Poll: Which Fighters Did Stipe Beat in Their Prime?

[robbie]

Small MW Dan Henderson? lmao

OMG LOOK AT FEDOR ABSOLUTELY DWARF AND TOWER OVER HENDO!

SMALL MW VS SUPER HUGE HUGE SUPER HW

amirite?

oh, and btw, Hendo was on PEDs.

Hendo cut zero weight for that fight and weighed 207 as he was required to be above 205. Fedor was supposed to be 220 or less but weighed in at 223. The Hendo camp didn't care about Fedor's missed weight. Fedor normally fights around 230 - 235. Never said Fedor was a massive HW. He was smaller to mid sized HW, but fought HW his whole career. Hendo has skinny legs / hips and fought many bouts at WW and MW in his MMA career. When he fought at 185 in the UFC he was rarely if ever the bigger fighter. Hendo was generally willing to fight bigger fighters at LHW, he was a warrior. TRT was allowed for awhile, so your Hendo PED comment has merit. Not steroids, but it was extra testosterone.

 

[Istryker]

Oh now it makes sense. Mommy just bought you your first PRIDE VHS for Christmas. You have a lot of entertaining freak show fights to catch up on kiddo!

You’re funny man. Real funny

 

[kingjim]

Fedors record was padded with fucking cans amongst his few impressive wins...
Sherdogs pathetic and the only place that still holds him in the goat talk. Get in the real world nerds

 

[Istryker]

Fedors record was padded with fucking cans amongst his few impressive wins...
Sherdogs pathetic and the only place that still holds him in the goat talk. Get in the real world nerds

In the real world Fedor is considered the P4P Goat.



kid.

 

[Hatorade]

New fans are so obnoxious. When Stipe lost against DC, we had these threads in favor of DC being greater than Fedor (and honestly at the time he possibly had a better claim than Stipe does now). Stipe beats him in the rematch and now we get this. Prior to that it was Cain, who fought the same 3 fighters for years, until getting killed by old Werdum.. Prior to that it was JDS who I was actually impressed with in his prime.

I enjoy watching all of them, but overall though I don't think any of these guys have the longevity yet to go against Fedor's resume yet.. Then factor in they've all suffered bad defeats just like Fedor did (without the longevity or resume) and I can't put them ahead.

I feel like new fans that are really into MMA are more into Fedor. He's like the hipster MMA fighter. The millennials love him particularly because he's retro and they often hate Merica. Saying Fedor is better than Stipe to them is like saying N64 is better than PS4. It makes them feel like they know something that the "casual" fan doesn't, and being a casual is like the worst thing in the world to anyone that's really into something whether it's music, computers, or even something like shoes.

millennials are fucking worthless turds with stupid opinions on most shit, so their opinions shouldn't really matter.

 

[Cylence]

Fedors record was padded with fucking cans amongst his few impressive wins...
Sherdogs pathetic and the only place that still holds him in the goat talk. Get in the real world nerds

The overall GOAT talk has always been a hotly debated and split topic.

However, he's universally regarded by respected journalists, pundits, and historians of the sport as the greatest heavyweight of all time.

I challenge you to compile me a list of credible people within the sport that don't share that opinion. You won't find many.

 

[PlayTheGame]

Ah, another good ol' "No one in MMA has ever been good" thread.

 

[Summoning]

Fedor at 34 was pretty close to Prime Fedor. Fedor losing to Bigfoot is equivalent to Stipe losing to The Skyscraper.

Must be hard to walk here with those giants clown shoes.

 

[Richard Fannin]

DC, JDS, and Werdum would all smash any version of Nog into a living death.

Why did Werdum lose to prime Big Nog in PRIDE then?

"got destroyed by Mir when he was still in his prime bud"
lol
He was all fucked up from staph in their first fight, and old and broken in their rematch.

 

[DOMMA]

Must be hard to walk here with those giants clown shoes.

no it's not. Bigfoot Silva was a much better fighter than Stefan Struve ever was.

A lot of Fedor fans on this thread are claiming that Bigfoot was some killer and was far better than Struve, who beat Stipe. Surely Bigfoot must of went on a tear after beating a young, 34 yr old Fedor. Let's take a look:

Imagine that....he lost his next 9 of 12 fights, including a loss to Struve.

 

[Ackmed]

40 year old Cormier is 1-1 in fights with Stipe and has won more rounds when you combine both of their fights.

 

[g*r*b]

Beat up a 40 plus year old LHW who said he’s about to retire?

He is asking about prime

DC lost because he didn't protect his body. That's something he's had a problem with throughout his career, it wasn't the result of a Senior Moment.

 

[Fergelmince]

Beat up a 40 plus year old LHW who said he’s about to retire?

He is asking about prime

 

[Grenades]

Stipe beat FRANCIS NGANNOU.

People wanna make excuses saying Ngannou was green when they fought look at what he did before and barely after the Stipe fight (Lewis aside). He’s a fucking wrecking machine , so that ‘he was green’ isn’t valid. Stipe just beat the piss out of Ngannou, quit making excuses and give the man his due.

 

[pick999]

He's fought several fighters in their prime, but almost all of his best victories were over past prime fighters.
He still has a MUCH better resume than Fedor if we're being honest though. It's not like he's fighting guys that can't defend an arm-bar or 300lb freaks with no athletic ability. Add to this, he would beat Fedor up.

I feel like Fedor is greater, but Stipe is better. It sorta like comparing Jim Brown to Adrian Peterson. Brown is historically the greater running back in terms of his legacy and impact on the sport, but in no way shape or form was he better than Adrian Peterson.

Apples and oranges ,played in weaker era

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

A lot of Fedor fans on this thread are claiming that Bigfoot was some killer and was far better than Struve, who beat Stipe. Surely Bigfoot must of went on a tear after beating a young, 34 yr old Fedor. Let's take a look:
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Imagine that....he lost his next 9 of 12 fights, including a loss to Struve.

did you look at his record BEFORE he fought Fedor? he was 16-2 had wins over former UFC champions like Arlovski and Ricco, and title contender Justin Eilers. there's also the fact that Bigfoot Silva was on steroids his entire career until USADA, and that's when he dropped off when he could no longer use steroids.

the fact that Bigfoot Silva contended for the UFC title should be a no brainer that he's better than a guy who has never even smelled a title contention.

you take it out of context because you have the advantage of hindsight, but at the time Bigfoot fighting Fedor was a big deal. Stefan Struve fighting anyone is never a big deal. you know why? BECAUSE HE'S NOT GOOD. that's why.

Struve beating a washed up Bigfoot doesn't mean he's better like you're suggesting. Struve beat up Big Nog, are you going to argue that he's a better fighter than Big Nog too?

 

[Grenades]

Werdum. I'm not saying he was a young fighter but I really think he was at his best when he fought Miocic.

Werdum had recently beat Fedor and then a pretty close to prime Cain (don’t wanna bear any bullshit sea level Xain excuses), so I’d agree Werdum was at the top of his game when Stipe knocked him out.

 

[MeatWagon06]

I know that he beat ngannou but that version was green and Most people believe that he gets KTFO if they rematch.


Stipe has one of the weakest resumes ever for a Champion and people claim that he’s a better HW then Fedor.

Uhh ok. If he hasn’t. Who’s a HW who has? You literally can discredit anyones resume if you’re a douche.. Stipe is The Best. Deal with it, Turd.

 

[MeatWagon06]

Small MW Dan Henderson at age 40 says "hello" to 35 year old HW Fedor...

Those are some brutal looking “hellos”

 

[mmacasualviewer]

The American people never got to witness a prime Ford Escort with decades of planning behind it.