If Ngannou beats Renan Ferreira, where do you rank him among the best current MMA HWs?

[Takes Two To Tango]

Ngannou hasn't fought in MMA in awhile and will see how he bounces back after that brutal beating by Joshua.

And he hasn't fought since the passing of his son.

 

[Red Lantern]

He will never be number 1 until he beats Jon "GOAT" Jones and Tom Aspinall. People often mentions he beat HW greats like Stipe, Cain, JDS. But one thing they never mention is those guys are already old and damaged goods when they fight Francis.

I would say he is currently number 3. Below Jon Jones and Tom. I think Nemkov may potentially beat him if he isn't delusional and chase a boxing fight again like his coach said.

He was struggling a lot against Gane on the ground, Gane usually hovers around 248-250 while Ngannou is 272 and have to cut weight to 265. And we know how bad Gane's grappling and wrestling is when he fought Jon. Jon Jones and Tom would have toyed with Francis.

 

[backlight]

If he came back to the UFC, Jones would gtfo, so...

 

[Luthien]

He will never be number 1 until he beats Jon "GOAT" Jones

 

[don't ask]

He doesn't need to beat anyone to be #1. People need to beat him to be the top dog.

 

[Leinster Rugby]

He doesn't need to beat anyone to be #1. People need to beat him to be the top dog.

he left the UFC as undisputed HW champion. can't wait for the Ferreira fight, hope he bounces back strong

 

[RichardHarrow]

Beating Ferreira does nothing.

 

[spinup]

He will never be number 1 until he beats Jon "GOAT" Jones and Tom Aspinall. People often mentions he beat HW greats like Stipe, Cain, JDS. But one thing they never mention is those guys are already old and damaged goods when they fight Francis.

So what did Jones do at HW to be #1? He beat Gane, who Ngannou beat before (while badly injured). And he is about to face Stipe who according to you was already "old and damaged goods" 3years and 1 KO loss ago. And he will never face Aspinall.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

#2, as I just believe Aspinall would beat him. Jon Jones isn't even currently ranked, he has been inactive far too long and grapplefucked white belt, heel hook the wrong way, trains only during training camp, nah I can't fight now got a 10 second bit part in a movie Gane.
If it was anyone else, Tomothy Aspinall would be deservedly holding the belt and the question would rightfully be Ngannou vs Tom.

 

[spinup]

#2, as I just believe Aspinall would beat him. Jon Jones isn't even currently ranked, he has been inactive far too long and grapplefucked white belt heel hook the wrong way trains only during camp Gane. If it was anyone else, Tomothy Aspinall would be deservedly holding the belt and the question would rightfully be Ngannou vs Tom.

Hard to bet against Aspinall at the moment, the most impressive HW run since Ngannou. It's outrageous he does not get more fights.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Hard to bet against Aspinall at the moment, the most impressive HW run since Ngannou. It's outrageous he does not get more fights.

Agreed. I bet against him in the Sergei fight as I believed full camp Sergei was going to be too much, but that fight was where I realized how special Tom is.

Hope his employers enjoy the same discovery.

 

[Leinster Rugby]

So what did Jones do at HW to be #1? He beat Gane, who Ngannou beat before (while badly injured). And he is about to face Stipe who according to you was already "old and damaged goods" 3years and 1 KO loss ago. And he will never face Aspinall.

apparently Ngannou (who quit the UFC as HW champion) has to prove himself against a multiple time peds cheat who won the belt by beating a guy who didnt have it.

 

[RockyLockridge]

He will never be number 1 until he beats Jon "GOAT" Jones and Tom Aspinall

Jon and tom will never be number one until they beat francis

 

[Fergelmince]

"I'm still so bitter about him refusing to be taken advantage of by multi Billion dollar UFC that I now consider him never that good and probably the WOAT HW"

-Half of sherdog

 

[Steve Fox]

B-leagues p4p

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Depends how he looks doing it. He should destroy Renan really.

 

[Cobra 03]

I would rank him at #3 Hw. I still think Jones and Aspinall would beat him, because I still don't think Ngannou has good enough wrestling to beat either guy.

 

[Poirierfan]

Francis is still the rightful champ. The poster above me thinks Jones and Tom beat Francis, I don't think so.

 

[Poirierfan]

Depends how he looks doing it. He should destroy Renan really.

If he wrestles, then yeah. Renan is super dangerous on the feet, you know this.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

If he wrestles, then yeah. Renan is super dangerous on the feet, you know this.

Fight IQ would be part of how you'd rank a fighter though, so he should be wrestling.