PRIDE FC Heavyweight Champion — and the most coveted mixed martial arts free agent on the planet — Fedor Emelianenko was not introduced last night as the latest big-name talent to join the UFC organization.
The news (or lack thereof) was a major let down mixed martial arts fans who had anticipated a big announcement.
However, his physical absence did not stop ringside announcers Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan from talking about the Russian throughout the UFC 75: “Champion vs. Champion” telecast.
In fact, at one point during the main event between Rampage Jackson and Dan Henderson, Goldberg mentioned to UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture — who helped out on the mic throughout the championship fight — about the prospects of “The Natural” taking on Emelianenko.
It was bizarre because very rarely does the UFC permit talk about fighters not in its organization during broadcasts much less let it be the topic of conversation on more than one occasion during a major event.
Put simply, all the Fedor Emelianenko talk was not an isolated incident or a slip.
Perhaps it’s a move to publicly pressure Emelianenko and his Red Devil management team back to the negotiating table — there’s still the comment from UFC President Dana White that the most recent talks “didn’t go well.”
Now that the majority of top heavyweight fighters are now in the UFC there are very few options for Emelianenko if he wants to tangle with the best in the sport. Josh Barnett is the only other notable heavyweight currently not under UFC contract.
One thing to keep in mind is that Emelianenko is allegedly very careful about who he faces. Reports indicate, for example, that he does not want to fight former UFC heavyweight champion, Tim Sylvia, because it is a bad style match up.
And after everything that has happened with the recent fall of fellow PRIDE FC alum, Mirko Cro Cop, in the UFC there maybe some serious need for even more caution — Fedor boasts perhaps the most invincible aura in the history of the sport.
It’s a legacy worth protecting … but not forever.
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Fedor is overrated. He better not come to the UFC because Couture and GG will run through him. All those Pride HWs aren’t tough without the dope.
Can you guys link to the “report” that says Fedor doesn’t want to fight Tim Sylvia
The PRIDE Heavyweight division was at a really low level in my opinion. I think Fedor, Cro Cop and Nogueira were really overrated..
they used to fight guys like heath herring who is one of the weakest fighter ever..
In the UFC they are gonna have some serious trouble, we have seen it with Cro Cop, we will see it soon with Big Nog..
Yeah I heard some of that from a Fedor myspace page, his management posted a bulletin saying that Fedor wants at least 2 fights in the UFC before fighting Randy or any top heavyweight. They stopped short of saying that Fedor wanted 2 “easy” fights, but thats what they meant. Not sure how true this is, it was a myspace post, so everyone can take it however they want. Heres my response:
NEWS FLASH FEDOR, YOUR THE NUMBER ONE HEAVYWEIGHT IN THE WORLD!!! That comes at a price my friend, it means you don’t get any easy fights! You don’t get the luxury of saying that you don’t want to fight Sylvia because its a bad style matchup! You will fight the hard fights every time and prove you are #1! I know you already have proved it, but you have to keep doing it.
I mean, seriously who wants to watch Fedor fight Eddie Sanchez or Jake O’Brian (heh).
shamo84 is right. No disrespect to Fedor, but a real champion shouldn’t turn down fights because of conflict of style. That to me is not a champion. He should adapt to the style and rise to the occasion. I honestly think Sylvia has what it takes to give Fedor a good run for his money. I wouldn’t say the Maine-iac would win, but definetly give a stiff challenge to Fedor. As for the rest of the heavyweight division I think Brock Lesnar would be an asset. Throwing him into the mix would really shake things up.
[quote comment=”145745″]The PRIDE Heavyweight division was at a really low level in my opinion. I think Fedor, Cro Cop and Nogueira were really overrated..
they used to fight guys like heath herring who is one of the weakest fighter ever..
In the UFC they are gonna have some serious trouble, we have seen it with Cro Cop, we will see it soon with Big Nog..[/quote]
I agree with some of this, certainly with Cro-Cop. As for Nog, he will probably fight Randy next, which is going to be a problem for Randy.
Nog is a smarter, more experienced version of Gonzaga, and with a lot more heart. Lets face it, Gonzaga’s style matched up very bad for Couture, but Couture proved that Gonzaga simply didn’t have the experience to be a threat. He broke his will, Gonzaga gave up.
