Its not stipe, its the ufc and Jon. In that order, if you asked me to bet on it.

@LarryMayvid

12 күн бұрын

100%, but I think there's a long term play behind it. MixedMollyWhoppery did a good video on the situation that you might find interesting, I'd definitely recommend giving it a listen. It's pretty recent and "scumbag" is the first word of the title. I would've added a few more things but it summed up most of my thoughts pretty well

@SpyroTek

12 күн бұрын

It's not Jon either. He's just a fighter. It's purely the UFC.

@sibusiso2841

12 күн бұрын

​@@SpyroTek "he's just a fighter" remember how hard Dana defended picograms?

@SpyroTek

12 күн бұрын

@@sibusiso2841 Exactly, and that's on Dana/UFC. It's not Jon's fault that they bow down to him. IF they wanted to they could quite easily take the belt off him and he couldn't do anything about it.

@andrewf6111

12 күн бұрын

@@sibusiso2841 remember when Leon said he's not fighting Colby because he did nothing to earn it? Then Dana or the UFC said oh yes he is, and we will strip him otherwise. The UFC has all power here. Jon is just blessed with their favor.

Jones is the only one holding up the division

This Interm-belt nonsense is easily the worst part of MMA. You can't fight and defend your belt but you are still champion? Are we just going to cancel the Super Bowl if Pat Mahommes gets hurt and redo it when he feels better? Absolute nonsense, Tom Aspinall is the HW champ in my eyes. DANA HAS HELD UP THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION not Stipe

@isambo400

12 күн бұрын

It allows ufc to promise title fights to venues

@ahrothgar8513

12 күн бұрын

Yea… it’s a good thing fans don’t run the UFC. Dana knows what he’s doing more than you. Aspinall ain’t shit.

@thed00d

12 күн бұрын

@@ahrothgar8513 What does Dana knowing more about the fight business have to do with basic principal of competition in sports? Of course some champions are better than others- I don't understand your point. If Aspinall isn't shit why not let Jon Jones fight him and take the title back? I don't understand what the importance of "holding the belt" is if you aren't defending it- it's not like we are tracking the total amount of months as champion.

@JimChap

12 күн бұрын

@@ahrothgar8513 The contradiction is just brilliant. On the one hand, you praise Dana White, a man who thinks Aspinall is fantastic, and then follow it up with "Aspinall ain't shit," totally shitting on Dana's judgment. But seriously, name one expert/pundit/former fighter that you respect, who doesn't have a high opinion of Aspinall........Away you go.....

@mohnjarx7801

12 күн бұрын

You can't equate a one man sport to a team sport. And if you try it'd be more accurate to ask "would you cancel the super bowl if the Chiefs teams hotel burned to the ground with them in it" and the answer then would be yes, you would. Just like an individual player in a team sport rarely loses his spot do to injury it should be rare for a Champ to lose his belt do to one.

The thing about Alex is that we don’t need to “test” him at light heavyweight anymore. He isn’t on the same path as other fighters. He has the opportunity to be come a triple champ and we should allow him the opportunity to be different and attempt it. If he fails then he can go back to fight at light heavyweight. But not allowing him the opportunity because he needs to fight the wrestler and all this talk of the next opponent is unnecessary. He is already a star he is someone who is established and to say he “skipped the line” he answered the call to fight and did it. U do not punish someone for stepping up twice already. Give that chance to be the first modern triple champ. History in the making

@Grannyknockers

12 күн бұрын

I agree. Reward fighters who are active. Alex has fought 7x in the last 24 months and all 7 were against current, future, or former champs.

@LarryMayvid

12 күн бұрын

Considering Ankalaev isn't gonna wrestle anyways, he's not even gonna get that test. Where Jan failed to finish Ank, Alex will get it done. Gonna be interesting to see what the narrative is if that is indeed how it goes That said, as much as I want to see it, the IC should be next in line. Then Alex. Assuming Jon loses to either Stipe or Tom/Curtis, that match would make even more sense, and Alex could be next for him if he loses to Stipe. Which I personally think will happen, by KO. And if that's how it goes, Alex's chances may be greatly improved.

