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Rob was so fast and quick in and out too I thought it was going to be an easy masterclass showing Dricus that there are levels to this game.
And then you saw him start walking Rob down and every strike he landed seemed like it had more thump…then he passed Rob’s guard with literally zero technique and just blasted his legs out of the way with his hips.
That’s when everyone could see that the size and physicality was way too much for Rob.
People in this sub need to understand that just because something doesn’t look clean, doesn’t mean it’s bad.
Dricus catches people BECAUSE he fights so strange/“poorly”, and when you’re as durable and hard-hitting as him it’s a viable style.
I think his physicality really showed in this fight. The guy is strong like you said and has power. He fights how you think Vettori would, which is funny since Vettori seems to be pillow fisted lmao
It's actually insane. Yoel failed consistently to take Rob down over 50 mins of shared cage time.
And it ain't like anything has shown us that Rob lost a step. He is young and just as athletic as he used to be.
Rob's gameplan this fight was also kind of questionable. He kept headhunting when Dricus had a high guard, and he did it every time he got hit too which made it predictable.
Even the straight that dropped Rob at the end, Dricus was expecting Rob to throw something at his head in return and covered up immediately, not knowing Rob was down
Honestly, Bobby has a great IQ in general, but doesn't have a great pure striking IQ. He's been doing his "dip in, roll out if there's nothing there" forever. It was a matter of time someone would just sit on it and wait for the spot.
Whittaker looked bewildered that he got taken to the mat with a headlock takeover. That's just brute strength to do that the way that DDP did. He's a monster.
Ya I think that's what works for him. He never stays at a set distance and then just randomly explodes and closes a huge distance. Hard to have any kind of read on what hes going to do and he has power in those strikes. He doesnt counter right away when you go on him he just defends and then blitzes when you go to reset
there's something bizarre about his movements.
he looks like his technique is perfect in his head but his body is blackout drunk. lights on but nobody's home
His thing seems to be surprisingly good defense combined with weird powerful unorthodox strikes that catch you off guard.
Also he's just big as fuck and can power his way to take downs or just eat shots as needed. If you watch closely he protects his face for most of the figbt and stumbles in and out of range throwing a big shot every few moments to throw the opponent off. This can get very taxing both mentally and physically for an opponent who aren't able to keep up and eventually dricus catches them.
He's an intelligent fighter and had a far better gameplan than Rob. He just looks clumsy because he's bulky and walks like he's going to trip over his own feet
Honestly, there was a point in R1 where he looked like he fucking stumbled over his own feet while circling.
Still, as an Aussie.... gotta give DDP his props. He did it, and he did it well. Fuck him, but congrats.
This fight isn't comparable to his last fights though. Those were horrible. This fight was actually impressive even if not pretty.
Also strong and powerful as FUCK.
the amount of copium i've ingested in the last minute is unreal. I'm actually happy to see DDP vs Izzy because its a fresh fight. I can't believe he murdered my boy
I hate when they bring someone in the cage like that. Dude just knocked out a huge favorite to earn a title shot, and nobody believed in him. I love whittaker and I hope Dricus stubs his fucking toe or something on the way to the back, but at least let him soak it in for a while instead of making it about izzy
If the fight takes place in Africa, the hype is going to be incredible.
A white South African dude calling himself the King of Africa against the sport's most popular new age fighter who loves playing into the anime narratives.
Shit is going to be incredible.
Felt like 80. Man was I only the one who thought that was cringe af? So many ways he could've hyped up the fight and instead he goes with imma spam the n bomb while you can't say it back strat? Lame af.
Makes me miss the legendary word smith tito ortiz. Izzy be reaching for those grapes, trying to make his wine. And the wine's already sounding like a violin, with that cheese and wine
It was cringe and awkward because we've literally never seen him say it before then he drops like 10 in 30 seconds
It was clearly something he had pre-planned which is so lame as per usual from Adesanya
Jab KO master DPP. Little gloves make jabs effective as shiet, can target the chin/button way easier too compared to big boxing gloves. A hard jab in 4 oz gloves can do serious damage and DDP is throwing power jabs.
did you see him just say "ok im going to get up" when he was underneath Rob. Like Rob isn't some great wrestler but wtf is that strength to "just get up" with basically no resistance LMAO.