Big Nog has a very similar fighting style to Gonzaga, Mui Thai and BJJ. The difference is Nog has been in many title bouts, hes also gone the distance with Fedor, he has a champions heart, one of the best in the sport. To make it worse, Randy showed an excellent strategy on how to beat this type of fighter 2 weeks ago (clinch with him and dirty box). This strategy would have worked very well against Nog too, however now Nog has seen it, he will plan for it. I hope Randy can come up with something new for that fight.
So the “Best fighter in the world” wants warm up fights to fight “an old man”………and doesnt want to fight poopie who was destroyed by the same “old man”.
Interesting comments/actions coming from the “Best HW in the World”.
Sick of this guy and all the talks about him. How doesnt the #1 HW in the world want to fight the #2,3,4 …etc.
As the old saying goes, put up or shut up!
sry, should say NOT
“How doesnt the #1 HW in the world NOT want to fight the #2,3,4 …etc.”
[quote comment=”145767″]So the “Best fighter in the world” wants warm up fights to fight “an old man”………and doesnt want to fight poopie who was destroyed by the same “old man”.
Interesting comments/actions coming from the “Best HW in the World”.
Sick of this guy and all the talks about him. How doesnt the #1 HW in the world want to fight the #2,3,4 …etc.
As the old saying goes, put up or shut up![/quote]
Exactly!
FYI
http://www.crocop.tk/
Crocrop broke his rib in the first round
FEDOR WILL LOSE TO CAPTAIN AMERICA IN 08.
Ragnar,
Big Nog is no Gonzaga. The dude has no footwork at all, his takedown defense is terrible, he’s got no power in his punches, and his BJJ is over-rated. The only top level guy he subbed is Cro-can for christ’s sake.
IMO, Gonzaga would wipe the floor with Big Nog and so will Couture.
Also, LOL at Big Nog’s Muy thai. The dude barely puts together good punching combinations and haven’t seen many kicks or knees from him.
[quote comment=”145776″]FYI
http://www.crocop.tk/
Crocrop broke his rib in the first round[/quote]
Too bad, I had such high hopes for him in the UFC, he could still pull it together, but Im having my doubts now. I really only started watching Pride when it was going under. I hoped to see Cro-Cop come in and give us American fans some good highlight reel knockouts. He did a few months ago, unfortunately he was on the wrong end of it.
OH and Goldberg slipped up last night
“We’ll get Fedor in here, to probably fight this guy right next to us, eh, Randy already knows”
2:50 left in the 4th round Hendo vs Page
I am the biggest loser in the world!!
I actually thought there would be a Fedor announcement last night. Boy, do I look like a d*ckhead on a bunch of other Internet forums…
I don’t think Fedor wants to fight Couture, there has got to be something going on here. Randy is the best heavyweight in the UFC and the world, but he still has this hanging over his head that Fedor is #1. Let Randy prove to the world that Fedor is #2 and get this monkey off his back before he is 50. Damn
On Rampage..for all the page Haters..I love to do this, I TOLD YOU SO!!
[quote comment=”145821″]On Rampage..for all the page Haters..I love to do this, I TOLD YOU SO!![/quote]
Yeh Im with you Philqny. I called the Rampage fight, I said that I thought Kongo and Hamil would pull off upsets. Kongo’s was official, Hamil’s wasnt (he got robbed). The only fight I lost was Sakara, and thats just cause I couldnt go with alexander cuz I knew to little about him.
Yeh it seemed bizarre how much they talked about Fedor. It seemed like they knew something about the Fedor situation that we didnt. Its still possible that Dana wants to introduce him to the American public either At Fight night Live or at UFC 76. If he isnt announced by then, I will just stop talking about him.
If wanderlei wants a warm up fight, it should b against Houston Alexander, if not, give Alexander Forrest after Shogun disposes off him. I’m getting really curious to c Alexander fight again.
He didnt have the element of surprise going for him and he still got the 1st rd TKO. Houstons has some serios power behind his punches (uppercutts) and knees (good clinch game).
[quote comment=”145821″]On Rampage..for all the page Haters..I love to do this, I TOLD YOU SO!![/quote]
I thought Hendo looked really good. Very technical and very competent. Having said that, Rampage was clearly his equal and more. Rampage’s grappling was very impressive. I’m thinking we’re looking at a champ who’s going to reigning for a while.
His post fight comments were hilarious, too…
[quote comment=”145739″]Can you guys link to the “report” that says Fedor doesn’t want to fight Tim Sylvia[/quote]
It’s from a recent print edition of the Dave Meltzer newsletter. Bob Sapp is apparently another opponent Fedor did not want to face in Japan.
