First, thanks a lot about the compliments
I've since edited my post to add the actual fights, and more info about Panda Dyczka
, a guy I really thought would have a shot at the big leagues with his crisp hands (for HW at least) and iron chin.
For the first part of your post, fair enough, even if I had to look up fightfinder to get reminded why Overeem arguably won his last fight... and ok, the Roz KO was right in the middle
That fight really pissed me off, since Overeem had clearly established that he was the better fighter, but now because he couldn't keep his hands up for a full round, we would have to "waste" precious time by giving Roz a title eliminator against Ngannou...
... aw, I'm being too harsh on Roz; and OK, I get your point, but to bo back to the comparison between 2021 AO and 2020 JDS, Overeem was still KO'd 2 fights before the Volkov bout, in which he looked pretty bad.
And if you look at who beat JDS in those recent bouts preceding the Gane loss, they're all guys Overeem lost to (even if I agree that the Roz fight has some kind of weird asterisk next to it, I think most people here would disagree with us).
But you're still right, JDS
was on a 3 fights losing streak, and AO was more relevant.
I'll still be rooting for Ciryl Gane
it will be a hard fight, and one I wouldn't want to bet on, especially with Gane as the favorite (I've read Gane -165, Volkov +135)
Like I said earlier, Ngannou vs Gane is my current HW dream fight, while Volkov vs Ngannou.. it would be a cool fight too, but the storyline isn't as powerful, with Gane being undefeated and a former training partner, and their fighting styles compliment each other better IMHO