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I don’t disagreeBetter move than a rematch with Nagannou.
My Dad is Croatian so I’m allowed to stoop to such depths.Stinky
I'm so down with this. He would get paid and be a perpetual HW champ. Why not? Might attract some better HWs to ONE.
I'm aware, and that was foolish thinking. Asia is full of manlets. Some of the best lighter weight fighters are in Asia. But at MW and up, it's pretty thin these days. Aung La Nsang is the best big guy they have, and he isn't big enough to have a good fight at HW against Stipe. The only guy Stipe really has to fight is old Brandon Vera. Think if Stipe wants money and an easy road to a belt, ONE is a good option.To be fair, the assumption was that DJ would be a perpetual whatever-weight-he-wanted champion the second he signed with ONE.
I'm aware, and that was foolish thinking. Asia is full of manlets. Some of the best lighter weight fighters are in Asia. But at MW and up, it's pretty thin these days. Aung La Nsang is the best big guy they have, and he isn't big enough to have a good fight at HW against Stipe. The only guy Stipe really has to fight is old Brandon Vera. Think if Stipe wants money and an easy road to a belt, ONE is a good option.
I'd been in the joint for a while. I forgot they got Aliakbari. If he keeps training seriously he still could have a few good years left in him. I wasnt exactly aware that they were building up that weight class (finally) but I'm happy to find out they are. Great news!Yep, the lighter weight classes are impressive.
ONE have looked to invest in the heavies recently with Malykhin, Bhullar, Aliakbari and Reug Reug, unfortunately Aliakbari lost to an overweight Korean and Reug Reug ran into a Belarusian.
Stipe would beat former champ Vera and then dethrone Bhullar, and I guess he could defend against someone like Aliakbari if they get him on a win streak.
No reason whatsoever for him to stay in the UFC, and there's a few credible match ups in ONE before he retires or loses.
Demi Scott. Love your av btw jack Burton was the shit.
Bro... there's no USADA in One. Stipe's gonna get creamed. Unless he, you know, does his part.
Dude accomplished all he had to and is very likely the UFC HW GOAT. Time to make that generational wealth now and provide for the grand kids. Definitely go where the money is. ONE's HW division is a big drop off and will give him so relief. Going from DC and Big Frank to Vera will probably be alot better for his brain too.I don’t see easy fights for stipe no matter where he goes. He should go where the money made the most sense.
i hope he gets the fights he wants.. especially Francis part 3 if he confidentially thinks he can beat him at 250 ish lbs like he said.
It seems apparent to me what’s happening is stipe is looking ahead and seeing that a title shot for him could be down the road a long way and this interim bullshit just complicated it even more n he ain’t getting any younger.
it could be 2 years till stipe gets a title shot and or frankis rematch in the ufc n John ducked so what interesting fights within 2 years are there for stipe in the ufc?
I dont know... look at Mighty Mouse and Alvarez.Stipe at 50 can still dominate ONE.
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I dont know... look at Mighty Mouse and Alvarez.