rmcswain wrote:zomg1 wrote:Nater wrote:Fedor is over rated i have watched almost every fedor fight and i will admit he is a good fighter and a smart one but dont forget hes fought a long list of along with a few big names. i mean guys like tim sylvia come on randy cotoure beat him down. dont forget mirko cro cop gave fedor a huge run for his money in pride, and mirko has not fared well in the ufc. Mirko also said fightiing in a cage is different from a ring and rogers is the first fighter to get to the second with fedor since 2006. Think about it.
You have no clue about MMA. He fought more big names than any HW out there right now. If you wana talk names, then Mir, Brock, and all UFC heavies fought waaaay less top competition than Fedor. Tim vs Randy a long grind fest decision, Tim vs Fedor a super quick ASS RAPE. Fedor fought Mirko in his prime, Mirko hasn't been shit for a long time now. Fedor dominated Mirko the whole fight in every aspect of the game while Mirko ran most of the fight, last time i checked, thats far from giving run for their money. Fedor beat Rogers in his own game. Rogers is an exclent striker who was much bigger, taller, had longer reach and was more powerfull, yet he got destroyed in his own game by Fedor. You think about it.
Fedor has fought some bad-asses, and was a ferocious mother-fucker in Pride, but he looked like shit against Rogers. He waded in with his head down winging haymakers. A well rounded striker would have killed his ass. Rogers was scared from the opening bell or he might have stood a chance.
Crocop did way more than run from him, half of his game is to avoid and counter. He gave Fedor all he could handle. Orlovsky was handling him in their fight as well, and if not for his glass jaw might have come out on top.
I give him all the respect in the world he never dodged a fight and has kicked everyone's ass that he faced, but that was then, this is now. Lesner would fuck him up in a hurry.
Head down - looping overhands I think is SOP against taller fighters.
Cro-cop v Fedor was a great fight - but bottom line is Fedor still dominated a great fighter in his prime.
Arlovski didn't land anything good, got measured, and KO'ed first round.
You know, and this is a general comment, not necessarily directed at you, but I've never heard such a long list of excuses as the ones that get made for everyone that loses to Fedor.
Why do Fedor fans always have to defend his record, whereas, say, Lesnar fans don't?
cummon - a 46 year old light-heavyweight and a motorcycle-crash victim (who he has a stunning 50% record against).
Lesnar is the one with everything to prove.