UNBELIEVABLE!!! What Really Happened (Israel Adesanya vs Alex Pereira)
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- čas přidán 12. 11. 2022
- Israel Adesanya vs Alex Pereira ended with a repeat of the past. How did Pereira find the knockout? Where did Adesanya make his mistake? Where do they go from here?
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This fight kind of reminded me of Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman, how the corner got into Pereira and he came out very aggressive as they wanted.
Also both izzy and usman were gonna tie anderson’s records and they both lost their fight’s which they were winning
Whitaker can beat everyone but izzy, who can beat everyone but Pereira.
@@xavierb9061 what makes you think he’ll beat pereira
I personally disagree. I think it was way more competitive than Leon v Usman.
It wasn't that lopsided....
Imagine if Pereira just retires and is like, "I just wanted to knock that guy out again."
A menace to the universe, truly
The level of hater I strive to be
🤣🤣🤣 savage
@@bamxz9336 I love this
Wouldn’t be a bad idea frankly he is not as good of a mixed martial artist as Izzy and will not retain the belt long. But boyyyyy he dangerous
Man actually think about this after their previous fight, Adesanya went to MMA to flourish and then Alex Pereira continue to flourish in kickboxing. Then Pereira went to MMA to hunt down Izzy and takes his belt in the span of 8 fights in total.
Man Pereira is a straight up savage.
Thanks to Izzy not shying away.. he ain’t deserve this shot at all
@@enigma372 even tho it was kinda undeserved there’s no doubt that Alex winning makes middleweight better moving forward
@@enigma372 yeah props to Izzy for taking this fight, he just really wanted his revenge and he wanted to prove the doubters wrong, but the risk was high and the only reward he got was respect from some for taking the fight in the first place.
>KOs him in kickboxing while being drunk and a begginer
>chases him into another sport to ruin his life again
>takes his soul and UFC belt
>doesnt call out anyone
>refuses to further elaborate and leaves
The Ultimate Jungle Sigma Hater Grindset
Izzy must've really disrespected him in kickboxing for alex to hunt him down like this. This is some tiger revenge type ish
It’s crazy how the first guy to finish Izzy in MMA is the only guy to ever finish him in another sport. Izzy has only been finished twice by the same guy. He’s his grim reaper.
He’s got the craziest power in that weight division. If he hands clean on any kickboxer or mma fighter in that weight division he’ll be their grim reaper too.
@@PointlesslyNecessaryConvos Khamzat will squash him he may have 1 punch power but he is useless on the ground vs someone as high level as Khamzat
He lost 6 other times (out of 80ish kick boxing fight) Peirera was just the only one in the UFC
@@acmaiden5236 he said finishing specifically not just losses smart.a.s.s
@@2stroketyson79 Khamzat just turned purple belt, if he can't submit Alex earlier he's fu*ked, because his cardio is still affected by covid.
the fact he got a finish really makes it unanimous that he beat izzy . i felt so sad for izzy’s expression when he realized his reign was over because he tried so hard . brutal sport and i have so much respect for these fighters and what they go through
@Orcus999 Yes, he still has a good chance to beat him in a rematch. And even if not, he's still quite ahead of everyone else in the division. Outside of Whittaker, no one comes even close.
@@ChaelSonnenMMA the champion has a name
@@ChaelSonnenMMA if bobby shoots low or drops his guard just like izzy here he gets knocked. and i love rob. izzy's chin is fuckin strong af and bobby won't take those hits
@@Rob-le8xv fr, alex can Ko Bobby with power jab
His steroids wore off. They’re all trash.
Alex Pereira chased Izzy down from kickboxing to the UFC to come and take everything from him again. A true nemesis.
To be fair it's not like Alex charged through the rankings and got a deserved shot at the title. He was gifted winnable match ups and fast tracked. Under any other conditions Alex isn't getting to the belt that easily.
Tbh Izzy should have seen this coming from a mile away so the fact that Izzy didn’t know how to take the back and finish a RNC is embarrassing
@@MrLuckybeast13 bruh that makes Izzy bad, he lost to a noob
@@MrLuckybeast13 if that’s your excuse that’s just another way saying that’s even worse that he got chased down years later and beat by the less experienced mma fighter 😂😂😂
@@MrLuckybeast13 Rankings are not real. Khamzat proved it, Islam proved it, Suga proved it and now Alex proved it.
No. 1-5 in every division is essentially inbred for lack of a better term. Why do rankings matter if you are able to beat the champion the day you debut in the UFC??
Pereira has got incredible recovery.
Yeah fr! After the third I was like okay pretty confident Adesanya has this. And then end of round 4 Pereira got back and I was nervous for round 5. For a good reason apparently😂
Great fight tho, can't wait for the next one. Would love to see Pereira vs Whittaker... But I guess a rematch with Izzy is probably first
at 35. impressive
Another perspective to look at also is even after getting rocked in Rd1 he was able to gather himself up on the stool and win rd2 after clearly being rocked at the end of one. Impressive. Still needs work obviously but still.
