Stipe wouldn't even survive during Fedor's era

[Gutter Chris]

So why are noobs acting like if he was the GOAT HW ? For sake he'd lost to big Nog or Mirko 10/10.

The result is pretty fresh so I understand the fervor but please let's not forget what the real GOAT has accomplished.

Fedor would have never go life and death with 5'8 Cormier and he would have zulu'd Franck in one round without having to hold for his life during 25 minutes.

Edit : some peoples are accusing me of trolling. My title thread may be exagerated so I'll bring some shade. Stipe could be a solid top 10 fighter but honestly I can't see him doing better. The ring wouldn't be good for him. For exemple he couldn't apply his gameplan for Ngannou with the Pride rules.

Dream on dude.

If stipe came up in the pride days hed probably be uber stipe and he woulda been a handful for any pride legend cuz the guy knows how to fight.

Its ok for things to change and the game to pass people by. Stipe being a beast doesnt take away from fedor and friends greatness and seems disreapectful. I bet fedor and cro cop respect stipe and wouldnt take him lightly if they had to fight him in any era.

 

[Grenades]

You got jokes for days...This one is good but the Nog one should be the closer.

 

[MartinGibson86]

In the women’s division? Maybe?

CroCop fighting 14 Jap "heavyweights" is basically the sameas cross-gender fights anyway.

 

[Timurd123]

No shit
Crap cop, Nog would kill him
He is pretty good but great at absolutely nothing, never showed particular intelligence or anything that would put him over those guys

 

[MartinGibson86]

Nog won the UFC HW title lmao

No he dixn't.

 

[DayV]

CroCop fighting 14 Jap "heavyweights" is basically the sameas cross-gender fights anyway.

He fought Japanese who have 14 wins vs UFC champions.

If you are Japanese, and you beat UFC champion or two, you are good to go.
You have a ticket to fight Cro Cop.

 

[KwoBabY]

No he dixn't.

Let me guess you're doing a word play with the entire "Interim" UFC HW champ thing. Needless to say he did have success in the UFC even in his zombie plodding form.

 

[MartinGibson86]

Let me guess you're doing a word play with the entire "Interim" UFC HW champ thing. Needless to say he did have success in the UFC even in his zombie plodding form.

No.

I'm stating a fact. Nog was never the UFC HW champ.

He was zombie and plodding because he was off the foids.

Dude was 30 when he signed.

 

[Final Say]

Stipe is the greatest heavyweight fighter we’ve ever seen in this sport

 

[MartinGibson86]

He fought Japanese who have 14 wins vs UFC champions.

If you are Japanese, and you beat UFC champion or two, you are good to go.
You have a ticket to fight Cro Cop.

Name one current relevant Japanese fighter over 185 pounds.

 

[Final Say]

Yeah, today UFC HW division is weaker than ever.

No it’s not

 

[TripTictonic]

Isn’t it a coincidence that Fedor was suddenly “out of his prime” when he got to Strikeforce and lost to 3 guys that were more dangerous than 95% of the Comp he faced in Pride, M-1 or Rings? Seems like most of the Pride HW guys were suddenly “past it“ when they moved on to other promotions and started losing.

 

[Texan6533]

I think that’s a bit unfair to say. He reminds me of a young kharitonov with better wrestling. I think he would have been in the mix, but I think he goes .500 against Cro-Cop / Fedor / Nog / Coleman / Randleman / Fujita / Kharitonov / Frye / etc

 

[KwoBabY]

No.

I'm stating a fact. Nog was never the UFC HW champ.

He was zombie and plodding because he was off the foids.

Dude was 30 when he signed.

So like I said he was the Interim UFC HW Champ. You do realize age has absolutely nothing to do with prime right? Some fighters peak later in life, and some peak earlier. Nog was a shell of himself when he signed with the UFC. Using his head to absorb strikes against some heavy hitting HWs does that to you.

 

[Deleted member 545701]

So why are noobs acting like if he was the GOAT HW ? For sake he'd lost to big Nog or Mirko 10/10.

The result is pretty fresh so I understand the fervor but please let's not forget what the real GOAT has accomplished.

Fedor would have never go life and death with 5'8 Cormier and he would have zulu'd Franck in one round without having to hold for his life during 25 minutes.

Edit : some peoples are accusing me of trolling. My title thread may be exagerated so I'll bring some shade. Stipe could be a solid top 10 fighter but honestly I can't see him doing better. The ring wouldn't be good for him. For exemple he couldn't apply his gameplan for Ngannou under the Pride rules.

How many tears did you shed while making this thread?

 

[beroisimo**]

Yeah, Stipe would get murked by Gary Goodridge.

Ban

 

[MartinGibson86]

So like I said he was the Interim UFC HW Champ. You do realize age has absolutely nothing to do with prime right? Some fighters peak later in life, and some peak earlier. Nog was a shell of himself when he signed with the UFC. Using his head to absorb strikes against some heavy hitting HWs does that to you.

Well than he wasnt all that good, sorry. Using your head to ansorb strikes means you have shitty defense. And what were these mythical wars? Fedor & Nog??? 3 fights? lol

 

[SaigeVanZant]

Pride sucked. The lowest level HWs today would dominate in that era

 

[beroisimo**]

Big Nog and Crocop were both well past their prime when they came into the UFC.

Fedor's still winning big fights against dudes who have far less mileage than him. He's beaten almost every major fighter from his era.

CroCop got KTFO by Gonzaga well within his prime, and owned by Kongo too.

Stop making excuses, he got exposed.

 

[LilNicky95]

You don’t understand what a prime is dude.

Sure he does, Stipe was 29 and right at his peak.