Strickland dominated in the press conference, the media, the promotion for the fight, and the fight itself. Bro carried all fight week.

@santygarcia4621

11 ай бұрын

Small correction weasel but i'm pretty sure this is Izzy's 3rd loss as you said this was his 2nd loss in the UFC towards the end of the video(still a great video man keep it up) MMA IS BROKEN And I love it

@abcbizarre

11 ай бұрын

Strickland is a national treasure.

@bhumikjoshi4573

11 ай бұрын

No rematch should be granted to Izzy because he got schooled for 5 rounds and he already got 1 for his middleweight defenses, he was defending his belt for 1st time after regaining again.

@outlaw._.lazines

11 ай бұрын

No more Dog Violater as Middleweight champ.

@zulfanirich7594

11 ай бұрын

i think perreira teach him how to check leg kicks

“No man that beats off to cartoons is gonna beat me” - Sean Strickland

@jeepamir508

11 ай бұрын

Told him. He. Freaking. Told. Him

@chalky_white

11 ай бұрын

And actually tugs off his dogs

@pkealoha76

11 ай бұрын

🤣 Jizzy Izzy.

@TheWeasleMMA

11 ай бұрын

Bro meant it 😂

@Foryourinformation218

11 ай бұрын

Don’t forget this man got knocked out last fight and when Alex comes for him he’s done.

The fact that Strickland lost to Pereira and thought "I need to spar that guy" tells you everything you need to know about him.

@johnnypr-nyc8851

11 ай бұрын

It's smart to train with the man that won him three times in a row.

@WhatIsayIsStupid

11 ай бұрын

​@@johnnypr-nyc8851no it's not he beat Izzy it's he beat Sean totally different u learn more from someone who beat you than you beat ,how many years have you been fighting ??? N if u want to make anything of urself n ur under 25 then u have a slim to no chance even if u take all the right paths

@johnnypr-nyc8851

11 ай бұрын

@@WhatIsayIsStupid Well yeah, that helps too but at the same time you can learn from the person who'd tactics worked against Izzy as well. It's a win win either way.

@jjmarcos

11 ай бұрын

@@johnnypr-nyc8851 Wrong. Pereira beat Izzy with a skillset that Sean could never realistically learn, let alone in under 1 year. Its more important to spar against someone who beat you because with small changes to your own skillset and instincts you can learn to be a better version of YOURSELF. You can never try to be someone else, especially starting at 30 years old.

@ziadeternal4415

7 ай бұрын

@@jjmarcosyou are incorrect and acting like you have to completely adopt a new move set just to learn an opponents weakness.

Although it was super basic, this is one of the most impressive championship performances I've ever seen. The level of awareness was like he was seeing everything in slow motion, the flawless defense for 25 minutes, and the balls to relentlessly walk down Adesanya for the entire fight, it really was a masterclass of a performance

@alaskatoburningmen4549

11 ай бұрын

Well put! Extremely impressive, Sean did not make one mistake it seems like.

@The_Primary_Axiom

11 ай бұрын

Sean is just so damn hard to hit.

@dsimi415

11 ай бұрын

Bro I can't imagine the frustration of a guy standing in your face for 25 minutes and you can't hit him

@stefanwolf8558

11 ай бұрын

On par with Cody vs. Cruz and JBJ vs. Shogun

@PanicGiraffe

11 ай бұрын

It's not just bravery. It's that he's fucking crazy.

The jab: the most underappreciated but the most important strike in all of fighting. This fight also proves timing beats speed.

@yomi_jeremy3964

11 ай бұрын

100 percent, timing beats speed

@pcostyle11

11 ай бұрын

Agree with you that jab is one of the best weapon you can have

@justinsane1909

11 ай бұрын

Also I think Sean is faster n beat him to the punch the knockdown prob helped a lot too

@beastt-_

11 ай бұрын

what exactly does that mean? timing beats speed? good timing on your punches means u dont have to have speed?

@turkalpha6884

11 ай бұрын

@@beastt-_ Experience and reading your opponent beats sheer athletic speed. It was clear Strickland had Izzy's wiki page open and read all his moves and timing. It was all discipline from there on, sheer will power to keep to the game plan... well, except for the last 30 seconds (but Izzy was broken by that time).

1. Did not even sit on stool! 2. Did not take any damage 3. Did not throw anything flashy 4.Did not believe that it would be this easy😂 actually made it look easy 5. Funniest authentic post fight interview

@truthfinder7064

11 ай бұрын

Mmmm, those points tick all the boxes for a fixed fight.

@landoncube769

11 ай бұрын

​@@truthfinder7064except for the fact that izzy is way too prideful and egotistical for them to fix a fight with him

@zacknight9137

11 ай бұрын

^ 🤡

@saurabhsuvarna7812

11 ай бұрын

6. Did not shoot for a takedown once

@luckytokin

11 ай бұрын

@@truthfinder7064why the F would the ufc fix this fight? They obviously wanted Izzy to win wtf.

Sean might've given us the greatest performance in recent memory. He made Izzy look silly. His defense in this fight might be considered the best defensive performance alone. To make someone like Izzy miss like Sean did is absolutely insane and should never ever be overlooked

@xavierb9061

11 ай бұрын

Most soul crushing loss. no lucky shot, no stance switch ,sean did nothing he couldnt repeat tommorrow.

@zulfanirich7594

11 ай бұрын

i think perreira teach him how to check leg kicks

@ooolol

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely true man 👍

@xxxllloorpoopypants3687

11 ай бұрын

​@xavierb9061 you summed it up perfectly honestly very very hard to see izzy changing anything. Fundamentals beat izzys flash

@koen4261

11 ай бұрын

izzy couldnt counter strike against strickland. thats why he couldnt do anything against sean

I can only imagine the amount of leg kicks Sean ate from Pereira in training, he developed an amazing kick defense out of no where

@kanethesevenfootmonster868

11 ай бұрын

Not Out of No Where.......

@alexespinoza2696

11 ай бұрын

@@kanethesevenfootmonster868bro he didn’t defend leg kicks almost at all before this fight

@kingt0295

11 ай бұрын

No doubt Alex put him in a wheelchair for a few days to make Sean learn and now he’s a better man for it lmao

That was a coach's dream. Sean is so beloved by boxing coaches right now. Really an absolute clinic of fundamentals. It really was beautiful.

