Now, I know how unreasonable Fedor’s “fans” can be so I would like to say that I am NOT a UFC nuthugger or a Fedor hater. I love all of MMA. I have been to Strikeforce, Bellator and UFC events and actually enjoy Strikeforce events the most as the cost to attend is very reasonable, if you have floor level seats you can take pictures with fighters/get autographs and I believe their needs to be a viable 2nd option for fighters who don’t want to adhere to everyone of Dana’s totalitarian demands (ala Dan Henderson) but most MMA fans must know that if it were not for Zuffa there may not be any major MMA today stateside.

There is no doubt that if MMA were to end today that Fedor would go down as the best heavyweight of all time as his dominance for several years is unmatched at the present. Having said that I am constantly amazed that his hardcore fans cannot see that the Fedor of 2010 is not the Fedor of 2005 and he would have a very difficult time dealing with the top heavyweights today as was seen last Saturday night.

So who does he defend his title against? Mir, who is hot or cold and imo really just a grappler with bad stamina. I don’t see Mir as anything more than a gatekeeper and I lump Brock in with the up and comers like Velasquez, Carwin, and Dos Santos — showing talent but still just a prospect. In fact he’s had less fights than all of them. He really stacks up with Bobby Lashley if you think about. Both have wrestling backgrounds, both amateur and ‘professional’, both have just 5 fights, though Lashley is still undefeated, both have powerful builds that impresses people easily. I’m surprised Dana White hasn’t called Lashley up with a title fight opportunity yet. Seems like the exact kind of requirements Dana uses to evaluate your rankings.

Fedor will beat Verdum, Overeem, Barnett. Add that to Nogueriax2, a younger roided Colemanx2, Randalman, Arlovski, Sylvia, Herring and many more, what else do you need? How many other Heavyweights have a record like that? Oh well, what can you do. I’m sure if he had a NCAA wrestling background he’d get mad love from the North American haters, and they’d stop ranking him below guys with less then 10 pro fights like Lesnar, Dos Santos etc.

Perhaps the casual fan thinks of MMA as a recreational activity that doesn’t improve with experience and training. Perhaps the casual fan thinks that because they too can throw a punch that they have the game figured out, and clearly Fedor is all hype because he hasn’t tasted the might of Carwin lol Jesus, the UFC fanboys need to stop jacking to Roided up wrestlers and remove the blinders..that rant was for Robby the twit that posted earlier.

It’s fine as a fan if you don’t enjoy Fedor as a fighter, that’s your right of course. But there are certain facts that can’t be challenged in MMA, and one of those is that Fedor is one of the best MMA fighters of all time, if not the best. That may change down the road, but right now hes the Hank Aaron/Pete Rose/Nolan Ryan/Ricky Henderson of MMA.

In 2003 and 2006 Tim Sylvia was UFC champion, we already know what Fedor did to him. 2004 saw Frank Mir as champion but showed a loss to Vera in 2006, who subsequently claimed Fedor to be in a whole different class than other fighters, which leads me to believe Fedor would have beaten Mir back then as well as now (even with his “new” body). 2007 had Randy Couture as Champion but there isn’t a great arguement to be made that Couture would ever have had a chance at beating Fedor, especially being ten years older and Fedor at the top of his athleticness. 2008, Noguiera was champion yet barely a shadow of his former greatness that Fedor beat twice. 2009 saw Mir as champion with a win over Nogueira who in recent years has had the look of someone who has taken too many punches in their career (most likely the ones he took from Fedor). 2009 also saw Lesnar as champion… who did he defeat on his way to becoming champion? Min soo? an old Randy Couture? washed up Herring? Frank Mir? sounds like a bunch of cans to me that weren’t any more worth fighting for Fedor than those who were put in front of him.

And since when do the best at anything have to go searching for opponents to prove themselves against… if you want to be the best, you go to the best and respectfully kick their ass… that’s what Fedor did and if any of these UFC heavyweights want to cry about Fedor ducking competition, than perhaps they should seek out the best (kudos to Couture for trying to do so), even if that means going somewhere other than the UFC

Fedor haters can say what they want about who he’s been fighting in recent years but fact is he hasn’t missed anything by not fighting in the UFC. The only worthwhile fight that never happened was Fedor – Barnett and that sure the hell wasn’t Fedor’s fault. If you want to hate for the sake of hating, do so, trying to reason it to the rest of us just shows show uneducated you really are.

On another note,
Fedor is naturally ~230lb. Lyoto Machida and Anderson Silva weigh about that much naturally, I think. If Fedor fought these guys at natural weight, I dont’ think Machida and Silva stands a chance.

