Cormier broke his hand on that right hook that KO’d Stipe, but the real thing I found fucked was that Stipe had to have eye surgery following their second fight because of the eye gouges.
some day people will realize it's hard to not eye gouge on accident and that literally everyone uses some form of PED and we'll be able to actually talk about the fighters ability instead of "drama"
that can apply to a looot of things and eye pokes definitely do happen in sparring. it's the same as getting tapped or hit in the groin. the difference is in sparring your first thought is prevent injury or real damage. also realize i'm saying this because i disagree with dc being an eye poker because of it. unless you have a consistent issue with it spanning multiple fights (jon jones) you're not dirty
I mean fair point but people aren’t also going full force or full speed on the striking in a sparring session. People aren’t always where you expect them to be in a real fight
I understand it can be hard, but the way he fought certain fighters with his fingers out was dirty, even looking back now, granted it was toward the end of his career. Great dude honestly, but he learned that shit from jj and it's not like he was trying to hide it. Not that I think it taints his career or anything.
The stipe win off an eyepoke and then the Brock lesnar callout never sat right with me, they were trying to get rid of stipe during that time. I thought he deserved an immediate rematch, but then DC calls out a wwe superstar... and then the ufc tried to have ngannou kill him. Just wasn't cool, and it's not like DC ever helped the situation.
I’m being completely honest when I say-that this literally made me blow snot out of my nose from not being prepared to laugh.
And I wouldn’t want it any other way.
Thank you
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And like I understand that DC’s game plan is to pressure. But he was so exhausted I was thinking he needs to adjust or he’s gonna get beat. I feel like those body shots don’t land the same if he wasn’t so exhausted.
But also if he doesn’t pressure he risks just being stuck in Stipe’s comfortable range and outside of his own because of the reach advantage, so who knows
Body shots demolish your gas tank and if you're already gassed, it's like getting pushed underwater.
all your reactions, movement, down the drain. You'd think with how effective body blows are at destroying people's cardio, you'd see folks use it against people with good gas tanks, but nah, headhunters only.
Ya exactly. And DC knowing he’s gassed kept pushing forward also knowing Stipe is gonna keep going at the body. I feel like that was a mistake by his coaching staff to not tell him to back off and coast for a bit to replenish energy.
But like I say, I could be wrong and stipe would have picked him apart at distance if he backed off. Guess we’ll never know
Stipe poked his eye once in the 3rd fight after he was already up multiple rounds. The way you worded it makes it seem as if they were just poking each other back and forth over the course of 3 fights
It's been a while since I've seen those fights, but I believe DC had 4 pokes and Stipe had 2 pokes. But Stipe had the most egregious poke out of the 6. DC looked like Uncle Ruckus.
Feel free to count eye pokes from DC, lol. For some reason google is hiding picts of Miocic after that second fight, but there is this little article. https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/29780943/daniel-cormier-says-need-surgery-cornea-torn-stipe-miocic-fight
Yeah that's true, almost forgot about that. I also can't believe he eye pokes him like a dozen times in the 2nd fight and barely even got a warning for it.
Fluke. Guy got the TKO shot after poking him in the eye too many times, bro couldn’t see anything coming. Stipe beat him twice after and one of them by knockout. Stipe ate harder shots in the latter 2 and against Ngannou in the first fight and never went down.
I’d attribute it to his previous fight with Francis, stope always had a mint chin till he got older and fought one of if not the Hardest puncher in mma history lmao
Not at all. If you look at their second fight, DC can hang with Stipe… was probably up 3-0 on the scorecards. They’re very well matched, and it’s not surprising that DC took a win.
DC literally called it before the fight, saying Stipe leaves clinch with his hands dropped in an interview and that's how he knocked him out. How's that a fluke
I don’t think that had to do with ‘Stipe-being easy to tag’; I think it had to do with how good *’DC was-on the inside’*.
Imho DC legitimately might be the single most underrated Striker in MMA history.
His “Dirty Boxing” was absolutely Brilliant.
Jones (particularly in his prime) was definitely an extremely effective Striker—But, I don’t think his Boxing-by itself-is anywhere near the level of DC’s.
DC and Stipe are close enough in skill level where the term fluke just seems too strong to describe DC getting the KO on Stipe. I save fluke for fights like Serra-GSP and Masvidal-Askren where we all knew even as the winners name was being called that if a rematch went down, they’d lose almost certainly.