I know people are very shocked but tbh izzy has always fought like this super passive, for the first time ever someone didn't just stand back and let themselves be leg kicked forever

@ngwzi5229

11 ай бұрын

Lies. Sean was just the better man tonight.

@bdpdaily3032

11 ай бұрын

Every person who's ever put the pressure on izzy has had success, Jan with wrestling Pereira koing him And now Strickland jabbing him and not letting izzy get the rythm youre right

@JrRanks

11 ай бұрын

I love Izzy but this is true

@jaydee4019

11 ай бұрын

exactly I really think HE believes he can knock people out still but thats just not his game, he's a point fighter how and its been like that for a while. Sean showed the gameplan

@mmredfs361

11 ай бұрын

This narrative is a bit deluded. Alex pressured him and was losing that fight until the last round, he then pressured him and got knocked out cold. Whittaker pressured him and got kod. Fighters have pressured him and it hasn't worked. Izzys prime might just be over, he looked terrible tonight. Time catches up to all

Sean literally won the entire fight week with his energy, comments and fight performance. Ultimate W

@UnusualElan

11 ай бұрын

He made it all very entertaining, I was soo happy when I saw that he won this morning, good start to the day

@MalosiAudios

11 ай бұрын

Fr he won the hometown advantage, the arguments & now the fight.

@target-tk6vb

11 ай бұрын

nah it was izzy bruh people just love to hate him

@uh3331

11 ай бұрын

not even here in australia everyone was booing the shit out of izzy and cheering strickland happend at every press conferance wiegh in and fight as u saw IZZY A FRAUD LMAO@@target-tk6vb

@JJ-df4kx

11 ай бұрын

@@target-tk6vbthe dude is from New Zealand, and still no crowd favorite in Australia. China man had to bring with him the China pants, do the China talk during the weighing. Really just why? Don’t see the connection here, but prob. money from rhe CCP or something 😂 just low character overall.

It’s crazy sean came in with the least amount of leg kick defense against the “best striker “ in the UFC but ended up checking almost all the kicks

@drews0n

11 ай бұрын

Sean’s upright stance helps him checks calf kicks. Similar to how Charles Olivera nullified Gaethje’s devastating calf kicks.

Pereira always finds a way to haunt Adesanya

Pereira did once say that if there is anyone in this division that can beat Adesanya, it's Strickland. He must have noticed this during their sparring. Looks like hardwork and discipline can overcome a lot.

@Holisync

11 ай бұрын

Exactly, i once heard him saying strickland has better chances of beating Israel adesanya Nd in my mind i said:Nah he's just biased cause he is know a friend of Strickland.

@truthoverlies6434

11 ай бұрын

I still say DDP submits him.

@peterpace3379

11 ай бұрын

​@@truthoverlies6434yes, even DDP is a nightmare matchup for Izzy. Not to mention Khamzat.

@youhaveayds8975

11 ай бұрын

DDP is too reckless in my honest opinion, izzy would have eaten him alive if dricus couldn't work a sub

@JSamad

11 ай бұрын

​@@truthoverlies6434Khamzat cooks Izzy but ion know about Dricus

Most amazing is the fact that Sean did all this without shooting or even faking a single level change, he really was committed to winning on his own stand up merits

@parkertufts5251

11 ай бұрын

I saw him do one tiny level change

@jacobeparsels9251

11 ай бұрын

As sean said he was ready to wrestle he just didn't need it

@samholden1339

11 ай бұрын

@@parkertufts5251Well idrk if it was a level change, Izzy gave his back and Sean like went to grab it while Izzy was running away lol

@anthonyontv1061

11 ай бұрын

@@parkertufts5251I was gonna say he technically did level change once and go for the takedown/clinch twice, he didn’t commit to it, he just did it to change things up it seems and give Izzy something to think about, but your pretty much not wrong

@squadabingo9113

11 ай бұрын

Bunch of know it all's in here... Why do y'all fools say lol after almost every one of your comments? It's not mandatory fellas

This fight left me in awe at how sound Strickland’s defense truly was. That Philly Shell base coupled with excellent reaction speed and sharp checks to the leg kicks was truly a beauty to watch. He earned every bit of that win.

@WorkerBeesUnite

10 ай бұрын

And really brings it home, the idea that Philly shell is useful in MMA as well

@vosaemify

8 ай бұрын

Goes to show that boxing is still effective

Izzy is normally the defensive fighter, the one who counters and reacts. That worked for everyone else, but Strickland is one of the best defensive fighters to ever do it. I think that threw Izzy hella off and combined with Sean's constant pressure and counters...Sean basically did what Izzy was used to doing to everyone. He made Izzy fight at a distance and a style that was solely beneficial to him. I thought Izzy would win by spacing and piecing Sean up. I'm extremely pleased that I was wrong.

@Captain_Insano_nomercy

11 ай бұрын

You are right and I'll stand by the statement that Stricklands defense was the single determining factor in this fight. The pressure contributed, the distance management too, etc. But it's the fact that Izzy couldn't land a damn thing on Sean. In hindsight now it's obvious (that's how these things go) that the best counter to a counter-striker is an impenetrable defense

@aleksiheija8170

11 ай бұрын

​@@Captain_Insano_nomercy100%. Strickland has a tighter defense than Fort Knox

@violent_bebop9687

11 ай бұрын

"Sean basically did what Izzy was used to doing to everyone" No I don't think so, they're complete opposites in strategy. One moves forward One moves backward

“I am not going to lose to a man who paints his nails.” - DeSean Strickland

@ahmedismael3199

11 ай бұрын

The people champ

@mr.lorenzo3620

11 ай бұрын

@@ahmedismael3199and now also the real champs 🦅🦅🦅🦅

@lxfj2128

11 ай бұрын

As it should be

@itoshikiii6008

11 ай бұрын

"Im not gonna lose to someone who jerks off into some cartoons" - Him

@sjsouljah7368

11 ай бұрын

From the Budweiser Cave of Al Bundy's No Ma'am, Let the Congregation Say Amen.

I am in awe of Sean's performance, he litterally outclassed Adesanya . Was smart of him to train with Pereira .

