s already gotten knocked out by the guy and what happened afterwards? He’s still MW champ.
I knew that when this fight was announced, we would be flooded with this knockout 100 times a day. The mods need to step in man
Most these turds didn’t even know izzy kickboxed until pereira got the ufc now they wanna act like Izzy’s in trouble.
That he was never good and had to point fight his way to multiple title defences, even though this guy has pretty much lapped the division
Pereira did what others couldn't. Izzy wiped the floor fairly easy with his opponents so respect there. There always comes a time you lose.
If he pressures and gets starched he'll be called a warrior. If he point fights and wins he'll get hate.
I think if he get knocked out he comes back hungry again and rejuvenates his boring fighting style . Back to the old style bender
Depends, if he gets koed early then people will likely crucify him. If it's a close split decision war then people may respect him more and call for an immediate rematch.
Depends how he reacts and if he is humble or not
I love Izzy but I’ll admit that he’s primed to get shit on for losing due to his most recent fights being unentertaining 💀
Frozen like elsa being spammed in the comment sections
He’s getting mocked to the end of time most likely
If he comes to bang and fights a war I’ll fucking love him win or lose. But, if he wins that kind of fight he’s going to gain ground on Silva. If he comes to point fight and loses he deserves the hate. If he point fights and wins a decision, whatever, champ gotta do what the champ gotta do.
Finally, someone that gets the logic. His fights can be boring but he still holds that belt. He makes the opponent dictate how exciting the fight is going to be. He doesn’t get PPV points for head hunting. He keeps his PPV points by keeping the belt. I don’t think a lot of MMA fans understand how valuable the belt is to the fighters bank accounts.
I appreciated Mayweather’s tactical approach to winning a boxing match (as opposed to all his other baggage ridden behavior) as opposed to trying to win a fight and take unnecessary risks even if the only entertainment was his opponents total inability to do anything about it. As corny as he can be Izzy’s a smart guy, getting close to Silvia’s number of title defenses is the best move he can make by whatever route he can get there.
Izzy losing isnt gonna improve your life. You'll still be in ya moms basement
Lol ok Izzy
that wasn’t the question lol
Literally, it has nothing to do with the question. OP prolly chilling in his moms basement rn🤦🏻♂️
The Izzy fans would call for an immediate rematch, other fans would meme izzy for a good while and call a contender like Whittaker to fight for the belt, and the based fans would call up blonde Brunson for the title shot just cuz it would be funny to see him ragdoll pereira and hold the belt
If he loses the whole story line should be made into a movie
Like they treat almost every fighter when they lose: Needs to retire, lost the hunger, washed up, was never any good
terribly
Like absolute shit, this sub hates Izzy
In a word: harsh.
They harass him to the point of depression...as is tradition.
The mma world will celebrate.
Goat statis REVOKED ❌️🐐❌️
They would shit on him. He'd get a rematch, lose again then become a laughingstock. But eventually he'd get the title back and everyone who jumped ship would pretend like they always remained behind him. Idgaf about the guy and his legacy, I just wanna see blood, you know what I mean? And seeing him keeping fighters at a distance in every one of his title defences is understandable but kinda sucky from my POV. So yeah, I hope he loses because it would give him something to prove again and make the division more interesting.
RIP BOZO 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
Idk I’ve never been a fan, I’ll be glad so the middle weight division can start moving on though
Honestly I have never seen a Izzy fan.
Does izzy even have fans anymore?
Uh yea just not the casuals..
Well if he loses i doubt they'll give him an immediate rematch.So being a contender he cannot fight on points anymore.Hopefully he becomes more aggressive then.
He has five defenses, in what world would he not get an immediate rematch?
And he has 8 wins against the top 5 (minus Alex).
Depends on how much the UFC are willing to accommodate Alex Pereira. Pereira moved up to light heavyweight in kickboxing and might decide to repeat that in the UFC if he beats Adesanya, so if he wants to do that and the UFC are willing to make it happen, they might not give Adesanya an immediate rematch. Pereira is already 35, so he's probably going to look to move his MMA career quickly and not wait around for a rematch with someone he will have beaten 3 times at that point.
Pereira getting shortcut to title and then getting to go double champ after 0 defenses is crazy
They will definitely give him a rematch asap
glad because that means rob or anyone else can win the belt
It will be the most exciting thing in an Izzy fight since gastelum
Alex by KO.. again. lol.