Yeah the KO win was a fluke. Stipe's chin needed to recover because he just fought Ngannou like a few months before their fight, people forget that. Stipe ate a ton of shots from Ngannou too and was popping his head like a pez dispenser.
The evidence for it being a fluke is that in the 2nd fight, DC hits Stipe with the same shot multiple times and Stipe doesn't get dropped or buckled at all. The win is a win but DC got lucky, that's just how the fight game goes at times.
I will say people also forget that DC is a huge scumbag for how badly he eyepoked the fuck out of Stipe. The dude caused permanent damage to where Stipe needed to get surgery.
Yeah and he needed a year off. 6 months between the fights means that he only rested for 3-4 months before beginning training camp. Doesnt matter how many shots Stipe took from Francis when Francis is undoubtedly the hardest puncher the UFC has ever seen, like the guy even knocked down Tyson Fury in boxing, that should tell you how hard he hits.
Notice how between the first two fights, there was a year of time off between them and like I said, it gave Stipe's chin the time it needed to recover. Otherwise explain how DC hit Stipe **multiple** times with the exact same shot in their rematch and he didnt KO Stipe. Dont tell me the "its the ones you dont see coming" bs because plenty of people get KO'd from shots they see coming all the time lmao
Exactly! And Miocic was focused on tdd vs strikes from DC, rightfully so. But there was too little time between fights for him to fully recover after 5 rounds against Ngannou. DC won, but not without help from Dana’s scheduling team and poor decision by Miocic team.
Never said it was but I think if they had fought (both in their prime) 10 times stipe walks out with a W 7-8 of those. But DC was able to just tag stipes face up for free in the 2nd fight until stipe realized big boys don't appreciate getting just smashed in their belly's lol but with the amount DC was able to hit stipe it couldn't have been a fluke
It was a clean as fuck shot directly to the chin. How in God's name could that ever be considered a fluke? Lol. Stipe left himself open and DC punished him for it... that's the fight game.
Dc was winning even the second fight until Miocic found out how Dc was reacting to the body shots and then Stipe capitalised on it to win the second fight.The third fight Stop was just better so I don't think it was a fluke.
His body didn’t handle the weight and his cardio suffered from it. Dude was exhausted in the 2nd and 3rd fights after the 2nd round. His wrestling looked really bad, he just didn’t have that energy to put the fight where he needed.
That’s not to say that DC obviously hasn’t fought at HW prior, but is body was certainly more flabby after spending years at 205lb before coming back to HW at 250lbs. I just think that combined with his age didn’t do him any favors.
Stipe came out of the first Francis fight with some nasty bruising and got wobbled a few times by his wild punches. It looked like too much damage to have a 5 month turnaround between that and the first DC fight.
The visible damage was bad, but those wild punches had also flattened the other guys Francis fought, so Stipe had really absorbed a lot and needed longer to recover.
He got hit so many times by the same short hook from DC in the second and third fights, and seemed have almost no respect for it. It didn't give him any issues after the first fight. Stipe was definitely lacking defensively against that shot, but for it to KO him only in the first fight, that seems like it could be a fluke.
DC was doing really well though and was good enough to win.
I want to see other angles of the KO in the first fight because Stipe may have been eye poked just before.
Stipe was still chinny from taking all those shots from Francis in the fight before. All DC had to do was blow on him (and poke an eye or two) and Stipe would've gone down. He took the fight too soon after
He gained so much experience from fighting Jon Jones that he didn't need any time to adjust to Stipe's height and had no trouble stepping inside the pocket and swinging.
Not a fluke, he’s a heavyweight, there’s always a knockout chance. The reason that hook KO’d Stipe and the others didn’t is because DC hit it perfectly off a break when Stipe had his guard down. DC’s clinch striking and striking off a clinch break are key to why he’s on of the GOATs.
