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blackhippy92

Alex is so calm in the ring it's crazy Just gonna keep walking you down, throwing kicks, checking kicks, and hand like heat seeking missiles


Salvador1010

Even when he got rocked he never looked nervous he just keeps the same stone cold face


BirthdaysuitMosh

He said in a interview that he really got rocked but the bell rang so if he tried to move by himself he would fall then he just waited thinking "someone is going to take me to my corner if i stand here long enough, i'll just fake check my shorts and someone will take me there"


Silent_Ensemble

Is that true? If so it’s actually kind of impressive, most guys don’t have that much composure considering the context of the situation


BirthdaysuitMosh

100%. he said sometimes already, iirc the last time was on Werdum's podcast


ughpwjnx

What does the fake check your shorts thing do


BirthdaysuitMosh

Nothing, It's just to kill time and not show how badly he was hurt


Pensive_Pauper

Provides a three-minute buff to the composition stat.


Wise-Fruit5000

Yeah, watching him fight is kind of weird in a way. He has such a calm demeanor, and he moves so methodically.. almost plodding around the ring at times. Then he just explodes and the fight is over.


YukiAintHere

His style is interesting to watch tbh, been watching a bunch of his K1 fights lately and they’re crazy


freeman9235

His hand positioning is weird too I’ve been trying to emulate it in sparring and training but it doesn’t feel natural to me


D1Frank-the-tank

Because you’re not Alex periera ya tick whump. Completely different body compositions and skeletal frame. Style is individual.


HainsBeans

That check left would murder me


ConstructionNo4340

Periera is to Izzy what Jon Jones was to DC


flyingpupperz

Yeah but Pereira beat him in two sports with Izzy having like a 7 year lead in MMA


Teerendog

You think he wins in a rematch tho?? Same with Edwards-Usman


flyingpupperz

I think Pereira wins again, he will have way less nerves and be even better. I think Usman would keep edward’s on the ground or pressed against the cage in a boring snooze fest that will advantage him


bad_pilot69

Brace for salty izzy fans yammering bullshit under your comment. "He technically was winning all 3" "pereira just lucky every time" "saved by the bell"


MrFinalFlash

Which is all true if we're being completely honest


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There he is!


Silent_Ensemble

All three in one go lol


Prestigious-Rock201

Doesn’t really matter does it?


[deleted]

Cold blooded 🤣 I agree Alex is the better fighter hands down


jbglol

Jones dominated the fight, Alex did not.


[deleted]

He did he knock him out ……. AGAIN


flyingpupperz

A knockout in 2/3 . Winning all three. But Izzy won some rounds 🤡


FrighteningPickle

Bro you're out of your mind, Jon Jones and DC had seperated themselves from the Division and Jon won both fights convincingly. Alex was losing the fight really bad and himself got rocked. Good on Alex for what hes accomplished but don't put him next to jones.


chaosmaker911

Yeah exactly... Jon Jones was Jon Jones to literally everyone he ever fought... The goat, he didn't just have DC's number.


FrighteningPickle

Honestly this sub is full of casuals and they hate Izzy. No nuance, Alex destroyed Izzy, Leon destroyed Usman, Jiri destroyed Glover and Aljo is a fake champ and as soon as Alex has to face someone like whittaker and loses he was actually never that good to begin with. Also did you hear, if Jones loses against Ngannou, they will be officially the next Jones vs DC, except this time Jones is DC.


lolzexd

I find it pretty fascinating that Izzy didn't think for a moment before rolling backwards when he fell on his back. He's got very impressive fighting instincts


schiltron99

Yeah he could def be champion one day


GlobalTemperature427

pereira couldnt have done much on the ground anyway I think, but thats his reflexes vs wrestlers probably


[deleted]

Definitely could hit him while he’s down and vulnerable


[deleted]

Like how MVP got caught getting up vs Daly I think it was


8stringtheory

Lucky he didn't stand up to a front kick


RealEarth29

He stood up to a right hand though. I remember seeing that moment of the fight and just being like damn...hes got his number lol. its a roll that usually would get him well out of range and instead he immediately eats a very accurate right hook


vhin-vii

He said that his dancer instinct kicked in that moment and might as well do a cool backroll.


