Next Heavyweight Champ = Stipe Miocic

[rearnakedchoke]

Stipe is old. I’m hoping he wins. Dude is classy.

 

[Dorkman]

you have george foreman as your avatar!

45y/o george reclaiming heavyweight world title 20 years after he first won it.

Yes. But very few get to do that. I never expect a fighter to be able to just ignore Father Time. Some can, but I never expect someone too. They are a big minority who are able to do so.

 

[arcadeperfect]

like i said in another thread, stipe has never been in trouble on the ground and doesnt really get taken down- did cormier take him down? i cant recall honestly. stipe will light jones up on the feet, jones will start feeling the weight of being 240 an after 3 rounds be very tired then stipe koes him - straight right down the pipe.

stipe isnt one of jones shitty heavyweight training partners like maurice green nor is he gane.

he also doesnt buy into the aura of jones invincibility and wont be spooked like gane was

DC did take Stipe down:

https://66.media.tumblr.com/a09088ed3ef956d22c28748be2aff359/tumblr_pwf1a9OK9o1rofocqo1_400.gifv

 

[Your Two Braincells]

Frankly I hope Stipe cheats in every way possible. I wouldn't give a fuck if he pissed hot after the fight. Just get it done.

I agree, Jon Jones does it and people just swoop it under the rug and call him goat, why shouldn’t old man Stipe.

 

[Scheme]

Stipe is 41 and 41 isn't kind. I liked this fight better back in 2016.

He'll be 42 by the time the fight happens

 

[Poatan Power]

The contingencies in this are questionable.

Age doesn't matter? 41 is pretty old, man.

Stipe can shut down Jones' wrestling? Uh..... Jones out wrestled DC. He didn't shut down DC's wrestling. He out wrestled him. The grappling in this is far and away in favor of Jones, IMHO.

Jones also has a solid chin. Stipe has solid power, but he hasn't knocked anyone out in 4 years...

Jones may lose, it's a fight...but he's def a favorite.

I agree, Jon Jones does it and people just swoop it under the rug and call him goat, why shouldn’t old man Stipe.

Who sweeps this under the rug? We all know he used PED's at some point. He's still got the best resume of anyone who's ever fought.

 

[Captain_Dammitt]

I don't think its that people are writing Stiopic off its that he's fighting Jon Jones. Yes, Stiopic is 41 but 41 isn't that old for HW. Yes, he's coming off a long lay off but that's actually pretty common for more established fighters from time to time but 2.5 years is a long ass time but that is also what Jon just did. I'm not picking Jones just because of all the intangibles; age, time off, etc., I'm picking Jones because Stiopic is fighting Jon freaking Jones, the GOAT.

 

[Patof]

Jones isn't young for an athlete, but he still managed to do well after a long layoff.

He's younger than Stipe and arguably the GOAT.

 

[jsbx45]

I think he has more of a chance than most people in these forms seem to be giving him. That being said I favor Jones.

 

[felmmando]

He's younger than Stipe and arguably the GOAT.

But he's still not young, and Miocic is arguably the UFC HW GOAT.

 

[BigOlJeet]

I believe Stipe will take it, Jon Jones juices to the point where Ronnie Coleman looks clean.

 

[Todd498]

Stipe is 41 and 41 isn't kind. I liked this fight better back in 2016.

I loved LOVED this fight back in 2016. But Captain Turinabol Jones decided to just Tweet about it instead.

 

[felmmando]

Frankly I hope Stipe cheats in every way possible. I wouldn't give a fuck if he pissed hot after the fight. Just get it done.

It would certainly be interesting to see who has the better eye poke. That last eye poke he gave Cormier was epic. Miocic learnt the technique from Cormier, who learnt it from Jones. It'll be amazing if he can excel his teacher's teacher.