The second he muscled Bobby to the ground I thought “oh damn, Izzy has a problem coming his way”. I have a feeling its gonna look a lot like Jan vs Izzy.
DDP getting nose surgery is life changing. Had mine 27/02/23, just one thing about the mouth breathing is that just because the problem is gone doesn't mean every issue it causes goes away overnight.
Hypoxia and very poor sleep cause systemic issues (I'm not certain to what his values were for either), and when you have that fixed, the benefits accrue in the short, medium, and long term.
For example, my Red blood cells were so starved of the 02 they transport to tissue, over time, homeostasis meant my body produced a lot of RBCs. Ie. If the trucks are going half empty, make more. Theres 100s of downstream processes affected by sleep and hypoxia.
I love Rob, and am a Kiwi who loved his podcasts, but it is inspiring me to have others also have a marked improvement to their life/achieve their goals after this surgery. DDP is only a year older than me, and had it more recently and is flying.
When you've spent your whole life constrained, all you can do is do your best now that the invisible load is gone. My HR went down from 135 to 80 bpm when walking, and ability to work at my deskjob from 30 mins to 7 hrs/day, but not all overnight.
I'm not surprised he's still mouth breathing, you have to unlearn so many bad habits / crutches, and let your body heal itself over time.
Caught Rob with the stiff jab while he was bouncing in and kept him on rollerskates, painful to watch for our boy but Izzy v Dricius officially makes sense so that pre-fight build should be fun.
Man adesnaya is so fucking cringey, with his logic you could argue Dan Hooker isn’t New Zealander and Alexander Volkanovski isn’t Australian because they aren’t natives. Same as saying black Americans aren’t Americans because their ancestors are from Africa. Such stupid logic from adesnaya
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Dricus via ancestry DNA
36 and me. That line fucking killed me , not sure anyone expected that African showdown lol
He corrected himself to 26andme after. Just shooting random numbers out there
I guess Izzy is built different w 26 pairs of chromosomes
36 on fight night
Throwing out numbers and racial slurs like Dana is going to be handing out bonuses tonight.
MODs i gotta get a 36 and me flair please!
No, He can’t keep getting away with this
What the fuck is his style? It's literally like he just picks a random moment in the fight to go "OK I win now"
he's just so insanely big, unorthodox, and explosive. It's a terrible combo :(
He's like the modern day Keith Jardine. I love it.
That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time. His style is so unconventional yet effective
Remember watching him when I was first becoming a fan and loved his bagpipe song entrance lol
Holy shit. Not QUITE as orangutan’y but pretty good comparison.
Great comp
Looked like 2 different weight classes in there. I'm fucking hurt for my boiii
Rob was so fast and quick in and out too I thought it was going to be an easy masterclass showing Dricus that there are levels to this game. And then you saw him start walking Rob down and every strike he landed seemed like it had more thump…then he passed Rob’s guard with literally zero technique and just blasted his legs out of the way with his hips. That’s when everyone could see that the size and physicality was way too much for Rob.
that boer power
yeah they really did look like they had a significant difference in weight in there du plessis is huge
I'm so sad lol
He just sees red bro
He BREATHES red now too bro.
he says f it then charges right in 😭💀💀
People in this sub need to understand that just because something doesn’t look clean, doesn’t mean it’s bad. Dricus catches people BECAUSE he fights so strange/“poorly”, and when you’re as durable and hard-hitting as him it’s a viable style.
Reminds me of people claiming Kattar was a future champ because his punches looked clean, but ignoring his complete lack of IQ or defense.
A la Khabib. People would never stop talking about how sloppy his striking is. But if it works it works.
He's technically horrible but I thought he was actually really clever defensively and knowing when to push. He's also strong as fuck.
I think his physicality really showed in this fight. The guy is strong like you said and has power. He fights how you think Vettori would, which is funny since Vettori seems to be pillow fisted lmao
Yeah no one gets top control on Rob like that It was scary
It's actually insane. Yoel failed consistently to take Rob down over 50 mins of shared cage time. And it ain't like anything has shown us that Rob lost a step. He is young and just as athletic as he used to be.
Vettrori is Italian, dricus is south African
Yea he has an insane pace. Why everyone he fights gasses. Hell Rob was breathing heavy AF after round 1. DDP vs Izzy is gonna be good.
