If Stipe survives Cormiers wrestling he should be able to hold off Jones

[IndyCovaHart]

Wait a minute what year is this

 

[TheTickG]

I have a hard time predicting this fight. I just don't know how Stipes wrestling matches up to Jon. Let's assume Stipe handles the wrestling. Then we come down to striking.

As I recall, Stipe throws punches. How is that enough to give Jones trouble? Jones isn't even going to be in range. He is going to kick the shit out of Stipe, most likely

Stipe isn't some explosive point fighter who can bridge the gap, so what does he do? What's the game plan?

WAR STIPE!

 

[NenadRS]

I do not think wrestling will be a factor in this fight. Jones has hard time outwrestling fighters with his height/reach easily (e.g. Reyes, 1st Gustafson fight). DC was not able to hold Stipe down, nor any other HW.

How it goes on the feet, I have no idea.

 

[C0NCH3TO]

Stipe’ biggest enemy is father time.

 

[Portland8242]

Can we stop pretending that Stipe isn't a geriatric who's 5 years past his prime?

I honestly cringe at you guys interpreting this matchup like it's prime Stipe who Jones is stepping in there with. Stipe was visibly out of his prime in his last fight 4 YEARS AGO. He's gonna be slow as molasses, bad timing, and probably a sitting duck for most of the fight.

 

[jx820]

The passage of time applies to both fighters. Jon has been in a heavyweight fight for 8 mins.

Yes, time is linear, but one guy is in his mid 30s and the other is in his early 40s. Those are not equivalent things.

Your reflexes, speed, and ability to recover from hard training deteriorate dramatically in the 5 year gap between these two.

Stipe still has his skills and I'm sure he still hits plenty hard, but he's not going to move or react like he did in the past.

The best thing Stipe has going for him is the insane amount of milage on Jon's body. People talk about Jon's wrestling like he's still 23 but he's pretty shopworn.

 

[Intermission]

Which is why I laugh heartily at people saying there's 0% chance Stipe could win. Because even if Stipe actually is the crippled no-hoper they think he is, there's always a chance Jon retears a pec or something in the cage and it goes down as a TKO "and new!"

Life isn't over just because you are 40. Its not like he lost all strength and ability

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

Maybe 5 years ago

 

[g*r*b]

Life isn't over just because you are 40. Its not like he lost all strength and ability

People love to meme themselves into a hive mind about these things. Even though as an active firefighter he's required to keep fit, even though we have had the occasional thread showing pictures of how Stipe has muscled up so much his head almost looks normally proportioned for once, still they'll be posting images of frail geriatics and gloating over their Likes.

 

[TerrorTimmy]

What year did the DC vs Stipe fight you're talking about happen in?

Please stop pretending that Stipe is anywhere near his best. He's been out for over 3 years and is coming off a brutal KO loss. He's old.

This is not prime Stipe. This is a Stipe that hasn't been training regularly and isn't an active fighter. This is a Stipe that's basically just going through the training camp process one more time so he can collect a check.

Please stop this bullshit. Stipe at his best vs Jones is an interesting fight. This is not that fight. Let's not treat it like that fight.

 

[usernamee]

Jonny is going to kick Stipe's knees and poke his eyeballs en route to a decision win

 

[Pechan]

DC was 40 with a fucked back...