the fact that stipe was the underdog despite being champion and still dominated francis the whole fight speaks to how much of a legendary heavyweight he is

@blo0dybubble330

Жыл бұрын

Stipe is a dog when Francis knocked out Overeem it didn’t scare Stipe one bit

@fabiandettmar2439

Жыл бұрын

yes BUT francis had no experience at that time and we all know how the second fight went out.

@blo0dybubble330

Жыл бұрын

@@fabiandettmar2439 Yes Ngannou is a freak of nature. Personally I think the only guys on earth who can really stand and bang with Ngannou are Fury and Wilder

@nikolaj97

Жыл бұрын

@@blo0dybubble330 The thing is, he cant stand with them

@maltheri9833

Жыл бұрын

@@blo0dybubble330 In their own sport they'd most likely win. In MMA I don't see him having any competition among heavyweights

It’s crazy to see how cocky Francis was towards Stipe vs how he talks about Stipe now. Man went from “he’s scared” to always giving Stipe respect anytime he’s mentioned. One of the press asked Francis who was the best heavyweight after him Jones or Gane and Francis was like “what about Stipe??? He beat me”.

@maltheri9833

Жыл бұрын

Stipe humbled him and forced him to be a better fighter. He's the one who showed him that unlimited power or not if you don't have the skills to pay the bills you're going down hard. Unfortunately for Stipe Francis learned his lesson in that 2nd fight

@cmpunk500

Жыл бұрын

I actually think that Stipe is the only fighter that Francis genuinely respects. He never speaks highly about any other fighter, he does give one line compliments but when stipe is mentioned, you can see the respect he has for him. Plus Stipe was the only one who actually was able to take francis's punch, head on.

@scottmichael7178

Жыл бұрын

@@cmpunk500 exactly, people forget about their first fight and only talk about the 2nd, and then try and tear stipe down. It shows how short minded and retarded mma fans are

@dkmma3312

Жыл бұрын

Ufc doesn't like stipe . Francis beats him and they wipe him out.

@zippo_muk9254

Жыл бұрын

Francis admitted that losing to Stipe made him suicidal. Now that’s a beating.. the media are mad disrespectful for never mentioning stipe.

Daniel “I’m not gonna fight Stipe Miocic” Cormier

Reminder everytime people say the UFC didn't promote Ngannou, they literally buried Stipe before this fight even took place.

@madgavin7568

Жыл бұрын

Yeah and after Ngannou lost the UFC and Dana White threw him under the bus, never again was he promoted to the extent he was for this fight.

@BigSoldiermx

Жыл бұрын

UFC tried using Ciryl Gane to replace Francis so idk👋🏼

@thenedsmmachannel8970

Жыл бұрын

@Mad Gavin it was after the Derrick Lewis fight where he stared at him for 15 minutes and it wasn't just Dana, the whole mma media(who know sees as their beacon of light against the UFC) slandered him too and even brought up retirement. The mma world us full of hypocrites

@madgavin7568

Жыл бұрын

@@thenedsmmachannel8970 Francis fell out of Dana's good graces after the Stipe fight. After he 'lost' to Derrick in one of the worst fights ever, it was the perfect excuse for Dana to shit on him.

@ceedub3966

Жыл бұрын

@@BigSoldiermx say you just started watching MMA without saying it. Francis was Danas guy until stipe beat him. Gane is new asf.

"He lost to a Midwest boy that's 40 lbs lighter than him." Stipe really does have the fighting spirit.

@leodavies9383

Жыл бұрын

in the rematch he weigh the same as francis and got his ass koed

@nikolaj97

Жыл бұрын

@@leodavies9383 No he didnt weigh the same lol..

@escanor3699

Жыл бұрын

@@leodavies9383 same weight?💀💀 Bro didn’t watch the fight

@eightoneeight8959

Жыл бұрын

@@leodavies9383 it’s was virtually unidenticle

@maltheri9833

Жыл бұрын

@Leo Davies But he didn't,he came in lighter than he's ever been and got flattened.

Stipe on embedded for this fight was absolute GOLD. How could u not love the guy.

@fuksaluksa

Жыл бұрын

one of the few truly genuine people in UFC.

