Ngannou Vs Gane is the most hype HW fight since?

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Fedor vs Crocop?
Lesnar vs Cain?
Cain vs JDS?
Stipe vs Francis?
Stipe vs DC?

Where does it rank for you?

If they somehow make this fight in France, jeeeeez. This is the time to make the sport blow up in France. That country is breeding top athletes in every sport right now by the boatloads.
 
It's got parallels to Fedor/Crocop, but the fighters are in different positions. Fedor was the well rounded and athletically gifted champion who seemed to dispose of most opponents effortlessly. Gane is the well rounded and athletically gifted top contender, who seems to dispose of everyone effortlessly. Crocop was the most feared HW striker before he fought Fedor (and for a time after), who could end a fight at a moment's notice with his signature strike (head kick). Ngannou is the champion and most feared HW striker, who can end a fight at a moment's notice with his signature strike (punch).

There was added drama between Fedor and Crocop after Crocop easily disposed of Fedor's brother Aleks with his signature strike. There is added drama between Gane and Ngannou bc of their ties to France.

Will Gane echo Fedor and defeat the feared striker? Idk. It's a lot easier to land that big punch than it is that head kick.

Ngannou by KO. (Imo.)
 
Slightly below JDS vs Ubereem.

I was so hype for that title fight that I'm still salty it didn't happen when it was supposed to.
 
I was more excited for dc v stipe, and stipe rematching Francis than Francis vs Gane.


Outside of them both being good fighters there's none of the drama to make it an especially hyped fight.

Sure it will be a good fight, but think Francis has the power to easily give Gane his first loss and derail yet another sherdog hypetrain.
 
Its a massive fight for true fans, and both stars are burning brightly. However neither one is a big draw like Conor, GSP, Lesnar, etc. I will be very interested to see how the PPV sells but I wouldnt be surprised if its top 10 of all time.
 
moogie101 said:
I was more excited for dc v stipe, and stipe rematching Francis than Francis vs Gane.


Outside of them both being good fighters there's none of the drama to make it an especially hyped fight.

Sure it will be a good fight, but think Francis has the power to easily give Gane his first loss and derail yet another sherdog hypetrain.
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But is Gane really a Sherdog hype train? He has wins over JDS, Rosensteik, Volkov, and Blackbeast. Thats 4 top 10 fighters in a row, sounds like the real deal.

Not to mention Vegas had him at a justified 3:1 favorite over Black Beast, and its not Sherdog moving those betting lines.
 
It's up there with the best matchups ever imo. Way better than anything involving Jones or Stipe. HW has been pretty bad for years but Ciryl and Francis will go down as the best of this generation and they would be top dogs in any era.

Most skilled vs most feared. Both guys huge and amazingly talented athletes in their primes. Can't wait
 
This will be big as cain vs jds 1. gane gets the win in the first match. Ngannou wins the last 2 to end the trilogy.
 
It's a great fight, but the interim belt is literally bullshit to feed upon.

Francis won less than 4 1/2 months ago and said he was ready AUG/SPT/OCT.

Love it... but that's a jab to interim someone after that amount of time. Again, it was like 600+ days of Cain being champ between YEARS of the same 2 people, then the JDS/Werdum match.

4 1/2 months and they made an interim. It's a joke.

Either dude that won (BB/GANE) is the obvious #1 contender. Some bullshit belt doesn't make the conclusion any better as to what was a foregone conclusion.

Jones can eat a dick at this point. Stop wasting yer career. It's been a year and a half, shit or get off the pot.
 
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at HW? I remember there being insane hype for Lesnar vs Carwin, the stupid glove size talking point - anything just got people pumped up, I personally thought JDS vs Cain 2 had a ton of hype as well, Cain vs Brock.

I'm beyond stoked for this fight to happen and don't even have any idea of which way I think it will go.
 
The last HW title fight

It's not bad by any means, but it's not any better than most, either
 
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It's got parallels to Fedor/Crocop, but the fighters are in different positions. Fedor was the well rounded and athletically gifted champion who seemed to dispose of most opponents effortlessly. Gane is the well rounded and athletically gifted top contender, who seems to dispose of everyone effortlessly. Crocop was the most feared HW striker before he fought Fedor (and for a time after), who could end a fight at a moment's notice with his signature strike (head kick). Ngannou is the champion and most feared HW striker, who can end a fight at a moment's notice with his signature strike (punch).

There was added drama between Fedor and Crocop after Crocop easily disposed of Fedor's brother Aleks with his signature strike. There is added drama between Gane and Ngannou bc of their ties to France.

Will Gane echo Fedor and defeat the feared striker? Idk. It's a lot easier to land that big punch than it is that head kick.

Ngannou by KO. (Imo.)
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Francis also has insane hand speed even while windmilling punches. It's gonna be interesting, I just hate that it got mired in a bunch of drama with interim belts.
 
Hype is justified

Winner gets huge boost -- unless it comes with an acting award
 
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