[quote comment=”145785″]Ragnar,
Big Nog is no Gonzaga. The dude has no footwork at all, his takedown defense is terrible, he’s got no power in his punches, and his BJJ is over-rated. The only top level guy he subbed is Cro-can for christ’s sake.
IMO, Gonzaga would wipe the floor with Big Nog and so will Couture.[/quote]
If you say so, the guy beat everyone in pride HW except Fedor and Barnett. I question Gonzaga’s Muy Thai, all he can do is single punch or kick knockouts, I never see any combos from him. Nog can do combos, and is also very effective with knees. When it comes to BJJ, Id give that to Nog as well, much more wins via submission, much more experience. He holds a win over Werdum as well, where as Gonzaga holds a loss to Werdum.
In any case, my point was about the intangibles, such as heart and experience, both of which Nog has much more of.
Id love to see Nog vs. Gonzaga, perhaps we could find out one day who really is better.
just watched the replay of matt hamil and mike bisping what a croc of shit the ufc just turned into don kings kingdom matt hamil won hands down kicked bispings ass and we cower down and give it to the one in his home country what a bunch of pussies bye ufc no longer my favorite
[quote comment=”145781″]FEDOR WILL LOSE TO CAPTAIN AMERICA IN 08.[/quote]
yeh, probably, im settled on the fact that Fedor is NOT the number 1 heavy weight, Couture is. There are a few HW’s out there that could run through Couture - doesnt say much for fedor - as each day goes past, as another UFC event goes past, fedor is slowly falling down the ladder - its true
A CHAMPION WHO WONT FIGHT CERTAIN PEOPLE - RIDICULOUS.
Call Matt Hughes what you want but when he was the champ he didn’t careless who he was fighting. All Chuck Liddell wanted to do as a champ was to be in the octagon, point at the opponent, he would train and then fight, Randy Couture has been fighting people who have been a bad style match up for him his whole career.
How many fighters have you heard respond when Joe Rogan asks them who they want to fight next say “I don’t care, I’m a fighter and I will fight anyone the UFC puts me against”.
“Reports indicate, for example, that he does not want to fight former UFC heavyweight champion, Tim Sylvia, because it is a bad style match up.”
Yeah it is, for Sylvia I would of thought. So he [Fedor] only chooses to fight fighters who he thinks his style gives him a natural advantage over, that is not a champion. I will have to see this report to believe it, but if i is true then Fedor will never join the UFC because no champion can pick and choose his opponents.
CONSPIRACY THEORY
Do you think all of this talking about Fedor during UFC 75 and even this UFCmania article for example (the part about him refusing matches) could be a plan orchestrated to put Fedor in a position where if he does not join the UFC his credibility would be harmed?
Personally I just don’t understand why he would think Tim Sylvia would be a bad match up for him. As I said in my previous post Randy didn’t match up well to Gonzaga when it came to style but he broke Gonzaga’s will and his nose (not neccessarily in that order) during the fight with an impressive win.
I’m not sure if it was on this site but I even remember Pride announcing that they offered a match between Fedor and Sylvia and Sylvia apparently turned it down.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ll0KJ_13NJU
So apparently Fedor would of fought Sylvia then but now Randy has beaten him and he is recovering from back surgery and Staph infection Fedor does not want to fight him.
All these allegations sound fishy to me .I’m not too sure what to believe any more.
Okay,
I see that all my fans want me to fight fedor…he is scared to come and fight me. Dana and I discussed just before the UFC 75 fight in London that if Fedor would sign, he would be guaranteed a title shot in his opening bout. I think he is scared to fight me since I destoryed Gonzaga. I broke his nose and could hear it crack when I threw him to the ground. I have a secret plan prepared for Fedor. Since he is a well rounded MMA fighter, I will employ a more balanced attack to beat him. Half round of stand-up followed up by half round of Greco Roman wrestling followed by some ground and pound. Let me know what my FANS think and I will consider ALL OPTIONS>>>This fight will be for the Fans who have supported me all those years…P.S. Nogueria will be fighting me only if Fedor backs out. Look for the fight in mid Feburary according to Dana…Randy Couture
sounds totally fishy to me also. Dana White is a douche bag and is doing this to pressure Fedor and also to make him look bad if he doesnt come to the us.
The ufc said that Wanderlei Silva didnt want to fight Lidell…but really Silva just said he didnt want to fight him in septembver/november cuz he wouldnt have enough time to train properly…that a big difference between not fighting in sept/nov and not fighting at all.