@mohnjarx7801

12 күн бұрын

Alex is a freemason and it's in the cards for him to be "triple champ" just like hermes is "the thrice great". You need to get over to Rigo and brush up on your knowledge on occultists breaking into the UFC

@Charles-mv7sv

12 күн бұрын

Strip Jon and unify the belt with Alex v Tom

@Lira23

12 күн бұрын

@@Charles-mv7sv ur talking about the longest reigning champion of the light heavyweight division (the one Alex is dominating) think of it as they would be fighting for both light heavyweight and heavyweight titles. Tom is temporary. People seem to forget how long Jon has held titles

The UFC is holding up the heavyweight division, not Stipe, by not stripping Jones due to his injury and proceeding inactivity. They did this to 2 light heavyweight champions in a row, but now Jones gets a pass. And because of that they issued another meaningless "belt" and now that "belt" is being defended, even though the interim belt itself is supposed to represent the guaranteed #1 contender next in line to fight the champion. They should have stripped Jones and put Aspinall against Stipe or someone else for the vacant belt.

@Charles-mv7sv

12 күн бұрын

Alex v Tom for unification!

WE KNOW ITS NOT STIPE HOLDING UP THE DIVISION, ITS JONES AND DANA IS LETTING HIM!!

@Nicecool76420

11 күн бұрын

Yes the greatest of all time gets that privilege, Tom Aspinall is a nobody that has a bit of hype that will die out soon.

It's no fault of Stipe's; Dana White is the one holding up the heavyweight division. Rightly or wrongly, he has placed his respect for the man and what he thinks Stipe deserves above the prospect of seeing the 2 actual BEST heavyweights in the world fighting - one of which is clearly Tom Aspinall.

Jon's resume is all that matters to Jones and UFC,

We wouldn’t have heard from Stipe until his hall of fame induction if he wasn’t called out. Even when he was, all we got was “I’ll be there”

Funny thing about mma fans is that if Tom were to be given the undisputed title after Jon was stripped, a lot of those same fans would claim Tom wasn’t the real champ and won a paper belt. Similarly to how people treat DC’s Lhw career

@JohnnyGoodBehavior

12 күн бұрын

This is true. I’m guilty of it too. It’s hard to recognize a guy as world champion when there’s a guy out there you think can beat him. But if they don’t fight, you need to do what’s right and give it to the active guy. Tom deserves a belt. But I also want him to fight jones. Same with dc. Jones throws a big wrench in all this.

@TPilly

11 күн бұрын

Idk if you know what undisputed champion means but do your research 🤣

@TPilly

11 күн бұрын

Literally getting handed a championship without earning it through a fight is the definition of disputed champion that people should call paper champ 😂

@Rugbiii

10 күн бұрын

@@TPillyyeah is that how the ufc uses the term though? You think if Jones was stripped, never came back, and Tom was given the belt, he wouldn’t be considered the Undisputed champion by the UFC?It’s only disputed when there is an active champ to lay claim to the belt

@TPilly

10 күн бұрын

@@Rugbiii yes that’s how the ufc uses the term. A champion isn’t announced as undisputed until they win the belt. Tom would be undisputed after his first real defense. But if there was a vacant title and tom was handed it without a fight. He would not be undisputed

Stipe literally burst out laughing when he was asked that question. That should be all you need to know.

Get the shit over with already. The fight is almost completely uninteresting at this point. If Jones is going to retire after embarrassing stipe then that will be anticlimactic as fuck but at least we can move on. Jones vs Pereira is obviously the dream but what are the actual chances of that? Maybe when they’re both over 40 since Jon only fights every couple of years?

