Where Has All The Hype Gone?

Israel Adesanya returns next week against Dricus Du Plessis for the undisputed UFC middleweight title at UFC 305. It's a big feud that will ultimately and finally culminate in the main event. But what exactly where has all the hype gone?
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[@DreIsGoneFission]

Dana too busy glazing Jon Jones and MMA media is too busy discussing every Conor tweet for hours… it’s an issue of FOCUS

[@FDT222]

This needs to voted higher because it’s the most accurate assessment.

[@StevelyBruckShut]

Dana talks about Jon 2 minutes during the press conferences, if at all. Stop watching the highlights and watch that actual shows

[@1chaka]

@@StevelyBruckShuthe talks about Jones every single post fight though, and nobody cares about Jones at this point. At this point he’s just trying to justify why Bones hasn’t been stripped for inactivity.

[@BrdOutaMyMnd]

Nah, you fake izzys fans flipped on him for Poatan. It's so lame of you casuals.

[@MacTheDayGamer]

What in the absolute FCK has JJ got on Dana White that he’s been rim jobbing that juiced up cheat recently?!!?

[@Schmeisserinho]

"he's been an active champion which we don't have now" my brother in christ, Perreira?

[@ammosexual415]

Ikr. It seems like he's fighting every ppv

[@jessechaos132]

Until he's defended the belt as much as Izzy did, Izzy was much more active. Stop the dickriding.

[@zwergz1122]

Ducking Ankalaev

[@WoodyVuko]

@@zwergz1122Not a single champ fought more in the timespan than perreira. Also the ufc is making fights, not fighters. They want/hope probably Izzy vs Per 3

[@anshumaanthakur7206]

Nah not his fault if ankalaev will only fight in oct in abu dhabi​@@zwergz1122

[@tylermeyer7541]

Strickland teep kicking and jabbing his way to a 50-45 against "the best striker" izzy. That's where the hype went

[@PTracer921]

Exactly be boring and not lay it on the line knowing your down and nobody gets excited

[@TheJstroud24]

Y'all act like all time greats have never had awful fights. GSP got absolutely thrashed, gifted a victory everyone knows was wrong then he turned his back on the sport for YEARS and nobody gives him any grief for it. Izzy had one bad fight, took a couple years off from fighting (while still being active promotionally) and people think he's the most fake champ ever now. Y'all just wack as hell 😂

[@muhgwel4820]

@@TheJstroud24preach brotha, these kids are chumps

[@tylermeyer7541]

@@TheJstroud24 izzy had 1 bad fight???? Buddy never watched the canonier or Romero fight. Never watched Jan DOG WALK him either I guess.

[@tukek88]

@@TheJstroud24 the puppy saga ended Izzy

[@qjames0077]

Everyone's more concerned about Tom Aspinal fighting Jon "Bones Men" Jones

[@BrandonBreathes]

u better be like 16

[@Casual__Chris]

@@BrandonBreatheswhy? Hes right, Jon’s gay.

[@kerzch672]

First LGBTQ champion First champion to beat both men and women

[@kmax1223]

​@Casual__Chris so what if he is? Now what?

[@Casual__Chris]

@@kerzch672 lol yes. And before all the people that live on the internet start freaking out, there’s nothing wrong with being gay at all. But there is something wrong with pretending you’re not gay, getting married to a woman & then everytime you drink you get violent and mean bc you’re closeted, then go out and do coke partying with dudes and fail your drug tests for your career.

[@jordank566]

DDP can get the interest back with the dropping of 1 word.

[@cibinomin6540]

did mike "the darkest knight" perry give him the pass?

[@jordank566]

@@cibinomin6540 for the sake of saving the PPV numbers, NO ONE should give him the card

[@carlpepin1]

@@jordank566 you insane? that would do crazy numbers if DDP drops the N-bomb, that's where the hype of this fight essentially is

[@jordank566]

@@carlpepin1 I don’t think you understand me, I’m advocating for this. Say it Dricus, we know you want too

[@PJ-po6xy]

Racist cockroach

[@Hice_T]

Pereira stole all of Izzy's hype.

[@Lenin2304]

*Strickland

[@GoodStuff1992]

by getting ktfo?

