Sean has given the world so much in a week. Jizzy the dog bender getting schooled in kickboxing for 25 mins. What a world.

I never thought id see sean strickland walk down izzy so bad that izzy refused to even fight back with sean yelling in his face lmfao. So fuckin wild

Izzy was the scariest he’s ever been coming off of knocking Alex out and Strickland hunted him down the whole fight. One of the most badass performances in the UFC ever🔥

It’s funny how a week ago everyone would’ve thought this title was crazy

No one besides Dana wants this rematch lol… the entire mma community has spoken and it’s time to let the division keep going and let Izzy fight back up for it

Chael, is it true you are fighting Joe Rogan for the main event of UFC 300?

the loss to pereira was probably the worst and best thing that ever happened to sean

the way izzy was backing up while strickland yelling at him was hilarious 😂

It's pretty simple. When Izzy is getting pressured he likes to throw the overhand right like he caught Pereira with or the lean back left hook he caught Whitaker/Costa with. Sean knew these strikes were coming and was able to avoid them every time. Izzy is going to need some new tricks in order to beat Strickland. The 'holes' in Izzy's game have always been there Sean is just the first person who was able to exploit those positions repeatedly throughout the fight and Izzy and his team clearly had no solutions in the moment. Some people including Chael it sounds like just can't accept that Izzy was soundly beaten.

Sean can’t let people think it was an off night. I like how when he was asked if he felt like Izzy was off, he said “I’m one of the best kickboxers in the world”

Strickland literally played Rocky Balboa. A replacement fighter that knocks the champ down in the first round and then goes the distance. The only difference is Strickland won. I think Sean can be a great inspiration to all the kids stuck in a tough situation.

I didn't think of it before but it really is a tough style for izzy. Sean's straight up squared stance makes it extremely difficult to utilize leg kicks against him and that is one of izzy biggest tools. Then it turns into a boxing fight and Sean has extremely good defense and reflexes/counters there.

Sean Strickland walks forward with his eyes open, sees everything that comes with him does an extremely good job of pairing all of it. He almost flights like Daniel Cormier, but without any wrestling. To top it all off, he throws arm punches, that somehow managed to hurt his opponents and leave Israel's face all busted up. And he manages to do all of that, without ever overextending himself, are leaving himself out of any position.

NO CHAEL! NO REMATCH

It was definitely not an off night. Izzy knew this day was coming and he should’ve been adding to his game instead of resting on his laurels until the stock caught up. It was a great run and definitely the #2 best middleweight ever. Now we get to watch this title get tossed all over the division.

Izzy almost getting knocked out in the first round is why he "looked slow" the rest of the fight. He either underestimated Sean before that punch, misread Sean before that punch, or just made a mistake and Sean capitalized on it. Sean's style in the fight caused him to make that mistake, in my opinion. After Sean put that fear in him, he stayed calm and never let Izzy counter punch. It was a clinic. Amazing job Sean.

D’Sean would beat him 10/10 times. D’Sean The 🐐

Gotta tip my hat to Ryan for experimenting with the edits today. The previous video with the image inserts was awesome, just gotta get rid of those annoying accompanying sound effects and this video had over a dozen well placed cuts that saved us all about 35 seconds of silence. Nicely done sir. I expect the next video to have images and cuts now, just don't go overboard with it or it'll come off sloppy and choppy

i trained with Sean at Team Quest (Temecula) even sparred with the mofo a few times.. was there when he got his black belt... i was blown away by him when i first met him... he's master of intimidation and mental warfare... kinda like Mike Tyson, in that he's not at all afraid to escalate a situation... his kryptonite is a great wrestler... like Usman... I'd love to see Khamzat Chimaev vs Strickland...

Christ, even Chael can’t give Sean credit.

Izzy got beat for 5 rounds and it wasn't even close. No immediate rematch for gynobender

Sean is real man,real character,we need it in this weird world!

By getting a hold of Sean’s Dog

izzy doesn't deserve an immediate rematch. he is 1-2 his last two fights. and he got dominated.

