Why isnt Ngannou, Jones or Miocic fighting already?

Agreed

Heavyweight has literally been held up by Stipe and DC for years it’s the reason why the division is so boring nowadays.

I guess that and the overall lack of talent in the division currently.
 
Stipe was never going to fight before March or April. The UFC should have made Jones vs Francis for the end of year card, winner gets Stipe in April-May
 
Ackmed said:
Stipe needs 1 year following his fight with DC before he faces Ngannou to ensure his chin can withstand like it did in Stipe and Ngannou's first fight.
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And a helmet.
 
DS66 said:
Stipe defended his title in a 5 round war vs DC just 3 months ago. Settle down bro.
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exactly wtf do these casuals not understand that fighting one of the best heavyweights on this earth for 5 rounds isn't something you can 100% recover from in just a few months.
 
Cause Stipe isnt ready till March.
 
They should be fighting at least 3x per year.

Don't worry, they'll just fill the cards with WMMA and flyweights.
 
Honestly the whole ufc fights have sucked as of late and way to many nobody’s on the cards.
 
Dirge said:
Years? Stipe fought 4 months ago.
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More like years if you ask anyone else. In 6 more months you cant deny me that it will officially be years since they have fought. Right now its close to 1 year but my point still stands.
 
edbn30 said:
exactly wtf do these casuals not understand that fighting one of the best heavyweights on this earth for 5 rounds isn't something you can 100% recover from in just a few months.
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Casuals? Who you calling a casual noob?
 
Stipe usually takes considerable time off between fights for one reason or another. He's also 38 so he's probably just wanting a handful of big fights spaced out. But even when he was younger he was never really a guy who fought more than once or twice at the most per year.

Jones is in the process of trying to bulk up to fight at HW.

Ngannou wants to fight ASAP but there really isn't an opponent available that makes sense. He has more than earned a title shot and fighting someone ranked below him is unnecessary risk.
 
Ngannou is evolving by practicing helicopters, Stipe is being a general legend and doing whatever he wants and Jones is learning to spell
 
superpunch said:
Stipe's borderline retired. Jones is waiting to fight Stipe, scared to fight Ngannou. Ngannou already kicked everyone else's ass and only Jones or Stipe are left. But due to previously mentioned reasons, Jones and Stipe aren't available to fight..
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Got that backwards, Jones is waiting on Stipe v Ngannou 2 in hopes francis wins. Easier fight and pretty marketable too. Ufc probably wants same.

If jones was scared of francis, why wouldn’t he just fight stipe first? They would absolutely make that fight if jones wanted it
 
Final Say said:
Got that backwards, Jones is waiting on Stipe v Ngannou 2 in hopes francis wins. Easier fight and pretty marketable too. Ufc probably wants same.

If jones was scared of francis, why wouldn’t he just fight stipe first? They would absolutely make that fight if jones wanted it
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Stipe is holding that fight up, not Jones. Stipe is recovering from DC and is in no rush to get back considering he only has another fight or 2 left.
 
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