Has Sherdog ever been more wrong about a hypetrain like Ngannou?

[Pitier of Fools]

yeah okay...a 2-weight world champ that crushed p4p Aldo is a hype train...you brazilians are too much.

I think you mean 2 weight paper champ that ducked all the bad matchups.

 

[faustian]

The Franc hype was pretty over the top, even by MMA standards. People were arguing him for GOAT HW and they were actually serious lmao

 

[Muay Thai #1]

I remember people going pretty crazy for Sokojou after starching Lil Nog and Arona

 

[Son of Werdum]

After Arona there were a lot of people saying Sokodjou would KO a prime Fedor easily...a LOT of people.

 

[dyopri]

sage..

war barbarena

 

[mb23100]

Man I thought Hettes was going to be a killer. I thought he was going to be a lighter weight version of J-Lau. Put a clinic on Nam Phan.

Yep I was on the Hettes hype train big time

 

[MMA Savant]

I think you mean 2 weight paper champ that ducked all the bad matchups.

Has the 2 most dominant title fight victories of all time. GOAT. He finished Aldo who was apparently a killer...lol

 

[Gamer2k4]

Man I thought Hettes was going to be a killer. I thought he was going to be a lighter weight version of J-Lau. Put a clinic on Nam Phan.

Yeah, I had him in my signature for a long time after that fight. Oh well.

 

[lagofala]

People get caught up in marketing and promotional hype. Guys like Jimmie Rivera and Horiguchi get underrated as a result.

 

[Lights Out 101]

Uriah Hall?

 

[Devout Pessimist]

They always eat out of UFC marketing's hands.
That being said, Ngannou can still KO anybody.

Francis could have easily knocked out Stipe in the first couple of minutes.

 

[MCscratchNsniff]

Way too early to call him hype. He still appears to be a good heavyweight

 

[Quietus]

well, if anyone thought pure power would be all you need to never lose in MMA, you're a fool.. but to say he's completely exposed isnt true, you saw Stipe get rocked in round 1, and again in round 3 even after Ngannou looked like he was on life support.. He needs to cut down some of that muscle and improve cardio & he will be fine. Someone needs to tell him that you don't need to hit like a Ford Escort to knock people out, if instead you hit and have the gas mileage of a Honda Civic you'll win more fights.

 

[smithnwssn]

They always eat out of UFC marketing's hands.
That being said, Ngannou can still KO anybody.

Because he ko'd the granite chins of AA and Overeem. Okay we get it.

 

[frederick]

Because he ko'd the granite chins of AA and Overeem. Okay we get it.

So you think Overeem was KO'd because of his glass chin?
You think he would have eaten that shot if he had a good chin?

 

[reciprocate]

Ronda before she fought Holly possibly? Countless people expected Ronda to win despite Holly being the massive underdog.

 

[smithnwssn]

Way too early to call him hype. He still appears to be a good heavyweight

Agreed. He's was totally overhyped to the point that it made me sick but no doubt he's a a good HW and he proved that tonight. Stipe is just elite.

 

[smithnwssn]

So you think Overeem was KO'd because of his glass chin?
You think he would have eaten that shot if he had a good chin?

Valid point. But Overeem fights completely different these days because he knows how weak his chin is. He got caught by that punch because of that. In many ways it has helped Overeem but in other ways it has hurt him. That shot would have put anyone out but, normally great fighters don't leave themselves that wide open unless they're so timid. Watch the KO again, Overeem would have never been ko'd like that a decade ago with that kind of punch. He was too busy being scared when he got ko'd.

 

[Readybodisready]

Worst I've ever seen, yes.

Consider that he already got most of his hype before even beating Overeem.

 

[mmacasualviewer]

Tanned biceps trigger the nurfy nerd fusion guys in the interwebs.