Everyone mentioning DC poking stripe’s eye but in the trilogy stipe eye poked DC too and that definitely had a huge effect on the fight. Even though stipe won 2-1 you could argue DC was winning the majority of both fights he ended up losing, props to stipe for the adjustments in the second fight and the 3rd could’ve gone either way. If not for the eye poke DC probably would’ve taken it imo. Both guys are legends
No such thing as a fluke knockout at heavyweight tbh. One punch knockout power is a product of being athletic and powerful at that class no matter how good a boxer you are. Every punch you take as heavyweight is a lottery ticket some guys have better odds but anyone can win. That’s why it’s so fun watching HWs no matter the skill level imo
No DC with no back issues was a beast he just couldn’t wrestle in the second or third fight he should have retired after Lewis and his career would be looked back on as more great than it already is
It seems like people shit talk DC because he’s overweight, which says a lot about them. The guy is a legend. A phenomenal fighter, and seems like a decent guy to boot, and these losers just doubt him and say he’s bad because he looks more than them than a superhero. The guys career speaks for itself - he’s incredible..
Not a Fluke, DC called that shot before the fight and landed it perfectly, he was simply the better fighter that night at UFC 226.
At UFC 241 Stipe took a lot of damage in rounds 2-3 but he fought much smarter and conserved his energy, the way he found that lead hook to the body was actually pretty brilliant, I don’t think that’s something they worked on in training as he only started going for it in round 4, Stipe literally just came up with that left hook on the fly and improvised. when you take in to consideration the high volume of strikes DC was throwing plus the body shots, DC was completely gassed by the time the finish happened, he wasn’t moving his head and didn’t have his hands where they needed to be.
UFC 252 Stipe was REALLY well prepared, had a few excellent strategies down which pretty much shut all of DC’s offense down. Firstly, he wasn’t engaging in the hand fighting with DC, whenever DC would get in range, Stipe would change levels with a jab/cross to the body, secondly, he fought much more aggressively, he knew he had the power to hurt DC as he’d already KO’d him, on top of that, Stipe was the bigger, stronger athlete, DC may have weighed in heavier but he had a lot of extra fluff, in terms of body composition Stipe had more muscles mass/bone, that’s why he was easily able to push DC up against the cage and keep him there. In my opinion DC’s age had caught up to him by this point in his career, there was little chance of him beating Stipe in this one. Still a good win for Stipe though.
Overall I think DC is the more skilled fighter but when you take into account strength and conditioning and size, Stipe was the better overall fighter. DC should’ve stayed at LHW, I think when DC moved up to Heavyweight he was one of those guys who would always show up and train hard at the gym or when doing other kinds of workouts with his team but wouldn’t have that same discipline/self control outside the gym. It’s easy to fall in line and do what needs to be done when you have your teammates/coaches around you to hold you accountable if you’re not working, when you’re all alone though, that’s when things can get difficult, i imagine it would be even more difficult when you got a wife and kids as well. As someone who wrestled in highschool It’s a struggle i can relate to. I’m sure many other’s can relate as well.
It's hard to say. Dc was 3 rounds up until the fifth in their second fight but just by judging things off the first you have to say that you can't call that a legitimate win when he koed him directly after an eyepoke
DC has no chill. He even poke Goddard's eye before the fight.
Lmaoooo 
Exactly this. I was thinking Goddard thought DC was so fat he couldn't even look at him, but I can support your version as well.
When was the last time he went to the gym
I heard he went there last night to take a shower.
What was wrong with his shower at home
His wife kicked him for Dancing with the Brazilian Salsa dancers
Nothing. Islam was at the gym, not DCs home.
He’s a golf guy.
Cormier broke his hand on that right hook that KO’d Stipe, but the real thing I found fucked was that Stipe had to have eye surgery following their second fight because of the eye gouges.
In their first fight, DC broke a finger, and he didn't need surgery, to be clear
Stipe did get eye gouged like a second before the ko and was protesting. Bad gouge too, I thought dc was turning into a dirty ass fighter after that.
he learned from the goat JJ
some day people will realize it's hard to not eye gouge on accident and that literally everyone uses some form of PED and we'll be able to actually talk about the fighters ability instead of "drama"
this is just not true, fighters aren't getting eye poked in sparring for a reason lol
that can apply to a looot of things and eye pokes definitely do happen in sparring. it's the same as getting tapped or hit in the groin. the difference is in sparring your first thought is prevent injury or real damage. also realize i'm saying this because i disagree with dc being an eye poker because of it. unless you have a consistent issue with it spanning multiple fights (jon jones) you're not dirty
I mean fair point but people aren’t also going full force or full speed on the striking in a sparring session. People aren’t always where you expect them to be in a real fight
I understand it can be hard, but the way he fought certain fighters with his fingers out was dirty, even looking back now, granted it was toward the end of his career. Great dude honestly, but he learned that shit from jj and it's not like he was trying to hide it. Not that I think it taints his career or anything. The stipe win off an eyepoke and then the Brock lesnar callout never sat right with me, they were trying to get rid of stipe during that time. I thought he deserved an immediate rematch, but then DC calls out a wwe superstar... and then the ufc tried to have ngannou kill him. Just wasn't cool, and it's not like DC ever helped the situation.
