Was Francis mercilessly standing atop of a stiff Rozenstruik one of the most gruesome moments ever?

[Volador]

Yep. The old "speak softly but carry a big stick" adage.

Or in Francis' case : "carry two bricks for hands"

Plus also a big stick...

 

[Stagliano]

Francis looks way less black than I remember.

Lol he's the same. Jair is just blacker than him.

 

[315MMAFighter]

He looked dieded 4 sure

 

[NDiaz209]

Miocic schooled that guy.

What does that have to do with anything in this thread?

 

[Espresso]

Something about there not being any crowd noise also made it particularly violent and gruesome.

I almost wanted to take a shower after watching that fight

LMAO

 

[Phisher]

Stipe provided the *ONLY* gameplan that would ever work against Ngannou without getting killed and that is : WRESTLING, WRESTLING, WRESTLING.

When Ngannou was swinging for the fences, had Rozenstruik known an ounce of wrestling and takedown ability, he would've taken Francis down easily.

Though I have to give Rozenstruik credit for having the Balls of Steel to call out that absolute monster, I also question his coaches and everyone else that allowed him to make that call-out when he has a lot to learn about the UFC and MMA in general (and that is you have to know ALL aspects of it. Not just Striking).

This is such horseshit. Ngannou has good TDD. He stuffed most of Blaydes' TD attempts in their first fight when he was green. He stuffed Overeem (who is a very underrated wrestler) in the clinch in their fight, and he stuffed Cain to set up the uppercut KO.

This idea that Stipe took him down at will is laughable. Ngannou easily shrugged off Stipe's TDs when he was fresh early in the fight. He didn't get taken down until he'd gassed from windmilling bombs, and he didn't get held down until Stipe had spent several minutes totally exhausting him by literally pressing him against the cage.

The only two guys in the division capable of using that gameplan against Ngannou are Stipe and DC.

 

[KID Yamamoto]

This is why you don't back up in a straight line kids. You get beheaded.

 

[khabib time]

He would be classified as dying from Covid.

There is a shining light about all these Covid deaths. Nobody seems to be dying from heart disease, the flu, pneumonia. At least those are all cured now.

 

[glenwo2]

At first I was concerned.
but then they showed the replay in slow motion, and I was amazed how many times Francis missed on a fighter who was completely out...

Lucky us!

We did not see the first death in MMA.

I'm surprised Francis didn't end up punching HIMSELF like that meme out there of the boxer. lol.

 

[glenwo2]

Francis looks way less black than I remember.

oh yeah...*this* post will certainly will go unnoticed here.

 

[glenwo2]

Plus also a big stick...

I wouldn't know.

I don't check other men's junk.

 

[Baltimore Bro]

Francis looks way less black than I remember.

Well compared to the other brother Francis had Michael Jackson skin lol

 

[arcadeperfect]

Jair got Wilder'd.

 

[MM808]

I need to take Francis out to bar hop with me.

 

[Chlamydia]

What does that have to do with anything in this thread?

Think about it...

 

[TR1]

Keith Jardine like with the follow up strikes lol

 

[Shoguns Prodigy**]

Went full wanderlei Silva on him. Shit was scary. Idk how stipe beat him so easily over 5 fucking rounds. While guys are getting murked under a min.

 

[cakemuncher]

Ngannou literally slapping him back and forth before stoppage

 

[Fahcough]

Production Escort, then the Francis model.

 

[PicoPulse]

Francis was countered twice coming in and just ate that shit