GameBredAPBT wrote:HW in MMA truly is a dead scene. The only weight class (perhaps 205 as well) that has actually declined in skill & talent over the years. Ngannou is basically a less dynamic Jerome Le Banner (no surprise that Le Banner is one of his main trainers). One dimensional one round power striker. KOing two deflated strikers who should have retired ages ago shouldn't have gotten people thinking he was going through a young (in fight years) wrestler with a decent chin, who has really been dialed in lately, but that's the obnoxious UFC hype machine for you.
Miocic is whatever as well though. I remember way back when he fought del Rosario, I said Miocic would hold gold one day. And then the Struve fight happened, which IMO will forever be a stain on his career, just for the way he lost. But he bounced back & fulfilled my prophecy. His work ethic is mighty impressive. There's just been no one for him to fight. HW is all tired old vets fighting for paychecks. Ngannou wasn't ready for a fight like that (who knows if he'll ever be). Who else does the UFC have on the rise? Blaydes?
All the burgeoning talent within the upper weight classes is in Eastern Europe. Problem is, those regional promotions out there pay big money while WME is handing out measly contracts & have removed sponsors. They'll need to make some serious decisions going forward, because Miocic needs to be fighting guys like Minakov, Pavlovich, even Kharitonov or Aleks Emelianenko, not rematches with Grandpa Werdum & Hunt.
A forty-year-old potato farmer and a hepatitis B/C-carrying convicted rapist are different than Werdum and Hunt?
Me thinks you are overstating the case against the ufc.
LOL @ Ngannou being a lesser JLB. JLB was a pedigreed kickboxer/boxer who never took a back step, stood in the pocket, planted his feet, and threw traditional power punching combinations. WTF does that have to do with FN?
DC hasn't been a heavyweight for 5 years. I stand by my comment, Stipe would go through DC easily.
