Pavlovich carries more KO threat, but would get wrecked if he doesn't knock Jones out.
Stipe would hold his ground everywhere, but I could see Jones' reach be a problem for him. He did struggle a lot to close the distance against Ngannou.
Pavlovich is not a more interesting match up than Stipe
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Stipe would hold his ground everywhere, but I could see Jones' reach be a problem for him. He did struggle a lot to close the distance against Ngannou.
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Sergei's fists make the speed of light wish that it was faster, bro, Sergei doesn't go swimming, water just wants to be around him, what we've seen from Tuivasa, Lewis or Blaydes, he doesn't fight, he just allows you to lose.
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If the UFC cannot come to terms with Stipe, why not make the Pavlovich fight? Nobody else really makes any sense because of recent losses and Pavlovich is on a good run.
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Stipe hasn’t won a fight in 3 years….
and his last fight got knocked out cold
he is 41 yrs old
and his last fight got knocked out cold
he is 41 yrs old
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Myself I'm only interested in Stipe or Aspinall vs Jones in this current HW division.
Even with those there are issue one age and the other experience, so Jones favorite.
Anything else will just be a waste of time, the others offer nothing.
Even with those there are issue one age and the other experience, so Jones favorite.
Anything else will just be a waste of time, the others offer nothing.
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I'd be interested with Stipe vs Gane, and Jon vs Sergei (just like how the UFC booked Zhang vs Joanna 2 and Rose vs Carla 2), it should go like this, also Aspinall is booked to fight Tybura BTW, and let's imagine Sergei upsets Jon, Gane climbs back to the rankings with a KO win over Stipe and Stipe finally retires, Gane defies MMAth and wins the title from Sergei just like Zhang did with Carla, and like that, balance will be restored to the HW division.
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Stipe was damaged goods 5 years ago lol
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Aspinall needs as much cage time as he can get before Jones, so the more fights he has the better.
Jones doesn't loose to the Sergei's and Gane's of the MMA world, he is too smart and well rounded to let that happen.
Even old mileage Stipe has enough in him to defeat Gane, I feel the experience and skill of his standup is better then the fresher bouncier Gane and lets not forget that any decent wrestler that commits will be able to exploit Gane's game in that area.
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Pavel has a impressive finish streak, but that kind of fighter shows up from time to time in HW. Big power, puts everyone out quickly, then face good opposition and fade away. Tod Toffe for instance.
He has yet to prove he is consistently a elite fighter, not just riding momentum.
He has yet to prove he is consistently a elite fighter, not just riding momentum.
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I'm sorry but it's a joke how people credited the win over Gane. The way people talk is like Gane has zero ground game, a complete whitebelt, only because Jones made it look easy. Either Sergei or Stipe, people will dismiss the win afterwards, but atleast with Stipe win Jones would have another champ on his resume.
If Jones beats Pavlovich like Gane, the same people here saying he has an amazing ground game, will be like "well I guess he hasn't improved since Overeem like I thought, shoot". But now he has a win over a guy who has never been champ and may never be champ. "of course it was a perfect opponent, a 40 year old kickboxer without a chin was able to take him down".
If Jones beats Pavlovich like Gane, the same people here saying he has an amazing ground game, will be like "well I guess he hasn't improved since Overeem like I thought, shoot". But now he has a win over a guy who has never been champ and may never be champ. "of course it was a perfect opponent, a 40 year old kickboxer without a chin was able to take him down".
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not the matchup per se, in terms of fighting style, but still the more intriguing fight. much younger, much more explosive, riding a nice winning streak and full of confidence. and will probably be harder to take down than gane. gane is practically a points fighter whereas sergei is a killer, jones is going to have to really be careful going in for the TD.
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I did not mention Aspinall fighting Jon, but yeah Aspinall needs more experience by keep fighting more and more.
Yes, I kinda agree that even a current Stipe would be a tough fight for Gane, but I think Gane would still get his hands raised due to being him still in his prime physically, has a fantastic striking and Vicious KO Power, would do everything it takes to win as he doesn't wanna take another embarrassing loss to a fighter from an older generation.
And for Stipe, I don't think Stipe would be feeling motivated to fight again unless if it's for the title, but if the motivation thing is fr like we've seen from Jon winning against Gane due to feeling motivated, then I kinda wouldn't mind seeing Stipe vs Jon (I'm saying if it is fr, if the motivation thing is a real thing), but Idk about Stipe beating Jon as Stipe probably not in his prime physically, but a prime Stipe would've been a trouble for Jon.
Edit: also no, I disagree, Pavlovich is a HW that's in his prime, reason why Jon beat Gane is no one knew what type of fighter Jon would be at HW, no one was ready for him, he would've done that to any HW, not necessarily Gane, and also at the same time, Gane was still green, he doesn't good wrestling or good grappling enough to match up with a wrestler of the same caliber like Jon, but now Jon wants to pick a fight with Stipe who's 41 years old, Jon gets motivated when he be fighting Legends and channels his anxiety to excitement, but when he fought guys that aren't on the same skillwise like the legends he fought in his first title defenses like Reyes, Santos, he started declining a bit and feeling less motivated, so if Pav would fight Jon, Jon would feel less motivated, Jon needs fear to feel motivated, and Pav is the fighter that Jon would look at him and wouldn't feel intimated, and for that, Pav would be the HW that can figure out Jon and put him away, even see this video, he tells about the difference when Jon fought Shogun, Rampage...etc, and when he fought Santos or Reyes.
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At this point I’m just not sold on Pavlovich wrestling. Like remember when Gane was set to face Jones? Gane been working on his wrestling since the Ngannou fight… Well now Pavlovich been working on his wrestling since the Overeem fight… Sounds like déjà vu…
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People are quick to praise a fighter on a good win streak but I don't quite see how Pavlovich is going to be much of a threat to Jones. He may be more dangerous than Miocic, but he's also inferior skill wise. A dominant fighter's Achilles heel will always be "capable striker with knockout power", but in reality that's just wishful thinking.
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Dude's a killer on the way up, Stipe's got one foot out the door--at best. It's way more interesting to me, and I also want to see how Jon tries to avoid this fight because it's not an ideal matchup for him to say the least.
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I get what you are saying, but Stipe is over 40 and was completely decapitated by ngannou so his chin is fucking shot. He would get wobbled by anything jones lands. At least Pavlovich is dangerous as hell for the first two minutes of the fight.
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If you want Jones to lose - Pavlovich is the guy you go with
40 year old Stipe can't do much anymore
A guy like Pavlovich can turn a fight into a roll of the dice with the right gameplan.
40 year old Stipe can't do much anymore
A guy like Pavlovich can turn a fight into a roll of the dice with the right gameplan.