One of the most impressive things to me is this was Sean’s first championship fight and he stayed composed the whole way through. I think in the second after he rocked Izzy was when he was the most riled up but after that he just set back into his groove and put on a masterclass against one of the greatest strikes the UFC’s ever seen.

Strickland just schooled one of the best Strikers in Middleweight History!! Put some damn respect on Sean Strickland🔥

Very informative as always 👍

Chael You're forgetting....Sean didn't implement his ground skills during this fight. Thats all he has to do to be Izzy again nextime I believe.

Love these unedited videos he puts out all the time. It’s always good content and doesn’t have to have a bunch of different sound effects and cuts

Sean is the people's champ. He's a blue collar hard working, hard nosed man and he reflects the common man thus we all love him. He's not genetically gifted, however he worked his ass off, he loves to fight, he lives to spar, and he actually did it. Only Bisping, Stipe, and Chuck Liddell are champions like this in the history of the sport. Strikers, blue collar hard nosed, warriors who fight with fists. And he's American. He's perfect. Long live the Strickland reign lol.

Sean was like a moving fortress. His defence was impeccable. If Izzy had children, Sean would have ate them.

Strickland neutralized all the kicks and counters that usually makes izzy dangerous. He also wasn't scared at all to apply pressure and b in his face at all times. Then the fight comes down to throwing punches Strickland has the power and form. Izzy need to wind up and hit u with everything he has like against Pereira that was his only hope to win.

What a wonderful result. Well done Sean, you did what many thought was impossible, he found a way to beat Izzy's style. Sean getting knocked out by Alex was a blessing in disguise.

I think Sean winking at izzy after every round was great

In my opinion, Izzy will have to throw away the strategy of being a counter fighter and apply constant forward pressure. Easier said than done, I know.

whether izzy could find a fatal flaw in sean's game and exploit it or not, i could take or leave a rematch at this point lol i think the world has had enough izzy this year. we'll see him in the spring. it'll seem refreshing by then

Israel better turn into a panic wrestler this next fight

i’m so happy for sean

Chael gave Desert Brawl a shout out. Super Sick🤘

Strickland did that Mightmouse type of pressure, always moving forward and not letting the opponent rest.

By not almost getting knocked out in the first round and throws off his game plan fear of getting knocked out.

Izzy told... Whittaker... get 2 wins and be back.... Izzy stalled Whittaker rematch over 2 years....

No. No Rematch... Izzy would move on anyways.... Sean.... already.... Led the ManDance... Led the Fight. Crazy work.

Thanks chael

Screw the rematch. Guy is 4-3 in the last seven it’s absurd.

No rematch or we riot

I don't watch Chael's videos for the most part. However I am subscribed cause he's a legend.

if ur a fighter and uve ever been hit hard enough to cause a "flash knockout" where your rocked and go out for a split second but are able to recover, you know why izzy lost. When that happens to you, it literally shocks your nervous system, you can be not tired at all when it happens and after it happens, your INSTANTLY tired as a dog, even if normally you would not be tired the whole fight. It fucks you up, slows you down, and thats exactly what happened to izzy. He was landed so hard it dropped him, and he barely recovered after taking the hardest hits over and over again when strickland tried to finish him, i wouldnt be surprised if he was concussed the whole rest of the fight.

