Do you think Tom doesn't want to earn money?
No...? In fact, I've said the opposite.
Do you think Tom is just joking and doesn't really want the Jon fight?
No? I also said the opposite...
Do you think the UFC doesn't want to have two HW titlle defenses this year and only wants one title defense?
Also... No? In fact, I implied the opposite...
All those questions tell me you didn't read the post well. Read more carefully as you missed the point.
Yes, Stipe was not elite because he was 42 yo like you say. I guess Glover wasn't elite when he beat Jan and had one of the best fights ever vs Jiri, almost defeating the same Jiri Prochazka who demolished Reyes... Since Glover was 42 years old too. I guess JJ sucked in the fight vs Cyril Gane because he was also coming off a 3 years of inactivity (inactivity as in, fighting in the octagon, not inactivity in training), huh? Gane was younger than JJ, was far more active, yet Gane sucked after the fight and the 3 years inactive JJ making his debut in HW should suck but he didn't. JJ was 37 yo, had an injury pre fight which needed surgery and 6 months off any training, also had only 3 minutes of HW experience... But Stipe was the only "ring rusty one". Even tho both were basically as ring rusty, and even though Stipe is a natural HW while JJ had only a 3 minutes fight in HW while not training for 6 months due to a serious shoulder injury that took him off for more than a year... JJ dominated the fight, but the narrative is that only Stipe was inactive.
The 42 yo narrative only applies to Stipe (who himself said he felt better than in his last fights, since as per Stipe, fighting over and over at 37+ yo would be worse than waiting, allowing his body time to recover so (again, Stipe saying) his training could be maximized due to lack of stress from injuries and all)... That's the curse of being so dominant... As even when Miocic, who himself stated (but you won't see it since you won't watch a real video that's not a high viewed selected shorts from YouTube) he was in a good shape and felt better physically than in his last two fights (vs DC and Ngannou), which he specifically stated that the lay off and the drive to fight a name like JJ allowed him to have a very effective camping unlike the ones he had in his last two fights.... That won't be filtered by you, since the JJ curse if being so dominant will make ppl like you to take the merits over any high level performance against a legit dangerous opponent. Believe the narrative all you want.
The fact that Stipe lasted longer than Cyril Gane, who had by then defeated any top HW except Ngannou, in a fight that went to decision in a close fight... He and Tom never fought so we don't know, either... But Stipe lasted longer than Cyril Gane. That Cyril Gane defeated Derrick Lewis dominantly, defeated Volkov in their first fight, which by then, was a dominant UD win unlike the last one... But Stipe gave JJ more problems than a Cyril who later admitted he posted the soccer fifa game in a provocative way, but that he trained harder for JJ than any previous match he had.
That should tell you Stipe was elite, was in a good shape and in a high level of readiness,mehich made him more dangerous than Volkov, Cyril Gane and any HW other than Tom Aspinall, who we don't know how dangerous he would be. He is likely better than Gane if we compare Tom defeating Volkov in the first round, unlike the active Cyril Gane who, in his first fight vs Volkov, dominated him, (again, I'm talking about their first fight) but did not finish him in a round unlike Tom.
But who knows, Stipe also did better vs JJ than Gane. Ppl assume Aspinall would beat Stipe in one minute. Oh wow!! that'd be a huge feat, he'd be defeating someone >> Cyril in a minute. I don't think so. Aspinall predicted that JJ and Stipe would likely go to decision, with JJ getting the Unanimous Decision... Tom thought it wouldn't be easy tho, he predicted something like 4-1 JJ, while noticing he thought it would be a definitive, but not an easy victory for JJ. I guess that might have been an accurate assessment of how Tom would fare against Stipe, if you ask me — an Unanimous Decision win, maybe... Because Tom, when asked straight away before the JJ vs Stipe match about his odds vs JJ, would say he sees the fight as a 50/50, saying he thinks he can do it, but he can't be confident he would, as "JJ is the best to ever do it" — Tom's words.
not to mock, but because some one liners know how to make their posts good in a way that, they have a a clear talent for making the atmosphere fun as well. I never get emotional, it's inconsequential to me, so I like those good short posts because... Whatever the lack of seriousness and willingness to discuss, I can't deny they have their appeal and value too.
