But 'your cousin Jeremy' example is simply not relevant at all. Last time I checked, he hadn't fought at the highest level, let alone for a belt.
Fact of the matter is that whilst it is true that hypotheses will always be hypothetical, they can be argued well based upon past quantitative and qualitative evidence.
So when it comes to me stating that Ngannou would have KOed Fedor, I base this upon Ngannou being a much harder puncher than ANYONE Fedor fought, and Fedor having been knocked out cold by much lesser fighters. That aside, I remember Fedor being tagged quite often in Pride, notably by Fujita who is a bum when it comes to stand up lol, so saying Ngannou would have slept Fedor is actually quite a strong hypotheses, especially since Ngannou has KOed superior strikers to Fedor as well.
KO power aside, Ngannou has eaten shots from harder punchers than Fedor.
Fedor was great for his time, but he isn't as good as his crazy fans make him out to be.