It didnt seem like Yoels corner even gave him advice? or rather, Yoel didn't really listen to them at all. Seems like he kinda has his idea of what he is doing and his corner does not really try and sway his head at all? Ya, I was just waiting in the 4th or 5th round for him to explode.. shit, even in the last 1-2 min of the 5th round I was thinking we'd see him just unload on Izzy.. but it never happened?
its so funny listening to both of them blame each other for the poor showing after the fight! I think Izzy is just as much to blame for the lack of excitement as Romero. He tried to go after Romero in the first and ate a huge left hand.. At that point he prob realized that was dangerous and decided to stay on the outside and chop at his leg. These fights where both guys are trying to be safe the whole time are so extremely boring to watch! I understand the strategy and I see the chess game going on between them but that should have been a normal run of the mill fight night fight on espn+, not a PPV. I'd be a lot more upset if it were not for those 2 women beating the brakes off each other in the co main!, that was well worth the PPV cost!
While I like to watch Israel fight (when hes fighting someone that comes after him) I dont much care for him as a person. He comes across as super insecure with all of his antics. In the cage after the fight hes calling Acosta an 'ape in a cage' or something? and he had to grab the camera and try to point out the damage he did to Yoels leg, and not to mention the comment about the twin towers before the fight. The more I hear him interviewed and the more he talks, the less I like him. I love some shit talk before a fight as much as the next person, but it seems a little classless to me. You look at a guy like Mcgregor, he'll talk all the shit, but you know he's looking to end the fight every min hes in there..