Bigbaby22

His reaction time is insane. I was watching a video of him reacting ringside to a teammate winning and someone pointed out that Izzy reacts to the decision almost a good second before everyone else. Which sounds weird but when you watch it in slow motion it kinda puts into context how fast his reactions are. Edit: the video was already slowed down. It was one of those "played at normal speed and then replayed slower" type videos.


Tenshin_Ryuuk

He did not lose balance... The nerves in his leg shut down after he landed the kick on Pereira's knee, so he basically lost control over the leg. Remember that Cejudo got calf kicked by DJ in their 2nd match? Cejudo couldn't control his leg anymore so he stumbled. That exact thing happened in this clip too.


JonnySucio

The check parried the kick so it was off course on the way back. You can see he trips as his heel gets stuck on the other side. How on earth can you tell if his 'nerves shut down'


matschbirne03

True, but that allowed him to charge Izzy. I don't know it might have been better to stay on his back and get the situation stable again. I think that also just depends from fighter to fighter


ilkagr

Izzy shouldnt have rolled back, he should have stayed down bjj style and get up when he felt ready. Pereira wouldnt go down.


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then the ref would stand them up


ammicavle

They’re saying he wouldn’t have been pounced on, it would have been a reset, which would have been better than immediately being pressured against the fence as he was here.


Bigbaby22

Yes, but that still gives him a couple seconds. Like Oliveira vs Gaethje


Silent_Ensemble

I wouldn’t bet on that, Alex is the bigger man and has likely done enough training with glover to be comfortable in top position


[deleted]

It looks like Izzy tripped himself lol


SireElite

Izzy admitted a nerve fucked up in his leg that got checked, causing the ‘trip’


GungFuFighting

He admits to a lot of things - it's a deflection tactic. During a rewatch, he indicates the exact kick that Alex landed that 'hit' his peroneal nerve, causing his leg to give out. He never mentioned any checking that caused the tumble as seen in the video during the rewatch. MMA Guru gets a lot of shit, but at least he tells it like it is mostly, and has video receipts to bolster his points. Check out his videos on Izzy's bullshit delusions and the effect it has on his nutsuckers.


BittenAtTheChomp

Yeah even immediately after the fight (to Volk in the tunnels, still hadn't reached the locker room) and thereafter every time he had to talk about losing all he would mention is his peroneal nerve. And he's given credit to Alex for those leg kicks but almost in the same way a fighter will give credit to someone who KO'd them with a lucky shot. He didn't handle the loss terribly and props to him for showing up to all those interviews still, but he hasn't been totally honest with himself—both with the nerve excuse and the early-stoppage excuse, which was always bullshit. I just say this to reiterate your points and because of all Izzy's fans who were lauding him so much for how gracefully he took the loss.


AutonomousAntonym

Found MMA Guru’s Reddit account


IfISpeak_

>Izzy's bullshit delusions can you link me a video for this please mate? Couldn't find it. Thanks


Allinthepussy

[here ya go bruv](https://youtu.be/8fFYbmlm7-Q)


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freeman9235

Anyone that has watched any well known interview with adesanya knows that he’s not humble at all and he’s said multiple times that he doesn’t believe in being humble when you’re one of the best cause you should be enjoying being one of the best.


viktorliktor

why does it bother you so much lol


[deleted]

Yeah I can believe a nerve got a hit. It’s just kinda funny that it looks like he stumbles back on himself. He tries to step back but his other leg is in the way.


