How much did Stipe regress?

[TerraRayzing]

Now that we saw it, how much has he regressed from his previous fights? That Ngannou fight was a domination where he couldn't go much but he appeared capable of throwing punches and still had some speed against Francis. He was already kinda shot in the DC trilogy but that Stipe looked like a completely different fighter to the one we saw this time.
He was so stiff and uncoordinated that he couldn't even connect a single leg kick. It was sad, tbh. And he looked slower than Mike Tyson did at times.
Did he regress even more than you thought? I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting him to fall off this much.

 

[ncboy]

Jon's diverse attack can make anyone look tentative and slow. But yeah, his movement looked particularly degraded since DC trilogy.

 

[bjjwar]

Jon's diverse attack can make anyone look tentative and slow. But yeah, his movement looked particularly degraded since DC trilogy.

Gtfoh just go wacth Stipe’s training footage pre fight, dude can barely move and is injured lol.

 

[CannotWin]

Stipe wouldnt rank in the top 10 of HW right now. He showed up to get beat for a lot of money. Good for his family, bad for his legacy.

 

[andgonsil]

Walker could beat this Stipe

 

[Nobru]

He retired and he wasnt at his best when he did

Four years have passed

He gets a phone call to earn a few mil by fighting Jones

Thats what happened to him. WWE style.

 

[gracie_barra_samurai]

He should have rejected the fight. Not like he's a typical broke fighter. Bros been working a decent job his whole UFC run.

 

[J'Ghasta]

The regress since Cormier 3 was tremendous. Way more than I thought it would be. Best version of Stipe was 2015-2018 imo.

 

[13Seconds]

Stipe has looked worse and worse since DC beat him. That trilogy killed both their careers.

 

[GolovKing]

He should have rejected the fight. Not like he's a typical broke fighter. Bros been working a decent job his whole UFC run.

This is probably the biggest payday he's ever got and there are no more big paydays coming for him in his lifetime

 

[TerraRayzing]

Stipe has looked worse and worse since DC beat him. That trilogy killed both their careers.

Think the first Francis fight was his peak and then he started falling off. IIRC, guy took some big shots from Francis too, despite winning and dominating.

 

[wisdom blows]

He looked awful

 

[Bret 'The Hitman' Hart]

He already looked bad and slow against Ngannou. I let you imagine what 4 years can do when you're in your 40s

And I'm not disrespecting Stipe. We all get old.

 

[Koala]

He's 42 and have been working a real job full time for a few years
That's just the UFC that made you forget he was not an active fighter

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

He was a slow plodder with good hand timing in his 30's. He looked Iike he was moving on glue traps last night

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Imagine getting knocked out badly and then sitting on the sidelines for 4 years doing something completely different. Your mind is not even in the game anymore. Stipe was declawed and neutered years ago.

 

[nostradumbass]

How previous? I mean he obviously looked horrible, but he also got completely run over 3 1/2 years ago by a guy he previously beat, and he wasn't really faster than overweight 40 year old DC for his 3 fights before that, so continue that fairly rapid decline for several years and add on some ring rust. Could be a case of fighters being the last person to know when they're shot, or maybe he did know and just showed up for the money.

 

[Myrddin Wild]

He stuck out to me very early in his UFC career... (I pretty much dictated how Ngannou 1 would go ahead of time)... & I was pretty shocked at how different he looked even before teh gnp.

After teh gnp we saw a tentative Stipe... which we've never seen before. He did teh right thing by retiring. Perhaps him & Tyson can do a charity for firefighters or something, but he's done with any championships.

Great run though. After Cain lost the title... Stipe cut through about a half dozen long-time top-tier gate keepers to become champ. At the time, those guys only lost to each other for about 5 years or so, but Stipe cut through them & remained on top. It's been a great ride being a Stipe fan!!!

 

[USA!USA!]

Jon's diverse attack can make anyone look tentative and slow. But yeah, his movement looked particularly degraded since DC trilogy.

This. Jon made him pay for every movement and mistake with diverse attacks, particularly to his body. He worked his body from the get go which slowed him down even more.

Stipe was not who he once was, but Jon made him look a lot worse because of how good he is.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

He looked like he should have been the one boxing Tyson