Revisiting Stipe vs Struve

[Ludwig von Mises]

Lots of people say how Struve only won because of the eye poke. That's partially true but the reality is that there was a lot of exchanging going on way before the eye poke. Stipe hit Struve with his best punches. Landed his signature 1-2. Landed some hard right crosses. Some good body shots etc.

Struve took his best shots and was still in there firing back. Even before the eye poke Stipe was spent and Struve had begun teeing off on heem with some good shots, specifically an uppercut which started it all.

Stipe was 30 years old and in his 10th pro fight so its not like he was some novice- plus he had lots of experience in amateur boxing and collegiate wrestling.

Great win for Struve over the greatest UFC HW ever.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Struve landed pretty much every uppercut he threw that night

 

[Kenny Powerth]

Styles make matchups

 

[Carrotman23]

It was Stipes Matt Sera esque loss ha (although not as bad as GSP's because like you said he was fairly green still and its HW) .

Its been said a lot , but it always bothered me how Struve almost never fought tall. I feel like if he had been around to train with Volkov or adopt his style it would've done wonders for him. In any case I'm glad he's doing well now with MMA media gigs, because he's seems like a great guy.

 

[Luthien]

The way Struve fights you'd think he had the reach disadvantage

 

[Reach4theSky]

Struve should've learned to make a jump shot instead of fighting...

 

[Ludwig von Mises]

Styles make matchups

 

[Sakuraba'sEar]

Struve is awesome.

In medieval war he would have wielded a two handed axe or zeiwander sword

 

[VinceArch]

Struve's best win.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Struve only won because of the eye poke

I always remember thinking that little slip had as much to do with it as anything. As soon as he got his balance back, BOOM.

 

[VinceArch]

Struve is awesome.

In medieval war he would have wielded a two handed axe or zeiwander sword

But he would've remembered he's Stefan Struve and would throw his weapon away in favor of using his boots as weapons.

 

[Cucumber Slice]

But he would've remembered he's Stefan Struve and would throw his weapon away in favor of using his boots as weapons.

He'd point the handle of the sword towards the enemy.

 

[USA!USA!]

Struve's best win.

lol you don't say? Was there anything even in contention?

 

[VinceArch]

lol you don't say? Was there anything even in contention?

You never know around here.

 

[Ivancho]

struve a pretty underrated guy was fighting under his potential he had a heart condition

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Lots of people say how Struve only won because of the eye poke. That's partially true but the reality is that there was a lot of exchanging going on way before the eye poke. Stipe hit Struve with his best punches. Landed his signature 1-2. Landed some hard right crosses. Some good body shots etc.

Struve took his best shots and was still in there firing back. Even before the eye poke Stipe was spent and Struve had begun teeing off on heem with some good shots, specifically an uppercut which started it all.

Stipe was 30 years old and in his 10th pro fight so its not like he was some novice- plus he had lots of experience in amateur boxing and collegiate wrestling.

Great win for Struve over the greatest UFC HW ever.

Stipe slipped on the canvas immediately before the finishing sequence. Why don’t you mention that? That was literally when the shot came that signalled the beginning of the end.

Maybe watch it just ONE more time?

Edit.

And pay attention at 1:18 left. And that was not long after the eyepoke that already had him at a disadvantage. Such disingenuous is kind of revolting.

 

[legcramp]

The way Struve fights you'd think he had the reach disadvantage

Struve fought just like Matt Serra

 

[dipstickjimmy]

Struve should've learned to make a jump shot instead of fighting...

100% this. NBA players make so much money it is crazy.
His career disclosed earnings per Tapology is $685,000.
Average salary in EuroLeague is between $500-800k
NBA min salary in 2010 was $473k.

I think he would have made more as a practice squad player then he did in MMA.

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

Shane Del Rosario (RIP) also gave a young Miocic fits standing up and Miocic really only took over when he finally got the fight to the mat, so it's not hard to believe that Struve's striking and size would give a Miocic issues, even without the eye-poke...

The version of Miocic that lost to Struve was a completely different fighter than the Miocic that won the title though.

 

[Dr. Rose]

Lots of people say how Struve only won because of the eye poke. That's partially true but the reality is that there was a lot of exchanging going on way before the eye poke. Stipe hit Struve with his best punches. Landed his signature 1-2. Landed some hard right crosses. Some good body shots etc.

Struve took his best shots and was still in there firing back. Even before the eye poke Stipe was spent and Struve had begun teeing off on heem with some good shots, specifically an uppercut which started it all.

Stipe was 30 years old and in his 10th pro fight so its not like he was some novice- plus he had lots of experience in amateur boxing and collegiate wrestling.

Great win for Struve over the greatest UFC HW ever.

Good win indeed. The slip allowed that shot to be super clean too.