Even if you hate Izzy you gotta admit he is pretty fearless. Went up to 205, took his loss like a man and has been actively calling out the guy who KO’d him.
Izzy has huge balls for taking this fight. He could have easily said Alex needs to go through the ranks more but he picked out his most dangerous opponent. Win or lose you gotta respect that
I have no idea what Izzy is gonna do. I’m sure wrestling is in his game plan but I highly doubt he will avoid the striking. He’s just as good on the feet as Alex and wants to prove it.
Hardly a guarantee when the champ is in the cage, his last somewhat entertaining fight was Costa shitting the bed and half of its entertainment value was because Izzy literally grew a tit and Costa is legitimately insane.
I have no doubt Costa used the Yoel fight as a metric to game-plan for the Izzy fight. I think he thought Izzy would be scared to engage. He literally ran from Yoel, while Costa went toe-to-toe with Romero and even walked him down multiple times during the fight. I guess it was a bad game-plan and styles make fights.
I’m not an Izzy fan… I really don’t like him, but you can’t deny that he’s always wanted to fight the scariest guys and the people that are supposed to be the biggest threat to him.
Win or lose, I have to respect him for taking the toughest challenges instead of squash matches to pad his record.