[@mattbarker1411]

Strickland*

[@mikemosley2948]

Nope he’s absolutely right……. Soon as Poatan took that 0 Izzy’s cape fell off. Mentally broken, then Strickland finished him off. Not the same dude, besides a fluke he’s had his Azz handed to him the last 2 years. Think about this, if Izzy would have lost the Whitaker and Romero fight like he should have he’d be 2-5 right now. Dricus sending him to permanent retirement 💯☝️🤔

[@PaulBadman981]

@@GoodStuff1992By coaching the boy he ktfo to dog walk and tarnish his legacy forever 🤡

[@albertoamoruso7711]

I'm too busy watching Dana White getting absolutely dogpiled by the entire MMA community for being JBJ's gay lover

[@JJ337-]

Fr

[@JShadow6661]

Facts lol

[@Bullet730]

😂😂😂

[@ErinJeanette]

Lmaooo

[@nikoprsnds]

Strickland literally stole the hype. The fight with DDP was far too close, and he completely dismantled Izzy so bad that the entire entire world knows this has no business taking place right now

[@jmz2144]

At the same time, just because Strickland wins his fights, doesn't mean they're not incredibly boring

[@slightlyaboveaveragebutaverage]

@@jmz2144 Watching Sean walk down izzy for 5 rounds was incredibly entertaining. Where is the entertainment coming from for you?

[@toby099]

Strickland is so boring to watch though

[@nikkospops]

Lol no

[@chaithanyagowda3130]

​@@toby099 for a fan who knows nothing about technical aspects of fighting it seems boring, I was very entertained when Strickland beat Izzy for 25 minutes. And Izzy was just running away 😂😂

[@kabelokgoadi4327]

Ufc don't realize they was sitting on khabib v conor again if they hosted this in south Africa the rivalry is so real down here lmao

[@moonman103]

Hold this in FNB Stadium and we filling that up

[@greglane334]

UFC knows we can't afford their absurd ticket prices 😂

[@brianharvey9765]

Hulle weet nee wat ons weet nie bro! 🙏🏼🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@timurjack8773]

Conor is on a different level star than Adesanya (Adesanya has 9 million IG followers, Conor has 48 million) and Khabib was already a star before the Conor fight (Khabib had 5 million IG followers before Conor fight, after winning the fight it become 37 million) so Dricus isn't nearly as popular as Pre-Conor fight Khabib as well, Dricus currently has only around 500k IG followers.

[@chrismalinowski654]

@@timurjack8773i mean i agree with your overall point but instagram followers is not a reliable metric when discussing which fighter is a draw

[@TonyMorelli-em3ie]

This doesn't feel like a title fight anymore. Izzy getting the shot after a lose to the guy ddp barly nudged out a win over. This should be Strickland vs. ddp 2. That would sell more than this shit

[@patternsintheivy1]

Sean barely nudged out a win over Costa after that. Costa did equally well, if not better than DDP against him. He will get another chance eventually if he keeps doing well. His style is not very exciting, which doesn't help. Izzy is still one of the best strikers in the history of the sport. A few bad performances are inevitable in the average person's career, and a fighter should not be judged on their worst or most recent performance alone.

[@azzinoth1995]

@@patternsintheivy1 Costa did better than DDP against Strickland? Just curious if I'm getting your point right.

[@TheCristianalvarez]

@@patternsintheivy1 barely nudged a win against costa? costa barely landed anything. Quit being so bias in foavor of Adesanya. If we can criticize covington and stipe getting undeserved title shots than we can criticize israel adesanya for the same thing.

[@iljagro772]

The fight would definitely be more hype if izzy didn’t got a free title shot. Imagine if he would’ve beat a khamzat or any other contender with a decent performance or even a finish. Then would people be a lit more interested in the fight.

[@thedonofthsht76-58]

U had me until you said it'd sell more 😂😂😂

[@averageeli7172]

Alex Pereira vs OF Bimbo is the fight i wanna see in the court.

[@williamholmes1818]

It doesn’t deserve to go that far unless you’re thinking of him suing her.

