He's 35, the age guys hit the wall. I dont really buy into Ddp. He's the kind of guy that could beat Izzy and Whitaker but lose to Strickland or Cannonier. Izzy is washed, he pivoted back instead of side to side like he use to.
Strickland didn`t land the kind of shots Izzy landed on DDP, he just threw a load of jabs and teep kicks, he has a boring spoiler style, Izzy v DDP was an exciting fight and DDP is very muscular and strong and has a good ground game, Izzy is just a great kick boxer with semi decent ground skills.