@@piotrpp5478 36
Yeah he had a mad burst of energy in the 4th round I think it was. I said to my friends “it was like he just ate a steak and got energy from it instantly.”
It’s like Izzy was fighting a final boss where you have to be perfect to win. Alex is a monster.
Some sekiro type shit
thought the same lol. pereira is a dark souls boss and izzy keeps having to reload the game after getting the boss down to low hp lol
Straight up, giving me flashbacks 😂
@@unique_mushroom fr lmaoo the boss got a boost of power stamina and a more aggressive style right when you think you win
Literally lol. Beating the final boss is always hard as hell lol.
“He’ll be some guy in a bar talking about how he knocked me out long ago” ~ Izzy
Didn’t age well 🤣
Those shots and knees from the clinch from Alex would kill majority of normal humans.. Izzy is tough
Ok dude that’s a bit of a reach. Obviously any strikers shots are going to hurt bad but Alex isn’t Superman
@@danielbras5123 nah dawg, he kind of is. He's going to KO every of his challengers. And we seen the power in all of his fights. Quite literally like superman 😂
Haha you obviously died eating his shots and knees which is why you know what would happen and now you are commenting from the other world where dead people are🤣.
Izzy’s got a chin on him for sure. He took some great shots from Alex
@@SKBROOSE His only KRYPTONITE is grappling
Alex has to be the at the upper limit of how physically imposing a middleweight can get, i felt terrified for Izzy the entire time they were standing up especially when he was backed up against the cage.
Yeah definitely a case where the weight cut gave him a clear advantage. That guy could weigh 225 with no effort, Izzy is 183 soaking wet man it was such a miss match.
He looked at least 30lbs heavier in the octagon
@@frankparish4180 izzy was over 200lbs going into that fight
@@frankparish4180 lol 183 wet is quite the exaggeration
@@JnoEL1 gtfoh. over 200? izzy was barley one ninty 8 vs jan..he cudnt even make 205. stfu mate
I said Alex looked like the boss from a fighting game, like Tekken, but I didn’t know he was going to fight like one too. You spend the whole fight chipping away at his life being as perfect as you can and then he hits you once and you lose your whole life bar.
yeah man, Poatan s like M. Bison from Street Fighter
Right he’s like Champion Gundyr or sumshit
Hahaha so true
Seeing Pereia go 3-0 with this guy gave me a huge smile on my face 😁😅
Hahahaha
Same man
Racist cnt
Racst cnt, First was a robbery, and the last two he was dominating the much better. Typical racist latino
@@africaqueen5252 I ain't the one who mentioned race here, and news flash I'm asian, Filipino rather sooo that's awkward haha don't worry, I'm sure your pride got KO'd along with your boy's broken jaw and ego 😂
Wow. Just wow. There is no greater hater than Poatan. Dude kept Izzy from climbing the kickboxing mountain so Izzy changes professions to find success elsewhere. He is within grasp of an all timer status and then Poatan follows him there and knocks him down again. He made Izzy a side character in his own anime. Poatan is the maximum playa hater.
He literally became ufc champ at 35 to spite Israel it's hilarious
Lay on the ground you've been robbed
@@iamthelaw9369 I highly doubt the ufc was paying Alex more than the organization that he was a double champion in. He will probably get paid well now as the champ but I doubt it was financial since the ufc isn’t known for paying their fights fairly
He said in multiple interviews he saw an interview adesanya did in 2020 where adesanya said he would be that guy drinking in a favela saying I knocked him out as his greatest accomplishment in life. And that it motivated him to switch sports. Originally the ufc offered him a contender series fight and he declined. He only retired from kickboxing because the ufc outbid glory for his contract
@@jay-xj2fx that is fuckin hilarious
Alex " I can't be bullied by another height and reach merchant if I am myself an height and reach merchant" Pereira
You're a clown and I love that alex won
@@iamthelaw9369 I don't think this comment is a slight at Alex more so than Izzy....
@@iamthelaw9369 I couldn't agree more!
@@iamthelaw9369 Dude that's litlerally the point of my comment. Izzy had mainly success in the UFC because of his huge reach advantage. Against Jan he didn't had that reach advantage and against Pereira he didn't and he lost both fights lol. I am glad Pereira KO'd him
@@ABHIMANYUKUMAR-jp4jp Bruh my comment is mocking Adesanya
“Why did Izzy fall into the cage like that?” He mentioned in the post fight that Alex hit his perineal nerve, that’s also why he fell backwards in one of the earlier rounds. Alex is a beast
Yeah when he fell back I thought he broke his leg for a second. I think it was a combo of the nerve being hit and his kick being checked
@@andimari9194 man i was scared as he Fell back i thought he Broke his leg
@@AkinataMoon Yup had Weidman flashbacks the way he stumbled back
@@AkinataMoon same bro I was about to say not again😩
Perineal? I think you mean peroneal. Two very different parts of the body between those two 😅
Crazy to think Pereira might be one of the greatest combat sports athletes and two years ago most people have never even heard of him.
Might be?
Yeah they’re called casuals
"Israel Adesanya was never my friend" - Alex Pereira's existence
Now can you Imagine if alex retired right after the fight? , it would the biggest troll ever lol 😂
😂😂 a part of me last night wanted him to put the belt down in the octagon and say i just wanted to beat him again
nah, just imagine the amount of money he will make from a rematch with Adesanya.
Not the biggest troll tho... Think about it
HAHAHAHA
@@r.e.e.2.e 🤣
This fight had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. Truly an experience to be had.
The feeling that you knew Alex was capable of landing that shot that would change the course of the fight at any time, and it happened.
@@madgavin7568 exactly , either way izzy really did alot better than I thought he would of. Gotta give the guy credit he was almost there
@@roachmancam9012 I do feel a bit sad for him because he was clearly winning the fight, and IMO Alex was saved by the bell in the first round.
Yeah it was scary
Yeh my heart was thumping!
Don't forget the calf kicks. Pereira invested in those and slowed down izzy's footwork. Sure izzy hit him with leg kicks more often, but pereira hit him harder and is just built like tank overall.
Classic fight
Great point. Izzy admitted after the fact that he couldn't do as much as he wanted to on the ground because the leg kicks deadened his nerves and he couldn't move them like he wanted to. Also probably had more to do with the reason he tripped backwards in the 5th.
That plus the constant pressure did izzy in. I was screaming all night for him to get away from the cage but fighting someone with almost the same reach and more power finally got him into the 5th
From what I saw last night, Izzy might have thrown more leg kicks but Pereira had better defense than Izzy to them. Pereira checked lots of Izzy's kicks throughout the fight and also landed more kicks on Izzys calf
Nah Alex had more leg kicks than Izzy as well as body shots. Izzy had more head shots so yea ur right, the leg kicks were slowing killing him.
The first kick alex landed on his calf, izzy immediately switched stances.
Izzy when he fights someone who can check his leg kicks: 👁👄👁
When he did that roll after getting checked I was losing it. He got out classed it was wild. What a good fight and finish
Wdym didn't Jan pretty much check every leg kick
@@noobgun12 exactly
@@Boxingdiehard he was up 3-1 bro shut up lol
@@noobgun12 yeah? And jan won??? Whats ur point lol
Pereira has that power glitch, you can’t make one mistake.
Both of them!!!
Pereiras power and skill is almost unfair
Honestly i think i want to see him against khamzat
I think he’s similar to wilder in boxing, just with more skills
I think he’s similar to wilder in boxing, just with more skills
Man Alex’s accuracy is crazy he landed almost every shot in that finishing sequence
And he only needs 1 left hook to erase someone
What?? Only like 2 of the 5 shots actually landed?
@@jeremiahondack2090 watch it again
@@jeremiahondack2090 he landed over 10
I think it’s when “boxer mode turned on”, look at that bouncing and punching at the same time. MMA fighters don’t normally do that.
Pereira knew what to do and the corner knew what to do against Adesanya. His calf kicks, body punches, knees to the body, straight punches, hooks, crosses, and Pereira stepped it up in the fifth. Brilliant work against a champion like Adesanya!🥊🥊🦵🥊
He was getting whipped the whole fight
@@noahscott5820 Who won? It stands at 3-0!
@@noahscott5820 if they fought 10 times it would go 10-0
I think Izzy doesn't get enough credit for his deceptive power & pretty decent chin...he took multiple head shots from Perera & though he was wobbly, never got flat lined & zombiefied like all of Alex's other victims...Alex is a beast tho...still having that power while being exhausted in the 5th round is a pretty impressive
didn’t get zombified because ref came in at the right time lol
@@splasshed4307 I think the ref should have let him get zombified. Remember when Matt Hughes was just getting owned by Trigg yet pulled off the victory. Not an Izzy fan so dont leave any excuse, let him get knocked out.
the ref jumped in right before Izzy was gonna take another left hook. he would have prob been flatlined.
pereira wasnt exhausted, he trained for 5 rds every week
People don't like him, so he's not gonna get the credit
the way pereira came out in the 5th after the pep talk from his corner, ref had to hold him back to wait for the round to start. intense!
I believe that Alex's methodical approach was key. He didn't waste energy with big bursts like Izzy did.
It was almost the same pace throughout the entire fight. Alex looked far more fresh in the 5th than Izzy did. That's why he's And NEW🇧🇷
Another thing to note, before Pereira caught him with the left hook he hit Izzy with a straight jab to the body. If you look at his breakdown with Glover after the Strickland fight he does the exact same sequence with Glover of a straight to the body before following up with the left hook. Masterful work.
Imagine if Pereira starts getting better at grappling and wrestling he would be unstoppable! The ground game is his only weakness, which a wrestler could take advantage of.
@@grandwonder5858 realistically, Alex isn't going to develop significantly on the ground. He's been working for a while and didn't know how to do a basic standup. He looked lost even against Izzy who really wasn't putting that much pressure (or didn't need to). Hopefully he can develop some good takedown defense, which is more realistic. Thinking his overall ground game will ever be anything but bad ain't gonna happen
@@fangiscool1you still think the same?
