{"id":394949,"date":"2022-06-30T14:40:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T14:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=394949"},"modified":"2022-06-30T14:40:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T14:40:43","slug":"stipe-miocic-could-possibly-be-harder-fight-than-francis-ngannou-ufc-commentator-has-some-advice-for-jon-jones-ahead-of-ufc-heavyweight-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/stipe-miocic-could-possibly-be-harder-fight-than-francis-ngannou-ufc-commentator-has-some-advice-for-jon-jones-ahead-of-ufc-heavyweight-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Stipe Miocic Could Possibly be Harder Fight than Francis Ngannou&#8217;- UFC Commentator Has Some Advice for Jon Jones Ahead of UFC Heavyweight Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Stipe Miocic spoke out via his YouTube channel and commented on the impending return of Jon Jones to the octagon. \u2018Bones\u2019 has been out of action since February 2020 and is yet to make his long-awaited heavyweight debut.<\/p>\n<p>Jones is slated to face consensus heavyweight GOAT Stipe Miocic in his first heavyweight fight and there\u2019s no doubt that this is a tall order for Jones to follow up on. In fact, Michael \u2018The Count\u2019 Bisping believes Jones may be better off waiting for Francis Ngannou to return from knee surgery recovery rather than face a technical ace like Miocic.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/always-wanted-to-retire-on-my-rules-joanna-jedrzejczyk-not-looking-to-become-gatekeeper-following-ufc-275-defeat-to-zhang-weili\/\">\u2018Always Wanted to Retire on My Rules\u2019- Joanna Jedrzejczyk Not Looking to Become \u2018Gatekeeper\u2019 Following UFC 275 Defeat to Zhang Weili<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bisping rightfully anointed Stipe Miocic as the greatest heavyweight of all time, and he believes Miocic will pose a tougher challenge to Jones than Ngannou. \u2018The Predator\u2019 has several tools in his arsenal, but it\u2019s well known that his famed power is his go-to weapon of choice.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Stipe Miocic\u2019s all-around technical game is something to marvel at and he can beat any heavyweight with a well-rounded approach.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gJTq8z2SF3\">pic.twitter.com\/gJTq8z2SF3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BONY (@JonnyBones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonnyBones\/status\/1525709679891841024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf he fights Stipe Miocic, there\u2019s a reality that Stipe Miocic beats him. Let\u2019s be honest. Stipe is the greatest heavyweight of all time. The most successful defenses, the most knockouts, knocked out Fabr\u00edcio Werdum\u2026 stopped D.C with body shots\u2026 and he beat Francis Ngannou as well.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSome of the performances have been incredible. The man is a legend in his arm right. So I think in a weird way, in terms of skill set and stylistically, Stipe Miocic could possibly be harder fight than Francis Ngannou.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W4lCcu06OMM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFrancis Ngannou, we know what he brings to the table. It\u2019s that freakish power. That power that just\u2026if he connects with people, he puts you to sleep and he doesn\u2019t even need to be a flush shot. Unbloodybelievable! So that\u2019s what Jones would have to avoid in that fight.\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-bisping-advises-jon-jones-to-wait-for-francis-ngannou-instead-of-fighting-stipe-miocic-lets-be-honest-stipe-is-the-greatest-heavyweight-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bjpenn.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jon Jones will likely have some ring rust since he\u2019s not actively competed in over 2.5 years thus making his return fight against an ace like Miocic, an extremely tall order.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Stipe Miocic spoke out via his YouTube channel and commented on the impending return of Jon Jones to the octagon. \u2018Bones\u2019 has been out of action since February 2020 and is yet to make his long-awaited heavyweight debut. Jones is slated to face consensus heavyweight GOAT Stipe Miocic in his first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":394953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-394949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}