@theonlythecoolgang

Жыл бұрын

It kinda blows my mind he’s kept his rank too, like he has serious DWP but it might be deserved tbh

Stipe took the belt away from Dana, gave it to his coach to put it on. That was a deep message 💪🏼🎉

*Stipe landed 230+ strikes, 14 takedowns and 20 mins of control time.* Most dominant performance in heavyweight history. There was no question, Stipe was the better fighter. Stipe and Francis both started MMA at similar times. Francis was actually street fighting before Stipe started wrestling. I’m sick of people making excuses. Stipe made a split second mistake in the rematch and came in way too light against a bigger explosive guy like Francis. Stipe needed to be lighter versus Cormier but should’ve bulked back up after that fight.

@hazeshi6779

3 ай бұрын

Francis was never a street fighter bro ur lying!

@zippo_muk9254

3 ай бұрын

@@hazeshi6779 Francis himself said this since 2014. You know nothing

@hazeshi6779

3 ай бұрын

@zippo_muk9254 He stated he never wanted to be like his father in multiple interviews and his father was a streetfighter! So you're the one that's wrong. Unless you can link an interview where he says otherwise?

Dana's potential to praise fighters when he benefits from them and go entirely opposite when he stops benefiting is just wow!

@ndumisondlovu9254

Жыл бұрын

It's business I guess. Just don't like the fact he called him a coward. But who knows what was said when cams were off

can't believe this was 5y ago, time flies, stipe still my fav

@preston2636

Жыл бұрын

Time flies when champs dont defend their belts. Hopefully the next champ actually fights with contenders and not the ufc brass. What Francis wanted eas valient but he really held the division up bad.

When a Ford escort met a fire truck.

The most impressive thing to me is how Stipe absolutely schooled Ngannou at his absolute most dangerous, most intense. Some people imply that Stipe just gassed Ngannou and dominated him with wrestling. But the fact that Stipe completely outclassed Ngannou on the feet as well, while this 265lbs monster puncher was throwing continuous predator drones in the first 2 rounds, was just insane. And that's not forgetting how Francis came back 10x more adept in all things patience, wrestling and cardio and from the moment he entered the post fight press conference after this one he had learned so much of what he needed to do, and took it on board to display those lessons in fight 2. I do wonder how normal weight cut Stipe would do against improved Ngannou.

@maltheri9833

Жыл бұрын

Stipe definitely approached that fight the wrong way. He came in waayyyy too light and he seemed super relaxed I don't think he realized how much Francis had changed and you can't blame him. The fight before Francis just swung wildly and murdered Rozenstruick with no skill at all so there was no telling Francis knew how to wrestle and pick his shots.

@cdotytv7520

Жыл бұрын

Indeed

@scottmichael7178

Жыл бұрын

@@maltheri9833 for sure. and that was also not long after the wars with dc.

@javadazizi7250

Жыл бұрын

Francis only lost because he started training at the age of 28. He got a little full of himselt after some wins, but later showed the world what well-rounded Francis looks like.

@alvincapone5859

Жыл бұрын

Ohhh shut up!

Lowkey one of my fav heavyweight fights. From the story to the fight , Stipe showed a good chin and Francis just wasnt rdy at the time but he landed punches that wouldve knocked other heavyweights out

@dominickd16

Жыл бұрын

Probably the most nervous fight I ever seen. I had a weird feeling stipe would just get flat lined in round 1

@bubblegunsoldier7484

Жыл бұрын

what did you do with the time you saved from cutting out the "E" and "A" from ready.

@purestformofpeace

Жыл бұрын

@@bubblegunsoldier7484 😂😂😂

@capasi5380

Жыл бұрын

Yeah man and stupid people say he got glass jaw, ngannu is just so strong man. Still stipe never showed fear in throwing like Derick Lewis did.

@jesustapped

Жыл бұрын

@@bubblegunsoldier7484 Probably used it to laugh at grammar nazis on KZread.