[@ogdaniel8360]

@@williamholmes1818pretty sure that’s what they were getting at ☠️

[@ogdaniel8360]

@@williamholmes1818dawg what 💀 who are you talking to I didn’t say anything about Izzy

[@williamholmes1818]

@@ogdaniel8360 🤦🏼‍♂️wrong comment. 🤣

[@williamholmes1818]

@@ogdaniel8360 ya I kinda thought hopefully that’s what they meant tho. She’s pretty clearly attention seeking.

[@dantev3236]

UFC started taking the '09-'10 WWE promotion style where no one competitor is bigger than the brand. The brand always comes first. That's why no one has reached Rousey/McGregor levels of popularity.

[@josip342]

Before Rousey and Conor nobody was like them either. Its not about Ufc you just dont get a superstar every year, thats why they are called superstars

[@AntioneDouevre-pr8oc]

​​@@josip342Payton Talbot is next up imo or Paddy if he actually beats a top 5

[@Insider9467]

Izzy overlooked Strickland and that took all the hype out of the fight. Should have just waited for DDP fight.

[@scottwebb6570]

Chama isn’t an active champion?

[@eddydstroyah]

I was thinking the same thing lol

[@Hoosierdaddyjones812]

He's been more active than 2 champs combined, lol

[@totalprecisioncarpenter5922]

I know 😂😂

[@allahalkareem8055]

He probably meant middleweight division. Poatan and Aspinal are active champions

[@mrdisaster5880]

Seriously dude being fighting for years nonstop even after Izzy koed him he came back too soon but still won.

[@joshb1137]

Izzy is 1-2 in his last 3 why is he even getting a title shot?

[@Oncopoda]

Listen if Colby got a title shot....

[@fellowtraveler2251]

Because he has a (fairly recent) history of being a reigning champion and theres no other clear title contender in the picture. In other words: no one else is available or deserving. Furthermore, Dricus V Adesanya has the potential to be a banger. Especially since theres an established rivalry and history there.

[@PozzaPizz]

Because ufc is going down the drain and they gotta make all the fights they can

[@greglane334]

Narrative + Dana White privilege

[@Racing4Fun05]

At the time the fight was made there was Strickland after 302 and Allen or Imavov maybe by a long shot ​. Also Izzy took his immediate rematch with Pereira to take his belt back which he deserved by his long reign . Now he lost the belt with no defenses by getting 50-45'd as well . He doesnt deserve this title shot by any means @@fellowtraveler2251

[@2Natural]

Something nobody is mentioning is that I would argue DDP’s stock is also “down” now even though he is a champion. Last year he was coming off a highlight upset knockout of Whittaker whereas now he fought an extremely competitive fight against Strickland many think he lost. While being champ is obviously impressive i think the Rob win was more “exciting” fight for DDP to come off of.

[@lachlanmorrissey7288]

I didn’t really know why I wasn’t hyped for this fight, but this comment hits the nail on the head. They should do the Strickland ddp 2 or had someone knew like jiri come down a div

[@noahbrackenbury]

@@lachlanmorrissey7288 yo Jiri vs. DDP is fire lemme see that lol

[@TheCristianalvarez]

its unbelievable how much of a casual the guy on the left and center guy are. Jason seems to be the only actual mma fan. And yes gatekeep MMA if we don't it wont be a sport anymore.

[@geezushasrisen]

Absolutely. That’s where all the shitty takes from people who have zero understanding come from.

[@CoolToMe_]

Guys I can't lie, I watched the Countdown and now I am hyped. In light of tonight's event also, roll on next Saturday!

[@michaelbrianlowe1]

Who was actually hyped for Izzy’s 10th title attempt. I sure as hell wasn’t excited for this.

[@nikkospops]

Most of yall racist white dudes feel that way. Sean included

[@stevepypers3044]

Ddp smoking izzy in fine fashion time to put his stamp on the mw championship🔥🇿🇦🏆

[@richardpupo1676]

I want to see the Strickland rematch. Belt or no belt. Run it!

[@NovaBlade926]

Sean is next

[@gilbertoflores7397]

​@@NovaBlade926if Rob beats khamzat, he's getting the next title shot. The ufc will use that as an example to Sean for wanting to sit out and not fight Rob for the opportunity of being next.