@GoodStuff1992

12 күн бұрын

jones agent should convince dana to give the title shot to periera. it would do more ppv buys for jones than miocic

@LarryMayvid

12 күн бұрын

Fair to think it shouldn't be Jon's next fight, but the only way to think it's a layup for Jon and uninteresting purely because of that is if you're either not actually very familiar with Stipe's style, skills, and attributes or if you're just bought and sold on the notion that he's too old or whatever. Which I truly, genuinely don't mean in a disrespectful or condescending way. I get it. But, as far as style, skills, and attributes, he's a bad matchup for Jon. He's also in better shape physically and mentally. He may be older on paper, but heavy drinking and regular drinking, as well as drug use, all speed up biological aging for Jon. Jon is no spring chicken, and he's coming off an injury. His last fight that lasted longer than a round was before Stipe's last fight and that 2.5 minutes wasn't enough to stage off any potential ring rust, especially considering that it will have been 18 months since then when he fights again. Ring rust is mostly nerves and timing. Stipe will have done much more sparring in the year leading up to this fight and he deals with higher pressure situations every week for his regular job. Personally, I think Stipe is gonna be the first to KO Jon

@RsSlay

12 күн бұрын

A 43 year old man who hasn't fought in 3 years and when he last did, got knocked out viciously like a cartoon character is not a challenging stylistic match up for Jones Jones. You're being ridiculous.

I wonder how much ufc pays chael to make these videos 😂

@taylorkmevery1428

12 күн бұрын

didn’t chael just beef dana

@blackout2430

12 күн бұрын

@@taylorkmevery1428he was hacked you schaub hating redditor/ chael casual. He covered this already

@DasGoodSoup

12 күн бұрын

Not enough if hes selling jocko bullshit

Tito tapped

CURRENT Pereira vs Jones @ 205 when Jones was still on a hot run would've been fuckin NUTS

Chael has been pumping out content for like 3 years straight on the tube it’s insane lol

Uncle Chael, I agree with you 100%! Stipe is definitely not holding up the heavyweight division. If everyone recalls, Stipe said the only fight that he wanted was potentially Jon Jones. In lieu of that injuries, negotiation jargon, etc. Came into play. So, if anyone else was in Stipe's position, I am sure you guys would wait for Jon Jones. Because it would be potentially the last fight of their careers, a fight for legacy, and money. It all makes sense as to why Stipe opted to wait.

I know absolutely 0 MMA fan who is interested in watching Miocic comeback vs Jones. UFC should pay him 100k and send him to the end. They're trying to show that the Jon Jones fight is really competitive, but everyone knows it's not and no one wants to see that crap. This man didnt defeat anyone in the last 4 years and his last fight was a loss by brutal KO.

Never heard of Serjy Pavlich before. Thanks for sharing that with me Chael.

Chael please read the comments... Its Jon not Stipe

How is he holding up a division if he been waiting on jones for going on 2 yrs

@LarryMayvid

12 күн бұрын

Crazy how few people realize that. He wanted it in Sep '22. I think he's gonna be the first to ko Jon, and I'm interested to see how the narrative will change if and when that happens. Something tells me that many of Jon's biggest haters will start making excuses for him just to keep their narrative intact, but hopefully not. Sucks that people are so obsessed with hating Jon that they're willing to trash a guy like Stipe just as a means of hating on Jon (not that I don't understand the hatred towards Jon, just saying)

@GoodStuff1992

12 күн бұрын

​@LarryMayvid we didnt know if jones was even coming back. stipe wasn't choosing to fight anyone while the ufc was negotiating with jon. other contenders like blaydes, pavlovich, gane and aspinall were doing the heavy lifting in the division while stipe was just sitting and gifted another title shot after getting finished.

BTW, Ali fought between 206 (Fight against Liston) and 214 (Frazier in 1971 IHe ballooned up towards 230 by the end of his career, in 1980

We, as fans, have spoken overwhelmingly.

