Francis Ngannou (prime) vs Tom Aspinall

[Fedorgasm]

Ngannou might still be in his prime.

I know his last opponent was not great but neither was Jones last opponent.

And Francis dominated his opponent more.

My money would be on Ngannou.

 

[Ares Black]

Aspinall runs right through him

 

[kenetics]

Lol who has Aspinall beat? The almighty Pavlovich who had already been destroyed by old man Reem? Or Blaydes whose been KOd in every big moment of his career?

I get you guys want Jones to lose so you’ve created this imaginary unstoppable world beater in Aspinall to give you guys hope but he’s not that guy, it wouldn’t even be competitive, the best version of Ngannou would send him to the astral plane.

This. We don't even know how he will do if he's put on his back, hurt, tired etc . People are funny on here.

 

[Ares Black]

Ngannou might still be in his prime.

He is nowhere near his prime

I know his last opponent was not great but neither was Jones last opponent.

Jones's last opponent was arguably the greatest HW in UFC history

And Francis dominated his opponent more.

My money would be on Ngannou.

You would likely lose your money IMO

 

[Ares Black]

Lol who has Aspinall beat? The almighty Pavlovich who had already been destroyed by old man Reem? Or Blaydes whose been KOd in every big moment of his career?

I get you guys want Jones to lose so you’ve created this imaginary unstoppable world beater in Aspinall to give you guys hope but he’s not that guy, it wouldn’t even be competitive, the best version of Ngannou would send him to the astral plane.

This is an exceptionally shitty hot take

 

[Neck&Neck]

Francis never had a prime
He was like 40 in Cameroonian years when he started MMA




Big Tom would probably wreck him
Frank always a punchers chance though

 

[MitMcl]

I think Tom is the better, faster striker, but Ngannou is durable enough to withstand Tom’s stand up and would catch him eventually. It wouldn’t surprise me if this fight went differently than most people expect with more wrestling involved though.

 

[Hymen Crusher]

This is the definition of a 50 50 fight. I would pick tom based on activity at this point but I wouldn't put any money either way and honestly wouldn't be rooting for either guy. I like both of them.

 

[kenetics]

Tom wrecks Ngannou eight or nine times out of ten. Ngannou hitting a bit harder matters not at all given how hard Aspinall already hits, and Aspinall is simply much better than Ngannou at every other aspect of MMA aside from counter-punching. Aspinall is significantly faster and more accurate than anyone Ngannou has ever faced, reducing the utility of that one advantage. Ngannou has also been exposed to the extent that fighters with appropriate talent sets know what they have to do to beat him, and Aspinall has an appropriate skill set and is as good as anyone at executing his skill set well. Aspinall has an easy time of it if he fights a smart fight.

You're dreaming , wake up lol

 

[J'Ghasta]

Reminder that its Dana Whites fault we cant find out

 

[TheBulge]

I haven't seen enough of Tom to really judge this accurately. And that doesn't mean I haven't watched him fight because I have. I just need to see certain things from a fighter to know he won't just get bulldozed by Ngannou.

 

[Fedorgasm]

He is nowhere near his prime

Jones's last opponent was arguably the greatest HW in UFC history

Yeah and so was Fedor, but nobody got credit for beating him at the end of his career.

Also, what evidence do we have that Ngannou has gone downhill? Getting KO'd by a top 5 boxer is not it.

He had 1 MMA fight. His opponent was ok, not great, but not terrible. And Francis dominated him like he was supposed to.

The only thing you could say about Francis is maybe he has ring rust from being inactive, but from what we've seen in the cage his skills haven't declined.

 

[Ares Black]

Yeah and so was Fedor, but nobody got credit for beating him at the end of his career.

Sure they did. Not full credit.

Also, what evidence do we have that Ngannou has gone downhill? Getting KO'd by a top 5 boxer is not it.

His performance against Gane was concerning and now he's almost 40 years old.

He had 1 MMA fight. His opponent was ok, not great, but not terrible. And Francis dominated him like he was supposed to.

The only thing you could say about Francis is maybe he has ring rust from being inactive, but from what we've seen in the cage his skills haven't declined.

He haven't seen anything of note in the cage for years.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

His performance against Gane was concerning and now he's almost 40 years old.

Why does everyone conveniently forget that Francis had no knee's in that fight?

 

[Ares Black]

Why does everyone conveniently forget that Francis had no knee's in that fight?

And now he has surgically repaired knees and he's almost 40

 

[YourBoss]

Both two of the baddest monsters ever. 50/50. Speed with Power vs Power with Speed. Currently 55/45 in favor of Tom, but Ngannou is still able to take out any man on the planet.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

And now he has surgically repaired knees and he's almost 40

Are we just going to forget Tom also has a surgically repaired Knee?

 

[Ares Black]

Are we just going to forget Tom also has a surgically repaired Knee?

Sure, one knee, and he's 31.

There is a huge difference between 31 and 38.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

Sure, one knee, and he's 31.

There is a huge difference between 31 and 38.

There is but there's no evidence of the knees compromising Francis' performance..

Edit: Also Francis does not have the blitzing style of Tom so repaired knee's likely will not affect him as he gets older unlike it will Tom. Tom relies on his blitz, as he gets older the knee will start affecting his blitz..

 

[Ares Black]

There is but there's no evidence of the knees compromising Francis' performance..

Well, it's a moot point because Ngannou is gone and will no longer be fighting real competition