[@NovaBlade926]

@@gilbertoflores7397 ufc will do whatever they want, but if we're talking about who deserves it first is def Sean

[@Ollie-d7]

@@NovaBlade926How does Strickland deserve it? Whittaker if he beats chimaev will be on a 3 fight win streak and taken out one of the scariest contenders. Strickland put us all to sleep against Costa, I have 0 appetite to see him fight for the title again, needs at least another win, Whittaker is next in line

[@zlo2889]

@@Ollie-d7if Adesanya wins it’s gonna 100% be Strickland. He wants that win back

[@jorgeslp3695]

The dogbender got a gifted title shot

[@TheNine6]

"Daddy's hat fell off" I hope to use this my the end of the day.

[@evilkhamzat]

This panel consistently has terrible takes especially Jason can’t tell whose worse him or Nick Peet

[@victorcharles27]

Equally bad?

[@ohlord3650]

Dude literally argued that this should be DDP vs Whitaker as if DDP didn’t just flatline him 2 fights ago.

[@Extremely-GR33N]

100%. These dudes are just famous fans, they don't actually have a clue about business or fighting, either one.

[@austingeorge2814]

*who’s Whose = possessive; belonging to whom Who’s = who is

[@SpeedyOrtiz700]

I don't think people really see Israel as a true contender anymore.

[@kmax1223]

Are we changing the definition of contender now?

[@Dukestboy96]

Whys that? While I don't think he's fully deserving of this opportunity to say nah he ain't even a contender is a little wild. Let's not forget he did beat Alex

[@luckyspurs]

It's a weird division isn't it. Suddenly Du Plessis, Adesanya, Whittaker, Chimaev and Strickland all feel kind of the same level. Think that's the problem. The winner of the fight doesn't necessarily feel the best in the division. Feels like they could just as easily lose it again next fight. Light how Light Heavyweight felt when Glover was booked against Jamahal Hill, immediately after Blachowicz and Ankalaev's draw. Before Pereira stepped up.

[@SpeedyOrtiz700]

@@Dukestboy96 I'm not saying I agree with it, I am saying that's the reason people aren't hyping this fight.

[@mikemosley2948]

If Izzy would of lost the Whitaker and Romero fight from the judges like he should of he would be 2-5 last 7💯☝️🤔

[@bastianherken2014]

Feels like a fight for the title fight against strickland

[@hazeshi6779]

Strickland doesn't want to fight he's just wants to cry on twitter

[@ubong1293]

"have we every seen izzy that bad".....yes. vs. cannonier, vs. vettori, vs. blachowicz, vs. romero. people seem to forget about these performances

[@muhgwel4820]

Huh? Only had a bad performance against Romero and Sean you bum

[@jakepowers7382]

They literally say that at the very beginning do you even listen before you put your shit comment

[@gilbertoflores7397]

​@@jakepowers7382 except Izzy didn't have a bad performance. Sean just exposed that Izzy is actually a 1 dimensional fighter, and Sean didn't ay into his game while still putting the forward pressure on Izzy, which is where a lof of his other boring fights happened, Romero, Cannonier, and Jan didn't engage but didn't didn't have the pressure to win the rounds. This fight is important to see if Izzy will show something new, see if he isn't doing it on cruise control. Or if Dricus is smart enough to follow the game and now that it's out there. Or if he'll charge straight at Izzy and try and brawl it out. It's probably going to be a one sided fight, that can be one sided in either way.

[@Dr.Furburger]

"people forget man" -joe rogan

[@luckyspurs]

People forget Blachowicz was beating or at least matching Adesanya on the feet for large parts of that fight. It wasn't just takedowns. Also Blachowicz was older and had less stamina; so the further it went along the more it went back in Adesanya's direction (purely on stamina), before Blachowicz got that vital takedown.

