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Except ngannou had been boxing for 10 years and training mma for 5 by the time he fought stipe. And stipe was never the most skilled heavyweight, so you take a stipe that struggled to take down ngannou when they were fresh, you shrink him down, you send him through 3 wars and age him up, perfect recipe for ngannou still in his prime to knock him outNot that great of a win when you consider how raw francis was
He was knocking out guys on the backend of their career on his ascension. Theres a big difference between facing a faded overeem and facing the champion. What green fighter gets a title shot? One that competes in a division as shallow as heavyweight has been historically. Look at brock for example.
Being green is a better excuse because an older fighter has more experience and you can say they have more skills from the time and work put in. Experience>little experience. Stipe was older but was the same as far as having the same skillset. He also had his best performance the fight before facing francis.