Why did it double post lol
I forgot about shogun, that Anthony Smith standing KO was brutal and he has takin crazy damage. Is Barao even on the roster still?
Go check out the thread that just got posted about over in it is gifs of most of his ko's
Oh i'm aware of the nature of how he gets finished, and some are definitely brtual. I just mean it usually dosen't take a lot to get him to the point of where he starts to get played like a bongo drum. If he were the type of guy who would eat hard punches for a good 5-10 minutes straight before finally falling over and getting finished like that or just scratching his way to a decision in a manner like that he'd be far worse off. I'll use shogun as an example. Like when shogun was just getting slapped all over the place by jones for the better part of 3 rds before falling over, or those grueling wars with Hendo he had where they kicked the living shit of each other until the end bell. Overeem almost never is in fights that draw on that long with that level of damage being handed out to him. Now i'm certainly not saying that we should just ignore that he's been stopped 14 times by strikes in mma hence why i said it'd probably be a good idea if he did decide to hang it up. But all things considered, he's still competitive against top 10 guys and is still seemingly there mentally. To me it's when it's a combination of clearly eating lots of damage, and clearly skidding far down the ranks of where you once were is when it's the real come to jesus time. But again, to each their own. Overeem probably should be retiring soon, i just don't think he's quite as egregious as some make it out to be. Guys like Shogun and Sanchez are the front runners to me I just always see Overeem as the biggest name mentioned. Shogun is a former champion, and Sanchez is a former consistent top5-10 fighter and a former title challenger. And neither are even in the top 15 of their division anymore and are the same age as Overeem while fighting in styles not conducive to longevity. Meanwhile Overeem is still healthy enough to be ranked 8th and has somewhat recent wins over ranked opponents in the top 15. And his recent losses are to guys in the top 5. One of which he was way ahead of on scorecards for 24 minutes of fighting before getting clipped by a single shot that didn't even actually put him out, and that guy is a known power puncher. That to me dosen't scream 'This guy must retire". Sure it's probably not great for his health to have been finished that many times, but neither is fighting in general. As long as he passes his CT scans, and isn't showing very clear signs of heavy physical or mental decline i think he's alright for now.
