If Francis continues to develop cardio wrestling and tdd

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Can anyone beat him? Dude is a force of nature. He's not the most polished fighter but his size and power give him a chance in any fight and add much needed cardio and better TDD...who the hell is beating him?
 
Fuck yeah he can be beat. Let’s be real. This is a what have you done for me lately. Why because he beat blades? Knocked out chinny Cain? He is 2-2 in his last 4.

Stipe beat his ass lol.
Dc can and should beat him
Werdum could possibly beat him
Rumble at HW could beat him.
Jones at HW would beat him.
Black beast DID beat him and has a chin so why wouldn’t he be a favorite again?
Jds could beat him

I like Francis too but let’s slow down here fellas lol.
 
He must be more polished than people give him credit for if he is continuing to land flush bombs on opponents and not getting hit all that much himself (other than by Stipe), while avoiding being taken down and subbed even a single time.

We've seen fighters with big power before not be world beaters, granted this is HW.
 
Nobody on the horizon tbh. Francis has all the physical tools.
 
Can anyone beat him? Dude is a force of nature. He's not the most polished fighter but his size and power give him a chance in any fight and add much needed cardio and better TDD...who the hell is beating him?


no because his coaches r random black dudes from africa with no wrestling or jiu jitsu or being able to technically formulate mma gameplans at a high level you need to be around top gyms for this idc who you are youll eventually lose if u dont especially nowadays bj penn got away with it due to a massive skill gap and mma was new but it caught up with him
 
he doesn't look like he improved that much to me.

he seems the same as he was before the Stipe fight. i don't see how you can tell his cardio improved since he knocked Cain and Blaydes out in seconds and his fight with Derek Lewis was a staring contest.

i also don't see his improved takedown defense because he basically knocked Blaydes out before he did anything and he knocked Cain out while in the middle of a scramble.
 
Bones knows. This guy is just big, strong, and can punch.
 
He came in leaner, stuffed a takedown and dropped Cain like a sack of potatoes. Watch out muthafuckas
 
he doesn't look like he improved that much to me.

he seems the same as he was before the Stipe fight. i don't see how you can tell his cardio improved since he knocked Cain and Blaydes out in seconds and his fight with Derek Lewis was a staring contest.

i also don't see his improved takedown defense because he basically knocked Blaydes out before he did anything and he knocked Cain out while in the middle of a scramble.
He already has good tdd and has only been training for 5 years.

If he gets it good enough where he could stuff DC or Stipe for a couple rounds he will be unstoppable. Even if he doesn't he still has a good chance of blasting their heads off on the way in.
 
Tbh, with Ngannou looking to be having more fun fighting and I mean, he wasn't hesitant like with his fight vs Lewis. The guys mentality has drastically changed, we could expect Ngannou just going all in and saying "Fuck my record, I want to fight in the cage and have fun".
 
If he beats DC, then Stipe in a rematch, the only serious match left for him is Jon Jones and for the first time since forever Jones would be the underdog. Francis with good Cardio, wrestling, TDD, I don't see how anyone beats him. He's already top tier without those things.
 
Continues? Where’s the evidence that he’s even started?
 
As long as he also develops an unstoppable BJJ game as well. He will be the best of all time!
 
Can anyone beat him? Dude is a force of nature. He's not the most polished fighter but his size and power give him a chance in any fight and add much needed cardio and better TDD...who the hell is beating him?

What do you mean "continues to develop cardio"?

There is zero evidence that his cardio has improved in the slightest since joining the UFC.

Overeem had terrible cardio when he joined the UFC as well. His solution was to shed muscle mass and change his training.

Does Ngannou look like he has shed any muscle mass?
 
Hes 54 years old. He aint fighting that much longer.
 
Can anyone beat him? Dude is a force of nature. He's not the most polished fighter but his size and power give him a chance in any fight and add much needed cardio and better TDD...who the hell is beating him?
can say the same about a lot of top fighters honestly. what if DC develops a kicking game and why if he improves his boxing even more. What if stipe improves his endurance. what if stipe develops bjj game
 
If he beats DC, then Stipe in a rematch, the only serious match left for him is Jon Jones and for the first time since forever Jones would be the underdog. Francis with good Cardio, wrestling, TDD, I don't see how anyone beats him. He's already top tier without those things.
prime jds had all these attributes
 
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