Stipe deserves an instant rematch, but he won't get it because they want Francis Vs Jon, and Francis seems super easy to deal with, and is a promoters dream, have to think they want the rub of him beating Jon, who could never avoid trouble, and now is always bitching about money and walked away from the title and all. Plus, the general public just never got behind Stipe, Francis and Jon will obviously push bigger numbers, and could be the the real launch pad for Francis if he murders Jon.
Stipe got execute by DC once, and I never thought he'd get that back, especially 2x over, but he completely proved me wrong, that would be enough already to sell me on him deserving another shot. But it ain't happening.
@redd Oh, Jon probably used steroids, I really don't care.
I think he wanted Francis to begin with, and the idea was going up after Francis first, and then Stipe. It's not like talk of moving up to heavyweight, fighting Francis, and putting on weight is all a surprise. The initial move was with Francis in mind. The logic of not thinking fighting Francis was a huge possibility is weird to me. I could buy the argument better about thinking he wanted Francis, and seeing what happened last night and not feeling as confident because of the improvement? But the idea that he never wanted Francis to begin with doesn't fly tbh.
@cowboy, and yea, it's pretty delusional to think Jon is a coward at this point. Are you going to relent on that, or is there some way he is still a coward if he does fight Francis? I'll eat my words if it never happens. He's a douche, he's reckless, and he's EXTREMELY insecure, but he's definitely not scared to fight people.