[@kennystamper7873]

Last interesting tuf coaches and season was 100% Dillashw vs Garbrandt

[@DawryMike]

If you guys stopped talking about a McGregor/Chandler fight that isnt gonna happen maybe you could cover real fights

[@bamtamu]

Two issues. 1) ROI; Dana is not a promoter, he is a TV producer. If Izzy or DDP become champ it won't translate to enough revenue (by their assessment) to cover the work into promoting the fight. 2) Fan demographics. The average UFC fan (or at least the ones attending/buy PPV) is a troglodyte. Just look at who they have as guest 'stars' in the audience (and how the fans react). They both nearly had controversies about something as simple as painted nails, or giving a platonic kiss to another male. Its a brand risk to upset the homophobes

[@kristopherduncan4739]

the issue is, neither fighter has been active. izzy hasn’t earned the fight and i forgot DDP existed

[@zionoosthuizen9313]

From SA we cant wait for this fight,time to settle this DDP!!!

[@J0nny_Ch1mp0]

Sean is the real champ. DDP is wearing fake gold

[@BTRshow]

Alex pereira eclipsed Izzy's career and Izzy losing to the most boring fighter in that division, teep'n'jab Strickland, killed his hype. Izzy has to beat DDP and avenge his loss to strickland, to get back to being on top of the world

[@kaostheninja]

Y'all have a great channel when it comes to top 10 or whatever of MMA, but the opinions are ass most of the time lmao

[@garrettlee7742]

In my opinion, the hype for the Izzy DDP fight died when Izzy lost the belt because at that moment, Izzy became an afterthought

[@fernandocenteno4446]

I knew they were fighting, didn't know it was next weekend though. Now I'm excited. Thanks for promoting the fight guys😂😂

[@LegacyWillni]

I find it so annoying that you disguise these podcast rants among your other quality videos. Can you atleast make it clear in the title/thumbnail

[@Geo-Dei]

The normal videos is Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. If it not posted on those days then its a podcast.

[@jessecerasus9621]

Maybe they should call it conversation ?

[@toothlesschunk1005]

Grrr, I hate free content.

[@Cody-ow2nt]

You poor thing.....

[@johnbutler7567]

​@toothlesschunk1005 mma on point actually charges people for some of there shitty content thats the real joke anyone who pays for this shit

[@darylsaintwilliams]

DDP vs Strickland was a close fight, DDP won that one!

[@17utk]

I dont understand why they dont have izzy fight strickland again and whoever wins can fight ddp... that would make sense given a lot of fans thought strickland vs ddp was close, and it would given Izzy some legitimacy given he's 1-2 in his last 3 fights

[@SonOfMartylewis]

The hype was crazy because DDP at the time had just finished Rob the second middleweight to ever do it and Izzy had beaten Alex in. Both these people seemed untouchable then sean beat izzy and dricus barely beat him. Making the unstoppable people seem like they can be stopped. And izzy doesnt feel like he deserves it now

[@Evan-rv7zr]

The hype is gone with Izzy, 1-2 in his last 3 and also the fact that he went from the nerdy anime guy who can kick ass to dog toucher in the fans eyes, really hard to get hyped. Also a lot of people think Sean beat DDP so there's not a lot of hype for this fight

[@josip342]

A really good point, being a nerd among macho men is cool but being a animals molester among macho men isnt that cool

[@8bit_paul]

1:55 once you see your father cry, you realize that we're all human and that communicating is better than bottling it up for decades.

[@JasonX2]

Quite frankly, the hype-men have been replaced by the pipe-men. And there's your problem.

[@TheBatosai]

Takes one to know one

[@josip342]

What is pipe men?

[@Blaze42069-z]

Max and Alex have the most hype rn

[@riseofazrael]

For me, the hype behind Izzy's fights kind of died when he starting losing. He is no longer the unsolvable enigma that he was on his run up to the title and for me personally, that is what made his fights exciting. Who and how would someone solve the Adesanya puzzle? Well we've seen that play out a few times now. This is also different than watching a fighter who you know is not necessarily the most elite but always finds a way to win. You expected dominance from Izzy and when he doesn't deliver on that his wins don't hit the same. I want to see him cut through someone like he did to Brunson again.

[@demian2325]

Izzy does not deserve this title shot at all. He got an instant rematch against Pereira, lost the belt immediately to Strickland and then got a title shot immediately again!? Based on resume, Whittaker should be next, based on how close their fight with DDP was, it should be Strickland. The least deserving is Izzy...

