Maybe if DC ever lost weight. Olympic athlete or not, he still has to carry that pot belly as a middle aged man. I'm kind of a casual, does DC have excellent cardio? Does he have a fight with a fellow wrestler or grappler I could check out? Im a Slav so I'm biased towards Stipe.we know DC lost the trilogy when he was in the absolute tail end of his career
but what if it's the DC we saw in strikeforce vs Stipe couple years ago
who has a better chance of winning
Surprised by the people easily giving this to Stipe.
You're saying DC was in his prime and durability at it's best in his second to last fight ever at 40 years old?? That's crazy talkStipe was in his prime in the revenge ! Better than ever ! DC was in his prime too ( hands speed, durability, punch harder than ever, more skilled than ever )
Both were at their prime in the second fight
Yes he was :You're saying DC was in his prime and durability at it's best in his second to last fight ever at 40 years old?? That's crazy talk
Stipe destroyed Strikeforce DC easily ! his faculty to take punch wasn't efficient at this periodI would favor HW DC from Strikeforce in his first streak at HW over Stipe like 70/30.
A lot of MMA fans find it hard to be objective when it comes to fighters they like, as we see in this thread.
Dc got out boxed and finished.stipe winsDC was beating the shit out of Stipe "Homer Simpson Defense" Mediocreocic, until he literally aged in front of our eyes.
In their primes, DC easy, every time.
They’re both at the ‘tail end of their career’. Stipe is just a better fighter.
Talking primes is like talking P4P, superheroes, unicorns, fairy dust... let it go.
Why not talk about something that’s actually visible and tangible and directly affected the final result of the right? Without controversial fouls there may have only been one fight with stipe being 1-0. Those eye pokes were massive in the first fight.
In the third fight DC was washed. In the second he was winning and then got too comfortable, just like against Bones