@tooeasyy5287

11 ай бұрын

Training with Pereira has significantly improved seans striking. All that time sparring with Pereira probably helps too

@chiquita683

11 ай бұрын

It's always great to see a racist get humbled. Let's go Strickland

@chiquita683

11 ай бұрын

​@@tooeasyy5287Alex also has similar reach so Sean could learn distance management

@MB2.0

11 ай бұрын

​@@chiquita683 izzy isnt a racist and sean is an ex neo na#i lol

@brotherlittlefoot2216

11 ай бұрын

@@MB2.0 And Chris Curtis is one of Sean's best friends now,so what's your point? Otherwise,you're right;Izzy isn't racist,he just prefers dogs to women.

“No man who beats off to cartoons is gonna beat me” Sean is a man of his words 😭

Alexs kid sitting back drinking his juice box with a huge smile on his face while watching this fight 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Sean is crazy good at blocking punches with his hands. It looked like he was literally punching Izzy’s punches out of the air. His hands are crazy fast, accurate, and efficient. He’s a scary dude

@thekevinfoster

11 ай бұрын

Going into the 5th I thought Izzy could still have a chance if he just bit down on his mouthpiece, but when he said he couldn’t find his jab I knew it was over. Sean’s hand fighting dismantled basically any boxing skill that Izzy had. The pressure kept Izzy from making reads. What baffles me is how many times Sean bit on the feints and Izzy couldn’t do anything with it.

@nofearofwater

11 ай бұрын

Yeah I saw a bunch of people say “Wow Philly shell is OP for striking” while a philly shell is mainly 3 movements with a tight guard Sean actually long guards and is a parry fighter also stands very square, he doesn’t rely on the philly shell at all really except in passive positions he didn’t win the fight by philly shelling.

@srums7111

11 ай бұрын

@@nofearofwaterthat shits been annoying me as well. Gonna have a whole wave of Philly shell fighters now lmao

@sunleo6161

11 ай бұрын

@@srums7111dustin is another great example

@User-zl9pj

11 ай бұрын

@@srums7111wrestlers would love that high guard , down u go my boi

A lot of people saying Izzy was off. Hell nah, give Sean credit

@XachXack

11 ай бұрын

That’s cuz he was off mf got fucked up in the first and was not the same. Izzy got through Pereira and probably thought he’d never be fucked up like that again, WRONG!

@OSTemli

11 ай бұрын

He was off after the knock down Izzy is afraid

@fdevaa

11 ай бұрын

He was constantly on the backfoot which is 2x as exhausting. By round 2 Izzy was already sweating a lot

@cameron2003

11 ай бұрын

It’s a coping mechanism

@reeeeeee7558

11 ай бұрын

UFC fans

Crazy how poatan worked with strickland for a mere 4 weeks with a language barrier and was able to pretty much mitigate all his own defensive holes perfectly for this fight. Just goes to show that strickland was always championship material, but just needed polishing. Strickland’s fighting style is like a mesh of inoue’s Philly shell and foreman’s defensive parrying with Alex’s kickboxing

@nasvsan6191

11 ай бұрын

All the sparring seems to have made him able to pick up on visual cues and habits extremely fast. Only took him a few spars with a high level kicker to completely nullify it when he used to get his leg chewed up every fight. Sean is really a genius at the fight game.

@Kangaroofilet

11 ай бұрын

@@nasvsan6191uhh no Sean has always had the style of picking up his leg when he walks forward almost like Oliviera Sean even teep kicks a lot the game winner that Sean learned from Alex is that he keeps his elbows at a new angle to stop the left hook that’s why Izzy couldn’t land it because Sean now uses a high guard with his elbow

Whoe knew that Izzy making fun of Strickland's style against Pereira would come back to haunt him

Feels weird to say it, but Sean Strickland just became a legend. Even if he loses his first title defence and then retires, he'll always be remembered now.

@12ww37

11 ай бұрын

He's not gonna retire, but him moving down again with this level of focus and determination would put the welterweight division on notice

@mmredfs361

11 ай бұрын

@@12ww37 he's never moving down the dude is huge lol

@TheRealAbraxas

11 ай бұрын

@@12ww37 I swear you people have no idea how size works….. Just because someone *USED TO BE* a welterweight, doesn’t meant they could make that weight now.

@jcbrowne16

11 ай бұрын

@@12ww37wins mw title Decides to move to ww Yes

@12ww37

11 ай бұрын

@@TheRealAbraxas sean isn't even a big middleweight lmao, he could totally cut back down

Sean adapted so well for this fight. Checked kicks, blocked the high kicks and used his push kicks. His camp did great

@sitonmuhdeckasshole

11 ай бұрын

Eric Nicksick deserves a ton of credit, so happy for them.

@matthewneill2444

11 ай бұрын

Funnily enough he mostly trained wrestling this camp😭

Before this fight started I was telling my buddy that Sean was essentially a sacrificial lamb but that it would be hilarious if he came out and won this fight, and he did. Hats off to Sean, amazing performance and how about that first round knockdown!

@famousmortimer7933

11 ай бұрын

You clearly no zilch about combat sports then.

@lessthantom2

11 ай бұрын

@@famousmortimer7933 right me and every other expert out there no nothing. 🙄. Find me one journalist or even comment previous to the fight that thought Sean would win.

@defauluse5524

11 ай бұрын

​@@lessthantom2now you're an expert. Lol.

@lessthantom2

11 ай бұрын

@@defauluse5524 never claimed to be. Try rereading the reply.

@galaxyvulture6649

11 ай бұрын

​@@famousmortimer7933Quit lying to yourself cause based on what's shown it was very unlikely sean would win let alone have this performance. That pereira training definitely had to help and his strategy was perfect.

Sean has been called "pillow hands" because he doesn't put a lot on his punches he beats his opponents with volume but in this fight from the first exchange you could hear his punches and it looked like he was sitting down on them a lot more than usual.

@jasont7814

11 ай бұрын

Yeah those repeated left hands sounded heavy.

@thearyaputra

10 ай бұрын

​@@jasont7814 the punches were heard across the walls of my house. 😂

Sean raging out, yelling, screaming at izzy, with the crowd cheering him on during the last 30 sec is the highlight for me. Congrats strickland!!

@nocaparoni4502

11 ай бұрын

Took izzy soul at that moment

@clinch4402

11 ай бұрын

That was good, but not as good as that clean *THUNK* to Izzy's chin in round one

You completely 100% described Sean to a nutshell. Dude spends all day sparring. He does the basics at the highest level and his timing is the best in the UFC.

