DDP vs. Prime Hendo?

[mkt]

In the spirit of the thread below on Anderson vs. Strickland and recent discussion of current top MWs vs. MW champs/contenders from the past, how about this one?

Strickland vs Anderson / does it say anything about MW overall

So I was going to make this thread before Sean vs DDP but decided against it, since Sean's last fight was a title fight win I assumed everyone would say he beats any Anderson 100 out of 100 times. Then I was going to make the thread after Sean lost to DDP, but then realized he just lost a SD...

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Should be a fun fight however it went. Without making my own prediction yet, I'll say that it would probably depend which Hendo showed up. The one who lost to Jake Shields or the one who beat Fedor just 15 months after the Shields fight? The one who lost to Misaki in Pride or the one who beat Vitor and Wand in his next 2 fights when both were still very good fighters? And of course there's the TRT Hendo vs. Non- TRT Hendo question.

 

[Mammothman]

Du Plessis eat a lot of punches and that spell disaster when fighting Hendo.

Or Du Plessis can figure him out, evade the H bomb and beat him systematically down like he did with Rob.

 

[USA!USA!]

Diamond Dallas Page via diamond cutter TKO in the 3rd

 

[KOPPE]

DDPs retard rush is too much

 

[Straight Right]

Jake Shields dominated Hendo…. And Jake Shields did beat GSP like 2 rounds standing

 

[mkt]

Du Plessis eat a lot of punches and that spell disaster when fighting Hendo.

Or Du Plessis can figure him out, evade the H bomb and beat him systematically down like he did with Rob.

I see some similarities between them: both very strong, both have good chins, both have KO power in their hands but rely too much on their chins for striking defense. Hendo is a far more decorated wrestler but DDP uses wresting more often. Hendo did use his on occasiona though, like vs. Rich Franklin and the 1st round against Anderson.

The main difference is Hendo was more-or-less a classic wrestle-boxer while DDP has an awkward style along the lines of Keith Jardine or Jiri...though none of them really fight the same way, either.

 

[mkt]

Jake Shields dominated Hendo…. And Jake Shields did beat GSP like 2 rounds standing

Only after a really nasty eye poke. I like Jake but GSP was cruising to a typical 50-45 before the pokey-pokey.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Du Plessis eat a lot of punches and that spell disaster when fighting Hendo.

Or Du Plessis can figure him out, evade the H bomb and beat him systematically down like he did with Rob.

That was shown in his second fight with Soldić when he got shadowrealmed.

 

[Neck&Neck]

DDP is just a Great Value Hendo

 

[Striker Fox]

Jake Shields dominated Hendo…. And Jake Shields did beat GSP like 2 rounds standing

That was prime Jake Shields after eyepoking GSP, not the past prime version that outstruck Woodley

 

[dc007]

Hendo hits too hard. He would win.

 

[StonedLemur]

Hendo hits too hard. He would win.

And he had a granite chin.

 

[Levi_]

At his best Hendo would win. He would have a small advantage everywhere. Harder and more accurate punches.

 

[nonoob]

DDP's current state isn't even in the same world as prime Hendo.​

 

[Odoylerules4lyf]

People might hate on me for saying this but I think Dricus would take him down

 

[Liverkick-king56]

This feels like a coin flip.

Hendo was a deceptively good striker and fed Bisping right hands before the iconic KO he also went in with razor close fights against Machida, Evans and Shogun close to their primes but DDP is also a deceptively good striker and would have a cardio advantage along with what seems to be more diverse striking.
Grappling most likely stalls out with no significant control time so this comes out to Hendos power vs DDP's volume.


I'm leaning Hendo just based on the fact DDP gets tagged quite often early and Hendo was a master at setting up those KO shots. I really could see this being like a Shogun/Hendo type war where both men are determined to break the other guy but neither man's willing to quit.

 

[mkt]

People might hate on me for saying this but I think Dricus would take him down

I mean Ninja Rua took down Hendo. DDP is definitely a better wrestler than Ninja and stronger as well. Whether he could keep Hendo down for long periods is another story. DDP is no Cormier (who fought and dominated an old Hendo) but Shields also managed to keep Hendo down a good bit. Not many others could, though.

 

[JosephTessaro]

Jake Shields dominated Hendo…. And Jake Shields did beat GSP like 2 rounds standing

So Shields probably takes it.

 

[mkt]

So Shields probably takes it.

And Shields lost to Ellenberger, Hector Lombard and Fitch so this gets really messy.

 

[johny ringo]

Hendo lost fights he could’ve easily won or should’ve on paper. DDP could get the W depending on how he fights. I do think it’s Hendo’s fight to lose.
Edit- After thinking about it more. I think it comes down to if DDP wants to keep it standing or uses a wrestling game plan. 50-50.