Lets be real. Many people thought that Werdum lost his last fight to Silva and matching him with Fedor is not an appealing fight on any level. Werdum’s best win came against a gatekeeper heavyweight in Gabriel Gonzaga with losses to Nog, Arlovski and JDS. A win for Fedor would mean little and a lost would be earth shaking for SF as I agree with the writer that Fedor should be matched against Overeem ASAP.

As far as Mir goes…he won against Nog and that’s that. Many fighters have injuries going into a fight but that’s part of the profession. In addition, Lesnar’s win against Mir at UFC 100 should not be discounted as Lesnar did not just beat Mir he destroyed him. Lesnar may not be the best heavyweight out there (time will tell) but he will have some tough fights ahead of him as Nog, Velaquez, Carwin, JDS, Mir and other talented heavyweights are gunning for his title. That type of competition is far superior to what SF can offer Fedor…proof in point is the fact that Dan Henderson is talked about as a possible future opponent for Fedor. Matt Lindland anyone?

plus, Big Nog was recovering from straph infection when he fought Mir, so I don’t really count that a win (in my book).

In the landscape of things it’s obvious the UFC has a real deep talent pool of heavyweights. Who could deny that JDS, Shane Carwin, Lesnar, Big Nog, Velaquez and Mir are not legit heavyweights and would be serious threats to anyone in the HW division regardless of promotion? In ending, to show how ridiculous this Fedor talk has become does anybody remember when during a recent Strikeforce broadcast they were interviewing Dan Henderson about coming to SF and upcoming fights and whatnot and then the attention turns to a fight with Fedor…all the while Bobby Lashley is standing opposite.

Fedor was top P4P for a while but in MMA, as in any sport, it’s all about what have you done for me lately and Fedor’s recent opposition says not a lot.

If you look at the list of UFC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS since the beginning, you’ll see that Fedor beat pretty much all of them (as long as they fought outside of UFC). Andre Arlovski and Tim Sylvia literally dominated the UFC Heavyweight division from 2003-06. Fedor beat those guys in 1st round. Tim Sylvia wasn’t even able to TOUCH Fedor during their fight. Before that the champs were like Kevin Randleman and Mark Coleman. And Guess what? Fedor whooped on them as well. Nogueira (an interm heavyweight champ) got beat TWICE by Fedor. Oh and Frank Mir? That guy sucks. Randy Couture? He himself claimed that Fedor is THE BEST Heavyweight and criticized UFC for not aquiring him.

Robby you should just stay quiet.

Alistair Overeem is a great fighter and fights also in Japan, and very well-known there. Just because he`s not well know in North America doesn`t mean he is good. UFC has a lot of great fighters, Brock Lesnar, Frank Mir, Shane Carwin, and many others. But throw Overeem in the UFC and he`ll stand with UFC fighters and same goes with Fedor.

If you don`t see now, you will in the future. Just wait and watch Dan Henderson, the guy that was supposedly be next in line for a title shot against Anderson Silva before Victor Belfort came in from Affliction which you probably disregarded as well when they were present. Dan Henderson not gonna have an easy time in strikeforce MiddleWieght. Just wait and see.

On another note, I don’t think Fedor cares where he fights, and who. I feel like he doesn’t have to prove anything to anyone. He knows, and everyone else knows that he is the best. He’s already on the top of the food chain. Obviously, he’ll decide to fight where he’ll make the most money (via M1 Global).

With that said, it’s only a matter of time before Fedor loses. I highly doubt he’ll retire undefeated. He’s not getting any younger, and even though Fedor wins all the time, there are times where he looks vulnerable.

I feel that the heavier and fast wrestlers match up to Fedor very well. If anyone can beat Fedor, it’d be someone like Brock Lesnar, Shane Carwin, or Velasquez. It’s just unfortunate we won’t be able to see any of those matchups anytime soon…

Nonetheless, Robby. Fedor is not afraid of ANYBODY. Fedor shouldn’t be the one chasing after Brock and other UFC fighters. It should be the UFC heavyweight fighters that seek Fedor, if they want to be the best. Fedor is already the best. It’s not HIS job to go seek opponents who are already ranked lower than he is. Lesnar, Mir, Velasquez, Carwin.. if these guys ever want to be the best, they need to leave UFC and join Strikeforce and face Fedor.

looks like you are well prepared to face Fedor yourself if you call him chicken?

Come to UFC and get a reality check …..chicken.