After watching the media day which is still going on for the rest of the fighters (there alot to talk about) I have changed my mind about Israel 100% winning this title fight on July 2.
After listening to what Jared had to say, and rewatching what he had done to Brunson at UFC 271 earlier this year. I would have to say Cannonier has a good shot at winning this bout.
Vegas has put Adesanya at 4 to 1 to beat him so they are already sold on him winning outright.
I have them on a parlay I had made and have this match not going the distance. Because Cannonier is a submission machine and if it goes to the ground it can be over very quickly for Israel.
So you are saying this will be all about Cannonier trying to get a submission victory,,, while Israel will do his best to just land points and take it to the end.
Makes a lot of sense but then this way I would say Israel has the advantage as he has plenty of time to run around and land points. Maybe even KO if Cannonier is too focused on the submission win.
Yes submission is always a possibility as this is what grapplers are taught to be on the look out for so to end the match as early as possible.
Israel never let him get close enough to even try and Cannonier is all about those ground attacks.
He just kept him at a distance and landed points as you had stated. It was a one way contest in this respect.
Because Cannonier is a submission machine and if it goes to the ground it can be over very quickly for Israel.
I don’t know rdbase, most UFC fans I know think Israel is way too good of a striker for this to be very close.
Curious, how you see Cannonier as a submission machine, having only 2 in his career and the last one in 2013. Add to the fact that Izzy never been submitted, ever, so I hope you grab those 25/1 odds if you think this is a possible outcome, bro.
Submissions can be done at anytime and he did say he wanted to try different things so yeah, it was possibly and no, I didn't take it by submission as the odds for him to win outright were good enough and rising by the time the match started inflating to a massive @5.20x and I did take him at that.
So we will see Adesanya vs Pereira, the question now is when.
Look at Israel lying on the canvas after fighting Alex.
source: https://talksport.com/sport/mma/977435/israel-adesanya-ko-alex-pereira-ufc-276-card/Just LOOK AT HIM. You can decide if Israel will stand a chance against this guy as he is getting better and better after each and every fight he has had since reaching the UFC, bruvh!