Strickland a “Go and get him Alex”, at that press conference has a new meaning.
What new meaning? Lol.
@@darthcinnamn1195 u slow
The way Alex conserves his energy at round 4 and become absolute animal at round is brilliant
Nyehehehehhe
I've been telling people for years how overrated Adesanya is.. one of the "goats" of MMA loses to a kickboxer 😂
I am a beau aloev fan
He knew that he can always throw a round and izzy would do little damage and he can recover. He used that brilliantly.
@@mikehansen7610 that doesn’t mean he’s overated, that shows you’re an insecure troll waiting for him to lose 🥱
Respect to Poatan he pulled it off
Man that fight really delivered!!
Alex was there to be hit but was always there to hit Izzy. What an amazing display of world class kickboxing
Greatly appreciate the analysis! Solid and so helpful for understanding and deepening the enjoyment of this wild sport
Just for fun, imagine Alex vs Jiri. That'd be a crazy couple minutes 🤯 😂
Jiri doesn't even enter the game, Alex in Glover's camp said that Jiri is very sloppy, his hands are unpredictable, but if he gets a guy with a similar or superior wingspan he erases easily, besides Jiri's LowKicks being predictable and Poatan's not, so much that not even Izzy can defend the whole time... and the Dutch style kickboxing that Alex uses is efficient against any Muay Thai fighter. Precisely because this style has a card up its sleeve, which is to hide its speed and power, and the hand strikes do not use the arm but the rotation of the hip raising power. And his kicks don't rotate the hip, so it's difficult to defend.
(Long text but I hope it has explained, in a strike fight Jiri x Poatan's chances are minimal)
@@GabrielSilva-vg7bf Khamzat is gonna smash your boy inside 1 round
Alex wins that easily
@@GabrielSilva-vg7bf yeah man whenever alex fights I dont know if he's fast or slow.
I said from the beginning that israel is a tougher fight than jiri, I don’t know why people hype him up so much.
Excellent breakdown. That 5th round from Poatan was an absolute masterpiece
Pereira really left Izzy frozen❄like Elsa👸🏼in the fifth round😭
Alex is the size of a LH with the knockout power of a Heavy Weight.. it’s like the man was build in a lab.. izzy had no choice but to get physical.
You mean no choice but to clinch.... lol
Besides Alex can't give his 100% during fight night because of weight cut while Izzy doesn't have to worry about that.
@@iamthelaw9369 I don’t think Izzy can afford another loss to him on his resume it will completely tarnish his legacy
@@terrellewilliams2188 omg shut up dork. That's the fight game. Get used to it and don't get so precious abt ur favorite fighters. AND NEWWWWW
He’s a jungle fighter bro, savage
Those body shots in the clinch by Alex were crazy.
I shit blood just watching them
Yeah but to me what was even more crazy that Izzy ate them and it looked like it did almost no damage
"almost no damage"?
i donk so
@@chaitanyachaudhari6635 I said it LOOKED LIKE it didn’t hurt him not that these body shots didn’t hurt him
they did some damage for sure
Gray breakdown! Thank you!
Good work, as always… thanks bro 💪🤙
This ppv was 100% worth buying,Hooker getting a win by tko against a prospect in Puelles,gutted for Frankie tbh that was brutal to watch :(,getting an incredible fight but especially an incredible first round from Poirier vs Chandler,and Dustin finally getting another submission after many years of almost getting it but failing,Chandler proving his skill and his toughness like always,guranteed banger when he fights,Wheili was pretty expected to dominate Carla but atleast it was way more entertaining than Carla vs Rose lol,and Adesanya vs Pereira....wow i mean finally Izzy had a great fight,a great performance,he did get hit sometimes but he was doing good tbh,and him rocking Pereira in the end of the first round was crazy,but to see Pereira tko Izzy that way was really a some sight to see,it was like unbelievable seeing Izzy just shell up and get hit,that left hook from Pereira still proves to be really sharp and powerful,and imo it was a good stoppage,Izzy looked wobbly after they showed him being around the doctors,and he was just shelling up taking big shots from Pereira who has hands of steel . So now we have a new MW champion at last and i would think they do a rematch,but if not,many interesting fights for Pereira now
Great performance by all fighters on the main card,prelims,and early prelims,this card was incredible,finally we got a card that was expected to deliver and it certainly delivered,awesome night
puelles fucking SUCKS.
Honestly I bought 280 and watched it but I didn’t by this card which is one of my biggest regrets
@@ritxual-8719 i got it free
I’m a big Izzy fan and I thought he would win this fight, but I knew there was a chance he would be winning most of the fight and then get knocked out which is really a bummer man. I’m sure the UFC is happy they have a new champion because it gives them a lot of fresh matchups and Izzy already cleaned out the division. I’m kinda sad Izzy lost but that’s the game. Pereira hunted this man down and tko’d him again, that is a devastating loss for Izzy bro. I would like to see Pereira vs Whitaker, he should’ve went through the gauntlet of killers to get to the title just like Izzy had to but the UFC expedited him.