@justinsane1909

11 ай бұрын

His precision n speed is so underrated

@finchbreederklaten

11 ай бұрын

dedication

Sparring with Pereira really helped because Pereira has vicious leg kicks with little to no tell. You pointed out Sean checking the leg kicks here and that must have been something they worked on together. I thought it was over at the end of the first round and was relieved when Izzy got up. I'm an Izzy fan but Sean got me shouting for him at the end. I wanted to see Sean pump up the volume of shots when I knew Izzy couldn't win it in the fifth without a fluke knock out. I do like to see an underdog win from time to time.

@user-ez7ls2du9c

11 ай бұрын

What really happened is ade's dope failed. Like a lot of these "champions" they wouldnt be anywhere without the dope

@eamonahern7495

11 ай бұрын

@@user-ez7ls2du9c you're discrediting Sean's performance with that comment.

@WorkerBeesUnite

10 ай бұрын

@@eamonahern7495he’s right about the roids but I believe Sean had the right idea and reflexes to pull it off either way. Dude was right. Sheer volume of sparring hours hones the crap out of a person

Sean's style is literally Izzy's kryptonite... he made Izzy look like he didn't belong in there... Which is crazy but NOW it makes so much sense... amazing performance Sean I was screaming at the top of my lungs when he won!!!

Tbh I could not believe it I think all those sparring and training sessions with Alex really help him so much

@hawaiiboiskeezah8084

11 ай бұрын

That’s actually pretty dope they trained together after Alex knocked him out takes a big person and a true warrior to learn from someone who flatlined you but it most definitely helped Sean after training with alex

@briansperry3115

11 ай бұрын

And that is why you fail

@xCynFR

11 ай бұрын

@@hawaiiboiskeezah8084not really when you realize Sean doesn’t have a ego. A regular person yes but Sean just fights for fun legitimately 😂

@mrdisaster5880

11 ай бұрын

“If anyone can beat Izzy is sean Strickland” -alex pereira. Also cowboy won 39k on sean.

@GFraga-dk2hq

11 ай бұрын

The last image of Sean wearing the belt is so unreal that it feels like the belt has been photoshopped on him

I can't believe it. Sean Strickland solved the unsolvable Middleweight puzzle. And he didn't do it in a fashion that could be dismissed as a lucky shot, he did it methodically and dominantly. What an almost perfect execution.

@markusmahadeo1374

11 ай бұрын

Adesanya was never unsolvable, he had many close fights and rarely dominated any fight as champion

@TheRealAbraxas

11 ай бұрын

@@markusmahadeo1374 I beg to differ. Izzy made all his fights look pretty effortless against all the top middleweights

@rosepainting8775

11 ай бұрын

And fun part is, he didn't use wrestling, he beat the greatest striker in his own game.

@dsan17

11 ай бұрын

@@TheRealAbraxas Cannonier, Gastelum, Whittaker 2 & Romero were close. So all the title fights that didn't end in a finish apart from the Vettori fight was close. The only fights that he made look easy were Whittaker 1, Costa, Vettori and his non-title fights. Not really a knock on him, he still won those and the MW division imo is the hardest one apart from LW and BW.

@gt2e

11 ай бұрын

what ??? he was just finished two fights ago hahahaha

Sean had the PERFECT style for this fight. He kept the pressure which is a nightmare for Izzy because Izzy needs space for his style to work. On top of that Sean’s defense is impeccable. How you can pressure someone and make them miss that much is amazing. It’s like Sean saw everything coming from a mile away. Not even Alex could make Izzy miss like that. He did all that with straight boxing. This dude threw all of three kicks each round. What’s even crazier is this style is a hard fight for anyone. Sean can do that for 20 rounds if he needed to.

Strikers like Strickland, Nick and Nate Diaz don't like to check leg kicks because it gets them out of their stance and they want to be moving forward and ready to strike. Sometimes they will sacrifice taking those leg kicks to apply the pressure and keep moving forward. Strickland was able to check a lot of the leg kicks and still apply a lot of pressure on Izzy.

@ziadeternal4415

7 ай бұрын

He was training with Pereira so I imagine that he got blasted with leg kicks and forced to learn how to check them really well.

“no man who beats off dogs and beats off to cartoons is gonna beat me” was going thru izzy’s head throughout the fight

@owendavis3500

11 ай бұрын

He was in izzys head

@D9Wx

11 ай бұрын

​@@owendavis3500he was in izzys azz

@Oscar55997

11 ай бұрын

​@@D9WxIzzy wishes

@ko2ni

11 ай бұрын

Your username is unusually lame

@ohiyesa3698

11 ай бұрын

its sad how people rather fanboy dumb fighters instead

So glad to hear you break it down positively for Sean rather than just saying “Izzy looked slow” and “maybe he was injured”…. Sean beat the man who felt great, who had an easy weight cut, who had intentions of burying Strickland.

@112233JORDAN

11 ай бұрын

Exactly. It kinda pissed me off how Dana did that in the post fight. Izzy did his usual stuff. It just wasn't working. Eugene, Izzy's coach, said Izzy was fine. No excuses

@wheatley9601

11 ай бұрын

Yeah Strickland is the one with a bad weight cut and jetlag (according to Izzy himself) and Izzy also looked more confident in the walkout than ever, he was much more loose and energetic than Sean

@icardias8639

11 ай бұрын

@@112233JORDAN yes and dana will give the rematch , but he dont deseve it he loses 1 from alex , win, and loses again, so i hope someone go for tilte shot not adesanya

@Chadius_Thundercock

11 ай бұрын

@@wheatley9601 eh, Strickland always looks like he’s gonna puke in walkouts, it’s normal for him to be sluggish on his way to the cage

@revan5293

11 ай бұрын

Izzy had such an embarrassing fight it feels fixed. 😂 you know you did bad when that happens

It's insane seeing someone just make Izzy look amateur. One of the best strikers ever and didn't even leave a mark on Seans face. I also loved the little front teep kick Sean kept throwing. No intent to add damage or get points, just to keep Izzy on his back foot. What an amazing performance.

the fact sean had izzy running away from him in the last 30 seconds is just something i cant fathom

We got to witness the creation of Sean "DeSean Mayweather" Strickland. I'm speechless.

