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Jones' HW championship is a joke. He ducked Cormier at that weight and only moved up when the division was depleted. Plus.. that juicin'
I mean Stipe is just as inactive. His last fight was a ko loss 3 years ago. Jon also has only 1 fight in the past 4 years but his was at least more recent. Stipe is much older, has multiple ko losses and years of punishment at HW under his belt.Based on what?
Jones has never fought a more skilled or dangerous opponent at any weight class.
You could argue maybe DC is as skilled, but he’s much shorter and was much lighter and he does not possess the skill or power striking that Stipe does.
This is by far Jones’ biggest and most skilled challenger of his career and he’s coming off a free, gift wrapped, walkover, squash match win. Your vision is colored by that free win over Gane. Gane doesn’t exist in the same universe as stipe.
In terms of skill, pedigree and size, Jones has never fought anybody like stipe.
Your only argument is his age. That is silly, considering Jones is less active, coming off an injury, 37 years old and hasn’t fought anybody of note in almost five years
Based on what?
Jones has never fought a more skilled or dangerous opponent at any weight class.
You could argue maybe DC is as skilled, but he’s much shorter and was much lighter and he does not possess the skill or power striking that Stipe does.
This is by far Jones’ biggest and most skilled challenger of his career and he’s coming off a free, gift wrapped, walkover, squash match win. Your vision is colored by that free win over Gane. Gane doesn’t exist in the same universe as stipe.
In terms of skill, pedigree and size, Jones has never fought anybody like stipe.
Your only argument is his age. That is silly, considering Jones is less active, coming off an injury, 37 years old and hasn’t fought anybody of note in almost five years
Except that Jon is the UFC HW champion which makes it mean something when it comes to ranking and who fights who and the future of the HW division. I can almost guarantee you that if Jon loses, there will be a rematch - which we probably will have to wait years to see as Jon doesnt give a fuck about holding up the division for forever.
And as a fellow dane I would say that in general, MMA is a miniscule sport here in Denmark. Very few people follow it, and most people here don't even know who Stipe or Jon Jones is. Tyson is still a household name 20 years after his last real fight, which says something about how big he was. People think Conor was/is big...Tyson was HUGE.
Who cares, they are both out of their prime. The fight means nothing.
It's a fight that's as important as Paul vs. Tyson.
And Paul vs. Tyson is definitely the bigger fight.
As I'm Danish, I'm following danish media. And Tyson-Paul is way bigger than Jones-Stipe here, talking about media coverage.
That's pretty much exactly wrong. Stipe has a bad puncher's-chance.This is HW so Stipe definitely has a good puncher's chance.