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Tough one but I voted Holland exclusively because of this.
Adesanya IS Fighter Of The Year.Izzy that fought Romero should not be even considered the Fight of the Year but his fight against Costa was a spectacular win for Izzy but that does not mean that he is the Fighter of the year for 2020
World MMA Awards are about as legitimate as this thread. It's the opinion of Fighters Only magazine.Adesanya IS Fighter Of The Year.
He won the world mma award.
No Khamzat and no Izzy? Astonishingly bad nominations.
Oliviera and Jan also only fought twice in 2020.Adesanya fought twice in 2020. One was a dominant win over Costa, and the other was a lackluster decision over Romero in one of the worst fights in recent years. Half of Sherdog still thinks he lost that fight. They are wrong, but it goes to show how unimpressive Adesanaya's performance was.
Adesanya's 2019 was really damn good, and iirc he won Fighter of the Year in the Heavies poll last year. But he's not even a contender in 2020 with only one good fight.
As for Khamzat, he's the runner up Break Out Fighter of the Year, which is pretty good for a guy no one had heard of twelve months ago. But KOing Gerald Meerschaert, solid veteran though he is, doesn't get you nominated for fighter of the year. His other wins no one had ever heard of.
Oliviera and Jan also only fought twice in 2020.
Oliviera beat Lee, who is 2-3 in his last 5 and Tony coming of a loss and couldn’t even finish him. None of those fights were for a title or against top contender in the division.
Jan beat Corey Anderson and Reyes for the title, but Romero and Costa are more impressive foes and both of those fights were title defences.
Yes Holland has five wins, but one of them was a split decision and his best win is Jacare who was 41 years old and 2-4 in his last 6 before facing him.
Khamzat should be there, not because of who he beat, but how he did it. It seemed like he’s light years apart in skill compared to his opponents. He broke records for quickest turnarounds and biggest strike differential. He also managed to surpass many UFC champs in followers and he did in a months time.
It should be between Figgy ( who probably deserves it the most) and Izzy, Khamzat, maybe Holland.
Adesanya has done more than Jan and OlivieraYou and I agree on Figiuerdo.
Your argument notwithstanding, Adesnaya had only one very impressive performance in 2020. His other fight, even against a fighter as highly touted as Romero, was an underwhelming and lackluster performance. That's not enough.
Adesanya has done more than Jan and Oliviera
Not this year.Adesanya has done more than Jan and Oliviera
All of them had 2 wins this year.Not this year.
All of them had 2 wins this year.
Izzy won 2 title fights, Jan 1 and Charles none.
Costa and Romero are better wins than Reyes and Corey Anderson or Lee and Tony.
Adesanya actually LOST status from the Romero fight. A year ago he was universally considered an exciting fighter.All of them had 2 wins this year.
Izzy won 2 title fights, Jan 1 and Charles none.
Costa and Romero are better wins than Reyes and Corey Anderson or Lee and Tony.
NoOf course Izzy is the best fighter of the year. He has proved it more than once and deserves such a name. Eventually the boy showed what he could do, and I think it is fair to honor his hard work. I counted on him from the very beginning, I believed that after each loss I would learn lessons for the future and that's what it was