Stipe Miocic VS Francis Ngannou UFC Championship Fight Prediction

Guys, let's talk about this fight

 

Very hyped for this fight

Genuinely have no idea who'll win, which is a novelty these days when it's Stipe you're talking about

Good thing for Stipe is if he wins his profile goes through the roof

Stipe by firemans carry into brainbusta

 

I favour Stipe in this fight but considering Ngannou is seemingly the hardest punching fighter in combat sports at the moment he isn't without a chance early.There is still a lot of unanswered questions about Ngannou and his chin and stamina considering neither has really been tested while even though Stipe is a tough SOB he has been KO'd by Stefan Struve previously so the is a small question of if he will be able to take Ngannous power. Stipe has far better fighting IQ compared to Overeem and he wont be silly enough to stand and bang with Ngannou and will likely take him down at every opportunity and wrestle**** submit or GNP him in the middle to late rounds

 

Stipe has been wiped out by Struve. N'Gannou is in another realm compared to SS.

Stipe is on a serious roll, but other than Werdum (and why was Werdum chasing him?), his resume is filled with shopworn fighters & dying legends.

N'Gannou will be his most serious test since Werdum.

The only common opponent is Reem. N'Gannou nearly decapitated Reem, and Stipe nearly got stopped by him.

N'Gannou by KO. Nobody will survive his onslaught.

The ground game will be interesting due to Stipe only having to touch people and he gets them down. So if that happens, a lot of questions will be answered.

 

Thing that a lot of people are overlooking is the fact that Overeem fought FN almost like he was trying to prove a point. He engaged him more than he did Stipe. In the Stipe fight he Hit & LITERALLY RAN. And he had a little success with that until Miocic caught up with him and put his lights out with short arm punches in the guard. Overeem should have had a similar strategy against FN and got him into the later rounds. Who knows... Francis might have gotten frustrated and gave Allistair an opening to end the fight. But to exchange haymakers with him... he was trying to prove a point after the hacking he received from the running that night in Cleveland. Bad move.


Stipe has starched JDS, Overeem, Werdum and Arlovski in one round. He’s 6’4” and a solid 245lbs D-1 wrestler with GREAT hands. Two time Golden Gloves champ. It’s HILARIOUS how some people are acting like it’s a forgone conclusion that Nguanno wins.


I got Stipe by G&P tko within 2.

 

Stipe is better on the feet and it's a no contest if the fight ends up on the ground. We also don't know the stamina or mental fortitude of Ngannou, it's simply never been tested. Barring a puncher's chance Stipe wins this inside a few rounds.

 

Stipe isn't better on the feet. He's one dimensional.

Have you EVER saw his Thai or KB game? I haven't. His love of his hands will be his downfall.

N'Gannou has MUCH more variety than Stipe.

 

He used the plum to keep Dos Santos on the fence and from circling away in their rematch. Anyway, what has Ngannou ever shown you to suggest his striking skills are better? He's a wild swinger who relies on brute strength and punching power. Stipe throws technically correct, accurate straight punches. In an exchange those will get in before one of Ngannou's wide hooks.

 

War Miocic!

 

Miocic should be favourite here.

He's destroyed 3 ATG legends so far, whereas N'Gannou just has the Reem win.

That being said, N'Gannou has an under rated submission game, remember I think only one of his first 5 fights was won by KO.

Miocic right now is probably ATG number 3 behind Fedor and Nog. His only bad performance was a war with Struve where a slip cost him the fight.

I don't think either man can afford to make a mistake here.

N'Gannou seems to be UFC answer to Joshua, but he's still an unknown quantity and the sad thing is Miocic might not even answer those questions we have.

I'm going with my gut here, N'Gannou by first round ko.

 

Yeah that's the thing... The guy clearly has incredible KO power. But more often than not that's not something that will continue forever and those who are over reliant on it tend to come up short at the top level(then again those are divisions with a bit more depth and talent than heavyweight). N'Gannou by early KO or Miocic mid-late stoppage for me. Still going to mull over this one for a while.

 

A must see fight, for me.
FN is terrifying, the shot that disconnected Reem would've staggered a buffalo.
But as has been observed, we don't know how good he is down the stretch

I got Stipe by late stoppage.

 

Exactly WHO did Francis beat that was prime or elite? His best win before Overeem was a washed up Arvlowski, Overeem himself including Arvlowski were past prime and washes up, and have been knocked out multiple times before even during their primes.

 

Would you class Miocic as prime or elite if N'Gannou beats him?