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Stipe won the fight and in my book is a true hardass. But people acting like Stipe CRUSHED/SMASHED Ngannou are literally koolaid sipping idiots.
Cain vs JDS is what a beatdown looks like. Stipe vs Ngannou was a wrestling clinic, NOT a beatdown.
Stipe didn't dominate Ngannou, Stipe out wrestled him, there's a huge difference. Ngannou punched himself out, and then Stipe capitalized by taking him down, where he layed on him inactively for over 3 minutes.... only throwing a random punch every now and again when Herb warned him about inactivity.
Ngannou was gassed to all hell, and Stipe still couldn't/didn't come close to putting him away. In case you forgot, the fight finished with both men standing.
Damage? Ngannou looked exactly the same at the end of the fight, as he did in the beginning, just more sweaty. Stipe on the other hand had a wrecked eye from a glancing blow.
Lastly, the person that came the closest to getting KOed was Stipe with the right hook in the 2nd or 3rd that put him on queer street.
Not discrediting Stipe at all, he's a f*cking warrior out there, and the best man that night won. But to say that Ngannou isn't a warrior also, is just as bad as the people who were saying that Stipe had no chance.
Objectively speaking, aside from Ngannou punching himself out and getting out wrestled, the fight was much more even than alot of you are making it seem.
Cliffs:
1. Stipe is a badass, certainly one of the top HWs in UFC history....his record speaks for itself.
2. Those writing off Ngannou as another Bob Sapp are complete idiots. He showed the
tenacity and grit that you expect from a top level fighter. He'll get another title shot
sooner than you think.
Cain vs JDS is what a beatdown looks like. Stipe vs Ngannou was a wrestling clinic, NOT a beatdown.
Stipe didn't dominate Ngannou, Stipe out wrestled him, there's a huge difference. Ngannou punched himself out, and then Stipe capitalized by taking him down, where he layed on him inactively for over 3 minutes.... only throwing a random punch every now and again when Herb warned him about inactivity.
Ngannou was gassed to all hell, and Stipe still couldn't/didn't come close to putting him away. In case you forgot, the fight finished with both men standing.
Damage? Ngannou looked exactly the same at the end of the fight, as he did in the beginning, just more sweaty. Stipe on the other hand had a wrecked eye from a glancing blow.
Lastly, the person that came the closest to getting KOed was Stipe with the right hook in the 2nd or 3rd that put him on queer street.
Not discrediting Stipe at all, he's a f*cking warrior out there, and the best man that night won. But to say that Ngannou isn't a warrior also, is just as bad as the people who were saying that Stipe had no chance.
Objectively speaking, aside from Ngannou punching himself out and getting out wrestled, the fight was much more even than alot of you are making it seem.
Cliffs:
1. Stipe is a badass, certainly one of the top HWs in UFC history....his record speaks for itself.
2. Those writing off Ngannou as another Bob Sapp are complete idiots. He showed the
tenacity and grit that you expect from a top level fighter. He'll get another title shot
sooner than you think.
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