Tai Tuivasa vs Stipe Miocic

[HaulParris]

Tai needs to rebuild. Give him a Maurice Green-level fighter (I know he's not in the UFC anymore) so he can regroup. Stipe has probably one more fight left in him, make it a good one (not Tai). If they do fight, Stipe by wrestling.

 

[humdizzle]

Stipe heavy favorite

Tai has a punchers chance.

 

[ookii]

Tai's TDD is bad enough that even a 40 year old Stipe could manage to take him down and secure a ground and pound TKP against him. Stipe needs to stay away from people like Francis, Gane, Blaydes, Sergai and maybe even a HW Jones

 

[kalabula]

Stipe and Jon are in the same boat. A lot of miles and time off. Who knows what they’ll look like if/when they return. Gun to my head, Tai KO’s him.

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

And this is why the whole thing of UFC fighters having complete control of their fights is BS. Their opinions should be considered but at the end of the day it should be UFC who decides the fights, not the fighters. Purely idiotic.

Yup. And if they ever want to near that sport "legitimacy" they keep grasping for, having steadier fighting contracts (and ranking system that´s not populist) would go a long way.

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

Stipe and Jon are in the same boat. A lot of miles and time off. Who knows what they’ll look like if/when they return. Gun to my head, Tai KO’s him.

Even if Stipe did well, any fight he ever has again my heart will just be pounding non-stop in anxiousness over him getting KOd (lol while the other guy seems to brush off everything Stipe/the old legend throws)

 

[JTDarkseid]

Yup. And if they ever want to near that sport "legitimacy" they keep grasping for, having steadier fighting contracts (and ranking system that´s not populist) would go a long way.

I dont mind the ranking system tbh but the problem is that the fighters have way too much control over their fights. Thats the biggest issue currently. Learn from boxing and do matchmaking the correct way like boxing does.

 

[Quietus]

I think they’re going to retire Stipe by making him fight Pavlovich for the next title shot and he will get brutally KOed. And they’ll move Tai down the ranks, they don’t want a chubby guy drinking from shoes to be within a fight of a UFC title. They buried him on purpose by feeding him to Sergei.

 

[Shano123]

Stipe is too busy savin lives to fight

 

[TRUS8888]

Stipe fought terrified, got big brothered then brutally ko'ed.

He probably only comes back if ngannou gets thrown out of ufc.

 

[mjfan23]

Stipe still fighting?

 

[kalabula]

Even if Stipe did well, any fight he ever has again my heart will just be pounding non-stop in anxiousness over him getting KOd (lol while the other guy seems to brush off everything Stipe/the old legend throws)

Yep. Similar to how I’d feel in a hypothetical matchup between Rob and Alex.

 

[Bork Neslar]

At this point, Thai by KO.

 

[g*r*b]

I could definitely see Stipe doing a shooey with Tai.