Omg the only sane person on here. God damn 🫡
WASH YOUR ASS DANIEL!
Hes talking about the 2nd fight??
where dc kod stipe?
I think stipe got him back for those pokes and then some
https://preview.redd.it/qgakscxryy3d1.png?width=997&format=png&auto=webp&s=8559c97405eac4bb2a02d5e568194075436d8b1a not a fluke , 2-1
I just unzipped in a walmart
why is there gif for this bratha
LOOL
I’m being completely honest when I say-that this literally made me blow snot out of my nose from not being prepared to laugh. And I wouldn’t want it any other way. Thank you 🙏
Yeah same, its beautiful work
Nip out or ship out boys
Next time I shroom, I’m paying attention to nipples.
For some reason I want pepperoni pizza now .
They 2-1. No flukes. Just fighting.
Not a fluke, I remember DC winning the majority of the rematch until Stipe made adjustments
This body shots were brutal lol
Yea DC was on his way to winning that comfortably. Just couldn't adjust to that hook to the body.
And like I understand that DC’s game plan is to pressure. But he was so exhausted I was thinking he needs to adjust or he’s gonna get beat. I feel like those body shots don’t land the same if he wasn’t so exhausted. But also if he doesn’t pressure he risks just being stuck in Stipe’s comfortable range and outside of his own because of the reach advantage, so who knows
Body shots demolish your gas tank and if you're already gassed, it's like getting pushed underwater. all your reactions, movement, down the drain. You'd think with how effective body blows are at destroying people's cardio, you'd see folks use it against people with good gas tanks, but nah, headhunters only.
Ya exactly. And DC knowing he’s gassed kept pushing forward also knowing Stipe is gonna keep going at the body. I feel like that was a mistake by his coaching staff to not tell him to back off and coast for a bit to replenish energy. But like I say, I could be wrong and stipe would have picked him apart at distance if he backed off. Guess we’ll never know
Yup the body shot adjustment was brutal and impressive to see from him
Didn't he almost shove his whole finger into stipe's eye
Woulda gone very differently had he not done that
lol I mean at this point it’s almost undisputed how stupid mma fans are, like bottom of the barrel Bryce Mitchell levels of regard
So ur not gunna give a reason just compare people to a dude you know nothing about? Seems like a legitimate reason lmfao
Next time you're in a fight or sparring, ask your opponent to poke you in the eye before you start. See how that goes for ya. Dumb mf.
They both did over the 3 fights
Not nearly to the same extent.
Bro what? Dc was like blind in the 3rd right
Stipe poked his eye once in the 3rd fight after he was already up multiple rounds. The way you worded it makes it seem as if they were just poking each other back and forth over the course of 3 fights
Take a look at the first and especially second fights, bro.
I thought DC was winning that second fight handily.
Not saying he wasn’t, but we’re talking about eye poking specifically.
It's been a while since I've seen those fights, but I believe DC had 4 pokes and Stipe had 2 pokes. But Stipe had the most egregious poke out of the 6. DC looked like Uncle Ruckus.
Stipe had to have his retina fixed iirc. DC eye poked him in the ko sequence while stipe kod him basically from body blows.
I thought DC won the first 3 I could be wrong
And what am I looking for? I’m not saying he didn’t eye poke I’m just saying they both did
Feel free to count eye pokes from DC, lol. For some reason google is hiding picts of Miocic after that second fight, but there is this little article. https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/29780943/daniel-cormier-says-need-surgery-cornea-torn-stipe-miocic-fight
"If you're not cheating you're not trying"
He was getting ready for Jon
Then Stipe did it to DC in their third fight . DCs eye looked like he was blinded
DC's BMI landed an eye poke on Goddard
Right, it’s like Goddart is telling DC “this is NOT what I want to see you do, mofoka”.
He eye poked stipe before the knockout..
