Which are the arguments to put Miocic under Fedor in HW history?

[Subline]

Stipe also lost to 3 of the guys you mentioned

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

Not more than others who continued and became champ afterwards. Decline yes. But still good enough to beat Stipe. So he was still fresh. Just not at his peak.

I completely disagree. They where career alternating beatings. He was never the same afterwards.

 

[Lee Danger]

Fight IQ - Equal. Fedor had amazing fight IQ, when he slowed down he became more of a headhunter. Stipe has very underrated fight IQ

big Stipe's supporter here but his fight iq isn't underrated: he actually lost fights because he sticked to plans that during the fight didn't work.

His first JDS match for example: he gassed himself and lost the decision because he drain himself in order to wrestle JDS but during the fight he was already winning the striking, it didn't make any sense to stick to a plan that not only wasn't working but that was also not needed at all at that point.

we can also take the second Francis' fight where he came lighter and it impacted his ability to wrestle, but since he was clearly in the sunset of his career we tend to overlook it.