UFC = shady business practices
screw dana white
I’m with you to Holding Ropes,I don’t know how this Fedor signing going to end up.But if he does’nt fight in the UFC by 2008,then i say fuck Fedor and fuck Dana White.
There is no reason way Fedor should not be fighting in the UFC by now.
All the best fighters in the world are in the UFC.
I would’nt mind seeing Yushin Okami,and Josh Barnett back,but to keep getting my hopes up when i hear Fedor’s coming and then hear he’s not,I’ll just believe it when i see it.
It’s funny that people are saying that Pride heavyweights are overrated and that Gonzaga is better then Big Nog. HA! I like Gonzaga too but you can’t deny the fact that the only reason why he’s so popular is because he knocked out Crocop who is a Pride heavyweight just in case you didn’t know. Big Nog is literally better than Gonzaga in every way. Also about Fedor, I think its kind of lame when he refuses to fight certain people because of a poor matchup but you can’t compare him to Hughes and Liddell “who will fight anyone”. They cut weight and fight people who are their size or slightly smaller. I’d like to see Liddell not cut any weight and fight top heavyweights. He obviously wouldn’t want to.
With all this talk about bad style macth-ups,not only is Randy going whoop his ass,if Fedor signs;but don’t ever put Fedor in the octagon against the pitbull.
If AA grows his hair and beard back and fights the way he is known for, Fedor would not stand a chance.
I love MMA,I’m still waiting for these superbowl like macth-ups Dana promised us when Zuffa bought Pride.
Rampage and Henderson was one but where are the others.
[quote comment=”145956″]Okay,
I see that all my fans want me to fight fedor…he is scared to come and fight me. Dana and I discussed just before the UFC 75 fight in London that if Fedor would sign, he would be guaranteed a title shot in his opening bout. I think he is scared to fight me since I destoryed Gonzaga. I broke his nose and could hear it crack when I threw him to the ground. I have a secret plan prepared for Fedor. Since he is a well rounded MMA fighter, I will employ a more balanced attack to beat him. Half round of stand-up followed up by half round of Greco Roman wrestling followed by some ground and pound. Let me know what my FANS think and I will consider ALL OPTIONS>>>This fight will be for the Fans who have supported me all those years…P.S. Nogueria will be fighting me only if Fedor backs out. Look for the fight in mid Feburary according to Dana…Randy Couture[/quote]
I do’nt know if this is the Natural himself,but i been telling everybody a long time ago that Fedor is scared to fight Randy Couture.
who cares about fedor or anyone else for that matter, lets talk about the fact that Matt Hammil got totally robbed!! who the hell let the ufc get away with this. What a shame…sorry Matt.
Well it looks like the only former Pride guys (excluding Page) that are gonna bring it are the Chute Box boys; Shogun and Wandy. Let’s hope so anyway.
Rob…
Hendo brought it…
Nog’s bringin it…
Chute will bring it…
Spider Silva’s brining it.. (his name got big in his fights in Pride and he moonwalked in the Pride ring… = Pride Fighter… just ask him)
What the hell is going on with CroCop? He has lost that icey stare, he has lost his intimidation factor. He needs to destroy his next opponent, and it needs to be in the states (England is not working for him).
That fight was very difficult to watch.
[quote comment=”145963″]It’s funny that people are saying that Pride heavyweights are overrated and that Gonzaga is better then Big Nog. HA! I like Gonzaga too but you can’t deny the fact that the only reason why he’s so popular is because he knocked out Crocop who is a Pride heavyweight just in case you didn’t know. Big Nog is literally better than Gonzaga in every way. Also about Fedor, I think its kind of lame when he refuses to fight certain people because of a poor matchup but you can’t compare him to Hughes and Liddell “who will fight anyone”. They cut weight and fight people who are their size or slightly smaller. I’d like to see Liddell not cut any weight and fight top heavyweights. He obviously wouldn’t want to.[/quote]
I compared them only to show how I believe the attitude of a champion should be. Both held their respective belts for multiple matches against their divisions finest, not caring who they fought. Fedor is in a division where cutting weight is not an issue. I would of used Andrei Arlovski as an example but in many of his matches the number one contender was a huge under dog (Justin Eilers for example, how did he get a title shot). Anyway even with that being the case AA never turned down a match and he is a fellow HW like Fedor. I was comparing mentality rather than physical ability, Hughes and Lidell have picked a division to fight in and would fight anyone in their respective division when they were champs.
