I wanted Pereira to win but I thought it was 100% early stoppage. Izzy was likely fucked he was rocked and probably going to get knocked out but he was still actively moving his head trying to get out of the way of the punches. Early stoppage.
I wanted Izzy to lose but I think it was stopped early. I’m not arguing Izzy would’ve come back. My argument is the champ needs to be given every chance and the only clear way in that moment was him going out.
We just disagree I guess. I’m not arguing, just a differing opinion. I’m out of upvotes otherwise I’d have upvoted all of your posts.
Izzy was not given much of a chance. He got rocked, made it out of the initial onslaught. The second storm came and he was surviving that one even better than the first. One of the worst stoppages I’ve ever seen, especially for a title fight
Izzy would have come back does not have to be an arguement. The stoppage should just be 100% definitive. That’s it. 99.99% he would been done anyhow but that is not a good reason to stop it when it was.
I said in the above post he was surviving the second onslaught even better than the first. The last camera angle shows he was looking up at Alex and was seeing the punches. He would have circled out of there and been fine. Wasn’t given a chance
He was defending and moving which is why Alex missed most of the final punches. Look Alex would have 99.99999% finished it anyhow. But that was not a good point to seal it.