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Let’s hope not
Wilder has a legit straight right hand, nice and straight and sets it up nicely, something Frank is incapable of.I am, Wilder punches the way people who shit on Francis say he punches
He's not incapable he just chooses not too. Also when your fights usually last under one round there isn't a lot of time for him to showcase his game anywayWilder has a legit straight right hand, nice and straight and sets it up nicely, something Frank is incapable of.
I don't think Stipe will be as lucky this time to avoid the big bombs
If you avoid a punch or two it might be luck. If you avoid punches for 25 minutes (ie 5 rounds) its skill, not luck. Having said that, Stipe is older now (ie slower reflexes) and has been inactive (poorer timing). I think he gets taken out this time.
It was already, the first match is wilder vs fury mma versionNgannou and Wilder are both monsters with historical knock out powers in their hands. (Yes Wilder is obviously a better boxer by far.)
Fury put on a boxing clinic on Wilder in the first fight, then he put a beat down on Wilder in the second.
Stipe put a MMA clinic on Ngannou, will this be similar to Fury vs Wilder in that it will be a worse domination in the second fight or will Ngannou be able to adjust?
He didn't ducked povetkin. He was supposed to fight him but alex pissed hotNo. Ngannou is a better MMA fighter than Wilder is a boxer. Ngannou has beat the best of the best in the UFC while Wilder has literally dodged every good fighter in the heavyweight division. Joshua, Ruiz, Parker, Povetkin, White, etc.
When he went against Fury who wasn’t coming off a huge layoff, he got battered. Wilder has Ortiz as his best win. Think about that.
Thats definitely part of the reason for the interest although really with Ngannou's style its the first few mins that matter.
I wouldnt say Stipe comfortably outboxed Ngannou, he did look in danger early on and took him down instead and I can see Francis making adjustments to leave him a bit less open to that without radically altering his skill set.
I don't think he outboxed Nganno, but then it was an MMA fight so that wasn't imporant (Fury would be UFC champ if it was just about boxing). But he clearly outfought him by MMA criteria -- part of not getting hit in MMA includes the skill to do successful takedowns when your opponent is throwing punches at you, and Stipe showed that. I'd have to watch it again, but I think the danger was mainly potential -- I don't remember Stipe being staggered, let alone knocked down (though I'd have to watch again to be sure). I remember Ngannou landing square once, but it didn't seem to affect Stipe very much (again, I'd have to re-watch). So I don't think Stipe was ever in any actual danger.
I'm sure Ngannou will adjust based on his last fight with Stipe, but I'm equally sure Stipe will adjust based on his last fight with Ngannou -- the saying in war is no plan survives the first encounter with the enemy, and both will come in with adjusted plans. But I'm betting against Stipe this time not because of changes in Ngannou, but because in changes in Stipe -- he's older and largely inactive. Slipping and takedowns are very much based on reflexes and timing, and reflexes are the first thing to age, and not being active strongly affects timing -- I'd be very surprised if Stipe hasn't lost considerably in both.
I remember a couple of pretty big punchs landing for Ngannou and Stipe looking a bit panicy going for the takedown.
The big factor there for me would be had Stipe clearly outboxed Ngannou I would not be confident Francis could make that much adjustment, he could hope to land that one big shot but technically he'd have a mountain to climb. The way Stipe outwrestled Ngannou though, I honestly didnt think that was a technical masterclass, it wasnt like GSP on say Alves were Thaigo would need to very significantly advance him technique to shift things. I could see Ngannou making adjustments there without really having to advance his technique massively.