[@user-zm3lf9dr2r]

These dudes both got jabbed by Strickland. What killed the hype 😂

[@non-fictionaltoughguy1208]

The hype was gone when they screwed Strickland out of a rematch

[@OmnipotentSpud]

I think Izzy's just trying to refocus. His trash talk wasn't exactly... good.

[@wheelchairmafia9685]

Izzy 35 man is over the hill

[@konsmiddel]

Man fuck how good a guys trash talk is. I always hate it when people talk about how a fighter is bad on the mic. I get that being good in the mic makes for good marketing, but its the fights that matters. Sadly Izzy hasnt been looking that good for a while in the cage either

[@xXJMZJrXx]

Got a champ that alot of people don’t see as legitimate and a guy who has won 1 of his last 3 fights

[@constipatedsheep6864]

I never gave a shit in the first place. More pissed off at the total bs title shot Izzy is getting

[@newchannel416]

First of all there's no hype. From the very first moment this fight seemed forced from Adesanya. It never really clicked as a big rivalry. Second Izzy got embarrassed by Strickland 50-45 who proceeded to lose a split DC to the current champ,then he got a title shot without beating anyone over the guy he lost a split dc. Third it's hard to sell you as a contender when the last image of you is getting dropped and running away in the last seconds of you as champion. Lastly Alex Pereira happened.

[@stevedaddy3498]

This fight lost interest the moment it wasn't scheduled in Africa which the whole beef was revolved around

[@user-vj9ub4ub1w]

Not having this fight in Africa is a tragedy for all the fans there and a big missed opportunity.

[@Random-th7wm]

Cuz everyone is sick of hearing Izzy's cringe attempts at trash talk and even more sick of seeing him walk into title fight after title fight even though it's undeserved

[@adub92199]

This is the only undeserved title fight he’s had and it was cause he was hand picked by the champion. No one tripped when Izzy picked Romero. Plus Izzy hasn’t even been talking trash, recently said he’s already tired of the media and just wants to fight, similar to the build up to the second mma fight with Alex (little too no trash talk) so you’re basing your answer off your preconceived notions of Izzy instead of what you’re seeing.

[@IsaiahKeene]

@@adub92199FACTS

[@kai1299]

Considering Izzy lost the title twice in only 3 fights, he has zero claim to a title shot, especially since any other champion that’s happened to has had to re-earn their shot. The only people who deserve it are Whitaker (because of activity even though ddp beat him) or Strickland (since it was a close fight)

[@thechickenbrain9098]

Sean Strickland is where the hype is 😤

[@eliasmartin9842]

Why? His style is almost as boring as adesanya.

[@theonceandfuture2610]

Strickland is an influencer with good defense.

[@Ollie-d7]

My nan was clinging onto life and Stricklands last fight finished her off

[@luckyspurs]

Nah, everyone's forgotten Strickland too. Because he's immediately turned into a fight once a year guy like Colby and Masvidal, the second he got famous for this awful right wing stuff.

[@thechickenbrain9098]

@@eliasmartin9842 he’s active and takes on any challenge given to him. If he fights Robert Whittaker he’s fought every one in the top 5 of middleweight, just because you don’t like his style or what he says doesn’t mean he can’t fight with the best guys in the world at middleweight 🤷‍♂️ he’s a great gate keeper for the division/belt to prove your actually good

[@missingLink109]

To understand why we are here (DDP Vs Izzy) is very Simple. DDP got injured and Izzy like always wanted to remain active - hence the title fight was given to an underserving Strickland (he was ranked 5 at the time) - which then changed the whole thing when he defeated Izzy. But this should have been the fight. Let's not forget that.

[@colinsmith929]

Some UFC fans can't get hyped unless there is a tinge of racism. We call them Colby fans round these parts.

[@lwandilendendwa]

It's such a L that the fight isn't in Africa I mean there's been 4 African champs and this was the perfect story for it

[@onyx666.]

Izzy is completely irrelevant. He’s too childish and immature to be taken seriously anyways.

[@kirklandramsay3935]

His personality was fine when he was untouchable. But since the Romero and Jan fights it took a 180 and got really annoying and loud

[@LebronaPessi]

And you’re more manly?