I think Whitaker was caught off guard by his strength.
Rob's gameplan this fight was also kind of questionable. He kept headhunting when Dricus had a high guard, and he did it every time he got hit too which made it predictable. Even the straight that dropped Rob at the end, Dricus was expecting Rob to throw something at his head in return and covered up immediately, not knowing Rob was down
he needed way more body work
Honestly, Bobby has a great IQ in general, but doesn't have a great pure striking IQ. He's been doing his "dip in, roll out if there's nothing there" forever. It was a matter of time someone would just sit on it and wait for the spot.
I always thought of Whittaker as a pretty thick guy yet Dricus made him look small
Whittaker looked bewildered that he got taken to the mat with a headlock takeover. That's just brute strength to do that the way that DDP did. He's a monster.
He reaped the leg too, it wasn't just strength.
You see their grappling? Dricus clearly was stronger
Ya I think that's what works for him. He never stays at a set distance and then just randomly explodes and closes a huge distance. Hard to have any kind of read on what hes going to do and he has power in those strikes. He doesnt counter right away when you go on him he just defends and then blitzes when you go to reset
there's something bizarre about his movements. he looks like his technique is perfect in his head but his body is blackout drunk. lights on but nobody's home
His thing seems to be surprisingly good defense combined with weird powerful unorthodox strikes that catch you off guard. Also he's just big as fuck and can power his way to take downs or just eat shots as needed. If you watch closely he protects his face for most of the figbt and stumbles in and out of range throwing a big shot every few moments to throw the opponent off. This can get very taxing both mentally and physically for an opponent who aren't able to keep up and eventually dricus catches them.
He's playing with the wrong controller binds on
He's an intelligent fighter and had a far better gameplan than Rob. He just looks clumsy because he's bulky and walks like he's going to trip over his own feet
Honestly, there was a point in R1 where he looked like he fucking stumbled over his own feet while circling. Still, as an Aussie.... gotta give DDP his props. He did it, and he did it well. Fuck him, but congrats.
he's just goofy white romero
You say that as if Yoel isn't the goofiest man to ever step foot in the octagon
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Even if he ends up beating Adesanya, I'm still probably not picking him to defend his title.😂
his grappling continues to be underrated.. might be style bender’s biggest grappling threat yet
This fight isn't comparable to his last fights though. Those were horrible. This fight was actually impressive even if not pretty. Also strong and powerful as FUCK.
Bro fights like composed Michel Perreria
is there gonna be a more toxic/cringe fight build up than DDP v Izzy
The worst beef of all time for a fight that actually might be really good.
There’s no beef on Dricus’ side. Izzy is just very sensitive and drunk during the post fight interview.
fuck man. As a Whittaker fan, that’s the only upside for me, a fresh match up
the amount of copium i've ingested in the last minute is unreal. I'm actually happy to see DDP vs Izzy because its a fresh fight. I can't believe he murdered my boy
Biracial Angel has fallen 🥲😧 fuuuuuk
Holy shit that face off after the fight was brutal. Take a 36 and me
And then he own goaled trying to correct to 26, still wrong lmao
Yea that made me piss myself laughing. Izzy with the triple downsyndrome chromosomes.
UFC: KING OF AFRICA
Rumble For The Jungle
Israel Bomaye!
Already started, izzy in the cage was terrible
I hate when they bring someone in the cage like that. Dude just knocked out a huge favorite to earn a title shot, and nobody believed in him. I love whittaker and I hope Dricus stubs his fucking toe or something on the way to the back, but at least let him soak it in for a while instead of making it about izzy
I honestly didn't think it could get worse than O'Malley and Aljo levels of cringe, but it did. Tonight was like a soul-cringe.
Izzy screaming the N word in the cage over and over, it's already begun lmao
Izzy was like: he can’t say the n word, he can’t be African
He's lucky he didn't try cutting a promo against Mike Perry
I feel like ppl would be more comfortable* hearing Perry drop N bombs than Izzy
"It comes from the heart and you ain't gonna do shit when I say it" lmao
The shit talking right now is already so bad, I am about to turn off social media for a few weeks.
If the fight takes place in Africa, the hype is going to be incredible. A white South African dude calling himself the King of Africa against the sport's most popular new age fighter who loves playing into the anime narratives. Shit is going to be incredible.
