Ngannou has 30lbs of pure muscle over stipe.

[eighterumg5]

Another one bites the dust....

 

[Mcountry]

Yup. Muscle tires you out. Stipe has to get past the first round then his chances increase as every round goes by.

Yup! All he has to do is not get tagged. Play defensive for the entire first round, and clinch as often as he can. Science will do the rest.

It was a strategic choice that he's come in so much lighter.

 

[JonnyBonesPharmacist]

The ole eyeball test.....always right

 

[Reyes Lost]

Here cones the excuses. I'm betting on Stipe as well but you need to show more confidence in your fighter. Its obvious you think he's going to lose and you're making excuses early.

 

[Reyes Lost]

Its smart when you think about it. The only way ngannou wins is if he catches stipe. If stipe is too fast to illusive ngannou isn't punching him he's going to get tired early on and it will be easy for stipe to outwrestle him just like in the first fight.

 

[nhbfan8080]

We don't know if the weight gain is pure muscle. I think its a mistake for Ngannou to come in this heavy.

 

[DivineMind]

Which is not necessarily an advantage.

My man, that might be the GOAT rack on that chick.

As for this fight, what all you folks are missing is that we're getting into big fish eats little fish territory. 40+ lb difference is not merely a speed or cardio advantage, even with the same strength you have less mass to throw around and lay on a guy.

If Ngannou can shrug him off he'll land 1 or two bombs in the process and that's game over.

 

[AminoAcid]

I fear for his life. Miocic by stoppage

 

[chs140]

It's more than a 30 lb difference.

Ngannou is dehydrating to get under 265

Stipe is so far below 265 he has no reason to dehydrate.

In-octaton Francis is probably at least 50 lbs heavier

Lol

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

He'll also gas quicker - if he doesn't get this done early (first round) he's gonna get stopped (TKO) or another lopsided decision.

Stipe is by far the better fighter but age and that power even things out a bit more.

 

[Pilo]

And Stipe probably has 4 rounds of pure cardio over Ngannou.

That was a decisive factor in the first fight and likely will be in the rematch, whereas Ngannou outweighed Stipe by a considerable amount of pounds the last time and lost the fight.

 

[iwantgsp]

lol that muscle difference was same at their first fight. wonder what happened?

This fight is about Stipe's age, not Ngano.

 

[Iron Nick]

Scariest guy in MMA. By a mile.

Simultaneously, when he speaks and isn't locked in a cage, he's also the least scary guy in MMA.
This might sound homoerotic (i don't care though, lol), but when he speaks there's something very warm and soothing about his voice, especially coupled with his accent.

I still maintain the view, that he has to do at least one audiobook in the future!

 

[Iron Nick]

If only Ngannou was one inch taller and 2 pounds heavier, he'd actually be allowed to join sherdog!

 

[hbombfromhell]

Nah. Stipe will do the same as last time 8/10 times.

 

[Ancient Warrior]

The size difference is only an advantage if Ngannou is able to utilize it.

Stipe knows what Ngannou has in his toolbox and didn’t keep the extra mass because he doesn’t need it. If Ngannou doesn’t catch him early, Stipe will finish him this time with better cardio.

 

[jjresq]

If Francis is better conditioned than he was in the first fight he wins this fight easily. If Stipe tries to wrestle Francis he's just going to tire himself out and end up getting caught especially since he's so much lighter this time around.

 

[White Whale]

He weighs more than in their first fight and he gassed while Stipe dictated the pace while choosing were the fight went.

 

[Nuclear Fallout]

My man, that might be the GOAT rack on that chick.

As for this fight, what all you folks are missing is that we're getting into big fish eats little fish territory. 40+ lb difference is not merely a speed or cardio advantage, even with the same strength you have less mass to throw around and lay on a guy.

If Ngannou can shrug him off he'll land 1 or two bombs in the process and that's game over.

Yeah she has a great rack. Had to go back and look. Did not disappoint.

 

[kenetics]

I think Stipe traded size and strength for speed, endurance, and agility during the DC trilogy. Which in this fight will help Stipe take down a gassed Ngannou in the mid/later rounds should Stipe make it to those rounds.

It will also help Stipe avoid getting hit, but also weaken his ability to take a blow should one land clean (along with age and the wars he went through against DC).

It's going to be harder for him to take Francis down this time around because he's much lighter. He's going to probably struggle more. I hope he clips Francis when he comes in wild.