Is Francis evolving into the HW GSP?

[Brutus.......]

Primarily a striker early in career;
Adds TDD to skill set;
Adds wrestling and grappling to skill set;
Happy to stand with wrestlers (Stipe);
Wrestlefucks strikers (Gane);
LNP to steal rounds;
Decision victories;
High fight IQ and adjustments;
Rustles Dana’s Jimmie’s.

Admittedly slight hyperbolic, but who saw today’s fight coming?

 

[alex21cms]

GSP couldn t finish a figth to save his life

 

[Post 2 Decision]

You think Francis has the TDs and grappling of GSP?

Ridiculous thread is ridiculous

 

[Post 2 Decision]

GSP couldn t finish a figth to save his life

How old were you when GSP fought? 5? 6?

 

[aali14]

GSP couldn t finish a figth to save his life

This, GSP totally UD'd Bisping on his last fight..... right?

 

[Bronson]

GSP couldn t finish a figth to save his life

Lol Well, after his Serra loss he opted for a much safer approach. Georges “Rush” St-Pierre ceased to exist.

 

[alex21cms]

This, GSP totally UD'd Bisping on his last fight..... right?

he finished a 1 eyed man big deal freaking Kelvin Gastelum did it faster

 

[wildchild88]

Francis has KO'd 4 of his last six opponents in about a minute or so each..

GSP is super technical.

There's no real comparisson here bud..

 

[tequilaboy]

GSP couldn t finish a figth to save his life

You are aware his last fight to date was a finish?

 

[PrinceOfPain]

Nah. He's not going to run into a lot of strikers at HW who force him to grapple. But, it's good to know that when he does, he can throw them around like he used to toss around bags of sand.

 

[Tweak896]

We can only hope Ngannou defends as much!

 

[HindustaniKush]

No


Rouz
Overeem
Etc
Etc

That he KO are all strikers

Stipe is not only a wrestler Stipe he mixes it up well and does both striking, clinch, and grappling. Also Overeem while primarily a striker also is an excellent grappler with takedown defense.


The only time Ngannou fought "safe" was vs Lewis. He was injured in this fight and did mount Gane and slam him. He didnt fight safe did what he needed to win

 

[Brutus.......]

You think Francis has the TDs and grappling of GSP?

Ridiculous thread is ridiculous

Where did I say that?

 

[alex21cms]

You are aware his last fight to date was a finish?

you are aware it was against Bisping

 

[TheAmericanGazelle]

It's not the craziest thing in the world to fight where you have the greatest comparative advantage.

In this fight, it was clinching/TDs/ground.

That's not entirely different than what GSP did post-Serra, but Francis's skillset is a lot more lopsided than GSP's was...tonight is probably the only matchup for him where he would have to go to the grappling well over and over and over again to win. Perhaps against one or two others maybe an attempt here or there to mix it up

 

[Brutus.......]

No


Rouz
Overeem
Etc
Etc

That he KO are all strikers

Stipe is not only a wrestler Stipe he mixes it up well and does both striking, clinch, and grappling. Also Overeem while primarily a striker also is an excellent grappler with takedown defense.


The only time Ngannou fought "safe" was vs Lewis. He was injured in this fight and did mount Gane and slam him. He didnt fight safe did what he needed to win

Not really, he clearly fought safe this fight, and did exactly what he needed to win. Very different to most of his previous fights.

 

[Taric]

Ngannou is a purple belt at best and I would classify GSP a 2nd or 3rd degree black belt in knowledge, technique, and skills.

 

[jk7707]

Frank better be better at negotiating his new contract. I hope he holds Dana's feet over the fire.

 

[PrinceOfPain]

you are aware it was against Bisping

The champion of a heavier division.
Impressive stuff.

 

[Brutus.......]

Ngannou is a purple belt at best and I would classify GSP a 2nd or 3rd degree black belt in knowledge, technique, and skills.

Yeh, but Francis is fighting at HW, where there’s very few elite grapplers. And GSP certainly wasn’t there early in his career. And I did mention hyperbole.