Strickland marched forward like a giant metal shield while these little arrow shots being thrown by Adesanya were dying right off the shield. The defense was insane, whether he checked it, dodged it by pulling his legs away (the timing on these were particularly amazing), catching it, and parrying it. Adesanya's primary weapon is his kicking, which allows him to control distance. Once Strickland took this away from him, Adesanya became completely vulnerable since he's not a punching specialist nor is he a wrestler. Taking away his kicks completely is what made the fight look the way it did - it's something no other fighter has been able to do against him. Hats off to Strickland.

Sean’s defense is unreal and after working with Alex he is in full form

Strickland's insane ability to avoid leg kicks did a ton IMO. You'd think a guy relentlessly marching u down, super flat footed would be easy pickings to blast kicks, but he effortlessly avoided them which made Izzy even more uncomfortable

@gilbertoflores7397

11 ай бұрын

Marching in, is how you avoid the kicks, you kill the space Izzy needed to properly throw the kicks. That's how guys could nully Barbosa kicks, by pressing him and stepping in deep to prevent the space needed to kick. I think what helped Sean the most was being one of the few guys who was actually fighting Izzy with intelligence. Izzy has mainly fought meatheads who want to land heavy on Izzy. The few guys who fought smart gave him lots of trouble, Kelvin, Jan and the rob rematch. Sean knew he didn't have the power so he wasn't going to risk going for the big shots, and stayed defensive the whole time. He dropped izzy because he landed well timed shot more than just a raw power shot.

@nonoffensiveperson9877

11 ай бұрын

Same how Ovives walked down Gaethje, high stance, light front foot, constant pressure.

@OTG1776

11 ай бұрын

​@@gilbertoflores7397thats not what happened though Izzy was at range the majority of the fight Sean was just narrowly dodging and checking his kicks. Sean's defense tonight was phenomenal.

@Ewil.Bluetooth

11 ай бұрын

Imo I think he would still lose in the same fashion if he fights Pereira again, because that same stance is "perfect" for a hard hitting looping puncher. I only hope that Izzy tries something new now going forward. He's a exceptionally talented striker so I believe he could be so awesome if he ever decided to risk it and be more offensive and not just sit back and counter.

@CH-tv1cy

11 ай бұрын

He just fought upright like a muay thai fighter. Its easier to check when your upright and light on your feet

Alex Pereira was impressive when he beat Izzy but he basically just tried to keep the pressure on till the 5th round and unloaded the tank...Strickland actually from Bell to Bell was outstriking Izzy like that is amazing

@Geloucoss

11 ай бұрын

Alex was kicking Izzy's ass in the 2nd fight before getting overconfident and careless. If he had done like Sean and stayed composed he would probably have won, izzy's legs were already out. You can see how many times Izzy tried to bait Sean into the railing and Sean just remained calm and composed.

I was telling my friend that Izzy simply didnt expect Strickland to fight that way, and took him for a joke. And as soon as Strickland got the first hit you can literally see izzy get freaked out and switch up his gameplay. Come the last few rounds Izzy completely was just fighting for his life at that point. Bro simply didnt do his homework.

Sean basically came up with the blueprint on how to become UFC champion. Train wrestling all camp, step in the octagon and win with pure striking.

I truly believe Sean channeled the energy of the millions of people wanting him to win.

@da23injulecz

11 ай бұрын

i believe adesanya jutsus was channeled right away through his dogs dyck when it got mentioned on the press conference

@danelynch7171

11 ай бұрын

He mentioned how the crowd was feeding him and motivating him.

@chiquita683

11 ай бұрын

That was revenge for every dog that's ever been abused by its owner

@MB2.0

11 ай бұрын

Mf hit izzy with a Spirit bomb

@brotherlittlefoot2216

11 ай бұрын

That was some really focused "channeling". I think Sean's style was just Izzy's kryptonite.

Sean looks like he can still went another 5 rounds. He was very technical and did not waste any movements.

@nocaparoni4502

11 ай бұрын

Facts izzy looked over it

@dimebagg1

11 ай бұрын

Could have still gone

@sooker5500

11 ай бұрын

The weird thing is that I noticed Izzy being sooo nervous in the press conference, and I don't know why. I kind of thought that he'd lose but I wasn't completely sure.

@Spectonimous

11 ай бұрын

​@@sooker5500He wasn't nervous. He was trying to hold back from responding to Sean Strickland's insults because they were truthful.

@truthoverlies6434

11 ай бұрын

He could have. When round two came, I figured he was just draining Israel a bit. The only round Israel won, Sean gave it to him. He made him fight at his pace and controlled every single minute of the fight. No way he'd get tired. He could have gone all night.

What's crazy to me is that Izzy couldn't make an adjustment mid-fight. Surely by round 3 or 4 he knew what was happening, and just needed to do something about it. Eugene Bareman is a fantastic coach too. Volk made adjustments towards the end of the Makachev fight with Bareman's help, and Pereira made an adjustment in the final round of their first MMA fight to win. I'm surprised they couldn't put their heads together and come up with something. Not that I know what they should have done differently, of course.

@Kroggnagch

10 ай бұрын

Should have told him to “don’t lose”, but I guess they didn’t.

@forwardmoving8252

8 ай бұрын

Silly take. Israel is not volk. Volk has much higher fight IQ and isn't as reliant on a gameplan. Israel gets thrown off easily if his gameplan doesn't go smoothly. We saw it before against Kelvin and especially against Yoel where he was afraid to engage the whole time. Bareman is overrated as a coach. Alex Pereira is also much more gifted than Israel as a fighter. Faster learner with better accomplishments in much less time.

@mikedangerdoes

8 ай бұрын

@@forwardmoving8252 Mate, that's my point entirely. Adesanya is considered an elite fighter, but can't adjust mid-fight. Elite fighters can and should be able to make a shift at some point in a 5 round contest that if not gets them the win, at least keeps the challenger honest. It's really surprising that Adesanya doesn't seem capable of that.

@forwardmoving8252

8 ай бұрын

@mikedangerdoes well, sorry for being rude. I guess we mostly agree. My main point of contention was about eugene bareman. I think certain guys just can't make those adjustments in real time and it's more about them than their coaches. Volk doesn't need Eugene imo. Volk would be a champ anywhere he trains.

@mikedangerdoes

8 ай бұрын

@@forwardmoving8252 I can definitely see that argument being made. I don't know enough to agree, but some coaches look great mostly because they have incredibly talented or successful guys. So yea, he might be overrated after all. And I agree about Volk. I remember him pretty much telling Bareman and the others what he needed to do between rounds, and them just agreeing with him haha. So you might be right.