In the post below the one you quoted I explained using Randy as an example of someone who all his career has gone for people who on paper would be a bad match-up for him. So if the comparison of how Hughes and Liddell “will fight anyone” was not good enough for you, replace that with fellow HW Randy and AA.
Matt “The Law” Lindland is another example of “I’ll fight anyone” type of guy and he doesn’t even limit that to his division!
[quote comment=”145835″][quote comment=”145821″]On Rampage..for all the page Haters..I love to do this, I TOLD YOU SO!![/quote]
Yeh Im with you Philqny. I called the Rampage fight, I said that I thought Kongo and Hamil would pull off upsets. Kongo’s was official, Hamil’s wasnt (he got robbed). The only fight I lost was Sakara, and thats just cause I couldnt go with alexander cuz I knew to little about him.
Yeh it seemed bizarre how much they talked about Fedor. It seemed like they knew something about the Fedor situation that we didnt. Its still possible that Dana wants to introduce him to the American public either At Fight night Live or at UFC 76. If he isnt announced by then, I will just stop talking about him.[/quote]
..I’m doing the same damn thing.
has anyone thought that maybe, fedor was doing steroids while fighting in pridefc?? they never tested fighters {aside from 2 vegas cards} maybe he is waiting it out his system, if i was undefeated, i wouldn’t want to get busted. i hope he does fight in the ufc so he can prove what he’s got!!! and im not saying he i juiced up, i like fedor,, always have…. it’s just taking too long for him to get in..somethings fishy!!
um, actually, Fedor has been fighting…
[quote comment=”146129″]has anyone thought that maybe, fedor was doing steroids while fighting in pridefc?? they never tested fighters {aside from 2 vegas cards} maybe he is waiting it out his system, if i was undefeated, i wouldn’t want to get busted. i hope he does fight in the ufc so he can prove what he’s got!!! and im not saying he i juiced up, i like fedor,, always have…. it’s just taking too long for him to get in..somethings fishy!![/quote]
Judging Fedors build I have a hard time believing he is on steroids.
[quote comment=”145985″][quote comment=”145956″]Okay,
I see that all my fans want me to fight fedor…he is scared to come and fight me. Dana and I discussed just before the UFC 75 fight in London that if Fedor would sign, he would be guaranteed a title shot in his opening bout. I think he is scared to fight me since I destoryed Gonzaga. I broke his nose and could hear it crack when I threw him to the ground. I have a secret plan prepared for Fedor. Since he is a well rounded MMA fighter, I will employ a more balanced attack to beat him. Half round of stand-up followed up by half round of Greco Roman wrestling followed by some ground and pound. Let me know what my FANS think and I will consider ALL OPTIONS>>>This fight will be for the Fans who have supported me all those years…P.S. Nogueria will be fighting me only if Fedor backs out. Look for the fight in mid Feburary according to Dana…Randy Couture[/quote]
I do’nt know if this is the Natural himself,but i been telling everybody a long time ago that Fedor is scared to fight Randy Couture.[/quote]
I really, really hope you didn’t consider that it might have actually been the real Couture.
[quote comment=”145785″]Ragnar,
Big Nog is no Gonzaga. The dude has no footwork at all, his takedown defense is terrible, he’s got no power in his punches, and his BJJ is over-rated. The only top level guy he subbed is Cro-can for christ’s sake.
IMO, Gonzaga would wipe the floor with Big Nog and so will Couture.[/quote]
Ha- Noguira’s jujitsu is overated? That’s funny.
YOU People dont know what your talking about, fedor wouldnt pick his fights !!!
Fedor would destroy randy
he will make randy feel stupid
and dont even compare him to cro cop, cro cop has no ground game at all fedor would of made kongo tap in the first 3 min
The UFC is talking about Emelianenko to try to keep fan interest up. He’s an outstanding fighter and possibly #1 in the world but the fans should stop giving a crap until he actually signs. The only ones who should be talked about are men in the cage actually fighting.
LOL, who the hell was making allegations that Fedor is using steroids and doesn’t want to fight in UFC because he will pop hot? Look at Fedor, he has the body type of MMA fan who drinks a bit too much, not an MMA fighter. His power comes from conditioning NOT roids.
Two years ago UFC had a dismal heavy weight class, all the worlds top talent was in Pride FC and Fedor beat em all except for the baby face assassin who would probably have been his next fight if zuffa didn’t rat f*ck Pride. Pride had no top talent!?! Have you not been watching UFC lately? All the big fights have been centered around dudes from pride! Sean Sherk, Anderson Silva, and Rampage who are now CHAMPS came from Pride. The only Pride purchase that UFC could have done without is Heath Herring, the only reason this guy is a known fighter is because he’s been BEATEN by a who’s who of MMA.
