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41 year old DC took stipe to his limit.
prime fedor? Maybe a punchers chance for stipe.
look at arlovski.
prime fedor? Maybe a punchers chance for stipe.
look at arlovski.
Yup I read that ESPN article calling stipe the goat and all it seemed to do was
Sure, stipe beat Ngannou which kind of parallels Fedor's victory over Mirko, except on a smaller scale since neither Stipe nor Ngannou had the accomplishments that Fedor and Mirko had at the time.
And then the best comparison for stipe/cormier would be Fedor/Nog. Except Fedor never lost to nog. So Fedor gets the edge there.
Then we have stipe losing to guys like struve and dos Santos, which Fedor never lost to their equivalents at the time.
And then people talk about Fedor fighting cans but he beat arlovski and hunt like 16 years before stipe beat those same guys, so it ain't like Stipe's getting the best prime competition either.
I think any real unbiased observer would still say Fedor's legacy is better than Stipe's.
ESPN is just spinning the narrative because they profit off the success of the UFC and stipe.
Prime Nogueira and Cro Cop are bettter wins then anybody Stipe has beaten, including Ngonnou and Cormeir.Yup I read that ESPN article calling stipe the goat and all it seemed to do was to discredit ESPN even further.
Sure, stipe beat Ngannou which kind of parallels Fedor's victory over Mirko, except on a smaller scale since neither Stipe nor Ngannou had the accomplishments that Fedor and Mirko had at the time.
And then the best comparison for stipe/cormier would be Fedor/Nog. Except Fedor never lost to nog. So Fedor gets the edge there.
Then we have stipe losing to guys like struve and dos Santos, which Fedor never lost to their equivalents at the time.
And then people talk about Fedor fighting cans but he beat arlovski and hunt like 16 years before stipe beat those same guys, so it ain't like Stipe's getting the best prime competition either.
I think any real unbiased observer would still say Fedor's legacy is better than Stipe's.
ESPN is just spinning the narrative because they profit off the success of the UFC and stipe.
Maybe 20% chance in the cage at best. That's being kind..Fedor lost to Bigfoot and Hendo. Stipe took shots from DC and Francis. There is pretty much no path to victory for Fedor.
Wouldn’t know as he was too much of a pussy to have fought in the UFC at literally any point in his career.
Prime Nogueira and Cro Cop are bettter wins then anybody Stipe has beaten, including Ngonnou and Cormeir.
Love,
an unbiased Stipe fan.
Maybe 20% chance in the cage at best. That's being kind..
50-50 in the Pride Ring..
Prime Nogueira and Cro Cop are bettter wins then anybody Stipe has beaten, including Ngonnou and Cormeir.
Love,
an unbiased Stipe fan.
Fedor would have a better chance in a ring, but realistically, what's his path to victory outside of landing a hail mary punch? He can't take Stipe down, he's not going to sub Stipe off of his back, he can't outbox Stipe. He hits fairly hard so I suppose he was a punchers chance, but outside of that, that's it really.
Imagine thinking Cro Coo was in his prime in the UFC. Look up how many boxing, kickboxing, and mma fights he had before entering the UFC. Not to mention the injuries and rule changes. Not trying to make excuses for him, but outside of offensive wrestling, Cro Cop is better then Stipe. of course Stipe could clip him like Randleman. I love both guys but prime Cro Cop was a different beast.Imagine thinking guys who got bodybagged on the feet by Frank Mir and Gabe Gonzaga are better than DC, lmao. DC wouldn't even need to take Mirko down, he'd KO him on the feet. And while he could take Nog down and beat the piss out of him on top whenever he felt like it, he'd probably knock him out standing too, ditto vs Fedor. And big Frank would probably KO all of those guys in under 30 seconds.
41 year old DC took stipe to his limit.
prime fedor? Maybe a punchers chance for stipe.
look at arlovski.
Imagine thinking Cro Coo was in his prime in the UFC. Look up how many boxing, kickboxing, and mma fights he had before entering the UFC. Not to mention the injuries and rule changes. Not trying to make excuses for him, but outside of offensive wrestling, Cro Cop is better then Stipe. of course Stipe could clip him like Randleman. I love both guys but prime Cro Cop was a different beast.
41 year old DC took stipe to his limit.
prime fedor? Maybe a punchers chance for stipe.
look at arlovski.
Imagine thinking Cro Coo was in his prime in the UFC. Look up how many boxing, kickboxing, and mma fights he had before entering the UFC. Not to mention the injuries and rule changes. Not trying to make excuses for him, but outside of offensive wrestling, Cro Cop is better then Stipe. of course Stipe could clip him like Randleman. I love both guys but prime Cro Cop was a different beast.
All of these bullshit excuses. Cro Cop had just won the 2006 OWGP, had just stopped Wanderlie and Josh Barnett, and was only 32 years old. He only had one KO loss on his record in kickboxing and MMA within the last 7 years prior to the Gonzaga fight, a KO loss to Randleman in 2004