"this guy's ego was SO OUTTA CONTROL" 😂

@trentonwalker8602

11 ай бұрын

After glazing him in the pre fight media lmao

One of the greatest championship performances ever

@GoodStuff1992

Жыл бұрын

the rematch was a complete shutout

This was one of the best fights in Francis’s career. It taught him the importance of wrestling/takedown defense, cardio and having a game plan going into the fight instead of just relying on one hit power. And he made perfect adjustments in their rematch.

@Deathstreak36

Жыл бұрын

Imagine, if after Francis Vs Cyril, Gane does the same. Focuses on wrestling / TDD and comes back just like Ngannou did :0

@woodyboy6493

Жыл бұрын

@@Deathstreak36 oh gane would whoop Francis and Francis knows it

@Theone.fitness

5 ай бұрын

​@@woodyboy6493😂

My favorite part of that press conference is when Dana starts calling Francis a Ford Escort, DC and Stipe both look at eachother and shake their heads

@woodyboy6493

Жыл бұрын

Dana was trying to sell and advertise Francis lol. It's obvious Dana must have gave Francis steroids and tried to make a experiment outta Francis in the UFC institute because he needs to hype the hvwt div. That shit story of Francis getting like that from working shoveling in Africa is bullshit😆😆

Dana was a hardcore Francis fan 5 years ago 😂

@BigSoldiermx

Жыл бұрын

Just to send Stipe out of here🤔

@shumishu6019

Жыл бұрын

Only person Dana hates more than Francis is stipe

I love after this fight Dana claimed that Francis had an ego now and yet at this presser is literally going over stats about how hard he hits.

I legit searched for this like yesterday in hopes you made a vid on it. I've been binge watching ur vids for a couple days now keep it up bro

you know which free fight UFC is gonna upload if Stipe is fighting again

Lol. I wonder how awkward those guys dressed in those Predator costumes must’ve felt during this mauling of a fight.

@petrosbabinn1695

Жыл бұрын

As awkward as you dressed in a middle aged dad outfit in the second fight 😭

@drunkenmmamaster419

Жыл бұрын

🤣

5 years ago today, that's crazy. Love your channel by the way

This is prime Stipe and he fought the perfect fight here. I'm not sure if an older past-prime Stipe could beat a well-rounded Francis today.

@fadoo6869

Жыл бұрын

I can’t tell if this is a joke or not

@gimmick7389

Жыл бұрын

lmao ngannou isnt well rounded at all

@JGD185

Жыл бұрын

@@gimmick7389 today he's way more well rounded than this 1st fight is what I meant. He outwrestled Stipe in the 2nd fight.

@V-95K

Жыл бұрын

Nah Francis isn’t well rounded lol😂 but Stipe won’t beat Francis anymore because of those 3 wars against Cormier, where he also got knocked out

@Ar1AnX1x

Жыл бұрын

Francis definitely improved by sometimes damage really changes a fighter both mentally and specially physically(which affects you mentally, if you're physically not 100%) time and time again we've seen a fighter not being the same after they take a lot of damage it reminds me of DC saying "I'm not the same after these wars with Stipe, I'm sure Stipe is not the same neither, he should retire." I think DC was completely right and Stipe probably thought DC's saying that because he's jealous or something.

bro you a goat at uploading times I need sum to watch fin tear this good eats up!

Prime Stipe = GOAT....period....

@GoodStuff1992

Жыл бұрын

dc knocked out prime stipe

Francis thought he could just blitz through all his opponents with reckless swinging until he met Stipe

@madgavin7568

Жыл бұрын

The only times he 'swung recklessly' was this fight, and the Rozenstruik fight. The latter of which he defied all logic with his KO. But honestly Ngannou by his own admission was not ready to face Miocic when he got the first title.

@woodyboy6493

Жыл бұрын

@@madgavin7568 no excuses, Francis signed the contract and he felt just because he kod Alistair he could defeat stipe. Don't be making excuses for Francis just because he lost dummy🤦🏼‍♂️

@madgavin7568

Жыл бұрын

@@woodyboy6493 They were legitimate excuses, Francis even admits he was not ready to face Stipe at the time because he was too inexperienced and it showed because he was full of nervous energy as he did not follow his corners game-plan, which Stipe took full-advantage of. Also the fact they re-matched 3+ years later and Francis got his revenge by KO means Francis learnt from his mistakes and got much better as a fighter.

