If Rob goes and beats Costa he has beaten every single one of Izzy's best wins besides Anderson...
He has also beaten them better. I think he edged the last fight against Izzy also, but Izzy has the dominant finish in the 1st.
If he fights and beats Costa, you kinda have to match them again to be honest. Rob has cleaned the division out before anyone can get to Izzy and Izzy is just fighting his scraps at this point.
I also think Rob beats Pereira easily regardless of the outcome of the fight with Izzy.
Good points man.
I do have Izzy beating Pereira this time around, you never know tho.
If he does I really don't know who else you match him up with at middleweight unless Strickland beats Cannonier or Muniz beats a top five guy.
Whittaker is probably gonna fight in February and all things are pointing at that being against Costa.
I think Rob beats him handily, but topping Izzy's performance over Costa is a very tough task since that was pretty much flawless.
Anyways if Rob beats him in impressive fashion and nothing significant happens at the top of the division that presents a new challenge, I could totally see another fight between Izzy and Rob.
Like I mentioned earlier NZ and Australia opening back up for UFC events will help make that fight happen since both guys live there and it's a huge fight for that region.
Also it's much better place to have it than Texas which was such an odd place to have Izzy/Whittaker 2 as the headliner.
Another is when I first watched their first bout at UFC 271 I scored it for Izzy, however after being recommended to rewatch it without commentary I can definitely see how some scored for Whittaker and it was closer than I remembered.
For the third fight happening, I gotta go with Izzy winning even if I really want Whittaker to get that belt back. Tbh I just think he'll make the better adjustments after spending more time in there with Whittaker.