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Dude, this is so long. I'm not bothering to read. They're both great fighters.Oh I see, so Cain is kind of like Mike Tyson now? Where his fans refute all of his bad performances and losses and only allow his best performances to be his 'prime'.
Doesn't work like that. The fight against Kongo was only a few months before he washed Rothwell and Nogueira, he wasn't prime then either? It was only a year and 3 months before Cain won the title!
No, the Kongo fight showed Cain's massive holes in his game. He was lucky to win that because Kongo has zero wrestling. He wouldn't be so lucky against Stipe, Stipe would finish him once he hurt him because Cain's not wrestlefucking him while fresh, let alone when he has jello legs. Here's some more angles:
Cain was very hittable in his magical prime. He relied on surviving with his wrestling. Bad combo against Stipe's KO-counters and advanced TDD.
Cain's standup was very flawed. The point of posting that gif wasn't to compare Werdum's running to Cain's standup, I'm just showing you how dangerous Stipe is. The guy was stepping backwards and produced a vicious KO with one arm punch against an iron chinned fighter.
And you mentioned something about Kongo being a fast starter. Well Stipe has 10 first round knockouts on his resume. He also went the distance at a high pace many times. Stipe is a problem for Cain in every facet of the game except submissions.
Knowing all of this, how in the blue hell can anyone really believe Cain totally wins this matchup? Or atleast not see what a stylistic problem Stipe is for Cain?