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Hilarious to see the guy people were clamoring to be "best striker in the UFC, next Anderson Silva, GOAT MW" etc, get outclassed and humiliated at his own game by a guy who went on to lose his next fight
His legacy really was dumped down the drain after this fight
This Strickland's performance reminds me RDA vs Pettis fight in both fights the favorites looked like they don't belong in the octagon with the challegers
Submitting both Melendez and Benson at the time was huge achievment in my book.Second best Middleweight of all time with five title defenses who's 105-9-0 with 46 KOs in totality over three different sports had his legacy ruined due to one blowout? Lol.
The boards hate Adesanya so much as a person that the irrationality knows no bounds.
The Pettis Wheaties Box Era lasted as long as the Machida Era.
Woodley was a heavy favorite over Usman I think. No one gave Usman a chance snd he dominated from start to finishThis Strickland's performance reminds me RDA vs Pettis fight in both fights the favorites looked like they don't belong in the octagon with the challegers
This Strickland's performance reminds me RDA vs Pettis fight in both fights the favorites looked like they don't belong in the octagon with the challegers
Submitting both Melendez and Benson at the time was huge achievment in my book.
Reminded me of Cruz v Garbrandt in that way as well
Woodley was a heavy favorite over Usman I think. No one gave Usman a chance snd he dominated from start to finish
I view the Garbrandt victory over Cruz as the culmination multiple head coaches, a litany of training partners and some fighters who couldn't do it successfully coming together as a camp at Team Alpha Male to create a way to finally overcome the obstacle that was Cruz after nearly a decade of failure. You mix that with Cody who was a better athlete, coupled with Cruz' physical decline and they finally did it (Faber's original win notwithstanding). Cody caught lightning in a bottle that night for TAM.
I view the Garbrandt victory over Cruz as the culmination multiple head coaches, a litany of training partners and some fighters who couldn't do it successfully coming together as a camp at Team Alpha Male to create a way to finally overcome the obstacle that was Cruz after nearly a decade of failure. You mix that with Cody who was a better athlete, coupled with Cruz' physical decline and they finally did it (Faber's original win notwithstanding). Cody caught lightning in a bottle that night for TAM.
Great fight, actually.
Strickland had one of the best game plans against a guy who had all the physical advantages.
I knew he had better boxing than Izzy, but I thought he will lose the fight due to leg kicks.
But he checked Izzy's kicks easily.
What? I don't remember Woodley being a HEAVY favorite.
Cruz had some health problems, from what I remember.
Also, the fight wasn't a beatdown. Don't get me wrong, Garbrandt won, but it wasn't 50-45. Could have been 3-2 or 4-1 for Garbrandt.
It really shit me that Cody fought so smart and brilliantly that night and went onto have some dumb performances after, the Dillashaw fights were silly by him, there was another one too.
Still on that night he dominated an ATG, great thing to have on your resume of course.
Nah fam he has a bunch of title defences and one of the best resumes in MW history still.His legacy really was dumped down the drain after this fight
He wasnt that big favorite and I certainly was on Usman. The regret of not unloading more was pretty big though.Woodley was a heavy favorite over Usman I think. No one gave Usman a chance snd he dominated from start to finish
its not just the one blowout. he lost 2 more big fights before that, and several of his wins were extremely close or unconvincing. couple that with the fact that he was hyped so hard, and his cringe personality, and people kind of roll their eyes at his mma legacy. he’s still one of the best, but he’s a very distant 2nd.Second best Middleweight of all time with five title defenses who's 105-9-0 with 46 KOs in totality over three different sports had his legacy ruined due to one blowout?
Like chael vs Anderson 1.. that is til the triangle lolThis Strickland's performance reminds me RDA vs Pettis fight in both fights the favorites looked like they don't belong in the octagon with the challegers