How would current heavyweights do in pride?

[Yungrich]

Had a random thought on how the current top heavyweights would do up against competition in their prime in pride? You got stipe, dc, ngannou against the likes of prime fedor, cro cop, and mark hunt. I feel like ngannou might possibly be the ultimate destroyer under pride rules probably defeating prime fedor and cro cop.

 

[axe wound]

i feel like laser surgery would have been handy to have around in the stone age

 

[Alphafail]

With the possible exception of Stipe and DC if he was younger, they'd be ripped to shreds imo.

 

[TheMessiah]

Daniel would be Fedors biggest challenge for sure.

 

[LEWIS540]

Inb4 "the games massively evolved since then."





Also people will ignore the differences in rules and ring>cage.

 

[SandaKicker]

Fedor trips Ngannou to the Mat in 10 seconds and pummels the crap out of him.

I don’t think people realise how skilled Fedor actually was in the standing grappling department.

There were guys around in Pride who were every bit the physical specimen of Ngannou such as Randleman, Coleman and Fujitsu who were legitimate world champion ship contender in wrestling. Fedor generally won those match ups with other skills but I don’t think he’d have much of a problem taking Ngannou down.

The guy with the closest resemblance to Ngannou was probably Soukodjou.

Reminder for those who missed it;

 

[MechMA]

Imho the Stipe that beat Francis beats any pride fighter

 

[loyalyolayal]

Imho the Stipe that beat Francis beats any pride fighter

Prime Sergei will make short work of Stipe.

 

[JustAkidFrom209]

Werdum would wreck havoc in Pride with maybe the exception of Fedor. Stipe will have a lot of success but I don’t see him beating the likes of Cro Cop and Nogueira.

 

[Shishio]

PRIDE heavyweight was a fuckin free for all that could go any way......same with middleweight(Thier Light Heavy)

 

[Shishio]

I redact my previous statment PRIDE was just a straight free for all regardless of weight class

 

[leatherneck]

Imho the Stipe that beat Francis beats any pride fighter

Sergei beats Stipe easily.
So does Fedor of course.
Semmy and Crocop prob would win half.
Igor, Barnett would have been interesting.

 

[RustyShacleford]

At the least, I'd say the current top 5 would all be in the top 10.

 

[ThunderStruck]

With the possible exception of Stipe and DC if he was younger, they'd be ripped to shreds imo.

No.

 

[ThunderStruck]

Werdum would wreck havoc in Pride with maybe the exception of Fedor. Stipe will have a lot of success but I don’t see him beating the likes of Cro Cop and Nogueira.

How does Nog beat Stipe exactly?

 

[ThunderStruck]

We don't know how these guys would look without USADA around. Can't compare the steroid era with the current one.

 

[RockyLockridge]

It'd be hard to beat ngannou without a cage

 

[loisestrad]

We don't know how these guys would look without USADA around. Can't compare the steroid era with the current one.

Exactly, there's absolutely no point in comparing todays hw's to the ones in Pride, where roiding was legal.

 

[scottjoebob]

It'd be hard to beat ngannou without a cage

He's better now , but still , already been beat in a ring .

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Fedor trips Ngannou to the Mat in 10 seconds and pummels the crap out of him.

I don’t think people realise how skilled Fedor actually was in the standing grappling department.

There were guys around in Pride who were every bit the physical specimen of Ngannou such as Randleman, Coleman and Fujitsu who were legitimate world champion ship contender in wrestling. Fedor generally won those match ups with other skills but I don’t think he’d have much of a problem taking Ngannou down.

The guy with the closest resemblance to Ngannou was probably Soukodjou.

Reminder for those who missed it;

These guys aren't the physical specimens that big Frank is, they're a lot smaller naturally.