I mean the guy has a 72inch reach for a 6foot1 frame... Same stats as Jacare..
When on the outside he throws very heavy kicks to the body usually and sometimes some nice headkicks... But when he gets inside and gets you to the fence... The guy is lightening fast with powerful bombs.. Although they arent like ONE PUNCH knockout power.. The other guy is covering up though so yeah..
He had Hall against the fence and he just UNLOADED.. Rogan was like amazed, "MAN this guy can CRACK!"
I know he beat Hall who had a huge reach advantage but Hall was the same height as him..
Thoughts on Costa vs Israel? can he overcome the height difference as well as the reach difference?
He was getting lit up with those jabs... And he doesn't really block straights good.. He just puts his forearms in front of his face but doesn't do the Rampage Jackson Elbow deflection thing.. He just keeps his forearms together and the Straights go through...
Thoughts?
I got Israel winning.
Costa has looked good but hasn't fought anyone good. Uriah Hall has the tendency to back up to the fence and cover instead of circling and doesn't work angles well. Watching Costa fight, it looks like he tends to swarm and overpower his opponents. Maybe it's because he's so physically superior to them but I don't see little nuances in his striking like setting up strikes, cutting angles, etc. Israel on the other hand does all of this. (check out the article on his striking on the main page)
Israel's striking is better and I don't see Costa having the 1 punch KO power to beat him. I feel Costa is like a better version of prime Chris Leben.
Israel struggled against a bloated WW who had a 9 inch reach disadvantage.
Costa destroys him with relentless pressure.
Kelvin was dominating everybody now he is a bloated WW lol. He finished Jacare with strikes and Bisping oh and made Tim retire.Israel struggled against a bloated WW who had a 9 inch reach disadvantage.
Costa destroys him with relentless pressure.
he went to a split decision with Jacare. some people think he should have lost.Kelvin was dominating everybody now he is a bloated WW lol. He finished Jacare with strikes and Bisping oh and made Tim retire.
When did he finish Jacare lol? I thought he lost that fight. Try againKelvin was dominating everybody now he is a bloated WW lol. He finished Jacare with strikes and Bisping oh and made Tim retire.
Israel struggled against a bloated WW who had a 9 inch reach disadvantage.
Costa destroys him with relentless pressure.
What? He landed a couple head strikes and a few pitter patter leg kicks. Costa walked him down and took him out a minute into rd2.Bloated MW Hendricks landed on Costa at will. Dude would get smoked by Kelvin.