What blows my mind is how many people spend their time on an MMA forum and then basically rip the entire sport for all of them being “C level athletes.” Sherdog is fucking stupid sometimes.
Edit: Greg Hardy, ever heard of him? He was an All Pro defensive end and NFL sack leader for the Panthers. By all means he is what many would consider an “A-level” athlete. He was basically disowned by the NFL for domestic allegations, but that’s beside the point. He isn’t even 30 and still in his prime. He’s been training MMA for the past 2 years and is fighting amateur. Have you seen any of his fights? He would absolutely get smoked by Stipe, no problem. Just saying.
Here are Hardy's testing results vs Brock's. Both are A-level athletes.
HARDY
6' 4"
280 lbs
35" vertical
10' broad jump
4.8 forty yard dash
21 reps with 225 lbs bench press
LESNAR
6' 2"
285 lbs
35" vertical
10' broad jump
4.7 forty
30 reps with 225 lbs bench press
As TripTictonic pointed out, Hardy has struggled with MMA, apparently. Certainly, he's not UFC championship material at this point. Even though Hardy has been training for some period of time.
Hardy is a real athlete. Many defensive ends in the NFL are exceptional athletes (think Jevon Kearse here). Brock is also a real athlete.
Now let's look at the profile for Damon Harrison, the delusional and bloated NFL'er who Stipe would finish within one round.
HARRISON
6' 3"
339 lbs
25" vertical
7' 09" broad jump
5.54 forty
34 reps with 225 lbs
To give you an idea of how slow Harrison is in his forty-yard dash time, Tom Brady -- the unathletic quarterback for the Patriots -- ran a 5.28 forty.
Many Sherdoggers, I'm sure, can jump higher than 25" vertically. And I'm sure many can run faster than a 5.5 forty.
Harrison would get demolished by Stipe. He'd gas out and would be overwhelmed by Stipe's speed in the first round.
It's not a contest.
As someone mentioned earlier in the thread, since these comments came so soon after Stipe's last bout, my guess is that Harrison is butthurt that Ngannou was not able to topple Stipe.