It you could just stream it for free. 👍
Pereira is truly Izzy's father
keyboard gangster
@@elijahchuruza I mean Izzy calls Costa Vettori and Whittaker his children after he beat them so this is completely fair play
@@TheAxeter eye for an eye makes the whole world blind
Edit: it's true 😔
@@elijahchuruza cry
@@buttovelli9198 cry
Izzy’s entire fighting is based off out ranging his opponents 😂 😂😂
Yup. This is all it is.
Even then, a short dude with enough power, accuracy, and good peek-a-boo would've killed Izzy eventually.
exceptional insights. a lot of the nuances of these exchanges fly over my head, so your breakdown really helped me understand it. thanks!!
This 100%
I felt that it was also that Pereira had the skill to cut off the cage and the balls to pressure Izzy and stand right in front of him despite all his feints and craft.
The others were mostly intimidated by Izzy’s deep bag - even Yoel, who Izzy was terrified of, was equally scared of him imo - and so they refused to pressure him and he was able to pick them off at distance. But by pressuring him Pereira took away a lot of Izzy’s bag - his movement based defense, his long straight punches, his kicks - and that is why his defense was reduced to hand fighting and ducking out the side which proved not to be sufficient.
Good for him - who dares wins. I feel a bit for Izzy though, this man really chased him to the UFC and took everything from him again, just brutal. He (Izzy) is the more skilled fighter imo but Alex just has his number it seems
Yoel was never afraid. Yoel was waiting. Waiting for him to make a move. Izzy just met his match on someone who was patient for the mistake.
Izzy more skilled? Lmao. Because Izzy has not beat more skilled fighters himself, yet relies on his length, reach, and height to get over guys who are better technically than him, Whittaker for example
@@andygarza8132 yeah, poor whittaker, man, the guy's the most skilled middleweight on the planet, but massive dinosaurs like adesanya and pereira just came to bully the division where he competes.
Though from what i remember, whittaker did beat adesanya in their second match, but cash cow politics dictate that adesanya will get the nod for being a star.
@@theonetypingthis7186 you call it politics, I call it perspective. It’s easier to look like you move with the punches when they seem like they barely get to you, and it’s a lot easier to make it look like you have power in your hands, when you are so long that your opponents are running into your hands lmao.
You gotta admit it, mate. Izzy has gotten away with a lot, because Robert And Kelvin aren’t 2 inches taller or longer.
IT looked like Alex was a bit too passive....always trying to counterpunch.
Amazing analysis!!!
Alex said that they were gonna call Adesanya "Almost". Those words ring so true rn.
Alex's troll game is so underrated.
Like dude on "the postman" lol
Olak, thats izzy's new name, olak
@@caspar_gomez boy! u remember dat shhhh ? Lol
@@caspar_gomez naw I'm tripping almost was the dude on "apocalyptico" lol
lmfao almost 3 times 🤣
3-0😁👌
Anyone else notice how Pereira was than not only bigger than Izzy, but Glover as well.
The amount of body shots adesanya took is crazy and that left hook finish was so beautiful one of the best in the sport.
The commentary team barely commented on Pereira checking at least 10 of Adesanya’s leg kicks until the 5th round. I’ve never seen any fighter defend against Adesanya’s leg kicks that well in MMA before.
What about jan
@@annie5659alex cooked him
8:05 I haven't seen anybody mention this yet, but Goddard had to push Alex back because as soon as he got up after that talk, he immediately started walking to the center of the Octagon like he was hungry. I actually thought it was a bad sign at first, like he was just completely out of it, but it turns out he just wanted to go for the kill. The guy is a zombie (in a good way).
Yeah Alex said in the beginning of the last round: "i will kill you" in Portuguese-Brazil "eu vou te matar"
@@karnopse appreciate that insight because I had no idea. Dude is the real deal 😳
@@karnopse I REMEMBER THAT SHIT. I also remember after izzy rocked him the crowd went nuts and izzy did the hand gesture thats like "guys, that was light calm down" and Alex raised his hands up and looked to the crowd to counter izzy haha. It was so awesome
Lmao it looked like he was just gonna go up to Izzy and KO him right in the middle of break. That mf was on KILLMODE
@@karnopse I rewatched beginning of fifth round just to see that lol
History repeats itself yet again…
Literally. Alex losing on points, almost gets finished early, comesback with vengeance and KO/TKO Izzy.
This guy is born to ruin Adesanya's confidence and legacy
Perfect breakdown! I was wondering why he wasn't using his lateral movement! You always have the best information!! Keep it coming!
bro you do amazing breakdowns... great stuff
Pereira has Izzy’s number. He’s his kryptonite 😂
im glad pereria didnt let adesanya off the hook coasting to another easy decision he came out in that 5th round and knew he had to get the ko to win and he did it what a comeback
Tko not ko learn the difference
@@omni3128 learn to wipe
Wtf are u talking about?