I saw stipe after miocic vs dos santos 1 I was working at the airport. It was 3 am I really wanted to congratulate him but he looked pissed af he had just lost and I didn’t want to annoy him

Scrap interim belt. Make it a bmf belt in each division

I've been saying for years that one of the reasons Stipe got KOed by Francis was he weighed around 30 lbs less than his opponent.

@GoodStuff1992

12 күн бұрын

how did izzy ko alex when he weighs less than him? or how did almeida beat lewis when he was outweighed by 40lbs?

@RsSlay

12 күн бұрын

He got KO'd because he rushed Francis after landing a check right pivot and thinking he rocked a man mountain with an uncrackable chin and consequently walked right into Francis's power side. Stipe could have weighed 300lbs on Jones's stack and still would have been knocked out. It was a technical mistake on Stipe's behalf

I would be happy to see Jones-Arlovski at this point if it got a fight in the cage

@bb5979

12 күн бұрын

I can already imagine the eye pokes

Rationale is not a part of some people's thought process nowadays, they just jump on whatever trendy new thing will get them clicks or likes.

Stipe is holding up the division. Stipe should have retired 3 years ago. He’s an excellent firefighter. If Stipe had retire Jon would have fought twice by now. Jon must be a -3000 on DK against Stipe.

@Jiangxiaozhang

Күн бұрын

Jones didn't fight for two years because of Stipe 😂😂

There are current UFC super fans that have never seen Stipe fight live and we're saying he's holding up the division.

I think The way he says Alex's last name is disrespectful personally to George St-Pierre 😂

who? dude hasn't fought in over 3 years

Stipe is holding up the division he shouldve fought segei that night he didnt. The hungry guy tom did and now heavyweight division is being turned into a joke with the interim champ defending the belt instead of fighting for the real belt

Heyy ! Chael! Gil from Modesto!

Has Chevy Chase called requesting his glasses back ?

Stipe is the best to ever do it. Aspinall has one win over a true contender. Stipe deserves the fight. Aspinall was gifted the fake belt because he stepped up and saved a card on short notice. He never should have been given that belt. If he beats Blaydes, he won’t, then he can wait for the winner of Stipe v pereira.

I needed Chael to sdress this ffs. I do think the division is being holded but how is it by stipe

Suga Sean says he should have fight news sometime in the next two weeks

Sir G. Pavlitch vs Alex Piyera

How you gonna say HE’S holding up the division when JONES refuses to fight anyone else ???

What will make this more complicated is if Stipe beats JJ. Would JJ get an immediate rematch or would Stipe move on?

@bb5979

12 күн бұрын

Doubtful, stipe will be at least 60 before the fight happens, to be fair brilliant tactic from jones trying to guarantee the win🤣

It was Jon's fault for pulling out. And since Stipe had already been sitting on the sidelines for two years leading up to that fight, people already treated him as though he was retired. The HWs should be smart enough to figure out that it will likely be his retirement fight.

With Andre Arlovski retiring, Stipe has zero wins over anyone in the company at the UFC.

UNCLE CHAEL

This is the most satirical title Unc Chael has done so far

What is the Jon at 232 lbs, Cael?? Jon was 248 lbs for Gane.... #COME ON MAN

Stipe is entitled. he ducked contenders after he got knocked out by ngannou. he should have fought the contractually signed backup fighter, Pavlovich. if stipe would have beat him, no one would be complaining about his title shot

I think when that person asked Stipe about it, they poorly worded it. I believe they meant that 'fight' is holding up the division, not Stipe himself. I think 99% of people know it's Jones controlling the UFC to keep his name relevant, because Dana would do anything for him lol.

Ngannou leaving and Jon getting hurt really set back the division. It was getting old for the most part and Francis was a bright, young star. Aspinall and Gane were coming up, Tuivasa was entertaining, Jon Jones was coming back. The Stipe and Jon fight is definitely holding it back though. They should’ve moved on from it after his injury. It should be Jon and Tom unless Jon plans on retiring after the Stipe fight

Stipe lost weight to be lighter and faster to beat Daniel Cormier. It worked but then he was too small for Francis. I’m pretty sure you talked about it when it was all happening.

