Tim is correct Francis really isn’t that good just a very powerful puncher. Lost to Lewis and Stipe and Stipe got old or he would have beat Francis again.
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Tim almost caught Jeff Monson in a triangle. He easy outgrapples Francis anyway he wants. The thing is, we’ve seen Tim dropped in his prime, and cold KO’d by Mercy. We’ve never seen Francis look like he was close to falling down. Tim hit hard, has a lot of KOs, but can he do it to Francis?
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Lol Tim
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How the fuck did we get to the point of underrating Ngannou so much that we are overrating Sylvia? Tim isn’t outgrappling anybody and Ngannou has an iron chin, bricks for fists and incredible strength. Even when he was exhausted he was able to get up from underneath Stipe.
Tim would have to eat massive bombs just to get close to Ngannou and every time he got hit with a bomb he was put on his ass.
Sylvia is extremely underrated. I think the MMA purists blackballed him when he lost to a boxer in a MMA fight because they think that tarnished the sport (little did they know what Jake Paul would bring much greater disgrace to the sport years later LOL)
But honestly prime Sylvia was an ogre who would be a handful today. If 45 year old arlovski can hang around the top 10 of the modern era then prime Sylvia and Arlovski would definitely be contenders
That being said Francis knocks him out
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That’s why I always respect Tim! He said he was going to strike with Ray Mercer!
Even kimbo ducked out and went for takedowns when he said he was going to strike on Mercer! His punches got tipped off the elbows and he bounced!
Tim got murdered but did what he said he was going to!
Sylvia could clinch ngonnou and possibly take him down and submit him. That’s not out of the realm of MMA. But Francis has baked good fighters with massive KOs!
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He would have for sure.
Francis is sloppy with power thats it.
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There’s always a match up that’s bad for everyone.
I agree with Tim that his fighting style is a tough fight for Francis but that doesn’t mean he can’t best Tim.
GSP was guys named Matt.
Hendricks was a bad matchup for gsp and I didn’t think bisping would be tough and he was beating gsp.
If you stay in the game long enough it’s almost a guarantee that you’ll find that matchup.
I thought they had some gentleman’s agreement to no kicks & Tim threw a kick right away?
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Y’all forgetting Randy came out of retirement and whooped Tim? In his prime. One of my favorite fights.
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Correct
Sylvia isn’t taking Ngannou down off a shot or clinch. He would have to walk through hellfire to clinch with him and Tim would get slept.
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Lean muscular Tim that beat up Rico, Gan, & Cabbage could win. But I’d still have Francis as a favorite just because of that crazy fast power. But if Tim made it a fight he’d probably wilt Francis.
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That Sylvia gets slept in 2 minutes.
I think Francis fucking stinks. Hits like a truck but is a really sloppy fighter. Any heavyweight in history that could wrestle should beat him. Curtis Blaydes is the dumbest fucker alive.
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Tim Sylvia was petrified of ground work.
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Francis KO inside a minute. Sylvia wasn’t outstriking anyone that wasn’t a grappler or small enough to bully.
He did Arlovski before.
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He more so caught Arlovski, who was notoriously hittable, with a big one while getting outstruck clearly. Arlovski beat the breaks off him in terms of shots landed and technical striking. Then there was the fight in which neither really did anything.
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