You gonna push for a rematch Chael? Simple yes or no question

Let’s not forget Sean is rock solid on the ground. He didn’t even use it here but he’s got a B plan if he needs. It was the knockdown that rattled Izzy. I really do think if he avoided that, the leg kicks would break through. Izzy honestly has never thrown those with deadly intent - they’ve always just been a threat and Sean clearly called the bluff. Look at his leg kick attack stats as the round went on. Slowly declined to nearly nil until round 5. But if he’s going to throw them he has to be trying to genuinely hurt him. To be fair, sean could easily double up the jab. Or do exactly what machida did to Jon but sean isn’t nearly the athlete machida is. As he keeps hurting sean, faking to Superman is a tried and tested strat. More than anything that walk down terminator style appears to be in Izzy’s head. I mentioned this in other comments too - it’s the Riddick Bowe playbook. Shit works. But luckily this isn’t boxing. No matter how often sean keeps walking forward, he’s gotta remember those kicks are hurting. Sean was brilliant at avoiding any clinch fighting though so no clue how effective he’ll be there. Unless you have power in your fists to put out the lights on a guy who has no problem walking forward, it’s a tough night. Ironically I don’t see whitaker’s style overcoming that either. It’s the cannonier style that would gruel and white knuckle that out. Or a Costa with devastating leg kicks as he’s very capable of. I’d LOVEEE to see Paulo vs sean good god can you imagine.

Mighty Mouse gave GREAT advice on what Izzy needs to do next. If I'm Izzy, I'm flying to where ever DJ and Matt are and training with them for the next 12 months.

All izzy has to do is instead of being a counter fighter bring it to sean and use his range. If izzy can put pressure on sean and overload him making him throw more just to defend, he can exploit openings. The problem with a counter striker though, is they rarely can do this successfully to a guy like strickland who sticks so heavily to his fundamentals. Out side of that he would have to dictate the fight and make sean do things he can capitalize on. But I don't think izzy has enough duability and endurance to get the job done. So his best bet would be overloading sean with strikes.

Well this is a great topic. Im a martial artist and coach in the kc area. Training for 29 years. Imo, Sean simply put all the fundamentals together, and played ZERO games. Philly shell, counters for the leg kicks, exceptional basics with boxing. His strategy to make a great counter fighter KEEP defending is a great gameplan. Think of all the great counter fighters in combat sports. Juan manuel marquez, Conor, Anderson, Lyoto, Wonderboy, Izzy, I could go on. What did they all lose to? Forward pressure and not standing there staring at them, and then knowing to throw where they are exiting to, not where they are standing. This is a really good topic, that a lot of fighters could learn from. Im an izzy fan, but I get a kick out of people forgetting a fight is a fight lol. Thats why the Sean stricklands and Derrick lewis's are so beloved lol. No games, straight to business, check please lol. Cant do anything but respect it. Congrats to Sean, his life story is wild.

I reckon Sean smashes him again. The fight to make is Du Plessis vs Strickland. Adesanya can rematch Costa or Cannonier

This fight was like the Canelo vs Bivol fight.

He’s gotta go over the shoulder not at it. I would say hook kick I like to throw hooks that arch down other people like over hands. The jab will get through as well. Great fight by Sean Strickland though mad props.

He can't. Sean has Izzy's veterinarian card.

The real answer and obvious answer is Israel beats aggressive. Everyone ever thought got caught or was aggressive other than Romero and we saw how that fight kind of went. A lot of people were bored. Israel needs somebody to overextend not be defensive and the aggressive and then people are saying all well. He's on all the fence but in reality, so was he against Alex Weiss and among others? And then when somebody tries to finish him off on the fence that's when he'll try to catch. That's one way he does. There's a lot of tools, just sometimes there's a fighter that just has your number to just styles or whatever. I don't expect Sean to be a champion for a long time, but I do think he will be Israel nine times out of 10 due to that style

My champ chael the great The setup is too dim 🔅 please lighten up your studio 💡 Or get a light that focuses on you so the bad guy inc in background also shines Always love your content

Izzy either has to move more laterally or hold his ground in the middle, away from the fence. He was getting walked backwards and pushed around. Change that.

Chael you could make a video about Izzy and his corner. The coach eugene said there was some disconnect between them that night. I think Izzy has been acting like he is on the same level as the coaches and that isn’t helping them.

Chael, I'm a fan of both guys but I see a problem here. Everyone said the only was Sean could win was by wrestling. That never happened and he still won. In my opinion Sean has got a leg up with this so called key to victory that he never used in the first fight. That hasn't gone anywhere and will still be present in the second fight. Adesanya would need to make new adjustments based off of the first fight and then prepare for the potential wrestling. I don't know. But this seems a little unlikely.

