No, it’s the Stipe haters who bring up the Struve fight in every Stipe thread. It’s almost like they believe losing to a quality heavyweight early in his career diminishes all of his accomplishments after. Prime Anderson got finished by 2 Japanese cans, so I guess he was lucky like Stipe by becoming UFC champ after.A Cain who came off a two year injury? We said prime Cain...
Cain would never lose to a terrible HW in struve. Stipe defenders can never shake that embarrassing loss lol.
No, it’s the Stipe haters who bring up the Struve fight in every Stipe thread. It’s almost like they believe losing to a quality heavyweight early in his career diminishes all of his accomplishments after. Prime Anderson got finished by 2 Japanese cans, so I guess he was lucky like Stipe by becoming UFC champ after.
I confirmed Stipe defintely improved after 2014 fight ! No way 2014 Stipe was better ! The best version of Stipe was in 2019 ! Excellent cardio, best chin of all time ( can take 162 significatif strikes on the head by HW DC ! Record ), right hand more powerfull, better cardio etc...No, it's not even close to comparable to Couture's first fight. Stipe was 12-1 when he fought JDS first time, almost 5 years as a pro. That's about the kind of experience when fighters should be entering/should have entered in their primes. I would argue that Stipe was probably a better fighter in the first JDS fight than he is now, because I think Stipe's prime is now over. In 2014 he was 6 years younger, faster, with less mileage on his chin and body, 6-1 in the UFC and 12-1 overall. I would definitely take that Stipe vs the current one.
I confirmed Stipe defintely improved after 2014 fight ! No way 2014 Stipe was better ! The best version of Stipe was in 2019 ! Excellent cardio, best chin of all time ( can take 162 significatif strikes on the head by HW DC ! Record ), right hand more powerfull, better cardio etc...
The one time he fought a fighter that threw straight punches, Kongo, his pressure got him repeatedly knocked down to the floor. Stipe has great straight punches too and, unlike Kongo, he also has lots of power and the ability to finish the fight with ground and pound. He would knock Cain down coming forward and then finish him off.
DC is a better version of CainWe can all agree that DC is a poor mans Cain, And the fightS vs Stipe was somewhat competitive, even before the 12 eye pokes, so Cain does have a decent shot. I would still pick Stipe by TKO. Cain is struggeling when he can’t control where the fight goes.
and wrestler(DC).