@woodyboy6493

Жыл бұрын

@@madgavin7568 Francis only admitted he was inexperienced because he lost🤦🏼‍♂️. He don't seem inexperienced or humble in press conference does he😆. He didn't learn from his mistakes did he because he got released from UFC obviously because he doesn't wanna fight and the dummy realized he's not getting boxing money oh and he knows gane or Jones where gonna kick his ass

@madgavin7568

Жыл бұрын

@@woodyboy6493 Oh I see, you're one of those UFC shills/Ngannou haters. Way to torpedo your own credibility, absolute tool you are mate.

This video comes out to make Stipe fans feel better about him getting demolished in the rematch

Thank you Larone for putting this together

7:30 good lord look at the size difference between Francis & DC... no wonder Cormier said no thanks to a potential fight with him lol

@jmz2144

Жыл бұрын

DC beat Big Foot Silva tho

@purestformofpeace

Жыл бұрын

DC would've still beat him at this point. People forget just how good DC was, dude was slaying giants his entire career. If Stipe could take and keep down Francis, Daniel would've as well

@BigSoldiermx

Жыл бұрын

DC can't take a direct punch by Francis game over👋🏼

@Khonnell66

Жыл бұрын

@@BigSoldiermx DC took Rumble's shots, he's definitely got a solid enough chin.

@lucarossi9453

Жыл бұрын

DC in his prime would smoke both

Stipe Miocic is a blessing to MMA .... A real man a firefighter like my marine brother in Boston I'm so proud Stipe took the W on my city..... That's my guy always ..... That man is an animal n loved by everyone 💕🏆🇺🇸💪💰🌟🎉💯😘

Love how Ngannou was just talking to the camera crew lol " you like the view?? " "we're watching Usman Kamaru, you want to watch?' Hahaha totally treating them like the people they are

5 years ago today! Stipe is the best!

I saw some rare sparring footage between Ngannou and Slim Trabelsi and francis was getting tossed around wrestling with him back in 2017. Crazy how far he has come with his offensive & defensive wrestling since then!

Love how Stipe was buried for this fights promotion and once he won he took the belt right from Dana and gave it to his coach.

One of the most satisfying Ws in MMA history. Humbled#

Still think if Stipe fought Francis in a bigger cage in the 2nd fight there might have been a different outcome. Heavyweights should not be fighting in that small ass cage

@xftbllplyr2091

Жыл бұрын

Did we really need to see Stipe trying to run from him? We want to see fights, not as Yoel said, “Usain Bolt”

these two specially at this exact time had probably the best chins in history I mean eating shots like these this well is surprising even at lightweight, let alone at heavyweight, they were just eating everything without even getting rocked.

I can't believe Danus isn't embarrassed saying that shit about Ngannou having the same power as a ford escort. It's so stupid and it's a straight up lie! Any small car would kill and Ngannou hit Overeem with everything he had and the guy is fine 5 minutes later.

One thing that is underrated about ngannou is his chin. He got absolutely blasted by stipe more than once in this fight and seemed unfazed

Stipe simply inspires greatness man

Stioe is as humble as it can get, World's HW champion and a firefighter.....his civil service comes first which speaks volumes of his character ....heavyweight champion of the world, then goes home to mow his lawn.

I know his wrestling was the key here to wearing down Ngannou but Stipe's boxing was so good in this fight too.

nganou needed that loss, part of experience and evolving and finding the areas to work on. Stipe had the experience and the skills. Both super humble and great atheltes.

that octagon interview was hilarious

The best intro to a fight i have ever scene

24.04 stipe coach says your awesome wholesome moment

I never watched his fights other than gane cause I’m a newer fan (sue me that’s why this channel is so goated) but tbh I Kinda see why people aren’t too mad over it

"I was in Paris for the New Year" "What did you do?" "Train....ha-ha-ha-ha" "Did you train takedown defense?" "uhh, what's that?"

He dropped it again.Another straight banger ,minus the lack of the use of verbiage “nerds and virg!ns “ pretty sick

Stipe before his eyeballs were poked by DC and had permanent damage to them was the best fighter in UFC history.