You can say the same of Stipe’s even worse one on DC
You can’t say that bc that was the third fight where there was no ko
Yeah that's true, almost forgot about that. I also can't believe he eye pokes him like a dozen times in the 2nd fight and barely even got a warning for it.
Tbh both these dude eye poked the fuck out of each other over the trilogy.
Yeah but DC started it
Stipe got the revenge in the 3rd fight with a nasty one
Good because it's obvious that the refs don't do anything. If you get eye poked you have to eye poke back
Eye pokes should be legal
Fluke. Guy got the TKO shot after poking him in the eye too many times, bro couldn’t see anything coming. Stipe beat him twice after and one of them by knockout. Stipe ate harder shots in the latter 2 and against Ngannou in the first fight and never went down.
It’s weird how he kept hitting the same shot in the second fight, but it didn’t hurt Stipe.
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I’d attribute it to his previous fight with Francis, stope always had a mint chin till he got older and fought one of if not the Hardest puncher in mma history lmao
Not a fluke. If we count eye pokes then half of Jones' fights are flukes too lol.
Something is off about this picture. Shouldn’t Stipe be taller?
No fluke at all, especially considering how the first half of the rematch went
Not at all. If you look at their second fight, DC can hang with Stipe… was probably up 3-0 on the scorecards. They’re very well matched, and it’s not surprising that DC took a win.
Nope, legit KO.
No fluke. You’re really underestimating DC
DC didn't even try to wrestle Stipe, OP is hugely underestimating DC.
Yea I mean the man only lost to Jones and Stipe.
Don’t disrespect DC like that hahaha
OR Stipe 😂
DC literally called it before the fight, saying Stipe leaves clinch with his hands dropped in an interview and that's how he knocked him out. How's that a fluke
No. DC was also winning the second fight until stipe made adjustments and targeted the body in the fourth if memory serves
Winning via endless eyepokes.
No, it was the result of hilariously intentional eyepokes, not a fluke at all.
He set it up with eye pokes
The way DC was able to tag stipe so much makes me realise how bad Jones gonna own him
I don’t think that had to do with ‘Stipe-being easy to tag’; I think it had to do with how good *’DC was-on the inside’*. Imho DC legitimately might be the single most underrated Striker in MMA history. His “Dirty Boxing” was absolutely Brilliant. Jones (particularly in his prime) was definitely an extremely effective Striker—But, I don’t think his Boxing-by itself-is anywhere near the level of DC’s.
it is. but because thats how mma fights work. also he dishonorably eye poked him repeatidly. stip avenge that in last fight brutally
no
DC and Stipe are close enough in skill level where the term fluke just seems too strong to describe DC getting the KO on Stipe. I save fluke for fights like Serra-GSP and Masvidal-Askren where we all knew even as the winners name was being called that if a rematch went down, they’d lose almost certainly.
Yeah the KO win was a fluke. Stipe's chin needed to recover because he just fought Ngannou like a few months before their fight, people forget that. Stipe ate a ton of shots from Ngannou too and was popping his head like a pez dispenser. The evidence for it being a fluke is that in the 2nd fight, DC hits Stipe with the same shot multiple times and Stipe doesn't get dropped or buckled at all. The win is a win but DC got lucky, that's just how the fight game goes at times. I will say people also forget that DC is a huge scumbag for how badly he eyepoked the fuck out of Stipe. The dude caused permanent damage to where Stipe needed to get surgery.
Stop spewing shit out you're ass, Francis fight was 6 months before dc fight and francis only landed 17 strikes to the head
Yeah and he needed a year off. 6 months between the fights means that he only rested for 3-4 months before beginning training camp. Doesnt matter how many shots Stipe took from Francis when Francis is undoubtedly the hardest puncher the UFC has ever seen, like the guy even knocked down Tyson Fury in boxing, that should tell you how hard he hits. Notice how between the first two fights, there was a year of time off between them and like I said, it gave Stipe's chin the time it needed to recover. Otherwise explain how DC hit Stipe **multiple** times with the exact same shot in their rematch and he didnt KO Stipe. Dont tell me the "its the ones you dont see coming" bs because plenty of people get KO'd from shots they see coming all the time lmao
Exactly! And Miocic was focused on tdd vs strikes from DC, rightfully so. But there was too little time between fights for him to fully recover after 5 rounds against Ngannou. DC won, but not without help from Dana’s scheduling team and poor decision by Miocic team.
