This comment just shows how pathetic all of these countries are if Fedor is all they have! Fedor is average at best in the REAL MMA (UFC)…Evrything else is minor league that’s why he stays there because he knows he will continue to get weak opponents or hasbeens…Pretty safe place for “The so called Emporer”…Come to UFC and get blasted Fedor …chicken.

@dave

I’m a Fedor fan but I don’t view Fedor as some sort of invincible god and I don’t know why people idolize any athlete as some deity. They do the same thing in boxing and most other sports.

I also would not care if Fedor isn’t your favorite fighter or if you don’t feel like he is the best (heck, I just say he is “one of the best”). What does bother me however, is when people call him overrated or belittle his opponents because he doesn’t fight those from the highly publicized UFC organization (despite the fact that they are accomplished fighters).

And you know I’m am pretty sure that some random “amateur” fighters with long careers from unknown organizations or schools could defeat any MMA fighter. MMA is just career path these people choose and no one should be judged because they decide to go into one place or another.

Another thing that bugs me are the comments I’ve read from UFC fanatics. They seem to have little or no respect for their own fighters. Especially if they join another organization or if they lose outside of the UFC unless they manage to have a clean record in UFC. A accomplished UFC champion, someone like Mark Coleman for example, will never be respected by those people. Outside fighters like Cro-Cop who have a hard time in the UFC are disrespected by UFC fans yet the old Pride fans still admire and respect him regardless of his ranking or record. This is sad to see and part of me hopes Fedor never joins the UFC because frankly, I just don’t think those UFC “fans” deserve it.

Lesnar is a baby to the sport– however I will say that it’s not the amount of fights he’s had that has made him popular, but rather his overall dominance in the octagon. But then again– let’s look at the facts. Mir beat him once. I don’t care about the technicality or Brock’s lack of experience as an excuse– Brock struggled to hold his arms pinned to any position while Mir was sitting up, so he back space to compose himself but didn’t have enough patience to have Mir stand up– so instead he dove on cue and got submitted for it. With Heath Herring, he won, but couldn’t finish. He looked impressive, but still, he didn’t finish. With Randy, he spent more time on the top mount, but that fight looked like a damn stalemate until Randy got caught. Brock won fair and square– I’m not going to argue that at all, but Randy was certainly not being pushed over despite the signifficant size advantage.

The second Mir fight looked bad. Many people saw this as a huge demonstration of the leap in abilities that Lesnar had aquired since his first fight. I saw almost no difference. The biggest flaw in that fight was Mir’s game plan. He no doubt wanted to stay on his feet, but he is a Juijitsu specialist– meaning that when he goes on his back, instead of freaking out like standup fighters, or escaping like wrestlers, HIS first impulse is a reversal to/or a submission. But he was outclassed ground and pound vs. submission, and he got caught– stuck there the entire 1st round constantly seeking an oppertunity that just didn’t present itself. I saw opening after opening for Mir during that fight to try to leave the position, but he wouldn’t take it. Until the strikes started really adding up, I would dare say that Mir was comfortable where we was, trying to patiently wait for the mistake and a loose limb to iscolate. But no, he should have (and no doubt probably could have) escaped to his feet. Randy certainly was able to wiggle out of Lesnar’s ground game, and Mir is 245 lbs– quite a bit bigger than randy. In the second round Mir tried much more desperately to stay on his feet, but when he kept going down, it just fell to pieces. My point is that it looked like a dominating fight– and it was, but I think it was more of the paper covering the rock as opposed to simply “Mir got completely outclassed.”

Brock’s appeal is that aside from a leglock during his greenie fight, he is a scary mofo– and deserves ALOT of repsect. But frankly, he hasn’t been tested that hard yet. We don’t know what he looks like on his back, or if he has an iron chin, or anything else. We haven’t seen him in danger often at all. And really that’s the appeal– he seems invincible. But you know what– so did Rogers before he fought Fedor. He didn’t just win his fights. He destroyed his oppenents. So answer someone’s question from the top- actually, YES, I kind or did want to see that fight. And what happened? Fedor made him look like a human intead of invincible. It was fun to watch. OK, that was long, but this is where I’m going with this:

We have some scenarios here. If Fedor where to go to the UFC and beat Brock– what does the UFC offer at that point for him? Almost absolutely nothing better than what Strikeforce offers him. Noguiera, (which he beat twice in pride), Cro cop (which he beat), Gonzaga (who an aging Couture beat), Heath Herring (who he also beat in pride, and in a SIGNIFFICANTLY more dominant way than how Lesnar beat him), Carwin (I would like to see), and Velazquez (also would like to see). So really, we have a very small pool. If Brock beat Fedor, on the other hand, that would mean what? He’s better? Not hardly in my opionion. But still, what would then happen to Fedor? He’d probably not do very well in the UFC at that point because Dana would have won his battle and from that point on Fedor would be the most underpromoted good fighter of all time. Think about that for a second. And if Fedor wins, his contract will likely get extended on and on. And Dana will put his grip on him as tight as he can. If I were Fedor, I would be hesitant of that situation all-together. Dana does have fighters that really do not like working under him. Couture left for a time over contract disputes. Rampage Jackson left over issues of respect, and Dan Henderson is on the verge of signing with Strikeforce because he’s been pissed off there too.

I’m only stating all of this because I feel the facts are not one sided and I’m tired of seeing people throwing full blame at one company or person or the other. It’s dumb. Dana trashes Fedor all the time, and then kisses his ass on negotiation day whenever one comes up. Fedor’s managers, on the other hand, probably to some degree are outright criminals in their business practices. So there you go.

As far as Lesnar and Fedor are concerned– I think Lesnar would have his hands full- but Fedor has also proven that he does not like big oppenents sitting on him on the ground. So it would be interesting either way and I’m frankly pretty impartial about it. But I do feel that with only a 4-1 record, Lesnar needs to have other types of fighters thrown in his face. He’s fought 1 underclassed fighter out of the UFC, and then in the UFC, 2 wrestlers and one juijitsu artist– all grapplers. I want to see him fight some strikers. I think Lesnar vs. Velasquez or Carwin should come WAY before a Lesnar vs. Fedor fight. We know what Fedor does in a variety of situations. I want to tuely see Lesnar’s abilities tested before we jump the gun and everyone screams that he’s worthy for a fight with ANYONE who has 25 or more wins under their belt. That’s just how I feel. Because seriously, what happens when Velasquez KO’s Lesnar, and then get’s choked out by Mir? LOL– seriously though, if something like that happened, I guarentee you all that almost no one would give two shits about him anymore and no one would even care about him fighting Fedor. It’s pretty much what happened to Randy. That was the fight everyone wanted to see for a long time. Now people don’t seem to be bothered with it very much. Again– just my opionon. I hope no one’s offended.

Your post suddenly became worthless when you claimed Fedor signed with Strikeforce. His M-1 contract would not allow that. The deal was between Strikeforce and M-1 to promote Fedor’s fights. Fedor can’t sign with another promotion while under exclusive contract with another.