This was weirdly one of the most entertaining fights I’ve watched lol
Both guys were amazing. So happy Perrirea won tho. That left hook has to be the most successful left hook in Combat Sports. Fresh breath in the Division. Let's see how Izzy reacts in te rematch
This what happen when you bring the fight to Adesanya, Just how Jan did, Congrats to Alex and respect for Izzy for what he's done to the sport so far.. He deserves a rematch.
Does he after making the crowd boo from constant holding? Every engagement is either hold or duck right and get on the bicycle.
to bring the fight, you need to have the same Reach
Whittaker -6, Coaster -8
No, this is what happens when he fights a skilled striker who is as big or bigger than him. Plenty fighters come to bring the fight against adesanya and he still beats them.
Technically, He got 2 rematches already with this fight & all are losses. I don't think even Izzy have enough mental fortitude to face his living nightmare champion right away. Alex The Nightmare just gotten bigger & bigger.
Literally the opponent has to be the same size, bigger or a lot smaller like kelvin for it to really work. When he has no size and reach advantage his game plan falls apart.
You never disappoint Weasle!
great analysis
Adesanya's submission grappling got exposed badly in this fight. Poatan is white belt level on the mat but Adesanya couldn't even show blue belt level in this fight despite clearly trying to use grappling to secure the win.
The lack of real high-level grappling at the top of 185 is extremely clear to see. I legitimately think that wrestlers like Khamzat or Bo Nikal (or even Ikram the Combat Sambo champ) would clean up Adesanya and Pereira no problem.
I agree, izzys grappling got exposed, but Pereira's grappling sucks too, he'll get beat by any decent wreslter
I agree. Give Khamzat the title shot now😈
People were telling me “All Izzy had to do was take him down again!” 😂 The praise for his “take down” and grappling made me grind my teeth. Wasn’t what it looked like.
@@maxbergman9430 watch Alex knock him out and go cry😂
@@shivaanrambally9611 I'd go cry if I looked like you
A father always disciplines his son
Lol😂
weirdo
Nah izzy leg thats why he got stiff
3-0. He keeps loting. COPE
@Urbanchuk ok? He didn’t tho
Great analysis Weasle
EXCELENT BREAKDOWN!!!
A massive moment imo was like a minute before the end.. They are tied up in a clinch and the crowd starts booing, Izzy subconsciously decides to disengage and trade instead. He could of just coasted and clinched his way to another decision W.. Literally the moment he disengages, he goes for a leg kick and it gets checked, he trips and from that moment on the Alex is seeing gold.
Good observation
This is what I said on reddit, if Izzy keeps him busy with grappling and trips, he doesn't have to trade with him, he clearly had the fight won all he had to do is keep him tied up, strikingly similar to the Usman vs Leon fight, if I'm Izzy I'm doing everything in my power to try and get that guy to the ground regardless of if it fails or succeeds because then your not getting backed up and smashed
Unreal isn't it lol, like why didn't u jus stick to what u were doin u were winning the fight
I noticed that too. He was going to stall and changed his mind
He definitely made the wrong decision and also caved to the pressure when people were saying his fights are boring. It’s almost as if he thought exactly that at the clinch
Not sure if you heard, but Pereira damaged Izzy’s perennial nerve in the 5th round. That’s why Izzy stumbled back and rolled over in that one instance. I believe that is why he couldn’t get off the fence, and why he stumbled back onto it when Alex started pouring it on.
Excuses
@@DH-ht9pl bro it's literally what happened in the fight 🤣. unless Izzy starts talking like suga Sean then it's excuses
Izzy damage his own nerves tf.
@@MustachioedBear Luckily he did not. He said "He damaged my perennial nerve", not "I damaged my perennial nerve".
@@MustachioedBear I mean it is excuses. This was a tko, plain and simple. Unless it came from a doctor I don't want to fucking hear it.
The leg kick game is where Adesanya is often usually dominating and cracking down his opponents with it. I at first thought the same was happening here, till I watched in slow motion. Pereira checked and evaded a lot of Adesanya's kicks and delivered his own calf kicks. It was a game changer
Great fight. Great card. Great breakdown
Izzy looked like he was feeling his ferocity in the stand up the whole time. This is a bad man who few are gonna know what to do with.
Take him down...
Bo Nickal and Khamzat would dominate him. But for most others, I agree
Man that 5th round was nuts. Alex was in Izzy's shit, with 0 room to back up and fight for points. He had to FIGHT. It kinda seemed like Izzy wasn't used to that type pressure at all and folded a bit.
@@joshuatalks6213 Khamzat his striking is a total joke compared to Pereira and Pereira has Texeira to train defensive grappling with, by the time Pereira and Khamzat fight, Khamzat wont stand a single chance.
Great fight.
Even greater stoppage. Izzy was 1 hook away from the shadow realm.
i agree with you for some reason a lot of people say early stoppage every time if fight ends before they guy is cold and that is unnesesary damage the ref is there to protect you if u cant protect urself anymore and izzy couldnt. he might say otherwise after the fight but for sure hes happy that the fight ended before he fell on his face
A hook would have been better than the worst case scenario, a massive knee to the face.
