How come Khabib is favored to beat Conor in a rematch but not Stipe beating Ngannou in a rematch?

Khabib's face didn't look that after Conor... Ngannou doesn't need to "win rounds".
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Pious Augustus said:
Nah Conor didn't do any better than NnGgggaanu
Khabib's face didn't look anything like this

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They are heavyweights to be fair so can't really compare visible damage. Conor's face looked fine too, despite taking a few sucker punches from khabibs goons.

Conor won a round, did Francis? I honestly don't remember but I believe Stipe won every round.

The smart value money would be to bet on both Stipe and Conor in the rematches.
 
Because they are two completely different fights and therefore two completely different odds.

Simple really if you're not a simple lad.
 
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Because the Ngannou doesn't have to land flush. A mishit can still put a man out whereas Conrad has to hit Dustin in the back of head with 3 or 4 illegal strikes to win.

Though I'm picking Stipe.
 
.......and finally some lightbulbs will come on. Khabib > Conor ........2021 khabib >Conor cause khabib is better and at top of his game.
Remember, Franny was favored to beat stipe the first fight and we saw what happened. He now comes back as a bigger favorite? What does that tell u ?
Franny , right now, would open up betting favorite over anyone. That should speak volumes . He likely sleeps Miocic.

The only rare occurrence ( there MIGHT be another or 2 but were talking rarified air) where the favorite gets handled in first , comes back as equal favorite or bigger and loses again would be the Rory/ Robbie deal.
If there are other situations - refresh the memory.

Remember, Stipe didnt exactly get out of that fight without any battle scars-
 
Khabib is in his prime and Stipe is 38 coming off of 3 violent fights.
 
Not to mention Conor is 5'9", a natural featherweight moving up, while Khabib is 5'10", is therefore the bigger man, as he can barely make 155.

Meanwhile, Stipe and Frances are the same height, but Stipe is really about 225 in shape, while Frances is about 250 in shape.
 
Ngannou hits so hard and it's HW. Less room for error. Stipe got KO'd vs DC. Khabib has taken some hard shots and been fine. I think Conor would need to land repeatedly. Honestly Conor's chances are slim, he's getting taken down and won't get up. Ngannou has a better chance to keep it standing via pure might and he only needs 1 good exchange against anyone. But Stipe should be the favorite, it was very one-sided.
 
Ngannou didnt cheat like 20 times against Stipe, did actual damage and lasted all 5 rounds. I dont see how Conor did better. Stipe has also been in multiple wars since that fight and Ngannou has improved a lot.
 
I'd say because Francis knocked out 4 contenders since their last meeting, and Conor beat Cowboy since his loss to Khabib.
 
Bias. Stipe took Ngannou to school and will take him again.
 
NoBiasJustMMA said:
Stipe has also been in multiple wars since that fight and Ngannou has improved a lot.
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I'd say Ngannou has not improved a single iota. (He's just thought 4 so-so fighters NOT named "Stipe.")

Stipe is the one who's improved, he went from being flatlined by DC to putting on a clinic body attack in their second fight, and beating him in a different way in their third fight. DC is no easy fight for anyone, and Stipe proved he was the better man, in two different ways, via two different strategies.

I agree Ngannou always has a one-shot chance, but to say that "he's improved" by ridiculously fast KOs over immobile slugs is laughable.
 
Infatuation with whatever HW is knocking dudes dead, never mind that you have to go back to Shane Carwin's interim title to find a a previous HW champ who relied almost exclusively on power punches.
 
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