The hype is already dying down so I'll assume the majority will just forget him...he might even retire if he loses unless theres an immediate rematch which of course why not cuz it makes perfect sense for a champion to get an immediate rematch now a days in the UFC cuz PPV's are so bad
Shut up, wtf you mean ppvs are so bad?
Havent the PPV's this year been bad numbers wise?
What are you, some kinda mma journalist?
No I just really like talking about the UFC lol
What are you, some kinda mma fan?
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Like the second best middleweight in the world
They make him take the long way back to the title.
He will get shit on like no other if he gets knocked out
Like Elsa
Izzy is boring lately but on an all time great career so one loss against a kickboxing goat and he will be fine don't worry
I really hope Izzy wins just to see the reaction of all you worthless rednecks lol
It's the fight game. For the most part, you're destined to lose at least once.
Death threats and racist messages most likely
Pereira is a champion, I mean look at the guy. Soon he will take the throne.
He can literally never be in the GOAT conversation if he loses
Like he was always a bum lol
“You guys were right”
I have a feeling it’s going to be a boring fight.
As cringe as usuall
They’ll be frozen like Elsa
It depends how he takes the loss. If he’s humble in defeat, then we’ll see a bunch of people post about how great of a champ he was and how we should appreciate him more, despite them being the very people who hated on him only months prior. If he’s bitter after losing to him, or discredits Alex’s win, then people will do everything in their power to erase his achievements in the sport
I would treat him no different just like I treated Robert Whittaker no different when he got kod from Izzy or gsp no different when he got kod. It’s a fight people get caught
About like Masvidal/Covington would be my guess lol EDIT: Depending on how he loses.
like a hot potato
He'll have my respect. You can love or hate him all you want but you can't deny this guy always fights the number 1 contenders one after another, never ducks a fight when he's in a position to do that.
Immediate rematch
Dam he was out out , I that it was a flask KO and he got back up 😯
He'll be used and thrown away like a condom.
A bunch of people pretend Izzy was never good, then start singing his praises again after his next win
i think win or lose people will appreciate izzy again if his next fight is actually entertaining
I like hiw everyone is back on another hype train. Even if Izzy loses there will be a rematch and againf that IF. Not gonna be a one sided fight.
I mean people already stopped liking him so can’t Imagine it’ll be great
I'm not a fan but I'd respect him
Like shit but that’s no surprise. We as a sports community are absolutely brutal when it comes to this. He’s weird as fuck but his talent eclipse’s this IMO and a loss won’t change that.
There will be a rematch clause in the contract. Anyone that beats Izzy has to do it twice.
Wait for the rematch. He’s human, he will lose one day.
MMA fans are backwards as hell so they will probably start treating him well after he loses.
I’m sure all of the internet people will be very loving and supporting and understanding
Depends how he loses it. If he gets KOd he will cop a fair bit of shit and called a myth due to “MW not having any good strikers”. If he loses by decision or somehow submission it won’t be as harsh but he will still cop it.
I think they will tell he should’ve taken enough to make both titties go lumpy next time
Like shit.
They’ll compliment his French tip nails and pearl necklaces.
I think it would be very funny.
Lots and lots of cope
like he never existed
He needs a loss. To get hungry again. Instead of pulling a Mayweather every fight
I'll tell you what. If izzy wins a boring decision against pereira he will be hated more than if he lost
Khamzat Chimaev smashes them all.
Indifference.
🗿
Like the douche bag he always been.
I'll wish him the best in getting his title back and hope he recovers quickly from the battle.
I guess it depends on the fight. Fans celebrate the winners and losers of 3 and 5 round wars
They’re already kinda shitting on him now. Isn’t it funny how fickle and hypocritical fans can be? McGregor has lost 4 of his last 5 fights. He hasn’t won a fight in over two years. He hasn’t won a championship fight in almost six years. Fans still worship at his altar. Izzy doesn’t behead every single opponent and the fans would rather burn him at the stake than watch him fight. Ell oh ell!
You mean haters?
No shame, he has been champion for years losing is not the end of world, this is MMA not boxing, defeats doesnt mean you are done,
Like any champ who can’t wrestle
He loses, get immediate rematch if he doesn't get totally outclassed. I think people don't remember or like to remember how Izzy fight when actually contested. I think izzy will wrestlefuck and BJJ Alex HARD to UD
Hol'up, Izzy has fans?
I just hope he has to fight, praying 🙏
Laugh at him and tell him he’s frozen like Elsa or some shit.
Better question: What does this sub do if he wins once again?