Media Francis Ngannou: "I'm BEST Heavyweight In MMA Now NOT Jon Jones or Tom"

[Big Tuppy Hole]

Did you apply this same standard when he took a nearly 3 year MMA absence?

Or does returning against a can work for you?

No different than Jon sitting on the HW title

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

Agreed

His relative inactivity of the past 3-4 years renders him forgotten

I agree in away, the longer he goes without fighting legitimate contenders ( i dont know if there is any) and if he chooses the boxing route the more you can claim the winner of Jon Vs Aspinall is the #1 HW

 

[JakePaulMMA]

Of course, but would I still pretend I'm better than everyone I haven't fought and can no longer fight?

Yes

 

[Cowboy Kurt Angle]

Prime Stipe ended at the second DC fight yet he KO'ed him in the 3rd one.

Went the distance with DC the third time

 

[CC27]

All 3 have a case and picking any of them isnt wrong imo but if Jones/Tom happens then that will clear it up cause winner of that is getting that number 1 spot.

If that doesnt happen then its gonna be Tom cause in the end Jones will retire soon and Ngannou is approaching 40 with nobody to fight. He'll mix between another boxing match and mma but it wont be a big fight. Now thats not to say UFC HW div is great and Tom has all these amazing options, he doesnt but he has more than Francis. He can fight Gane/Volkov, he can fight Jailton and he can fight Alex which would be a big time fight. So he has more options for name fights than Francis not to mention he's already got 5 top 10 wins so if he just keeps winning he'll be considered the guy.

Hopefully we can see Jones/Tom next year though.

 

[CC27]

Ngannou is the best HW right now , he was the man when he went to the PFL, to be the man you have to beat the man, Jones fought a pillow fisted kickboxer with 0 ground game and a corpse , Aspinall had an impressive run, but Ngannou is the MAN and somebody has to beat him to take away that from him.

So what does that say about Francis that he could barely beat that pillow fisted kickboxer and had Gane not made the single dumbest move in title fight history he'd have walked out the undisputed champ. The fact people treat Gane like a bum win for Jones is so retarded to me.

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

Francis beat a less washed Stipe. But Stipe absolutely was not prime then either

I think the writing was on the wall already while the DC trilogy was still going. You cant be on the wrong side of 35 committing years of your career to only fighting one guy in a long drawn out trilogy and expect to be the same fighter at the end of it.

But yeah, that 2021 Stipe was a solid top 5 level HW still, i'm not sure 2024 Stipe would be top 15.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

Went the distance with DC the third time
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That still doesn't change the fact he beat DC twice in a row when the only one to beat DC prior to this was Jon Jones. You're telling me a out of prime Stipe is beating DC twice in a row? comon man...

 

[JBJ was here]

That still doesn't change the fact he beat DC twice in a row when the only one to beat DC prior to this was Jon Jones. You're telling me a out of prime Stipe is beating DC twice in a row? comon man...

Yes, an out of his prime Stipe beat a fat - even by DC standards - crippled 40 year old DC fresh off back surgery and struggled mightily to do so.

The DC who lost to Stipe gets absolutely mauled to death by Tai Tuivasa.

 

[markg171]

No different than Jon sitting on the HW title

Jon defended last week.

Tom hasn’t fought since July.

Who’s sitting on which belt?

 

[clackers]

Jon Jones for sure.

He’s got the belt that’s matters right now.

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

Jon defended last week.

Tom hasn’t fought since July.

Who’s sitting on which belt?

He fought a 40+ hadn't fought in years Stipe in a useless waster of time dick measuring "legacy fight" when there was a true challenger more than happy to fight for the undisputed title.

Why is the camp not fighting the interim Champ? It doesn't make sense

 

[RevolverOctopus]

It would be interesting to see if Tom would adjust his fundamental strategy. We all know that Ngannou is a counter-striker who can stand there the whole fight, waiting for his opponent to blitz, doing absolutely nothing while waiting. Easy win for Tom if he fights smart, 50/50 if he fights his typical fight.

Tom would land his leg kicks, which Ngannou wouldnt like. Not convinced Tom doesnt get ktfo trying to do his bounce in 1-2 that he gets everyone with. Would favour Tom but not in punch exchanges

 

[RevolverOctopus]

Heads Tom wins
Tails Francis loses

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