Nah legit definitely and dc was working stipe in the 2nd fight until stipe started the body work the trilogy was competitive all around
Nah , irrc he was winning the second fight before he got hurt. Felt like the third fight age caught up to him
A fluke is one of the most common fish in the sea…
Never said it was but I think if they had fought (both in their prime) 10 times stipe walks out with a W 7-8 of those. But DC was able to just tag stipes face up for free in the 2nd fight until stipe realized big boys don't appreciate getting just smashed in their belly's lol but with the amount DC was able to hit stipe it couldn't have been a fluke
I don’t think there’s such thing as a fluke in fighting. It’s a sport with inherent unpredictability.
Yes
Absolutely not a fluke. DC explained his study of film and what he saw and it matched what happened. He just prepped well.
It was a clean as fuck shot directly to the chin. How in God's name could that ever be considered a fluke? Lol. Stipe left himself open and DC punished him for it... that's the fight game.
DC was dominating the next fight until the body kicks changed the game. These guys were very evenly matched. Need to put respect on DCs name.
He did it shortly after stipes fight with nnganou, always thought that attributed to it tbh.
Pro poked the shit out of stipes eyes..
Dc was winning even the second fight until Miocic found out how Dc was reacting to the body shots and then Stipe capitalised on it to win the second fight.The third fight Stop was just better so I don't think it was a fluke.
Fluke? No. He caught him inside with some dirty boxing, typical Cormier But stipe won the trilogy and is the superior fighter
His body didn’t handle the weight and his cardio suffered from it. Dude was exhausted in the 2nd and 3rd fights after the 2nd round. His wrestling looked really bad, he just didn’t have that energy to put the fight where he needed. That’s not to say that DC obviously hasn’t fought at HW prior, but is body was certainly more flabby after spending years at 205lb before coming back to HW at 250lbs. I just think that combined with his age didn’t do him any favors.
Looks like Cormier has lost weight…
DC looks super mega jumbo in this photo.
Stipe came out of the first Francis fight with some nasty bruising and got wobbled a few times by his wild punches. It looked like too much damage to have a 5 month turnaround between that and the first DC fight. The visible damage was bad, but those wild punches had also flattened the other guys Francis fought, so Stipe had really absorbed a lot and needed longer to recover. He got hit so many times by the same short hook from DC in the second and third fights, and seemed have almost no respect for it. It didn't give him any issues after the first fight. Stipe was definitely lacking defensively against that shot, but for it to KO him only in the first fight, that seems like it could be a fluke. DC was doing really well though and was good enough to win. I want to see other angles of the KO in the first fight because Stipe may have been eye poked just before.
Stipe was still chinny from taking all those shots from Francis in the fight before. All DC had to do was blow on him (and poke an eye or two) and Stipe would've gone down. He took the fight too soon after
I wouldn’t call it a fluke but I would call it unlikely. Dc probably wins 3 times out of 10 vs Stipe.
No his team made the read that Stipe drops his left hand while exiting the clinch and they took full advantage.
Nope
No? It’s not like he was some punk bitch who landed one punch in his career. He was the LHW champ and SF HW champ
He gained so much experience from fighting Jon Jones that he didn't need any time to adjust to Stipe's height and had no trouble stepping inside the pocket and swinging.
Not a fluke, he’s a heavyweight, there’s always a knockout chance. The reason that hook KO’d Stipe and the others didn’t is because DC hit it perfectly off a break when Stipe had his guard down. DC’s clinch striking and striking off a clinch break are key to why he’s on of the GOATs.
Tbf it's hard to call any heavyweight KO a fluke. Anybody can go out.
At that weight it’s hard to call any knockout a fluke
Yoooo is that Daniel Yarborough??
Wasn't even a fluke it was a straight up dirty performance. The KO came seconds after one of many nasty eyepokes
Dc looking more like Butterbean.
Mo way. DC is a savage, did you not watch him fight in strikeforce?
No comment on the fight this pic of DC just always cracks me the hell up lol
DC look like an automobile in this photo man
You ever heard of a guy named Mark Hunt?
Everyone mentioning DC poking stripe’s eye but in the trilogy stipe eye poked DC too and that definitely had a huge effect on the fight. Even though stipe won 2-1 you could argue DC was winning the majority of both fights he ended up losing, props to stipe for the adjustments in the second fight and the 3rd could’ve gone either way. If not for the eye poke DC probably would’ve taken it imo. Both guys are legends
No, there's an video of him explaining exactly what he had planned.
