Will Israel Adesanya beat Sean Strickland at UFC 293?
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Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland are scheduled to fight on September 9th, 2023 at a UFC event in Sydney, Australia.

If Israel Adesanya wins, this market will resolve to YES.

If Sean Strickland wins or if the fight is a draw, this market will resolve to NO.

If the fight is pulled from the event or the fight is declared a No Contest on the night, this market will resolve to N/A.

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There was SUCH a consensus, that Isreal would hopelessly outclass.

Yet his opponent:

  1. Didn't grapple at all.

  2. Minimal kicking.

  3. Mostly jabs and 2s.

  4. Had to fly to Australia and didn't have home edge.

  5. On relatively short-notice.

  6. ...And did this marching forward for 25 minutes against a star counterpuncher, and one of the greatest kickboxers ever (edit: in mma, not in pure kickboxing) Yet he took almost no visible damage, he could've done another 5 rounds.

That sounds so weird, that it suggests the fighting world should study Strickland's mma-adapted Philly shell. Commenters seem to say his style "shouldn't work", but clearly they should move on to understanding how it can be used.

predicted NO

@ScroogeMcDuck Israel is not one of the greatest kickboxers ever.

@Darj Well I've seen people use that descriptor for Pereira, who Isreal managed to beat. Show me an ELO ranking or something to the contrary of Isreal being VERY high up there.

predicted NO

@ScroogeMcDuck Israel is one of the greatest kickboxers in MMA, not the sport of Kickboxing. Pereira was the first and only Glory double champion. And even then isn't considered top 10 by most in the Kickboxing community.

predicted NO

@Darj Izzy also never beat Alex in kickboxing.

@Darj i'd be happy to ammend it to "in mma" rather than "in kickboxing" in that case.

@ScroogeMcDuck : 😂 <--- imagine this is nerd emoji lol casual

@ScroogeMcDuck pull up ufc 4 division ranking NOW

predicted NO

I won lmao in real life too

predicted NO

sean did what rob couldnt . top 5 funniest fights ever

predicted NO

lets go!

bought Ṁ100 of NO

I NEVER DOUBTED HIM