Fedor will sign for UFC. In an interview I’ve read from him he states that the next guy he would like to fight is Couture, he says it would be an honor to fight some one of his calibor. So HE IS NOT DUCKING RANDY, he wants to fight him. And ducking Tim Sylvia? LOL, that guy couldn’t stand up to half the guys that Fedor has already dismantled. We just gotta wait it out, boys; Fedor will sign, and he will sign soon if he actually can. This deal is most likely being held up by Dana White or that stupid f*ck of a manager Fedor has; Finklestein.
[quote post=”3283″]Judging Fedors build I have a hard time believing he is on steroids.[/quote]
I HOPE NOT. but like i said it’s taking to long for him to sign..it cant be money..he has been told he will have an instant title shot?..what else does he want???the second zuffa bought pridefc everyone thought 100% fedor would be the first to debut in ufc.. what the hell kind of champ holds off this long???oh well’ like i said..i like fedor always have but when he takes this long i gotta think..What is going on..steroids???cant adapt to cage???not enough money??? no reason should hold him back, i mean this is the ufc..the big show.and if he is the man to beat,get your ass in their and show em what your made of!!
[quote comment=”146380″]The UFC is talking about Emelianenko to try to keep fan interest up. He’s an outstanding fighter and possibly #1 in the world but the fans should stop giving a crap until he actually signs. The only ones who should be talked about are men in the cage actually fighting.[/quote]
I agree 100%
I’m a big fedor fan, but if he doen’t sign soon, I’ll stop caring too. There is way too much talent in the ufc now to worry so much about fedor signing.
[quote comment=”146378″]YOU People dont know what your talking about, fedor wouldnt pick his fights !!!
Fedor would destroy randy
he will make randy feel stupid
and dont even compare him to cro cop, cro cop has no ground game at all fedor would of made kongo tap in the first 3 min[/quote]
Then why doesn’t he sign! And why is his management insisting that he get 2 fights before fighting Randy, and why has his management publicly said that Fedor does not want to fight Timmy because its a bad style matchup. From what your saying, bad style match up shouldn’t matter to the Great Fedor.
I’ll say it again, when your the #1 heavyweight you need to fight the best fighters every fight. I don’t want Fedor fighting Eddie Sanchez or Heath Herring (again). Fedor has got to man up and fight the champ now! Just like Henderson did! Heavyweight Unification!
[quote post=”3283″]I’ll say it again, when your the #1 heavyweight you need to fight the best fighters every fight. I don’t want Fedor fighting Eddie Sanchez or Heath Herring (again). Fedor has got to man up and fight the champ now! Just like Henderson did! Heavyweight Unification! [/quote]
Yeah dude! I agree, i like Fedor and all but it’s takin way too long for him to sign, makes me think shit..can’t adapt to cage?? not enough cash??? or, and i hope not, but maybe steriod’s, or banned substances??? Who knows?? all i know is when Zuffa bought Pride FC i thought Fedor would be the first one in the octagon. boy was i wrong…..
Fedor is becoming just plain ridiculous. He calls himself the Baddest Man on the Planet, and he is scared to fight Tim Sylvia. OMG, what a joke. Randy Couture was 44 years old and came out of retirement after getting KO’d twice in a row in the first round by LHW Chuck Liddell, to fight the HW champ, Tim Sylvia. Now, the supposed, best fighter in the world, is afraid to fight Tim Sylvia?? Wow, that is news.
Fedor, if you are the best HW around, why are you not in the UFC? Why are you afraid to fight Tim Sylvia? Why do you demand two fights against nobodies before fighting Randy Couture? You know why, its because you are SCARED!!! The only time you will ever except a fight with Randy is when Randy is 55 years old. You seen what happened to Cro Cop - who you coulnd’t knock out. A no-name B-level fighter in the UFC KO’d Cro Cop in the first round. Then in CroCop’s next fight, he got owned by a C-level fighter who was absolutely dominated by Carmelo Marrero. Fedor, you better sign with the IFL, because you have NO chance at beating anyone in the TOP 5 of the UFC. ESPECIALLY if you are scared of fighting someone barely ranked in the top 10 anymore.
Fedor, you are a scared little pussy.
