Izzy by decisionJan has power kicks, as well as a three punch & kick combo that is dangerous
beyond that, i think Izzy will finish Jan
Izzy is like a female "gamer" who plays Candy Crush.
African bond my ass. Africans fight each other everyday , as do Americans, Brazilians, etc. at these you two will get paid. Him and Usman aren’t even teammates! Smdh
African bond, lol.
Imagine not wanting to fight someone because they were born in the same continent as you.
Your join date is 2009 so I'm surprised you are saying this.
Back then most champions were not given a chance to fight up while still holding their belt. Aside from BJ Penn it didn't happen in that era much at all if ever (I legit can't think of anyone in that time period besides BJ). GSP and Anderson despite their historic number of defenses were not given a title shot above their weight class without dropping their current one. Same with Aldo. The "champ champ" thing is a great thing for fighters to go for nowadays but back then it was way riskier despite the champions having way more defenses. The UFC typically is making fighters drop one belt after winning the other, but there was always that safety net of going back to your division as champion if you failed. Again, besides BJ I don't recall there ever being that option for anyone else in that period. I know Anderson kept saying he wouldn't go up because Jones is his friend and for Lyoto etc. but I bet if he got a free shot at Rashad or Forrest he would have taken it, and even possibly against Jones
On topic, I like that Israel is giving Jan props and not acting like he's just going to walk over him or that it's going to be a free win. Like him or dislike him, Israel is a great fighter and appears to have a good approach to the whole game.
Reyes did too.The only one that underestimated him was Rockhold and that's just his overall personality
Reyes did too.
It's easy to say he won't fight Usman who is a Yoruba Nigerian like himself. He'd probably jump at the chance to fight an Akan Ghanaian or Liberian.
In fairness, people are regularly ridiculed for refusing to entertain the possibility of fighting a training partner, even a current one. Usman and Izzy live on opposite sides of the planet.
Again, I think it’s okay if they decide that having two champions who have ties to Africa is a priority. But of course they’re gonna take shit for announcing that the single most compelling superfight is off the table because “we hit it off the five times we’ve seen each other in person.”
Adesanya-Usman is the single most compelling superfight??? That's a bit (lot) of a overstatement no?
He wouldn’t need too. He would ko chimaev easily. Would be his easiest fight in the UFC so far.I beg you Izzy Try that with GOATmaev. Do it.