We need to see more jumping switch kicks.

I thought poatan made a blueprint with the body work to slow down seans forward advance and drop his hands, was surprised israel didnt go to that more and kept throwing up question mark kicks and trying to play possum or let strickland overextend which he never did

The amount of cope from Dana White with this loss was just... disgusting to behold, and that reporter asking Dana all the layup questions with pre-built excuses was also gross. Didn't hear Dana defend Aljo for his loss to O'Malley. No. He doesn't deserve an immediate rematch. He was not a dominant champion. Sorry Dana and Oscar.

Uncle Chale, does Izzy deserve a rematch? I think everyone is forgetting he lost the belt on his first title defense. He’s also lost 2 of his last 3 fights. Are there rules to the immediate rematch? I know in boxing there’s a rematch clause in the contract.

I watch all of Chael's videos. Literally, every one. Even if it's something I don't even follow, like college wrestling. Or even the odd balls like the btk killer thing the other day. But what I always forget to do is "like" them. I have a few creators that I make sure to like and comment, and that's because they are smaller, or up and coming. I guess I don't have that reaction to Chael's channel because he doesn't need my help. But hell, I should change that. Because I love this guys content. Anyway, long story short, I will try and remember 😊

Sean got better. He has a philly shell now. Also he is getting withing stricking range close and personal which make presure and that presure is hard to keep up if you dont have grapling. Also eaven do he over extends for blocking hes experience compensates for allowing him to over extend in blocking shots. Doesent mean is the right way it just means that he knows that he over extends which compensates for him to be able to do so.

We shouldn't even be thinking about a rematch. It wasn't a close fight, and we can't have a champion who keeps losing to contenders and getting the rematch. DDP deserves a shot. Sean fights DDP and Izzy gets thrown to Chimaev. I'm now more excited about this division than I have been in years.

I don't think he's going to make any major adjustments to his approach. When Izzy had the Pereira rematch, he fought the same way when many people thought he was going to implement some grappling to get Pereira thinking and to neutralize the power. If Sean maintains the same level of sound defensiveness, it'll be hard to crack knowing Izzy had almost no success over the course of 25 minutes.

Chael has great points yet again.

He has to focus more on leg kicks and kicks to his hands and body - mix in grappling to setup shot selection, reclaim the center to stop cage cutting. I dont think Izzy would do well to retreat backwards against the cage (rope a dope) as Sean's shot selection is solid enough to score and his cardio is crazy.

First and foremost he’s gotta stop beating off to cartoons

He doesn’t need to beet Izzy because Izzy doesn’t deserve a rematch. Izzy’s 34 and 1-2 in his last 3. By the time he takes a break, wins a match or 2 to earn his title shot he’ll be 36 and washed up.

You could see in Izzy's face at the beginning. He was looking right past Sean. He was super smug before the first bell rang,and it was all over his face.

You can do ‘rope a dope’ in straight boxing, but I doubt it would work as well when you introduce kicks and grappling etc into the mix, as in MMA.

Sean beat Izzy at his own game. It's almost as if Izzy was anticipating a takedown the entire fight. Unless Izzy incorporates some kind of ground game, a rematch could go the same way. I guarantee everyone in the MW top 10 thinks they can beat Sean.

In the end, it seems Izzy wasn't that dominant after all. He actually thinks he's better than he really is. At least he should have used the John Jones trick by sticking his fingers in his opponent's eyes. I'm sure he would go unpunished, after all, it's Dana White...

Jizzy the dog bender is the best name ive seen so far😅😅😅. Props to the creator 👏 🙌 💪

Chael What's different next time is that it's another fight and a new day, and you have two professionals. You know what I'm talking about when you had your rematch with Anderson. Everybody myself included thought you were walking into what was going to be another route just like your first fight that you lost in the last seconds when you otherwise dominated, you know better than anybody else these things happen. The wind changes course quickly and is fickle, no two things are the same.

