Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson has recently voiced his concerns regarding Israel Adesanya’s readiness for his match against Dricus du Plessis…
Especially his grappling skills.
Johnson expressed his thoughts on the “The MMA Hour”:
I don’t like that fight for Izzy, because I feel Izzy hasn’t taken enough time.
Has Izzy taken the time off to develop that (grappling) skill set?
That’s my question to him.If he says: “No I haven’t”, and I’m like – then don’t take the fight.
If he has, if he’s ready to go out there and force the fight, get in the clinch, force the wrestling, take him down, pass his guard, then I’m like – Let’s f*cking do it.
He continues:
But if you haven’t, then I wouldn’t do it, because DDP, he’s got a style where he doesn’t back up, he doesn’t overextend.
He’s very good at his shell.He’s very clunky on the feet, but I just don’t like that matchup stylistically.
But I’m always going to root for Izzy, because I’m a big fan of his.But as a martial artist, I’m like, no, you need time to develop those things in your game that I see you’re missing.
Watch the full interview on the video below:
