Add his punches and kicks arenāt nearly as effective as they once were, he gets hit coming out of every exchange and they are big punches. Nothing more for Izzy at this point.
I donāt think he quit because his ground game hasnāt improved. He knows what to do in that position. Thatās white belt shit. He quit because he didnāt wanna take any more punishment.
I think Joe was on the precipice of quitting, I actually think Izzy made the right decision there. His defense is just too porus, if it werenāt for the body shot I think we are talking about an Izzy highlight reel 20 seconds later.
I donāt know. It was weird for him to stand there with his hands down. He has never done that before. Either way I donāt really wanna see him fight again
Respect to Izzy for taking that fight. Maybe a move up to 205 wouldnāt be a bad thing. Vs Jamal Hill or Whittaker. Get a winnable fight scheduled that he can retire on.
If he does decide to fight again I donāt think Iāll watch it. Itās hard to watch my favorite fighters at the end of their careers over and over again
I think heās still only cutting 10-12 pounds, I bet he could diet to 187-190 and water cut from there. Juice is probably not worth the squeeze at this point though.
I almost with these guys could have purely kickboxing matches, to remind people how much better a fighters stand-up game is, compared to having to deal with teh grappling!
Yeah I agree. All of these losses and he still hasnāt looked bad. Tonight his decline was way more obvious though. A little slower and didnāt have the same pop, and lost confidence. Iād like to see what he has to say about standing in front of Pyfer hands down