Stipe looked like Mike Tyson did the other day, he looked like a dinosaur and it seems he developed a new weakness to body strikes, more than his chin getting worse in that nearly four year interval, leading to a bizarre finish. He was moving as if he was made of stone and seemed fragile, Jones did not look like a spring chicken either. No wonder Jones wanted this fight.
Stipe was slow and occasionally blitzing like a zombie, no grappling or kicking for the most part, but he was landing, I was hoping Jones would make a mistake and eat a Stipe punch full on, but that moment never came and Stipe was mostly stationary.
The UFC shills were trying to make this look like a good fight and a good win, but anyone with eyes sees what it was. I reckon even current Ngannou would have beaten either fairly easily, or even some miscellaneous fighters such as e.g. Pav, Volkov.
This card was mostly mediocre, Bo was scared to shoot on slick submission artist Craig and won a cardio kickboxing match, he needs to do better If he wants to fight Khamzat. Chandler, getting up in years, off a layoff, nearly finished Oliviera late, but it was too little too late.