Stipe is the man and come to fight as he always does and will be the champ when it's over don't know if the rest of the Walkers is going to share that same thought

Let’s just start talking about Tom and stop talking about Jon and Stipe

Jon should fight Tom first, then winner defends v Stipe, Francis and Alexander in that order.

You know me now. Let’s go Stipe

Jones want Miocic but the fans not much the planet want see Jones against the number 1 in the Ranking right now in his category that are Tom Aspinall.

He got smaller to be quick against dc liked how he felt at that weight til he grabbed onto Francis lol

JON BONES JONES is not holding up division, Stipe is running from the end!

I am not even sure that Aspinall would beat Stipe…

Chael I love yiu

The whole Stipe and Jones fiasco IS holding up the whole division. Stipe just wants a retirement payday, which is fair enough and her deserves it but we have been waiting years and he's got Jon Jones on a leash because Jones is hiding from Aspinall.

Stipe gonna throw more combos than a Chinese menu. Forgetaboutit.

I like Stipe and he does deserve this fight. But I give him less of a chance to beat Jones than Tom. And I don’t want Jon to have the opportunity to retire on a win.

No views in 16 seconds chael fell off

@seabass5484

12 күн бұрын

Funny, creative, and original!!!

@skankhunt434

12 күн бұрын

Who gives af

To be fair...Stipe is no longer the youngest. While I do think he has 1 or 2 good fights left in him a third fight whit ngannou would be the only one that truly would motivate him Plus kids,wife etd

After Jones beats Stipe I'm excited to see Jones vs Arlovski or maybe even Jones vs Couture 🥳🥳

I mean if it was frank mir, the actual UFC heavyweight goat that Dana doesn't like talking about, then maybe I would understand this. But I could care less about making the heavyweight division wait. If y'all wanna see Jones vs stipe then Kool but you can do it without the title on the line. Tom is the actual champion

Stipe should have had to fight by now or be dropped from contention and not be allowed to fight anyone higher than #10. Jon should HAVEto fight the interim champ on then1st fight back from a prolonged injury or be stripped of the title.

Jon Jones Is holding up UFC HW division. He should win and retire, because HW was always interesting to watch till he comes and paralize the division.

Heavyweight division? Diddnt know there was one!

Jones and stipe had this fight planned before he got hurt, but still

And Jon DIDN'T?

Like what is worse s stipe or corner.

Stipe/Jones was an interesting fight before Tom/Sergei.

@toby099

10 күн бұрын

Meaningless snoozefest between two dinosaurs

Chael once again in Stipe's woife's DMs 💀

Dana Blanco still riding that Jon Jones (D)Train, cocaine is the color of his last name tho so it must feel familiar for Jon 😂

People have receny bias. They forget he already held up the division for 3 years when jones was defending his LHW title. DC did the same thing out of spite when he got the belt, then he lost it to stipe, whom again held up the division, then lost it to francis.. So yeah... This is super common in the heavyweight division. Id bet this division has the most interim title belts

@GoodStuff1992

12 күн бұрын

Dc literally put his title on the line twice in 10 months after he won the belt. and between that 10 months, he had back surgery

Tom vs Alex gets Alex wrecked

It's a bad news day because John's gonna get hurt right before the fight again john doesn't want to fight John's doing all this partying but ain't fighting nobody John's the one holding up to the vision

Francis held up the Heavyweight division for the longest time playing his contract games with the UFC & now Jones is holding it up with his injury. Stipe has been Chandlered 2x in the past 3 1/2 years. Aspinall will have his time. Just gotta wait til November for the double retirement then will fight for vacant undisputed fight against Ciryl Gane I bet.

Jon is recently injured and out of shape is why the fights still not happened

It'll be funny if Stipe beats Jon.