22:35 *My favourite takedown of all time.* The camera work was amazing. I’m glad they held that one constant shot.

Apparently this guy said he trained for miocic during the overeem camp and literally went on vacation before the fight

Please do Covington vs Masvidal Best moments 😀

Lmao I love how for the first like year Francis was in the UFC people pronounced his name wrong 😂

WE NEEED MORE UPLOADS LARONE :::((((

I have a suggestion of fighters I think deserve to have here in this channel that i love: Vicente luque Bradon moreno Stephen thompson José aldo Donald cerrone Yoel romero Gilbert burns Leon edwards Amanda nunes Jamahal hill Jacaré souza Yair rodriguez Derrick lewis

The fight that made Ngannou change his camp and becoming a complete fighter

Cormier: I'm defintiely not fighting Stipe Fights him 3 times

Francis could not wrestle back then. He’s come a long way.

This dude literally beat Ngannou from start to finish! WTF!!!!

Ong this is like stipe is the guy you created in my career maxed him out and ngannou is the boss fight that you complete on the story quest

15:39 - 'Stipe Myopic' lmao

Stipe dominated that fight but holy shit his eye looks like a bubble Francis punching power is no joke

This fight was very good for Francis and his future after this

@ceedub3966

Жыл бұрын

Oh absolutely. Francis is a smarter guy than I gave him credit for after this fight.. I didn't think he would learn so much from it. He basically even pulled a stipe on Gane.

I wish Stipe's legs were even shorter than this, like he'd be 3/4 just torso with barely any legs beating the fuck out of everybody and getting called the greatest of all time.

16:09 the barber curse

say what u want even with the casm in skill ngannou stayed in there alllll 5 rds. no quit in that man, and respect to stipe for being the one to make him look human.

Larone legend

Stipe The Wordsmith Miocic! lol i shouldn't make fun of a guy i have a real world chance of running into someday since i friends with a couple of his teammates. and live in Ohio..he says some really weird stuff sometimes though. His fight IQ is second to none, i guess that's all that matters.

I just got home from work right now. I’m tired and I’m eating pizza and I see this video pop-up. It’s a blessing. Thank you, Larone 🫡💯

thanks larone

Stipe is a beast

Just goes to show, always give respect to everyone, he thought he was just gonna go in there and do to Stipe what he had done to everyone else.....even on the second fight he could have won but when he stunned Francis and rushed in to finish he threw tge game plan out the window and it cost him....Francis deserves his respect as well but he's still not the greatest of the HW's by far....Stipe holds that distinction and if he beats Jones which I think he will ....I can guarantee he still won't get his respect.....let's go Stipe!

18:57 *FACES of DEATH!!!*

what language was stipe speaking in his post fight interview? anyone know?

1:48 funny how dc said he won't fight stipe but then fought him six months later lol

Them African men are made different,when I was about 13 my Nigerian friend had a six pack and was born like a bodybuilder, every muscle ripped and he ain't even seen a weight.

miocic with the 5 second blink tempo at 14:38

In the 4th round Stipe big brother'd Francis lol

Can you do adesanya vs pereira

He fucking dominated Francis

13:54 - Anyone wanna talk about how he predicted the outcome of the Stipe/Francis rematch? XD

This is where Dana showed his true colors in my opinion. He never gave Stipe the respect he deserved

22:53 That was close

We need a Gilbert Vs Khamzat best moments !!!!!!!

ah yes, the time when Dana was in love with Francis.

This humbled Francis

Please do khamzat vs burns.

9:44 XDD

5:10 🤣🤣🤣

Love stipe

Just looking at this fight after the weigh-ins, Francis had to wrigh at least 25-30 lbs more than Stipe....when Stioe was on top you could really see the size difference of Francis over Stipe....but we all know size doesn't matter it's the fight ,will and heart if the fighters .

Ngannou character development arc

Wheres Masvidal vs Covington & Adesanya vs Peireira?

Imagine getting out wrested by Stipe now imagine what Jon Jones would have done to him

I thought he would go down. But... he didn't.

Stipes the Rodney Dangerfield of the UFC. No Respect.

Francis ngannou: I'm here to become the chomp!!!😆😋😋

Embiid was right but for the 2nd fight