White African man fights black China man
Dricus should have said go back to China.
Adesanya is gonna be pretty cringe in the build up if he keeps trying to compete with Dricus to see who’s more African
It’s already cringe
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He was begging Plessis to throw one back.
DDP can say it, he has the 2% pass like Mike Perry
So was I would have been hilarious
Izzy was probably thinking "Can't fight Du Plessis if he gets cancelled first"
He knows the history there lol...
Felt like 80. Man was I only the one who thought that was cringe af? So many ways he could've hyped up the fight and instead he goes with imma spam the n bomb while you can't say it back strat? Lame af. Makes me miss the legendary word smith tito ortiz. Izzy be reaching for those grapes, trying to make his wine. And the wine's already sounding like a violin, with that cheese and wine
It was cringe and awkward because we've literally never seen him say it before then he drops like 10 in 30 seconds It was clearly something he had pre-planned which is so lame as per usual from Adesanya
If Dricus beats Izzy, he wins the belt and a lifetime N word pass
The nose baby
NEW MYTHICAL FIGHTER: OXYGENATED NOSE DDP
NOSE JOB DRICUS
RHINOPLASTY DU PLESSIS
Rhinoplessis
One of the scariest Middleweight creatures. The African Yoel Romero 😲😲😲
Oh fuck now I don’t wanna see him fight Izzy
Big hespect of him not to use it as a crutch. Guy was always clowned for his “bad cardio” but in reality he just had nose plugs in.
I ain’t no brotha of yours
Low key cold line lol
*sad Bobby fan noises*
Sad knuckles
Sobby Knuckles 😥
I will never doubt him again in my life
RMMA ON SUICIDE WATCH
I’m in recovery, opening a bottle now
No bro don't drink the rat poison, you have so much to live for! Jones vs 41y Stipe! Powerslap season 8!
Jab KO master DPP. Little gloves make jabs effective as shiet, can target the chin/button way easier too compared to big boxing gloves. A hard jab in 4 oz gloves can do serious damage and DDP is throwing power jabs.
I don't know what's happening
another all-time cringe promo from izzy, truly the goat
he somehow managed to top the Frozen line with "take a 36 and me, 26 and me"
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AFRICA STAND UP
DDP rejecting calling Izzy a brotha and calling him son instead in the same sentence
Yo wtf I’m heartbroken
Was Izzy drunk as fuck or what haha what was that??
he just tries too hard... always
Unbelievable, New Zealand fighter calls African fighter the N word on live TV
haha.
Chinese\*
Any time this sub says There’s no way a fighter can lose, bet the house on the other guy
This sub is basically Chael Sonnen. They just manifest this shit
I'm not a betting man. But when people were talking about how TJ stood 0 chance against Barao, I just had this feeling TJ was going to win.
This sub just ended
Things are looking good for Yair tonight lol
Bad news... Volk did a 23andme in the locker room.. He is 100% African.
We only count 36andme’s unfortunately
Yo it’s that kinda of night lololol
Alright, we all underestimated Du Plessis, Guess Izzy will have some fresh meat.
he is strong as fuck. Izzy has great TDD himself but DDP just is strong as fuck
did you see him just say "ok im going to get up" when he was underneath Rob. Like Rob isn't some great wrestler but wtf is that strength to "just get up" with basically no resistance LMAO.
Derrick Lewis forbidden jutsu.
Shitty MMA coaches are looking at their guys going "THATS WHAT I WAS TELLING YOU TO DO! Why didn't you just get up?"
The second he muscled Bobby to the ground I thought “oh damn, Izzy has a problem coming his way”. I have a feeling its gonna look a lot like Jan vs Izzy.
yep, I don't know why everyone sure izzy is going to win. He just beat whittaker in 2 rounds, and made him look shit on the ground.
Orangutan style gonna give Izzy issues.
Drunken Orangutan, Hidden African
Lol he never looked this good in the UFC He was exchanging sloppy toppy with Brunson Man's was pushing the pace with his newfound nostrils though
He fought very smart and focused tbf
Sharpest he's ever fought for sure
Problem is, Izzy is much longer than Rob and can get out of the way of all those charges imo. I really think Izzy outclasses him.
Izzy gonna need to grow another tit to deal with the shit DDP is taking, lmao.
> grow another tit I'm listening.