He won't adesanya is a blow hole and not deserving of most of his praise. Strickland isn't anything special either but he stands for something that is.

After watching I'd say Izzy needs a clinch game and wrestling.seans pressure never let Izzy set.izzy wasn't comfy in standing.and Sean's leg feint charges combined with a tough shell worked very well.

jab to the chest , gazelle hook theres openings and adjustments there if hes willing to

A title I never would've expected to see in my life time

Chael is a national trasure

Izzy doesn't have a powerful hook to get around Sean's defense like Alex had. His power comes from timing and Sean never over extended

chael is the shit man, always breaking it down

Sean sure did surprise me hes defensive is really good judt was blocking and avoiding most shots and still going forward

At the end of the day it came down to this: Izzy needs space and Sean was never going to give that to him and Izzy doesn’t hit hard enough to put Sean down. Izzy has to be able to kick to get his game going and Sean was like “fuck that eat these hands all night”

Izzy beats him with the jab and the teep. Don't let Sean into that sweet spot where he's crowding you cutting into your range forcing you to fight uncomfortable. Fall in love with the jab. Throw it until you don't want to throw anything else. Next time Sean's face will be a mess by the end of the first round. You have the height, reach and speed. Don't make it complicated. Sean moves in his head snaps back. You own him.

Apart from brining a gun? Lol, that was a dominant performance by Sean!

Rematch shouldn’t even happen. Izzy hasn’t earned it in the slightest.

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Matt Horwich. Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time.

My opinion and everyone has 1 😅 but instead of a immediate rematch between the 2. They should make a contender match to make it interesting to get Izzy vs Du Plessis whoever wins get the next title fight 😮 then would have a great story line leading up to next big middleweight title fight

Strickland has lost multiple times to guys who fight just like him who happened to hit harder, Santos walked him down hit him harder, Alex walked him down hit him harder. Strickland's two biggest kryptonites are guys who strike harder than him who are willing to get into it, and then guys who are bigger and stronger than him who are going to pull him to the ground. I love Sean, but Sean like Michael Bisping has a lot of holes in his game. I'm still in disbelief that Strickland was a greater underdog than Bisping was going into rockhold. Heck Michael was number six fighting the champ who he already lost to.

To my amazement Mister Doesn't Check Kicks checked a world champion's kicks brilliantly for five rounds. Nobody saw that coming. It was a winning ability. If Sean Strickland can do that again he can win again.

Let's look at the last 24 hours: Chael makes a random video on the BTK killer for no clear reason. He puts out a video saying Sugar has his next fight booked (he doesn't, at least officially), and he makes two seperate videos on what Adesanya needs to do in order to win the rematch with Strickland. Amazing.

It’s honestly very simple the more I think about it. Izzy is a counter striker always moving backwards relying on kicks and that left hook. He catches people who over extend. Sean knew that in order to hear a counter striker you have to put pressure on them be also knew if he got over aggressive he would get caught. So he managed the right distance enough to tag izzy but keep himself safe. He also check those kicks which I’m sure hurt izzy over time and affected his mobility. Once you take away those kicks it’s a lot easier as we saw in izzy and Alex’s first fight. I do think izzy is an overrated striker (not bad or horrible) but Sean implemented basic tactics and it worked so well because everyone else was either trying to knock out fast (Robert Whitaker) or stay back because they didn’t want to get caught but took on leg kicks (Paulo Acosta and Yoel Romero). Also I’m sure the mental games had a strong affect since izzy is constantly getting roasted by Strickland.

As much as I like Izzy, this fight felt like a foil to his style. Unless he's jonsing to get his belt back ASAP *or* he knows *for* *sure* what to do differently in a rematch, I'd prefer he doesn't go for the immediate rematch... And I also prefer this b/c I want to see how the former # 6 in the division does against the top contenders: Would he win against a Paolo, a Whittaker, a Du Plessis? Is Sean a one-hit wonder? Or can he successfully defend his belt against these guys?