It’s amazing to see how many views you’re having on your short videos my friend, keep on keeping on! I look forward to your breakdowns and podcasts every time one drops - From the UK 🇬🇧

Izzy is a man of his word. He said he was gonna make it look easy and he did. This one was for all the dawgs. 💀

@JackTorrance333

11 ай бұрын

Izzy said white guys don’t have any heart. Speaking of the Kelvin fight.

@cosmiccomedy7394

11 ай бұрын

Hahaha Izzy definitely gonna need some puppy love after that 🤮

@justabill5780

11 ай бұрын

@@cosmiccomedy7394 : hahahahaha!

Seans composure was so impressive. I think a lot of Izzy's opponents pressure him at times but they pretty much all get too aggressive chasing the finish which Izzy then counters. Sean was so calm staying in front of Izzy crowding him to take away alot of Izzy's weapons and didn't hunt for the finish.

@bkrendan12

11 ай бұрын

@@user-ph2oc7vt6whow did Izzy get exposed this last week?

we all doubted him but yet Sean's defensive style was the cryptonite to Adesanya movement. This sport is so beautiful ...as a fan of Issy I'm sad for him but I'm happy for Strickland and the Division. Beautiful Poetry. Love your work Weasle.

The knockdown alone was wild. I (and I'm sure most others) know the danger Izzy poses early with all of his big knockouts coming in rnd 2... only to be nearly put away by Strickland instead. And then to be dragged through the mud for 4 more rounds, it was a perfect performance for Sean. He just cemented his legacy, defended Anderson's legacy and tarnished Izzy's all in one night.

It’s the sean era 😂😂😂

@xavierb9061

11 ай бұрын

Cant beat anyone next...unless its izzy

The most inpressive part is that izzy did not look a lesser version of himself. Strick really beat a prime adesanya. The fact that this was after adesnaya beat perreira the bane of his existence and looked like a rejuvinated fighter. Just impressive.

Throwing his punches to where the opponent is going to be vs where he is, is pretty badass haha. Thats nuts

I personally like people who gets better from their own mistakes and who speak 100% what is in their mind. Sean is both of them, gotta love the guy.

Sean really called it before. He said if Izzy was a normal sized dude he would walk him down. He did that already. Also that's Adesanya's 3rd UFC loss, Jan, Alex and now Sean

@FloatyApe

11 ай бұрын

Yea I was like that’s 3 losses, not 2. He probably meant to say 2nd loss in the middleweight division.

@miguelurbina6151

11 ай бұрын

1-2 in his last 3

@Helldog6

11 ай бұрын

And what's craziest, is that Alex beat both Jan and Sean, and then helped train Sean. Alex also beat Simon Marcus and Jason Wilnis in Kickboxing. Which means 7 out of 8 losses that Isreal Adesanya has in his entire fight career were either to Alex, or to guys Alex has beaten. He really is this mans kryptonite.

Sean Strickland fought for the dignity of Izzy’s dog tonight.

@dewaalvandercolff251

11 ай бұрын

😂😂

@bobbob-dg1kt

11 ай бұрын

🤣He really is the Champ we needed, and it's a shame Sean didn't win the dog as well as the belt. 🤣

@JackTorrance333

11 ай бұрын

The last puppybender! 😂

The way he checked and avoided almost every kick is not being talked about enough imo, everyone was talking about Sean's stance being terrible and how his legs will get blasted apart, but it was the opposite

@kanethesevenfootmonster868

11 ай бұрын

True.......

@jjusa00

11 ай бұрын

Took away an important weapon from Israel

Bro, I've been following you for years now, back when your channel was still small and growing and I gotta say : even if you gave up on your dream of fighting, your knowledge could get you some coaching gigs and you might one day be a head coach of high caliber fighters. I don't know if it's something that interests you or you want to pursue but every singe one of you breakdowns are goldmines. If I was Eugene Bareman and Izzy, I'd actually study this video, just so I could get some sense of what maybe they didn't catch, as they might when having tunnel vision on only certain things.

People don’t realize how elite and experienced you have to be to be that relaxed and fundamentally sound at the biggest stage like sean did to izzy it’s not just 1-2 also proves most of these analysts and KZreadrs who never fought are clueless 😂

@Ms.Fowlbwahhh

11 ай бұрын

People shit on me all the time when I say how good Sean is. There are some crazy muay thai fighters and kickboxers who have talked about how good Sean is. He’s like a robot.

@rippindrummer666

11 ай бұрын

The amount of dumbasses who only saw his face offs with Izzy and Alex saying he looked scared was hilarious. Even Alex said that once they were standing across from each other in the cage Sean was a different person.

@CheffSteph

11 ай бұрын

No, he still has terrible fundamentals, it's because he spars all the time against 2-3 people at once even. When you fight that much you pick up your niche of defending certain attacks he's also used to getting hit a lot and once he felt Izzy had no Grit it was over.

@DemoDick1

11 ай бұрын

@@rippindrummer666AOH I interacted with a few self-styled body language experts over the face off. “Strickland looks scared, he won’t look Izzy in the eye.” Meanwhile, Sean has already explained why he intentionally avoids eye contact, (paraphrasing here) “If I stare ‘em down, sometimes my dick gets hard and the fight starts early.” There are guys like GSP, Might Mouse and Adesanya. Supremely talented martial artists, whose essential nature is what I would call benign. Guys you can’t imagine in prison. Then there are guys like Aleksandr Karelin. Men whose essential nature is violent, who control themselves in polite society, or don’t, resulting in prison. Strickland isn’t benign. And he’s also a damn talented martial artist. I’m super happy for the Champ.

@ramanmonkey

11 ай бұрын

@@CheffStephwhat a cope comment. You need good fundamentals to fight multiple people at once

Strickland read Adesanya like a book; he was very accurate, calm and picked him apart. Insane performance by Strickland

@Chadius_Thundercock

11 ай бұрын

He walked him down like the fucking terminator and somehow wasn’t hit clean once. Crazy good defense from my dad’s plumber

Parry’s, elbows blocks, obstructing punching lanes . Not just walking him down and doing anything . He has old school boxing techniques. Simple but effective .

TheWeasle, this is why we asked you stay with this. That was an incredible video. Thanks.