[@toothlesschunk1005]

I still think the only reason Israel is fighting is because he used a hardship defense to avoid penalties in his DUI case. He claims it would have gotten in the way of work and if he's not fighting until 2027 he doesn't have work to worry about. I don't believe his heart is in this fight.

[@joaoalegria7578]

The ufc simply doesn't care anymore to promote big fights like they did before.. And it's now that they still have stars, after Poatan, Charles, poirier, gaethje, izzy, chandler, etc retire mma fans will look at now as the golden era..

[@someguyyouknow6420]

For the Izzy v Sean fight I think of it like Charles Olives pulling guard type of Situation, Izzy was comfortable going back setting traps, Sean was comfortable pushing forward and jabbing away. Both got comfortable and both didn’t want to push beyond that comfortability

[@Born2beSPRA]

It’s crazy how everyone fell out of love with Izzy

[@Topboy_1Mc]

Only the plastics not the real ones

[@leroywilliams5237]

The UFC really fucked up here. This fight should have been in South Africa! 🇿🇦

[@xWhoaSean]

I reckon the hype will ramp back up when the presser comes around. People root against Izzy quite abit and I think he'll say some cringe lines and DDP is a really underrated trash talker

[@markwrenn5965]

Crazy how Middleweight went from being one of the more dead divisions a couple years ago to being one of the more deeper divisions. So many up and comers too.

[@aShamelessHigh]

You can always rely on this channel to pump out quality content on the regular

[@ElBestDelWorld]

Both of them lost to Sean. It’s that simple. Nobody thinks they should even be the title fight and they are waiting to see who fights Sean again. DDP’s biggest damage was a headbutt and Adesanya did NOTHING. In short, nobody cares.

[@Jimmy-iy9pl]

DDP beat deSean wtf are you talking about

[@mikemosley2948]

Dricus looked like hamburger meat after the fight, Strickland was back training on Monday 💯☝️🤔

[@ElBestDelWorld]

@@Jimmy-iy9pl Do you care about this fight though? I could force myself to say DDP won and I still dont care about this fight because hes not special, great or particularly entertaining. Imo atleast Izzy has a great skillset even if its boring at times and I dont find his style appealing. Its a "Meh" fight that will probably end in decision or DDP sleeping.

[@bhumikjoshi4573]

Only his fangirls want to see Pillow fights of decision merchant strickland. Leon/ Bilal of middleweight.

[@mikemosley2948]

@@ElBestDelWorld This is Funny considering he beat Dricus’s Azz so bad he was out of training like 2 weeks letting his face close back up 💯☝️🤔

[@CYMotorsport]

yeah these are all good points 10:00 especially on how the landscape has changed. atleast for me, I still feel this is the fight because I do think sean's ability to counter and izzy's lack of preparation/respect for the art of maintaining the no man's land distance made while constant stalking made izzy unable to set anything up made sean a terrible matchup for izzy. for most people really lacking 1 punch flatline power or are very big guys comfortable on the inside/clench. I do think izzy would win in a rematch as would DDP vs sean. which is unfair to sean. so is making him fight robert but I would have loved to see have sean vs imavov or jared in a rematch selfishly. the fight looks better for imavov at middleweight and he was catching sean with big shots and it was one of the only times I've seen sean ACTUALLY gassed. I really like Imavov for the division. really young, huge Dagestani striker with a pure boxing background. & he's put guys away with a Brabo choke.

[@Goober12321]

It’s cause we know the true champ seanathon Strickland the 3rd should be having the fight first

[@IvanHeenan]

People are literally so sick of Izzy they literally don't care. Also, Australians don't like Izzy either. At a pub in my hometown, in rural South Australia people were cheering when he lost the belt to Alex

[@michaelsantana5538]

Strickland vs DDP 2 is more appealing than Strickland Vs Whitaker 2 because even know Strickland lost he didn't get knocked out.

[@blackheartmargo3429]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s noticed how stale the rivalries have been this year, it’s like they never make it into the cage

[@mcanaley]

Hype left when Strickland beat both of them but got robbed against Dricus.

[@Bullet730]

My two African brothers ❤

[@Huberpartad]

you mean hype about fight between really weird guy and man who won but in fact lost?

