The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Daniel Cormier TV - DC REACTS to Israel Adesanya GETTING KNOCKED OUT by Nassourdine Imavov, END of title run

Episode Date: February 5, 2025

Israel Adesanya got KNOCKED OUT by Nassourdine Imavov in UFC's Saudi Arabia fight night, and Daniel Cormier is here to give his REACTION to the crazy and unexpected result. See why DC says Izzy, "The Last Stylebender," is DONE with being in title contention, and needs to step away from the MMA game for some time. Plus, why although Adesanya is done with title contention, he is also the type of talent that is capable of making a run back to championship status. And don't miss DC's take on who Izzy's next fight should be! #Volume #HerdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I took the weekend to think a little bit about what I saw over the course of the weekend. Because when you think middleweight, you think Israel-Etasonia. You know, Israel-Etasana has been for a long time one of the greatest middle weights we've seen. Israel Adasanya has been, one of the best middle weights of all time, and one of the most successful middle weights of all time.

With all that being said, last weekend, he got beat by Nasor Dina Mavov, and he got knocked out. And I want to kind of get into what's next for Izzy, how hard it is to see our favorites, our eyes, the role models go down because you know that you know we say it in fighting all the time

for the time is undefeated it kind of becomes a cool thing to say but it's never more true than in mixed martial arts you know to rush to judgment to rush to reaction is a thing that we do as people constantly but I wanted to kind of really think about how I want to frame my words in regards to edisonia but at the end of the end of the same. of the day, I think the words and the conclusion are going to be pretty similar to some that I've heard.

I don't know that I feel as strongly as Michael Bisping in this regard. And Luis, you can throw this in the chat. I want Michael Bisbing's chat. His quote about Edisonian. I don't feel as strongly

as Bisbing did. I think it was on MMA fighting, Luis. He said that Izzy's done. I want to read the exact quote, but he said that Izzy's done. He said his time at the top is done, right? So maybe it's a little bit closer. I think he's done with the championship.

He said, the biggest takeaway that it's over, Bisbing said. Adisani's reign as champion, I don't think we'll come again. I agree. I say that with the greatest of respect, and I truly mean that, an original, an incredible fighter, a legend of the sport, a future Hall of Famer, but his time at the top is done. I agree. Okay, so I take that back.

I agree. I believe that Eresanya is done fighting for titles. But what I do not believe is that Eda Sanya is done as a fighter. I think that what I saw in round one was enough for me to believe that he could still compete. What I do believe, though, is that Israel Eresanya has earned the right to fight lesser competition right now, but also less rounds. Israel Adasanya has earned the right to be in a three-round fight, a fight against someone that isn't on their way to a championship because you can say what you want about a Mavov.

This guy is on a short list of guys that could be in title contention. Truly, truly, there would be no disappointment if after Nassar Dina Mavov won last weekend, the next middleweight championship fight includes him. Granted, there's a Hamza Tcha maev guy out there that people believe should fight first. But if not Jemaya, and they go, it's not Sardina Mavov,

nobody would be upset with the way that he has fought and the run that he is on. Eresanya has earned the right to fight someone that isn't quite on that trajectory. Maybe a Brendan Allen or somebody like that, and that's a tough fight. I'm not saying it's an easy fight. I'm just saying that he's earned a right

to not be in a number one contenders fight right now. I know the ticket's big. the money he gets paid is a lot. So he has to be valuable. But he can fight on co-main events and would still add value to a pay-per-view. He doesn't always have to be in those five-round main events. But when you saw what he did last weekend,

Saudi Arabia sold out, Big Gate, now you know why Edithsonia still being put in those positions. But in that first run, I saw enough to say he can still compete. He looked fast. He looks sharp. But it's not the speed that's gone from Eresanya. It's the ability to see things coming that quickness, the vision. And when you get hit, as you get older, you go down.

I swear, it's the craziest thing. You could get hit with something. And when you're young, when I was 32, 31 when I started, they would hit me. And I would just walk through it like the Terminator. But when I started turning 38, 39. Guy would hit me with the same shot. And I'd be like, damn, that one actually kind of hurt.

