Anyone else think Jones will look bad against Stipe?

[axe wound]

Great to see people somewhat invested in this sport still

 

[Marko Polo]

Not really.
Stipe looked awful against Ngannou.
He was slow and weak.
And this was 4 years ago.
He also looked pretty bad in his last Cormier fight, but managed to get a win.

I remember watching Stipe's JRE episode and when it came to training to prefered to talk about everything else, but not training.





He didn't, the judges did for him

Batman would look slow and weak in there with Francis

 

[Young Calf Kick]

He’s already looking bad by not being there in the cage with him, meanwhile doing nothing but yapping and ducking the real HW champion.

 

[Michael Wetzel]

Jones may look bad and unmotivated, but Stipe will look worse. His chin is shot; the Cormier trilogy took everything out of him.

 

[tritestill]

I hate to give a serious reply to a @justmark sock puppet thread, but I'm about 50/50 on Stipey feeding Jon to the canvas. If Stipey can avoid the teeps and eyepokes, Jon might just get sent to the shadow realm.

This really him? I like this thread though. Guess not all his threads are horrible troll jobs.

 

[TJH Exitium]

Imagine if the inactive champion actually fought the interim champion to unify the belts

Imagine how crazy that would be

 

[Xoleth]

Batman would look slow and weak in there with Francis

No.
Stipe in the first fight
Lewis
Joshua

Others made it

 

[Marko Polo]

No.
Stipe in the first fight
Lewis
Joshua

Others made it

So when Francis was green and a former champion in another sport

 

[TheTickG]

Jon looked pretty goofy on the feet against Gane, arguably lost to Reyes and Santos in his two fights prior, he's pillowfisted and Stipe, albeit 42, can wrestle.

I see a glorified sparring match and terrible looking fight with both guys showing up to get paid where Jon just kicks at Stipe's knees from the outside, most likely winning a boring and ugly decision... and people saying, "This is the GOAT?", the guy who cheated his whole career, looked like crap against a 42 year old, wouldn't fight the real HW champ, Dana turning red making excuses ect.

Just as sad as us not getting to see Jon getting blown out by Aspinall, will be us not being able to see Stipe getting blown out by Aspinall demonstrating how much better he can do it than Jon as both Jon and Stipe will be heading for the hills to avoid that fight.

Jon's tainting his legacy here because he's drawn attention to the world the fact that this move to HW is a scam and he's not willing to fight the best which is laughable considering this whole GOAT narrative Dana and Jon are screaming about. He's sacraficing some of that legacy for a final payout and it may backfire.

WAR STIPE!

 

[Pitier of Fools]

Unless Stipe can get a flash KO, I don't see any way he wins this fight. At 42 years old and with a 3 year lay off, there's no way he has 5 rounds worth of cardio. Not even close.

I hate to say it, but Jones is going to decision him by outworking him.

I really do hope I'm wrong.

 

[Poirierfan]

so true, TS. Jones got KOED stiff last 5 fights no idea how he managed to win them

I didn't see that, he only got KO'ed 3 times that I know of.

 

[Hdfi]

He already looks bad for picking Stipe instead of a real contender.

 

[Pepy]

he might,

but Stipe might look worse.

 

[Sean Ryan]

I hope Stipe knocks him dead Then he knocks Tom out dead and finally Poatan gets knocked dead by StipeGoat

That would take 12 years to happen.

 

[jx820]

Jon is 37 and probably has more wear and tear on his body than any 2 champions in MMA. He has like 20 championship level camps of training and like 75 rounds of championship level fighting.

I think it's a safe bet he wont look as good as he did at 25.

With that stated, I think he gives Stipe a lobsided beating.

 

[Morris88]

 

[SuperNerd]

I was thinking about this recently...

It's a lose lose fight for Jon.

If he destroys Stipe quick, it proves Stipe was a retired bum.

If its a tough bout, Jon struggled with a retired bum.

The window for JJ to look like a hero in this bout is small. And nobody besides paid actors are going to be throwing flowers at Jon after this win.

 

[HHJ]

I was thinking about this recently...

It's a lose lose fight for Jon.

If he destroys Stipe quick, it proves Stipe was a retired bum.

If its a tough bout, Jon struggled with a retired bum.

The window for JJ to look like a hero in this bout is small. And nobody besides paid actors are going to be throwing flowers at Jon after this win.

And the more time passes, the worse the fight looks on paper.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Stipe was brutally emasculated by Francis and hasn't fought ever since. It's going to be like 3 1/2 years of inactivity. Is the dude going to come out guns blazing with the utmost confidence against a guy like Jon Jones? The odds aren't looking good imo. I imagine it's going to be the most tentative version of Stipe we have seen in a very long time

 

[Senzo Tanaka]

I could see it being boring and slow. Stipe is good enough to go to decision. I think Jones is going to struggle with his cardio with the added weight.

Considering Jones nearly lost to Santos and Reyes, anything can happen. I see 48-47 either guy.