I really can’t believe that some people here are saying that Gabe Gonzaga is a better fighter than Big Nog. I am almost speachless on that. Gonzaga is a NOBODY with 1 big win in his career. Meanwhile, Big Nog has fought every top HW there is (except Randy, but that will be soon enough) and has NEVER been KO’d. He is one of the best BJJ fighters you will ever see. I really hope to see Gabe vs Big Nog just for the sake of the few people that were saying what they did…..
[quote post=”3283″]who cares about fedor or anyone else for that matter, lets talk about the fact that Matt Hammil got totally robbed!! who the hell let the ufc get away with this. What a shame…sorry Matt.[/quote]
That’s what the thread with the image of the three blind mice, and the one about Dana White’s response to the Bisping/Hamill fight is for. This thread is about Fedor. Learn how to use a forum…
Can anyone image Randy saying that he won’t fight someone because he doesn’t think his style matches up well against his? NOPE, NEVER. Randy is a TRUE champion. He WELCOMES great challenges, he doesn’t hide from them.
Once Goldy said in the 4th round something along the lines of:
“Rampage and Henderson are fighting in the first of the title unification bouts. Next, we’ll have Fedor in here fighting the man sitting next to me. But Randy already knows that”
Right then and there, I was like, “Goldy, you moron, you just ruined the big announcement they’re going to make after this fight”. Especially since it was supposed to be on until 12:30 and ended like a half hour early. I really thought that after Rampage was crowned the LHW unified champ, they would have brought Fedor and Randy in and said that the HW belt will be unified at UFC ##, in the 2nd title unification bout. Then the last half hour would have been a couple of Fedor’s best fights in PRIDE, so the general American public can see some of his fights.
I was very dissapointed.
[quote comment=”146486″][quote comment=”146378″]YOU People dont know what your talking about, fedor wouldnt pick his fights !!!
Fedor would destroy randy
he will make randy feel stupid
and dont even compare him to cro cop, cro cop has no ground game at all fedor would of made kongo tap in the first 3 min[/quote]
Then why doesn’t he sign! And why is his management insisting that he get 2 fights before fighting Randy, and why has his management publicly said that Fedor does not want to fight Timmy because its a bad style matchup. From what your saying, bad style match up shouldn’t matter to the Great Fedor.
I’ll say it again, when your the #1 heavyweight you need to fight the best fighters every fight. I don’t want Fedor fighting Eddie Sanchez or Heath Herring (again). Fedor has got to man up and fight the champ now! Just like Henderson did! Heavyweight Unification![/quote]
listen , whatever source you people find your info from is tryin to promote tim with his fight with vera!
i suggest you people stop hating and wait it out cause he is coming to the ufc and his next fight will be randy!
and listen he hasnt losses so stop saying he will lose to randy , cause when this figtht does happen i hope you people really dont think that randy will win because there going to be alot of disappointed couture fans.
and what about randy he has fought a bunch of lhw’s and got knocked out by chuck twice and beat two heavywieghts by puttin them in the clinch and slowing them down, but hahah fedor is so much faster haha. i dont know if this fight will go in to the second round maybe early second.
and hopefully fedor beats him so bad that randy retires , but fedor is such a nice classy guy that he will make him tap so he wouldnt bust up his face.
remember the fedor vs big nog i just cant see randy taking punches like that in the face from fedor! nog is a beast thats why
My personal opinion (if anyone cares..) Fedor’s legacy is ALREADY tainted. The sport will pass him by if he doesnt sign with the UFC in the next few weeks. ALL of the top talent is in the UFC, the UFC is the MMA limelight right now, and will be for a while. If he fights anyone else outside of top UFC talent… its not going to matter.
Also IMO, the BIG reason Fedor will get an immediate title shot is so…..Randy has more of a shot, or anyone else for that fact. The trend of fighters walking into the Octagon from a ring and not being successful hasnt stopped… that in mind, Id consider Randy maybe even winning.
[quote comment=”146587″]My personal opinion (if anyone cares..) Fedor’s legacy is ALREADY tainted. The sport will pass him by if he doesnt sign with the UFC in the next few weeks. ALL of the top talent is in the UFC, the UFC is the MMA limelight right now, and will be for a while. If he fights anyone else outside of top UFC talent… its not going to matter.
