Remember last time when Stipe was the underdog against Ngannou?

[I Lie To Girls]

Except Stipe puts away almost every opponent, do you even watch his fights?

He's great at putting away 40 yr olds that are one trick ponies.

 

[campbecc]

The funny thing is Francis hasn't shown any improvement since that fight and has fought his way to a title in the exact same way again.

when was he an underdog? Francis won for good reason.

 

[Koro_11]

He's great at putting away 40 yr olds that are one trick ponies.

He’s also pretty great at making Francis his bitch.

 

[I Lie To Girls]

He’s also pretty great at making Francis his bitch.

Sure. By holding on for dear life for 25 minutes. Got me there.

 

[The Schmoop]

Francis has literally gotten worse in his striking. Wild and reckless. I have no reason to believe Stipe puts on another clinic in him.

 

[Final Say]

better matchup

Ah, strongly stronnnngggly disagree. I don’t even know what would make you say that. Stipe is a better striker than volkov, better boxer than Gane and a way better wrestler than both

 

[Myrddin Wild]

I guess the point to this is that teh casualz under-estimated Brother Stipe.

I was not one of them... in fact, I called it almost exactly like it played out on post #8 during the lead up to that fight.

I'm not trying to make myself out as some kind of profit... but ffs, I got that one right so give me a fooking attaboy on that one at the least.

 

[Kumason]

If Stipe is smart he will do the exact same thing. From what we can see it doesn't look like Francis is working on his cardio, which was his main problem. All the videos of his training are weight lifting and boxing.

To be fair a video of him jogging down the road doesn't sound too intriguing.

 

[Final Say]

Sure. By holding on for dear life for 25 minutes. Got me there.

He annihilated francis standing up as well

 

[g*r*b]

actually he did make adjustments



in 1st fight he made a mistake of chasing after stipe.

all he gotta go is slowly corner him and with a smaller cage it would help him more

Regardless of how "despacito" Francis is determined to go, if he hasn't learned how not to bite on feints he'll still chase....or else be frozen into indecision like against Lewis.

 

[I Lie To Girls]

He annihilated francis standing up as well

Annihilated... nevermind dude. You're impossible.

 

[Final Say]

Annihilated... nevermind dude. You're impossible.

Look at the fight. Look at the stats. Stipe absolutely owned him, you know this, so stop acting like you don’t just cuz you got a problem with me lol

 

[Quacky Chan]

Love Stipe and love that he represents Cleveland but in a rematch I’ll be scared he gets his head knocked off.

we’ll see.

That was the fear the first time too.

 

[Quacky Chan]

stipe had good gameplan and stuck with it, while its obvious ngannou underestimated him in the 1st fight

in 2nd ngannou puts him out in 1st

volkov and perhaps gane are the only true challenger for ngannou in top 10

Yea, Ngannou has really grown his game. He now has way better cardio and ground game. He can defend the TD and he's not afraid to grapple with anyone.

 

[I Lie To Girls]

Look at the fight. Look at the stats. Stipe absolutely owned him, you know this, so stop acting like you don’t just cuz you got a problem with me lol

Who was actually hurt in that fight? Not who was gassed.

 

[RicardinhoPT]

There is no reason to believe this fight will go any other way than the first one. Ngannou has a punchers chance but Stipe should be the heavy favourite

 

[Rebel_LioN]

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Pepperidge Farm remembers

 

[Final Say]

Who was actually hurt in that fight? Not who was gassed.

stipe landed the biggest punches in the fight and was never rocked

 

[Rajon Rondo]

Pepperidge Farm remembers

https://www.mmafighting.com/2020/8/...otential-bouts-with-jon-jones-francis-ngannou

https://www.mmamania.com/2020/8/17/...nderdog-against-francis-ngannou-jon-jones-mma

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

It's always hard for people to really be 100% on Stipe and I don't know why that is

Part of it is that Stipe isn't great anywhere. Ngannou is. Stipe is very well-rounded, but neither a truly great striker or a great wrestler. He's a good enough wrestler to outwrestle guys like Ngannou, and a good enough striker to outstrike guys like Werdum.

Imo, another part of why people don't buy into Stipe despite his obvious success is that he's a lot smaller than a guy like Ngannou. He's smallest HW champ since Couture.

edit: or it could be just this:

The real answer to the question is that sherbros tend to fall in love with flashy fighters and shit talkers, while quiet killers like Stipe, or Yan for example tend to fly under the radar and get underestimated.