@@Skywalker_1337 I mean all he could do was try to move which he did. Early imo, this isn’t a game it’s a fight and if he’s fighting he’s still competing. You do actually have to knock him out or get that last hit imo. The stoppage left questions where there probably didn’t need to be any with one more shot, but who knows what could’ve happened.
@@uhok6712 not really. He was static and bobbing his head, one knee and he'd have been out cold. It was definitely a perfectly good stoppage.
@@uhok6712 how much money did you lose ? you fs wanted to see elsa get flatlined again w that oxygen mask. izzy was donzos he couldn’t defend himself fym it’s a fight ? that’s brain damage if the ref didn’t stop it lmao
finally after so many fails you nailed it. congrats !
This was a barn burner. Great fight & a 5 round chess match. Alex is the scariest 185 pounder to ever be in the octagon. That’s a fact. He’s huge, strong, with insane power & has zero fear. Him & Jiri represent the absolute apex of savage Pro fighters.
I want to compliment your prediction that Pereira would win, Weasel. Great job, and I loved the outcome of this fight. Considering Pereira had only four UFC fights under his belt it's impressive that he finished Adesanya. I relished every minute of this fight. Excellent breakdown you rock, my dude!
What an analysis. You’re the man Weasle
Good analysis
I can’t say anything other than. Congrats Alex
4:48 I think it was his right leg man, Alex checked a low kick before this and Izzy started stumbling and moving weird on it
Perennial nerve
@@MB2.0 no
@@valentijnvve you didn't watch the post fight.
@@thersten excuses
Weasle and Guru are conveniently leaving this part out of their breakdowns.
This was definitely the best case scenario for Rob and I couldn’t be more excited for the guy. This is his chance at getting the belt back and I really think he’s gonna make it happen!
Hopefully rob can use his wrestling and get the w, Alex is so big though he’s gonna be hard to keep down and I honestly don’t like his chances on the feet
How about the chin of rob when getting hit by pereira?can he handle that power?and th reach is advantage bro
@@ricbas9520 reach AND size. Alex walks around at heavy weight ffs. People keep forgetting this when they make it sound like a fight with Alex is just so easy for Robert lol
5 foot 11 guy vs 6 foot 5 monster who hits like mini ngannou
@@frosty1865 haha
You have by far the most comprehensive assessments and detailed breakdowns on CZcams. I like your format better than Dan Hardy
Thank you Weasle for mentioning the clinch, everyone else didn't mention how key of a component it was and why izzy wasn't dominating.
He was though he was up 3-1
Maybe not domination but it definitely wasn’t close
@@chrisbrooks6965 bro you keep saying the same thing, he lost get over it
@@chrisbrooks6965 it was 3-1 far stretch. Looked 2-2 coming into 5
Pereira definitely won 2 and 4
@@chrisbrooks6965 so what? Pereira be like: "oh, Izzy was up 3 rounds? OK then, let me return the belt real quick!" MMA ain't point fighting. You either carry the win home or not. Izzy did not. Alex did. Doesn't matter what happened before.
Izzy is a fighter that I truly believe isn't good unless he has a massive height advantage. When he doesn't have it he can't just distance shoot you. His luckiest physical attribute is that he is very skinny for his height so he can make lower divisions. I don't see him being as good in a division where his height isn't an advantage
Indeed, he used and abused it hard, the moment you nullify it, you close all gaps and see the results.
height advantage? bro almost got knocked out by gastelum ! fighters are just scared to engage with him in direct combat. Pereira pushed him to the limits in the 5th round with pure pressure. if more fighters relied on that and not going for takedowns they would have a better chance
What? Pereira literally only won because he is 20 lbs heavier and has a massive power advantage
@@deadingu lol izzy only wins as he has like a 6 inch reach advantage and 4 inch height advantage in his fights
Izzy has beaten opponents as long as him, and was winning the majority of exchanges against Alex. So, no.
Adesanya gets such special treatment from the judges and the media. He was outlanded by 30+ punches going into the 5th round and yet he’s up 3-1 on the cards and the announcers are saying he’s dominating the fight. I thought the 1st and 4th rounds were incredibly close and am shocked everyone had it unanimously 3-1.
same
I had it 2-2 heading into the 5th
I thought he had the first until he got hurt. It was so close I gave it to Izzy. Definitely gave him the second. I don't remember the 4th being that close, I definitely had Izzy
@@charlesbroomfield3362 I had it the same as you, tbh but the more frustration is with the way the announcers are acting like it was a dominant performance. And the judges had it unanimous. It was a VERY close fight.
Adesanya very sharp and flashy, he feints a lot and has very precise striking, he always looks composed, makes people think he's doing more than he is
1st round how is it close? Alex nearly got knocked out
The fight was a masterpiece of martial arts!
Man, let's give credit to the ref, beautiful stoppage.
