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DC has fought giants before. DC has always been shorter than his opponents (except for maybe Monson — but they looked equal to me). And DC always has a shorter reach than his opponents (again possibly excepting Monson). But thus far, DC has won all his fights save for the two Jones’ fights. And he’s won the majority of rounds against his combined competition.
So, him being a “man let” has not hurt him much. And he’s been fighting better than ever despite being “old,” so it’s not as if DC has been steadily declining and losing and getting busted up and is now ready for the rest home. He’s a top fighter with a stellar record who may well beat Stipe. Or maybe not. But his talent and accomplishments speak for themselves.
DC isn't fighting 'better than ever' he literally got beaten to sleep in his rematch with Jones. He couldn't make it out of the third round.
Volkan had absolutely no business in a title fight, but the division is paper thin.
Gus dropped DC like a sack of potatoes and took him to a gritty controversial decision.
Regarding his heavyweight run, Roy Nelson has a losing UFC record. If you fought Roy Nelson in the UFC, you had better than 50% chance of beating him just by way of showing up. Everyone beat Roy. Mir, have a look at his record in the last 5 years. Bigfoot has been knocked out a cartoon number of times.
It's an enormous step up in (heavyweight) competition for DC fighting Stipe. Blaydes would be a substantial step up from Roy and Mir.