[@midnyte1230]

Yea the UFC definitely isn't what it was a few years ago. Remember the Promo for Izzy vs Costa? We don't get that stiff now

[@LV09XGAMES]

The guy who lost to Sean Strickland vs the guy who barely beat Sean Strickland….. I’m paying 80$ for this?

[@GYMJAX]

Sean is actually really good he was champ for a reason

[@LV09XGAMES]

@@GYMJAX I agree. I would rather see a Sean Strickland Rematch than this strife

[@morpheusmedia_au]

@@LV09XGAMES paying $80 to watch Sean spar is crazy

[@thadeusleviticus3719]

Yeah not interested in this fight. Izzy lost to Alex got an immediate rematch then got 50-45’d and gets another immediate rematch against a guy that everyone knows lost to Sean. Izzy not as big of a draw as he once was

[@Greg042869]

It's just another fight unless one is the legitimate champion. Neither of them beat Sean.

[@hazeshi6779]

Cry harder

[@Greg042869]

@@hazeshi6779 Just answering the question posed in the video's title.

[@Sin-Tax]

Would’ve been easier to promote if both guys didn’t just lose to Strickland… Canada sucks

[@tribecalledmason1917]

My level of fandom is probably the second highest it's ever been, probably the most since the TUF boom. You could never capture that essence ever again.

[@tribecalledmason1917]

DDP and Adesanya in an African TUF would have been amazing btw

[@LeoneWorlds]

because you have the brain of a goldfish

[@TheFiStiCuffsFileS]

Same as all ways! Bro got love ups and downs

[@jlondon1441]

UFC’s draw has been the fights are more matchups, less about rankings. The issue lately has been that the matchups haven’t really panned out. Either they need to do better with the matchups, which is difficult when fighters don’t play along and seem to point fight, fighting less aggressive and trying more to get shots in and play it safe. Or they just need to make the transition and go strictly by rankings, making rankings mean more and hopefully getting the fighters motivated to move up and take chances to win. Plus it seems half the time, the beefs are more forced, played up to get the hype up. Then when you do get these big talkers dance around and not really engage it’s such a let down.

[@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.]

People just don't give a f*** about Perth and nor should they.

[@JShadow6661]

Both fighters are disliked like how Edwards and Belal are.

[@SeeUatTheTop_]

I genuinely think Izzy going on that N-word rant in the cage has scared the UFC so much they have told them both they need to dial it back in the lead up to the fight

[@IsaiahKeene]

STRICKLAND LOST FAIR AND SQUARE. (But I still wanna see a rematch with DDP)

[@ciscoperez6879]

I’m personally MEGA HYPE for this main event . Izzy seems to pick & choose when he cares & wants to actually fight & I think he’s going to come out swinging in this one. Dricus has been extremely impressive since the Rob fight . Izzy looked good against Pereria in both fights but got embarrassed by Strickland…. Very intriguing. Can’t wait for Saturday

[@talibangb9566]

Id love to buy the MMA On point guys around

[@unwashedheathen4897]

The hype died because the UFC got scared of embracing the "Real African" narrative and for good reason. Most of their commentary team aren't smart enough to even comment on it in the moment.

[@noahsben_jamin5459]

This season of Tuf actually hasn’t been that bad

[@itk_rio1428]

Izzy Vs Vettori fight is not a “boring fight” Izzy displayed why he is one of the best stickers of all time is was a ez 50-45 unanimous decision. Anyone calling it a boring fight has no idea the levels of sticking Izzy displayed.

[@chancetollison2243]

We're too busy giving love to Poatan 🗿

[@WTC-1990]

Strickland broke Izzy Izzy is a part of Alex Story. He beat Izzy twice, beat him a 3rd time in MMA, when izzy finally beat Alex, he trained the guy to beat Izzy, then went up and did what Izzy couldn't do in Light-heavyweight

[@user-pn3jd5se2q]

Didn’t even realize this fight was happening

[@joshuathomas5626]

Who else can’t stop hearing DDP (Diamond Dallas Page)?

[@magnummac929]

Dricus lost the white American fanbase once he beat Sean Strickland its as simple as that really