Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-31529160-20171208183003/@comment-68.41.96.241-20171216225859

Nyanimations wrote: @CanadianOracle

As far as we know, Schaub's 'sources' said Ngannou is a beast at defending takedowns and on the ground like you said.. but since he didn't really too much about how amazing he is at grappling ..yeah.. gotta take it with the grain of salt.

People on the hype train are mostly seem to be casuals as they pointed out how powerful Ngannou punches are and how he hold the record for the hardest punch... Yes, he deserves some hype for his quick development and power but I am starting to feel it is going a little overboard tbh. I guess they are so confident with Ngannou's punching power right now that they appear to skipped over the fact that this is MMA and to think that Francis will just punch his way to victory and stuff any clinches or takedown attempts, aka powering through everything is just dismissive. There are just so many variables in the game....

Don't get me wrong I would still put my money on Francis too. I would say he has 75+ percent chance to win while Stipe got 25+/- chance due to HW's X-Factor (1-hit KO, and so on)

That's just my observation.. I always have a skeptical hippo eyes on fighters and respect for them regardless. Peace :)

P.S: Though, I would be really mad if Francis pulled off a Rumble and straight up grapples with Stipe, throwing no punches, and loss the fight due to that. I think Francis has a solid game all around, but his punching power has prevented us from seeing him grapple. He showed both of his hands are dangerous from various positions in his past fights too. If he runs through Stipe, which I don't think any other fighter could do, then he will definitely be a problem for any heavyweight contender.