Alex beat both Jan and Sean, and then helped train Sean. Alex also beat Simon Marcus and Jason Wilnis in Kickboxing. Which means 7 out of 8 losses that Isreal Adesanya has in his entire fight career were either to Alex, or to guys Alex has beaten. He really is this mans kryptonite.

@beastt-_

11 ай бұрын

whos the 8th loss to?

@kanethesevenfootmonster868

11 ай бұрын

@@beastt-_ I Think Adesanya Lost to some random mma guy in his Earlier mma Career.......

The duality of Max doing no sparring & Sean only doing sparring is such a crazy contrast

@MomDoer-qc7iw

11 ай бұрын

The no sparring thing isn't exactly true, he only doesn't spar when outside camp. Max does spar if he's preparing for a fight

@TheRealAbraxas

11 ай бұрын

Sean’s defense is way better as a result.

@gilbertoflores7397

11 ай бұрын

Max does hard sparring, he's said he has tougher fights sparring than actual fights. Sean likes to do light sparring most of the time. He mainly wants to maintain his reflexes. He focuses primarily on defense when he spars, according to him, he likes not being able to be hit.

@Terra_Lopez

11 ай бұрын

Who is Max? Is that Max Holloway? @@MomDoer-qc7iw

@thememeconnoisseur4088

11 ай бұрын

​@@TheRealAbraxasIt's not. MW has a much lower skill level than FW and someone at Sean's skill level wouldn't even make it into the top 5 at FW if we're being honest here

fantastic analysis. the pix and everything. very entertaining, and at tht end when you hyped it all up and ended with ".... with the basics" I fuckn lost it! lol great video

Best analysis I've seen out of the dozens of videos I've watched after this fight. Good job.

I literally shed a tear at the announcement. Calling strickland an underdog is an understatement. What a life that guy has had

@Papagiorgio153

11 ай бұрын

Gay

@meridianheights6255

11 ай бұрын

I didn't actually shed a tear, btu my allergies started acting-up.

@Fudoshin01

11 ай бұрын

UnderDOG!! 😂😂

@randyphillips6506

11 ай бұрын

I wish I bought the fight I listen to the commentary and had electrifying chills

MMA is such a crazy sport! Sean dominated pillar to post which is insane because it might mean Izzy doesn’t deserve an immediate rematch

@Gimmithat491

11 ай бұрын

Y’all silly af of course company man adesanya is getting a rematch. Not only does he deserve it but he’s one of Dana’s favorites lol

@CM-ou4zr

11 ай бұрын

@@Gimmithat491 DDP is next no way the dog diddler gets ANOTHER rematch after losing his title again

@Manuel_Chinaski

11 ай бұрын

@@CM-ou4zrDana said that’s what he’s doing next so it don’t matter what you think. Either way Sean ain’t gonna hold that belt much longer no matter who he fights next .

@How23497

11 ай бұрын

He most definitely doesn’t deserve an immediate rematch. The next title shot is DDP’s

@Gimmithat491

11 ай бұрын

@@CM-ou4zr y’all can think whatever you want but I’ll he literal president of the ufc said so 😂

Hats off to Sean, I just love watching people winning big fights by performing basic things PERFECTLY.

Loved the energy in Sean’s corner between rounds, just bros hyping each other up

UFC 193 - Super upset in Australia (Rousey vs Holly Holm) UFC 293 - Super upset in Australia (Israel Adesanya vs Sean Strickland) Couldn't be happier for the guy 👏🏼

@madgavin7568

11 ай бұрын

History repeats itself.

@dq3666

11 ай бұрын

Can't wait for UFC 393. Calling now--upset in the main event.

@destano2951

11 ай бұрын

australia always brewing upsets, volk islam was almsot like these fights aswell

@randomdude4669

11 ай бұрын

​@@destano2951and they also supported strickland while so many people were mocking Aussies for backing sean, ive seen comments calling Australians racists for booing izzy and backing the "racist" sean.

@destano2951

11 ай бұрын

@@randomdude4669 everytime jones or izzy gets booed or made fun of someone pulls the race card lol

That defense was incredible, some people would say that this wasnt izzy or some sht, but sean did exatcly what you need for victory, not rush into him and get countered, and just defend the strikes...absolutely beutiful, never in 100years would i expect that performance from him

@Goofball6trillion

11 ай бұрын

It’s like they just skip the 20 mins of the fight when Izzy is just leg kicking and standing there and only watch the last round. He had the right skillset with the right tactics and beat prime izzy

@justinwright1745

11 ай бұрын

I mean Izzy did fight like ass, dude didn’t setup shit. He threw single strikes without any setup, especially as the fight continued. This is the first time he’s been heavily criticized by the community on a whole as well. Sean Strickland also is a very measured fighter. He doesn’t ever over commit, and everything he throws is off of setups from his jab. That’s not great for izzy, especially when he’s trying his hardest to counter you instead of set shit up. I’ve been watching izzy since day one, but losing the belt could spark his hunger again. The ufc better make ddp vs Izzy for the belt. The ddp vs Izzy rivalry is great.

@brotherlittlefoot2216

11 ай бұрын

@@justinwright1745 Yeah,Izzy fought like ass AFTER he got knocked down hard in the 1st,but that will never be an excuse.Champions recover.Izzy could not. Sean could have beat Izzy many ways last night,but he beat the UFC's best striker toe to toe.

Sean being humble and training with Pereira after that vicious KO is the mindset of someone who truly wants to improve and was a game changer

Great breakdown. Amazing win but now I am even more amazed. Way to go, Strickland!!

Sean "Defense From God" Strickland, for real, what an amazing performance, the dude is an inspiration.

@ramanmonkey

11 ай бұрын

Defender of Dogs 🫡🫡

@OTG1776

11 ай бұрын

No one is truly emphasizing just how incredible Sean's defense was tonight.

Bro. This looks so good for Alex. He beat strickland with ease and he beat Jan. And Izzy lost to both of them.

@adorablecheetah2930

11 ай бұрын

Beat him once, lost the next time but trained a guy who went and beat him so his revenge is done lol

@matthewmelange

11 ай бұрын

Izzy lost to 3 of them !🎉😮

@randomdude4669

11 ай бұрын

@@adorablecheetah2930This is some ali and tyson shit 😂

@adorablecheetah2930

11 ай бұрын

@@randomdude4669 lol yes

Thank you for unpacking how Strickland did it and how it wasn’t just an “off night” for Izzy!

