And none in the current top 15. His severe inactivity has led to a situation where the entire division is now populated with fighters he has never faced. The only reason he even has one win over an active fighter is because Arlovski is immortal at 44 and refuses to retire.
Stipe didnt fight all of last year. Fought once in 2021 and looked terrible. Then for the previous 3 years he only fought DC. Im not expecting anything out of him and I dont think he would have much for Blaydes or Pavlovich. Not that he would take those fights. I think heās holding out for one more title fight and then is going to retire regardless.
This. Stipe would stand no chance against Blaydes letās be honest. Stipe is so overrated people forget he got fād up in most of his wins too. That chin and his cardio are his best assets.
Blaydes/Pavlovich winner is getting shafted here but at least Stipe is 4-2 in the five years leading up to this fight with Jones if it happens this summer and that would include two wins over DC and a win over Ngannou.
When Pena got her title shot vs Nunes she was 2-2 in the five years leading up to that title fight and had a one fight win streak going over Sara McMann who herself had a one fight win streak over Lina Lansberg.
For comparison, Makhachev was 7-0 in the five years leading up to his title shot vs Charles and Volkanovski was 9-0 in the five years leading up to his champ vs champ title fight vs Makhachev.
How many Jones beat? How long has Jones been out before winning the title in unequivocal fashion?
lol. The greatest heavyweight of all time aināt worthy as well? Haters will always find something to make it appear as if their hated object is objectively unworthy, as dumb as their āfindingā may be.
Wrong. Title fights are about hype for the challenger among the public. Challengers create hype by being active and winning. Stipe is neither active nor winning. The last time the fans saw him he was KOed by Ngannou and that was two years ago.
When have fans ever wanted to see a fighter coming off a brutal loss two years ago be granted a title shot after they turn 40?
Stipe had a great run but very few people consider him the greatest HW of all time.
I already contradicted what you wrote with the Jones example. You can open your argument with a resounding āwrongā but at least address the argument . Very few people coonsider Miocicc greatest HW of all time!? How did you come up with that!?
Womens bantamweight is an entirely different situation. Its a dead division and there are no interesting title fights. Heavyweight has actual contenders on win streaks. They should be letting these guys fight for the title.
I personally hate how Tapology includes grappling and boxing now. I use Wikipedia the most now. Sherdog is the best database but the website sucks ass.