Idk who Stripe is. Tommy Aspinall vs Jones, please.

@RetroHabit82

12 күн бұрын

Jones can't even piss clean😂

@mattkaiser8984

11 күн бұрын

@@RetroHabit82 How did he fight Gane then? 🤣

anybody who thinks its Stipe's fault the division is at a stand-still, is the same person that asks a lady, why did your man hit you, what did you do?🤣

How can a challenger hold up a division? This is dumb.

dana white is holding it

No, Dana/Jones is.

Grandpa is done.

Ngannou got lucky, but stipe shouldn't have boxed him. Should have wrestled. Regardless, it's Jones fault and ufc is complicit

@DouglasGomesBueno-jw9lh

12 күн бұрын

Should have Wrestled ? You're a Genius every MMA Coach on the planet doesn't thinked about it and they Let Ngannou became World Champion, You know that Ngannou defense evolved a lot ? Miocic tried Grapple Ngannou but he can't this time.

@annna6553

11 күн бұрын

Ngannou split when he knew he wouldn't last as champion.

Stipe is coming off a KO loss and pushing 4 years on the couch, and good ol UFC kiss ass uncle chael trying to tell us that Stipe vs Jones is somehow the better fight than interim champ Aspinal vs Jones! No, Aspinal now has to defend a belt he will be stripped of the moment Stipe v Jones happens, and both fighters in Jones vs Stipe are 100% retiring after that fight! This has been one big shit show cuz Dana wanted to destroy Francis Ngannou for leaving without losing the precious belt! Jones gets to fight Gane, who also lost to Ngannou and lost two title fights before that, and now Jones gets to skip over the number 1 heavyweight currently still fighting, and he gets to hand pick Stipe off 4 years couch and KO loss for his "legacy fight" and fans get fucked when Jones and Stipe both retire! Then Aspinal will have to fight a 3rd title fight in a row, if he beats Blaydes, before he gets the actual belt, and none will be against the current champion!

This fight is more like a Thank you Jones for your services your last fight will be against a Veteran and is low risk for you, Miocic never Sell PPV and doesn’t win a fight since 2018.

Quite why Dana didnt have his favourite relinquish ghe title l, we have stipe vs pavlovich for the title and then jone ls vs the winner is beyond me. Hell jones likwly beats winner and becimes a 2x champ and looks even betterm everyone wjns!!! But they didnt!! Y is beyond me

Jones is right. Tom Aspinall is just not a super-fight and no one cares. He doesn't capture the collective imagination like Ngannou or Gane, is probably mostly unknown to most viewers, he doesn't bring anything new or PPV $ points to the table. Jones got screwed and wanted Ngannou... now I'm 100% he would be way more interested in fighting Pereira.

Both Stipe and Jon were bulking getting ready for Francis. Francis exited stage left and made bank with the Fury and AJ fight. And now Stipe and Jon are stuck fighting each other for peanuts. Francis won.

Okay UNC, you wanna talk about Stipe, let’s talk. He has not fought in 3&1/2 yrs, oh and btw in that fight he got slept! His last win was 4 yrs ago in which Jon wasn’t even in the division. This fight is dumb and if they don’t put some BANGERS below it I’m not buying

Jones wants to fight Stipe. Simple. Thats what we are waiting for. Stipe is the current HW goat, people forget who tf this man is because he hasnt fought lately. Jones wants to beat him for that reason. Have no doubt the winner will fight Aspinall.

Aspinall is the real champ, and the main belt is for the senior citizens

counting blaydes out is going come back and make em cry n rage...after curtis KOs tom 😂😂😂

@Plaitonic

12 күн бұрын

Blaydes won't ko tom

@RsSlay

12 күн бұрын

Are you talking about the guy that got nose dived by Derrick Lewis & Francis x2? 🤣

alex vs jon jones in november

1:00 Dana is a professional liar 🤥!

The perpetual lack of talent is what's holding up the HW division.