If Stipe beats JJ = means nothing be/c JJ is washed. If JJ beats Stipe = means nothing be/c Stipe is washed.

[FrankDux]

Is this the Sherdog logic behind this fight?

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Pretty much

 

[SuperNerd]

You'll get over it.

 

[Kyojiro Kagenuma]

Stipe ain't gonna beat Jones so

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

Stipe is the one who’s washed and 50 years old. Jones is only 35 and on PEDs and just beat a young Gane in a round

 

[oscerthegrouch]

loyalty to 2 guy 's who been in company long time one holds defense record..at HW and one was on top for what century.. if they or one wants this fight as his last so be it... EDIT i love how stripe is washed his 1-1 vs frank.. you know the killer everybody has their panties in a bunch about who now 0-2 in boxing.....stripe is he old yeah most hw's are..

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

it's not even sherdog logic, it's common sense. Jones is avoiding the interim champ. Stipe is old. This is a legacy fight so the UFC can promote Jon Jones as the greatest eva from here to eternity.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

They both ducked Aspinall or something

 

[Poirierfan]

Is this the Sherdog logic behind this fight?

A simpler way to put it is that the fight just means nothing, period. It's a useless fucking fight when you have a rightful interim champ in waiting. Fuck Dana and Jones.

 

[Gamer2k4]

Stipe is the one who’s washed and 50 years old. Jones is only 35 and on PEDs and just beat a young Gane in a round

Gane is only 2 years younger than Jones. And Stipe's 41.

 

[linvillegorge]

This is the fight that's holding up the HW division and literally no one wants it except the two fighters involved.

At this point the UFC just needs to tell Jones to fight Aspinall to unify the belts or get stripped and keep it moving.

 

[xhaydenx]

Yep. The excuses are already set.

 

[OldBoy91]

Jon isn't washed. He just easily beat Gane who despite clearly having some huge flaws and weaknesses in his game, is still a legit top 5 HW.

Stipe might not even be washed, but he is going to be 42, coming off a bad KO loss 3 years ago, and hasn't won a fight in 4 years. So very likely washed, but we'll see. Still clearly years beyond his best.

The main issue is that the fight is meaningless, nobody cares about it, and Stipe might be the worst title challenger in the modern era of MMA. We've had guys getting title fights off of losses before (Gus, Chael etc) but coming off a KO loss and 3 year hiatus is a new low.

 

[Snake Fist]

It's just a shit fight on paper, and what is really frustrating for the fans is we have 2 heavyweight champs. The so called real heavyweight champ is scared to fight the champ who may be the real heavyweight champ, and we the fans may never know the real heavyweight champ.

 

[Ares Black]

Is this the Sherdog logic behind this fight?

If Stipe beats Jones it will be one of the monumental upsets in UFC history IMO.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

The main issue is that the fight is meaningless, nobody cares about it, and Stipe might be the worst title challenger in the modern era of MMA.

There's no way in hell that the former HW champion (who currently holds the defense record) is in any way, shape, or form worse than Bethe Correia or Chris Cariaso

 

[Arm Barbarian]

It's literally a fight no one outside of the following really cares about:

Picto boy
Stipes Corpse
Bald Pinnochio
Juiceheads last 5 fans

 

[Ares Black]

Yep. The excuses are already set.

I dunno Sherbro. If Jon Jones loses decisively to a 41 year old semi retired part time fighter there isn't much more probable explanation. Prime Jones absolutely murders any version of Stipe, let alone this version.

Jones is expected to beat Stipe, so just beating him doesn't mean much. What really matters for his legacy is how decisively he beats him and how he looks in the process.

 

[Hunt.]

I agree they are both waaaaay past their prime now, i think it will almost be sad watching this fight if it ever happens which i kinda doubt it will....

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

They both ducked Aspinall or something

Jon ducked Aspinall, Stipe ducked Pavlovich.