If Stipe somehow beats Jones, where do you rank him at HW all-time?

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

Virtually almost everyone thinks Stipe is going to lose this fight with Jones. But say if he wins, that would definitely rise his stock up again right?

Would you rank him higher than Fedor Emelianenko as the best HW?

Also for those who think if Stipe is the HW GOAT, is he also in the conversation for the all time GOAT status, just like Fedor is?

 

[TCE]

1. Fedor
2. Cro Cop
3. Big Nog
4. Francis
5. Cain
6. Werdum
7. Overeem
8.. JDS
9. Stipe
10. Hunt

He's in the top ten.

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

1. Fedor
2. Cro Cop
3. Big Nog
4. Francis
5. Cain
6. Werdum
7. Overeem
8.. JDS
9. Stipe
10. Hunt

He's in the top ten.

Nice rankings.

 

[Blayt7hh]

I'll probably never put anyone over Fedor at HW tbh.

Probably looks like this:
Fedor
Werdum
Stipe

you can swap 2 and 3 and I wouldn't argue.

 

[TCE]

I'll probably never put anyone over Fedor at HW tbh.

Probably looks like this:
Fedor
Werdum
Stipe

you can swap 2 and 3 and I wouldn't argue.

I'm curious why Werdum is in your top 3?

 

[JakePaulMMA]

I'm curious why Werdum is in your top 3?

Because Werdum made me look like a dumb motherfucker when he fought Fedor.

 

[nebulousned]

1. Fedor
2. Cro Cop
3. Big Nog
4. Francis
5. Cain
6. Werdum
7. Overeem
8.. JDS
9. Stipe
10. Hunt

He's in the top ten.

if he beat jones???

this list is so bad i cant even.

jds who stipe starched?

 

[Blayt7hh]

I'm curious why Werdum is in your top 3?

For the names he's beaten. Granted he never held a belt for long, but He ended both Cain and Fedor's win streaks. I feel like that says a lot.

 

[Adamant]

Virtually almost everyone thinks Stipe is going to lose this fight with Jones. But say if he wins, that would definitely rise his stock up again right?

Would you rank him higher than Fedor Emelianenko as the best HW?

Still behind Prime Fedor (who is the real GOAT)

 

[BrockLesnarsTurtleBack]

1. Fedor
2. Cro Cop
3. Big Nog
4. Francis
5. Cain
6. Werdum
7. Overeem
8.. JDS
9. Stipe
10. Hunt

He's in the top ten.

Nostalgia is pathetic.

Move on with your life.

 

[Miokink026]

He's right underneath Fedor right now.

If he beats Jones he'd be right next to Fedor IMO.

And that list is trash.

 

[g*r*b]

For the names he's beaten. Granted he never held a belt for long, but He ended both Cain and Fedor's win streaks. I feel like that says a lot.

One could argue that Fedor ended Fedor's streak by stupidly buying the bait and going into Werdum's guard, and Cain ended Cain's streak by stupidly overtrusting his cardio and not acclimatizing to the altitude in Mexico City. At least it would make as much sense or more sense as writing off Stipe's win over Werdum as a mistake...

 

[cmw43]

I'm curious why Werdum is in your top 3?

Subbing Cain, Fedor and Nog is a big deal. Especially at the time he beat Cain and Fedor.

 

[MartinGibson86]

Same place I currenfly rank him---first

 

[Blayt7hh]

One could argue that Fedor ended Fedor's streak by stupidly buying the bait and going into Werdum's guard, and Cain ended Cain's streak by stupidly overtrusting his cardio and not acclimatizing to the altitude in Mexico City.

Yeah I mean we can ride that argument all the way to the sherdog classic of no one was ever that good.

 

[World eater]

Top 3 for sure. Top 2 even.

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

Its simple, if Stipe wins, he is the GOAT, if he loses, he was never that good and never my friend

 

[Soggust]

If Stipe beats Jones, I think a lot of people will say Jones looked fat/slow/heavy and was truly a LHW blah blah blah.

In my opinion, it would possibly edge him over Fedor.

I'd also argue that if Pavlovich beats Jones, he's in the discussion. Especially because he would likely have to beat him twice, given Jones' history/resume.

 

[krelianx]

3--5.

 

[Mittens]

He already is #1 in the UFC.

If he defeats Jones - at his age, mileage and layoff time - in a phase of career when people usually either are Arlovski in the UFC/CroCop's return tour in Asia or are touring Bellator etc. either racking up KO losses or Sapping it somewhere... yeah, he's gonna kick Fedor off the historical recrods mountaintop.