I thought it was a shame when Till lost to Brunson, cause he had a chance at beating Izzy. But that’s just my opinion.
Which middleweight do you think can do it?
I still say the guy with the best style to beat Izzy now is Rafael Lovato jr. … I get that he’s no longer fighting but he had the size, strength and grappling mastery to really threaten Izzy on the ground
Jan showed he can be taken down and controlled. There just isn’t the dominant wrestler at MW to do it right now and his striking is elite enough for MMA to stay at the top
Mousasi would do well against him. And call me crazy or stupid but I know Kevin Holland would have a chance. Only way Holland gets beat easily by Israel is if Israel wrestles him (LOL). Holland would have the reach advantage. Holland was able to survive Marreta before the knee injury, so I know Israel wouldn’t finish him on the feet.
his striking is also on another level than Vettori’s, yet all he could do was control distance and leg kick, nothing spectacular. Holland’s striking is more dynamic than Vettori’s. Add to that the height and reach and it would make for an interesting fight. I see it a lot like Reyes vs Jones, but I don’t think Holland would do as well as Reyes did. With that said, I think he does better than everyone except Mousasi. Canonier might have some success, but he doesn’t have the height. I don’t see anyone under 6 feet beating Israel.
You could also say Jan showed what we already know about dominant long limbed strikers. When they fight someone their own height and reach they aren’t so special anymore.
I think that new dude the UFC just signed, the guy that knocked him out is around his same size.
This, Kevin Holland has long arms and mostly cuz of that can avoids his poor striking, the long arms makes him to look “good” at striking,
But Till could probably give some problems to Yzzy