Pereira is a fearless man, just like the indigenous Brazilian Pataxó warriors. This guy will bring a lot of joy to the sport and will inspire many fighters.
I really enjoy seeing a fighter Going for it in the 5th when they are behind. Hate the fighters that coast to a LOSS
It’s really strange how in the second kickboxing fight Izzy rocks Alex and almost finishes him just like round 1 in MMA only for Alex to come back and knock him out…… spooky man
yep same story as always .. Izzy is better striker but Alex is more powerful. And difference in power is bigger than difference in skills ... Pereira can easily go up one division. Good job on both fights I`m more impressed by Adesanya though ..
@@r6201sk looool
@@r6201sk yea I bet you are
Its the 3rd time man now izzy fans can't say he got lucky.
@@r6201sk the skill gap is not that big tho
In the after fight interview he said that Alex damaged a nerve in his ankle and he lost mobility. As teddy atlas said, this was foreman and Ali all over again, but this time foreman won.
I thought this was a gimmick fight, bringing a dude from the past in a different profession just to have a storyline. Then it was one of the Embeddeds on UFC channel where the two of them were having a face off and Pereira said during it "Look at me" and I felt that. Pereira ain't a gimmick.
Obviously it’s not a gimmick idk why people are acting like Alex is just some random dude off the street he was literally a double champion in the best kickboxing organization in the world he’s skilled. People really refused to give him any credit it’s ridiculous
Very Accurate analysis
Congratz on Izzy for being great. Active and fighting the top guys every 3/4 months for a while already. He lost but he was winning the fight, even with the leg hurt. Alex recovers so fast though... scary as hell. Congratz to him on becoming champ. Let’s go. Rematch.
I dont think people talk about the fact alex condition izzys legs and body i mean he was kicking and kneeing all the time at those areas and then at the end went high
Izzy was up, but, apart from the top control time, he always looked to be in danger. We separate fighters by weight, but reach might be as impactful.
The reach wasn’t the problem in this fight, there’s a clear power and size difference…
@@TheWallethead izzy avoids powershots by his reach. By posting away. Take that reach and Whitaker probably takes his head offf with kick
@@TheWallethead Yes there was. Izzy likes getting to the back of the cage and start dodging stuff he has done that in all of his title defences. And the reason it always works is cuz he is so much taller and his opponents have significantly shorter reach.
And he tried it in this fight. And it worked sometimes but those punches of Alex were slowly finding the mark sharper and sharper. Untill it was over.
Even Cruz used to do that alot untilm he faced Chito who all of a sudden was the same size if not bigger then him cuz a guy like Uriah could never reach Cruz ducking down with a kick. But Chito has long legs and BOOM KO.
What happened to people saying "weight bully"?
People cut weights. Looks everyone's GOAT is no longer eligible.
Just saying 🤷 but it sounds like you are saying people should start cutting limbs along with weight.
@@ronror they looked like they didn’t belong in the same weight class in the octagon
I’m so happy for pereira his story is so sad, he deserves to be in these big fights with big money and now as he’s the champion if he rematches Izzy that’s going to be a big money fight and he’s going to have the ppv points as a champ.
what a crazy fight....a rematch is definitly needed.......its crazy the match would've ended if the first round was 5 seconds longer. can't wait to see more.
What makes you think it would end? He was just wobbled as the bell rung. A lot of what ifs from you Israel fans. Lol
What if the last fight had 10 more seconds than Alex would've lost in kickboxing. What if there was an extra 6 seconds in this fight? Alex would've lost. Lol
Alex had a 5 round game plan and he stuck to it diligently and it paid off. He concentrate don th ebody and legs for 4 rounds then turned it up in the 5th. He was setting up the knockout for 4 rounds. As proof of this concept, you just have to review the point where Izzy had him in the clench. Izzy's face was fully exposed and with Alex being a puncher, there had to be a damn nbear overwhelming urge to come over the top and take a chance, but he didn't, he stayed on th ebody and stayed true to the long game, wearing Izzy down. I don't think Alex or his team cared about who won what round, they had a 25 minute game plan that worked perfectly.
I noticed that too. He kept throwing these small left hooks and jabs to get Izzy comfortable with them, until he threw the power shot and rocked him.
Yessir, he had a crazy game plan
You’re seriously proposing that the game plan was for the 5th ?
Wrong
Game plan for 5 rounds??? He was down 3-1 on the official scorecards. Game plan wasn’t working obviously. He went out in the fifth and expended all the energy he had to get the win. That was the game plan.
probably one of Adesanya's best fights, it just shows how tough Alex Pereira is good, if Alex works his werstling, he'll keep his belt for a long time
There's an elementary difference in Izzy's game and Alex's game: Izzy is intelligent enough to build up momentum, pool up more points and stay defensively uncompromised; whilst Alex is a juggernaut that's reading all the time, computing all the movement throughout the rounds, always walking his opponents down and never over-extending.
Alex would always get the better of Israel as long as Izzy learn to win every round till the end and not stall at the end.