You truly do have a power bar. In Addisania, after a long kickboxing career, after the wars that he had in mixed martial arts, the Kelvin Gaslam War, the Robert Whitaker fight. He never was, for as good as he was, he was a guy that got in the fight, the Pereira knockout. He got in the fight. He wasn't some pretty fighter that,

was always on the outside not engaging. Israel Adasanya was also very tough. And I think his toughness in what made him so fun for people to watch. But he ain't done completely as a fighter. I think that at the top, he should be done. I think he should be asking to be done at the top right now for a reset.

And if there is a guy that has the mental makeup to know, yeah, maybe I want to step back. Maybe I need to do something a little different right now. It is Israel at Asana. It is at Asana. But I thought he looked pretty good in the first round. But I also don't know that that right hand that Amabov caught him with lands on him a year and a half, two, three years ago. I don't know that that punch gets there.

I think as is he fades away. I think he turns. He rolls. He does something to get out of the way of that strike. But again, with age go the reflexes. the timing, the ability to see things coming. And when you're a guy like Edassania, that's so athletic, that's so gifted,

when that starts to fade a little bit, all the reaction time is like a half second slower, those punches get there. And then when you've relied on your toughness as much as he has, you start taking those shots, and you can't really do that forever. So yes, I do believe Izzy needs to take a step back, but I don't believe that he can't compete with any of these dudes

by no stretch of the imagination. I think there are a lot of guys that he can compete with. I think there are a lot of guys that Estonia still would be favored to beat. But it sucks, right? Because we have all these favorites. We have all these people that we are tied to and attached to. And with their success, the bond between fan and fighter, fan and athlete, just continues to grow.

And it sucks whenever you start to see those guys. On the tail lid. Demetri Johnson, I saw. His reaction was classic. Get up, nigga. Like, get up, is he? He was so, it was so,

uh, natural to see that reaction, because that reaction was shared by so many. Because of what Edasanya had become and has become to the fight world and the fight game. And to fans all around the world. Young kids, idolized the style bender.

He was a guy that was a world champion that watched Naruto and dance. And then all those cool things that the kids did. That's what made him so relatable. That's why they all love him. So the reaction to him slowing down is what you expect. You know, when you have beaten so many guys, it's hard to find guys for you to fight.

He's already beat cannoneer. He's already beat Strickland. Or sorry, he lost the Strickland. he's already beat Paul O'Costa. I need new matchups for Edisonia. That's why I said a BA. Because Brendan Allen got beat by Amavov last time, right? So he needs to kind of build back.

If he could beat Izzy, he's right back. But if Izzy beats him, now Izzy has beaten a young, liable challenger, a guy that does have a ton of skill, and a guy that had been on a run. Now he's right back where he's at least starting to work his way back into contention. I just think that is needs to be done right now with the very top. No time is not on his side.

But I do believe that there's still an opportunity that at some point he could work his way back there. Shower Bullet might be another guy that might make for a fun fight. There's just a lot of different people that he could fight that I think would be fun. Shower bullets at 170 though. But to move up and fight him would be a very, very fun fight between the two. Anasanya's done at the top right now. Yes, I do agree with you, Mikey. But I don't believe he's done as a fighter.

I think he needs to take some time, refresh, get his mind right, and then jump right back in there. Because there's going to be a time where we don't have the style bender, and that's going to suck even worse than watching the style bender lose. Because right now we're still at least getting to watch the style bender. I remember when Anderson Silva was at the tail end of his career, and everybody was like, Anderson needs to go away. Does it feel better now that you don't get to watch and fight at all?

that's the question. Enjoy these guys while they're here because when they're going, they're gone. And I know it'll be a hard time for a lot of fans when Israel is Sanya is no longer an active fighter. So rest, my brother, take some time, Izzy,

and then we'll see you when you get back in the Octagon. But don't lose faith. I mean, you've done so many great things in your career. You can walk away today and be a first ballot hall of famer. So keep your head up, champ.

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