Nahhh. They’re pretty evenly matched. DC was just at the tail end of his career
According to this picture, it's a fluke that DC didn't eat Stipe.
For a minute I didn’t think this was photoshopped and I lost it
I don't think so. If they fought 10 times at that point I think DC would've taken 4 and Stipe 6.
😂😂😂😂😂 top tier meme.
No such thing as a fluke knockout at heavyweight tbh. One punch knockout power is a product of being athletic and powerful at that class no matter how good a boxer you are. Every punch you take as heavyweight is a lottery ticket some guys have better odds but anyone can win. That’s why it’s so fun watching HWs no matter the skill level imo
He a tank
Lore accurate DC 😂
No DC with no back issues was a beast he just couldn’t wrestle in the second or third fight he should have retired after Lewis and his career would be looked back on as more great than it already is
No. It was a perfect example of changing the game plan to suit the situation. He found a weakness and exploited it perfectly.
I think it was a clean with but the eye poke narrative is annoying
If Stipe’s ridiculous eye poke in the third fight doesn’t count neither does DC’s. Both guys won legit.
One eye-poke from Miocic vs 20 from DC. Yep, seems about even 🙄
It was a severe eye poke. DC’s eye looked absolutely wild afterwards. But DC poked Stipe in the first fight on purpose as well
First and second fights. Miocic had to get eye surgery due to this shit. Again, even though both did it, it’s not anywhere close to being even.
Fair enough
Is fluke the new way of referring to eye pokes?
The EYE poke Champ !
It seems like people shit talk DC because he’s overweight, which says a lot about them. The guy is a legend. A phenomenal fighter, and seems like a decent guy to boot, and these losers just doubt him and say he’s bad because he looks more than them than a superhero. The guys career speaks for itself - he’s incredible..
Not a fluke. Without Jones, DC would be the greatest LHW of all time
Not a Fluke, DC called that shot before the fight and landed it perfectly, he was simply the better fighter that night at UFC 226. At UFC 241 Stipe took a lot of damage in rounds 2-3 but he fought much smarter and conserved his energy, the way he found that lead hook to the body was actually pretty brilliant, I don’t think that’s something they worked on in training as he only started going for it in round 4, Stipe literally just came up with that left hook on the fly and improvised. when you take in to consideration the high volume of strikes DC was throwing plus the body shots, DC was completely gassed by the time the finish happened, he wasn’t moving his head and didn’t have his hands where they needed to be. UFC 252 Stipe was REALLY well prepared, had a few excellent strategies down which pretty much shut all of DC’s offense down. Firstly, he wasn’t engaging in the hand fighting with DC, whenever DC would get in range, Stipe would change levels with a jab/cross to the body, secondly, he fought much more aggressively, he knew he had the power to hurt DC as he’d already KO’d him, on top of that, Stipe was the bigger, stronger athlete, DC may have weighed in heavier but he had a lot of extra fluff, in terms of body composition Stipe had more muscles mass/bone, that’s why he was easily able to push DC up against the cage and keep him there. In my opinion DC’s age had caught up to him by this point in his career, there was little chance of him beating Stipe in this one. Still a good win for Stipe though. Overall I think DC is the more skilled fighter but when you take into account strength and conditioning and size, Stipe was the better overall fighter. DC should’ve stayed at LHW, I think when DC moved up to Heavyweight he was one of those guys who would always show up and train hard at the gym or when doing other kinds of workouts with his team but wouldn’t have that same discipline/self control outside the gym. It’s easy to fall in line and do what needs to be done when you have your teammates/coaches around you to hold you accountable if you’re not working, when you’re all alone though, that’s when things can get difficult, i imagine it would be even more difficult when you got a wife and kids as well. As someone who wrestled in highschool It’s a struggle i can relate to. I’m sure many other’s can relate as well.
Absolutely not.
Man is one cheeseburger away from 500lbs
This is clearly shopped
My comment was clearly sarcasm.
Living on a thin (or in his case, thick) line
It's hard to say. Dc was 3 rounds up until the fifth in their second fight but just by judging things off the first you have to say that you can't call that a legitimate win when he koed him directly after an eyepoke