So Prime Mirko and Hunt had no power??Francis by KO. Fedor never fought anyone will half of Frank’s power. Fedor fought middleweight Matt Lindland lol.
Fedor fought ranked opponents as often (or more often) than Stipe did. He just took additional fights on top of that. Fedor was a more active fighter, more wear and tear.It's also littered with the Jadeep Singhs , Zulu and Hong Man Choi's of the world
Do you guys not remember him getting hit by people like Fujita? FUJITA?
Fedor's toughest foe nearly got his head knocked off by a then unknown Brazillian.Fedor would break less of a sweat than he did with Zulu lol
Stipe is a basic wrestler with mediocre creds, outside foot trip to an uncontested sub on the ground
Yeah all we can do is try to make educated guesses.In reality there’s no way to say what would happen between Fedor and Francis. I’m just looking at stats: how good at TDD Ngannou is vs how successful Fedor is. How accurate Francis’ strikes are vs how little afedor absorbed strikes back then... would be an insane fight,
Stipe is just past his best I think. He took some bombs though, early on. Warrior.
Fedor's toughest foe nearly got his head knocked off by a then unknown Brazillian.
Yeah I agree, anything can happen when a scary ass striker like Ngannou is fighting. I also hope Dtipe recovers and is ok. He gives no fucks, he’s an absolute warrior. If he can afford to retire now, he should imo. He’s got nothing left to prove as far as I’m concerned.Yeah all we can do is try to make educated guesses.
For the record: i'm fully with you that a prime Fedor is 100% the better fightee, i just think that this version of Ngannou *could* beat him, being that much bigger.
I wouldn't bet on either man in that fight.
Btw: Ngannou proved tonight again that he's actually a really good counter puncher, people don't give him enough credit for that.
(As i always say, even in the least stacked division you don't knock fools put left and right just by being a big powerhouse).
Hope Stipe recovers well.
Unless it'd be against a guy he'd match up well against, i think he should hang them up.
He gave it all like you said (Herb Dean did a great job reffing tbh) but he's pretty old and especially after this fight, has taken lots of damage in recent years.
Plus he hasn't got anything left to prove...
Guy became the UFC HW GOAT while being a firefighter and with the exception of Struve has beaten everyone he's stepped in the cage against.
Prime Fedor is leaps and bounds ahead of every heavyweight.
Don't you pride morons realize the sport has evolved ? Are you guys still stuck in 2005 ? seriously Fedor struggled in the b leagues and you expect him to beat Francis ?
Black Beast might beat Fedor as well LOL..Ngannou got outstruck by Black Beast... your point?