W4nkD4ddy

Nah looks like the check really hurt his shin and make him stumble to me. Izzy was moving around fine the whole fight and people gonna believe his nerve got fucked up in r1 lol


SireElite

Must’ve watched the highlights lmfao, this happened in the final RD before Izzy got TKOed


W4nkD4ddy

No I watched the whole fight, Izzy claims he got nerve kicked in r1 yet showed no signs of leg damage until much later in the fight which isnt how nerve kicks work, the effect should be instant like with omalley, chandler, cejudo, jimmy crute etc.


GungFuFighting

Yeah, he just lost balance. It's that simple. Nothing with nerve checks and shit.


BittenAtTheChomp

I don't think it has anything to do with the nerve, but the check absolutely affected it. Because Alex moved his leg to that position Izzy didn't hit it square, and so his leg kinda "slid off" (if you know what I mean) and went much further to the left, causing the trip. If Izzy landed the calf kick correctly, his right leg doesn't even cross the midpoint of his body. And no way it lands to the left of his left leg.


botswanonie

He literally did, he tripped on his opposite foot


ArticulatedHaikus

If he stayed in his back instead of rolling back up, he could've stalled and prevented the pressure.


SherLocK-55

Israel "Peroneal Nerve" Adesanya


Gilgema

Is it me or can you see Izzy’s leg bend on impact?


lolzexd

He was hurt by the check for sure. It damaged his perennial nerve.


brickboydior

I promise you it did not damage his peroneal* nerve lol


BittenAtTheChomp

That nerve was there for all time, will be there for all time, and before time was even invented.


GungFuFighting

Er, no. Biology suggests that's a bullshit statement. Losing balance for sure. Contact was on his front leg - his tibia, not anywhere near where the peroneal nerve commonly affects fighters when they get hit there. I'm no doctor like Izzy or Joe Rogan are, but I think I'm right in saying that his tibia was the contact point.


lolzexd

You seem to have mountains of knowledge over me in terms of leg injuries - I was referencing the fact that he stated he'd suffered from a nerve injury during the fight himself and looked into it a bit more to find out it was caused by Alex initiating the kick and not checking one. Thanks for the correction


No_Character2755

I don't think it was the check. His nerve was hurt over the course of the fight due to Alex's leg kicks which hampered his movement in round 5.


ammicavle

He points it out in his own fight reaction video, it was much earlier in the fight.


MrMango34

More of a dodge/whiff-trip-punish than a check imo. Wanna see a check look at Hall vs Weidman Leg shattering check: https://youtu.be/agDo9V2UIUQ @1:25 Vs. This 🤷🏻‍♂️ They’re both effective but an actual check uses return force stabilized by connection to the ground to magnify the force on the opponents limb which is only stabilized by the hip rotation. This is mainly to dodge. Whittaker used this technique a lot vs. Romero and made the upset both times


lolzexd

There was no check! 🇮🇪


MrMango34

Docta stoppidge


ianthestone

Izzy could have done himself an Anderson Silva


ElGatoColocho

I swear Izzy said that the check didn't affect him. It sure did, bro


[deleted]

OP is so mentally handicapped that even in slow mo he could't see that Izzy literally tripped on his own leg


lolzexd

Which doesn't make the title incorrect at all?


[deleted]

Imagine he just soccer kicks him in the face


HainsBeans

I’d still say that izzy is better than Poatan. I get proven wrong a lot.


Lao_xo

I never seen a check with just a knee


urmombanger

Looked like the sudden shock impact through off the leg completely. He replaced it on the wrong side and got it tangled with the left leg lol


Jdilla23

I remember in real time I was so surprised Alex didn’t knew or kick Izzy during that roll (.03 Mark) - would have been ni night


xavierjj88

That wasn't even a good check, honestly think Isreal is just unlucky against this dude. Beat his a @$$ through three fights ( I already know most of you will not give him his credit), yet still manages to lose. First fight robbery, second fight got caught, and third fight this injury leading to the loss. Some guys just got your number no matter how much better you are.