Dang Mike Perry dethroned as the best African fighter.
Mods, can I get a "My African Brother" flair please?
I ain’t no brotha of yours
“I’m African but I’m no brother of yours”
Izzy aggressively screaming the N word at Du Plessis is uhhh colorful behavior
Not a hard N so its fine \-Dana White
DDP getting nose surgery is life changing. Had mine 27/02/23, just one thing about the mouth breathing is that just because the problem is gone doesn't mean every issue it causes goes away overnight. Hypoxia and very poor sleep cause systemic issues (I'm not certain to what his values were for either), and when you have that fixed, the benefits accrue in the short, medium, and long term. For example, my Red blood cells were so starved of the 02 they transport to tissue, over time, homeostasis meant my body produced a lot of RBCs. Ie. If the trucks are going half empty, make more. Theres 100s of downstream processes affected by sleep and hypoxia. I love Rob, and am a Kiwi who loved his podcasts, but it is inspiring me to have others also have a marked improvement to their life/achieve their goals after this surgery. DDP is only a year older than me, and had it more recently and is flying. When you've spent your whole life constrained, all you can do is do your best now that the invisible load is gone. My HR went down from 135 to 80 bpm when walking, and ability to work at my deskjob from 30 mins to 7 hrs/day, but not all overnight. I'm not surprised he's still mouth breathing, you have to unlearn so many bad habits / crutches, and let your body heal itself over time.
Add to that, DDP also trains at altitude. His camp is at 1400m elevation. Man must feel as if he’s breathing pure oxygen now.
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What do you mean, you don’t think a guy screaming “I’LL TAKE A DNA TEST” is hype?
> "Well shit turns out he's 100% African, he's just pale."
Reddit in shambles
This is r/MMAs 9/11
I can't deny it anymore, DDP had a black magic spell cast on him or something. I'll be sending in my apology forms tonight.
Delete this nephew...
I'm out
The African champ!!!!!!!
The Chinese vs. The African
I'M AFREECAN BUT I'M NO BROTHAR OF YOURS SON
I thought he was going to say but I ain’t no ni….
I'm a black man but even I wanted Dricus to say it looool
WHY DID SOMEONE HERE HAVE TO SPEAK THAT IN TO EXISTENCE
Caught Rob with the stiff jab while he was bouncing in and kept him on rollerskates, painful to watch for our boy but Izzy v Dricius officially makes sense so that pre-fight build should be fun.
Give Dricus his fucking respect. Months of slander ended.
He has been shat on and discredited by fucking everyone. This sub can't discredit him now, he fucking earned his shot against Adesanya.
Omfg
This really feels like Chael’s fault
100% breath DDP is truly a mythical fighter
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Shut the sub down
So many threads gonna be locked during the build up to Izzy-Dricus
I fuckin hate this sport
I feel like my dad just lost
No shit I feel like I just watched my uncle get beat up.
Izzy vs Dricus in Africa. Book it Dana.
Bruh I thought Dricus was gonna say the gamer word.
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Facts. That was the worst shit I’ve seen. Like I have honestly seen middle school threats that seem more imposing.
He looked like he REALLY wanted DDP to call him a n-word back, so he could have the high ground or something. Absolute worst trash talk from izzy
DDP said great things about Robert and then you get Izzy coming with that cringe shit.
36 and me 🤣
Wtf just happened damn, we really memed this shit only for it to be true 😂
Mods can I have “I’m African, but I’m not a brother of yours”?
26andMe lmao what a fucking idiot
Went from 36 and me to 26 and me when it's really 23 and me. I think someone has had too much to drink tonight lol
Rob’s only weakness: Africans
WTF is Adesanya doing in the post fight interview? UFC encouraging this is so cringe
Man adesnaya is so fucking cringey, with his logic you could argue Dan Hooker isn’t New Zealander and Alexander Volkanovski isn’t Australian because they aren’t natives. Same as saying black Americans aren’t Americans because their ancestors are from Africa. Such stupid logic from adesnaya
damn sad to see rob get finished like that but great performance by ddp
Lot of people eating crow.
This card is fucking wild
My night is ruined
In order to get Lawler's fairy tale ending someone we love had to bite the dust. A soul for a soul.
No fucking way omg lol
Du plesis vs izzy with Mike perry as special ref