10:08 I’m liking the video because my guy said “pause” 😂😂😂 good man

"after he lost to Pereira, he trained with him" HOW EFFING AWESOME IS THAT? I did not know that. That is Anime MC getting humbled down and build back up by his rival acknowledging him, that's some Zoro and Mihawk development right there. No wonder he won 49 - 46 holy christ almighty!!

@berlin4103

11 ай бұрын

He trained with Alex multiple times + he was going 10-15 rounds in sparring + Alex predicted Sean to beat izzy 😮

@gilbertoflores7397

11 ай бұрын

It's more like Rocky learning from Apollo to beat clubber Lang.

@MomDoer-qc7iw

11 ай бұрын

Don't forget Alex said the only opponent he's ever feared was Strickland. The last 30 seconds of this fight really explain why he felt that way

@JohnDoe-bj3tj

11 ай бұрын

hopefully this the last time we hear this weird ass anime shit now that izzy no longer champion.

@mrdisaster5880

11 ай бұрын

Anime? That’s literally rocky and Apollo.

Honestly he embarrassed and exposed izzy in this fight. He's a striking genius? But Sean the guy that people say only knows fundamentals, beat him 4-1 without a bruise to even show

@JA-ng7yo

11 ай бұрын

That's how I'm looking at it. Izzy is still good but the division caught up.

@OG.Salinas

11 ай бұрын

Boxing fundamentals dominate

Great video, I love how almost the whole MMA community had such a high moment last night

Sean is like an old kung fu master that barely moves or wastes energy because he knows he doesnt have to, from insane amounts of experience

It was crazy to see how Strickland would parry 4 hit combos. It was like Strickland knew everything Adesanya was going to throw even before Adesanya knew himself.

@gigachad6885

11 ай бұрын

Superior IQ

@Thot-StompaSigma

11 ай бұрын

It was the sparring with Alex Periera, he taught him everything about izzy and read him like a book

@ChimpFromSpace

11 ай бұрын

It's spending so much time sparring that it becomes automatic.

Been saying it for years. The front kick is underrated and needs to be adopted by every fighter.

@jesseflores9087

11 ай бұрын

Just in the UFC cuz One championship fighters use it a lot cuz they are more kick boxing influenced

@chiquita683

11 ай бұрын

Good luck vs a wrestler. Only works in 185

@chiquita683

11 ай бұрын

And heavyweight

@paulbadman8509

11 ай бұрын

​@@chiquita683worked against Usman like charm

Strickland’s been sparring against actual boxers, and successfully I should add. His speed was amazing, on offense and defense - all that extra time in the gym with the best shows. And his stunning cardio was also on full display. Sparring pereira probably helped out with his confidence a lot too. Strickland’s aggression was perfectly timed whenever he would attack, rare as they were but oh so effective. Adesanya should have kept the distance better by throwing a more diverse array of kicks. Never thought I’d say this, but adesanya’s going to have to work on his speed and timing if he wants to beat Strickland next time. There goes any hope adesanya had at being considered the goat. Correction to weasel said there at the end - izzy was handed his third loss lol! Jk everyone knows that already just a minor misspeak 👍 you rock weaz!

Sean’s corner was amazing! Really shows you how important a good corner is

Sean ended the fight like a true psychopathic savage, i have never been happier for any other UFC fighter.

Winning a title with defence in 2023 MMA is probably is the most crazy part of this whole storyline 😳

@MrDylanHole

11 ай бұрын

with pressure

@blakecandesign9628

11 ай бұрын

@@MrDylanHole bro, he checked 5,000 leg kicks and slipped / parried 5,000 strikes. I mean , his pressure was PHENOMENAL, but holy shit his defence won him this title. No shot!

@wrenandrews3782

11 ай бұрын

@@blakecandesign9628I agree it was amazing defense

@40ozDrinka..

11 ай бұрын

​@@blakecandesign9628i gues the saying "offense wins games, defense wins you championships" applies to mma as well, strickland showed that.

@SimulatedChicken

11 ай бұрын

Defense? Bruh did you even watch the fight?

Well spoken 🎉❤🎉 love your channel🥊 Keeping it real THANK YOU!!🎉

Great video man 🤘

Sean's defense was outstanding. He seen everything coming. Amazing.

Great breakdown! The reporters and Dana making excuses for Izzy makes me sick. Fact is that Sean is that good! I’ve always loved watching him fight🥲 I never got why people called his fights boring. Guys who hug on the cage or stay on the outside might be boring (like Adesanya). Strickland is always in the pocket and his defence is just beautiful to watch. There’s nothing better than watching a well executed Philly Shell❤ This is the happiest I’ve ever been for a fighter. Sean Strickland is the Champ of the UFC!! And more importantly, he’s the MAN of the UFC!!🔥💪

@jibril2473

11 ай бұрын

Sounds like a bunch of casual lies. You’re just happy to see your white Anglo Saxon god win.

@hoi-polloi1863

11 ай бұрын

I suppose people call Strickland boring because he doesn't do a lot of spinning stuff or flying side-kicks. He's less of a showman, and more of a guy who's going to slowly chop you down over five rounds.

@landonscott2558

11 ай бұрын

Idk but I'm just glad that Sean won, I think Izzy is a friggen weirdo with his gay cartoons and earrings and nail painting and all of the other weird shit he does like support communist China.... Sean is the man.

@sitonmuhdeckasshole

11 ай бұрын

I agree, and I'm not trying to make excuses for Izzy, I think Sean outfought him, but I have to be honest, Izzy did look slower than normal. I think he will still lose a rematch because of Sean's defense, but Adesanya's defense and head movement didn't look the same to me. I'm wondering if him trying to prep for going to 205 made his weight cut too much. Because Sean also said he seemed tired and izzy never seems tired, also his chin didn't seem the same, which makes me think it could be a weight cut issue.

@pranav2222

11 ай бұрын

@@sitonmuhdeckasshole Izzy seemed tired because he was forced to move back for 5 rounds straight. No one has ever done that to him

I didn't think Strickland was going to win, but I was rooting for him. I did have an inkling that Sean's style would give him opportunities to win if he didn't get caught. Best defense in MMA history. Also he was what 27-5 going unto this? That's a crazy good record.

Even Pereira said he was scared to fight Strickland once they got into the cage that is why he said he had to be on point.