@Chamblane@yeljr23 Ps there is a reason why most upcoming fighters in his weight class look up to him eg Pyfer, and Gautier
And by your logic I’m guessing you believe Demetrius Johnson is a boring fighter too because he was severely tiers above his opponents at the time?
@Chamblane@yeljr23 Wasn’t just a fighter he was a showman
And he is widely and rightly seen as the second best middleweight in ufc history
And one of the goats of the sport.
Post his regime no one has been able to garner the level of excitement that he has besides Gautier.
Se Fini.
@Chamblane@yeljr23 All Izzy’s decisions wins have come from fights against 1) not pressure ( dormant ) fighters or 2) fighters too scared to squabble with Izzy
Which comes down to match making issue
@Chamblane@yeljr23 Fight
And that’s a match making issue not a skill issue
Look at his best fights, Gastuellum, costa, pereira all these guys might have different mma backgrounds but one thing is common
They’re pressure fighters
High level pressure fighters at that
And they were great fights
@Chamblane@yeljr23 That’s why they remained gate keepers and never got the title
They’re there for your entertainment and I’m saying this despite the fact that I really like vettori
Neither of them were champion material
Both had base level fight strategies
That’s not championship material
@Chamblane@yeljr23 The tactics just as much as the brutality them you’re better off watching amateur bouts where the fighters just go into the match head first and fight till someone gets knocked out.
@Chamblane@yeljr23 What was he supposed to do
Dive in and get countered???
And stylistic matchups are the base of MMA fights
If you want 24/7 exhilaration go watch Muay Thai or kickboxing
But mma is more than just banging out
There’s game plans and strategies in place
If you can’t appreciate
@Chamblane@yeljr23 Not giving him more stylistically challenging opponents
But in terms of the fights that he did fight
He did everything he was supposed to do to perfection, and I enjoyed watching every second of it
You might not have liked it cause someone didn’t get put to sleep
@Chamblane@yeljr23 But izzy wouldn’t let them do that
Piece them up from the outside and they would start retreating when he nearly ripped their calves in two with his kicks
Izzy is a counter fighter not a pressure guy, if you had a problem with his fights after the belt blame the matchmakers for