Also IMO, the BIG reason Fedor will get an immediate title shot is so…..Randy has more of a shot, or anyone else for that fact. The trend of fighters walking into the Octagon from a ring and not being successful hasnt stopped… that in mind, Id consider Randy maybe even winning.[/quote]
i think fedor would be better in a cage. and you people just dont understand anything randy has fedor already has a counter move and a take down and plus randy is 44 and fedor is so fast !!
i say good luck to randy cause i respect him alot, cause he really is a great fighterand very smart fighter with a game plan for everyone but i just cant see him winning lol linland and coleman got submitted quick and they fight like randy.
fedor is the best fighter in the world cause not because he knows all the syles in mma but he is great at all the styles in mma.
it funny how u people read some lamp article and booom randy is the best in the world and fedor will lose to top 5 hw’s in ufc ! hahahahhahah keep dreaming fedor is the most skilled fighter i have ever seen
Things are always more complicated than they appear. Fedor doesn’t have an outlet to appeal to fans of MMA, Dana White does. Both sides need eachother, and yet both sides have large egos. Ultimately the money will win, so Fedor will probably end up succombing to the UFC unless he just doesn’t feel the need to fight anymore…
GG has some big blows, but his style seems fairly crude compared to the cerebral likes of Nog, as Couture exploited. I mean, what was Gonzaga’s game plan against Randy?
Regarding Crocop, if he really did break a rib against Kongo, it makes a pretty big difference on how you fight. Look at Jackson’s first fight against Rua. I actually felt sorry for the guy. I can’t wait for a rematch. Jackson is a way better fighter now.
With everyone wanting Fedor in the UFC and him being a bitch about it, am I the only one that would love to see him get KTFO by someone like Dan Christison or Sean Gannon. I can’t believe he won’t take a match against Sylvia. Like ViolentMike said, you wouldn’t see Randy not accept such a match. If Fedor fought Sylvia he’s probably get paid Tito money like $250,000-$300,000. Shit. I have no fighting experience at all and I’d even man up at fight (get KO’D by) Sylvia for $20,000, probably less, lol.
[quote comment=”146598″]i think fedor would be better in a cage. and you people just dont understand anything randy has fedor already has a counter move and a take down and plus randy is 44 and fedor is so fast !!
i say good luck to randy cause i respect him alot, cause he really is a great fighterand very smart fighter with a game plan for everyone but i just cant see him winning lol linland and coleman got submitted quick and they fight like randy.
fedor is the best fighter in the world cause not because he knows all the syles in mma but he is great at all the styles in mma.
it funny how u people read some lamp article and booom randy is the best in the world and fedor will lose to top 5 hw’s in ufc ! hahahahhahah keep dreaming fedor is the most skilled fighter i have ever seen[/quote]Rofl… ‘you people’
Fedor IS the best heavyweight in the world… fighter? Eh… maybe. Come and preach for your boy all you want, but no ammount of nuthugging is gonna get passed the issue at hand. Its put up or shut up on this site, Fedor hasnt put anything up other then beating someone that fights 65lbs lighter then he does.
lets stop hating on fedor, nobody should hate on fedor !!!
And randy’s next fight is fedor in feb so there is plenty of time to sign him .
if he loses to randy than you people can hate but stop hating on the guy now ! there’s nothing to say about him except talk about a false source who said he is dodging timmy “the blob” sylvia .
come on !!! do u really belive that!! only straight up Ufc redneck fans do.
[quote comment=”146621″][quote comment=”146598″]i think fedor would be better in a cage. and you people just dont understand anything randy has fedor already has a counter move and a take down and plus randy is 44 and fedor is so fast !!
i say good luck to randy cause i respect him alot, cause he really is a great fighterand very smart fighter with a game plan for everyone but i just cant see him winning lol linland and coleman got submitted quick and they fight like randy.
fedor is the best fighter in the world cause not because he knows all the syles in mma but he is great at all the styles in mma.
it funny how u people read some lamp article and booom randy is the best in the world and fedor will lose to top 5 hw’s in ufc ! hahahahhahah keep dreaming fedor is the most skilled fighter i have ever seen[/quote]Rofl… ‘you people’
Fedor IS the best heavyweight in the world… fighter? Eh… maybe. Come and preach for your boy all you want, but no ammount of nuthugging is gonna get passed the issue at hand. Its put up or shut up on this site, Fedor hasnt put anything up other then beating someone that fights 65lbs lighter then he does.[/quote]
lol first of all linland was 45 pounds lighter and thats besides point. When pride got sold fedor was and still is the best hw in the world and he joined bodog because he wanted to fight an MMA event In his HOme City !! why do u have to bash him because he fought the best figther in bodog! who else is in bodog ? and if the ufc wanted him to figth so bad how about they hold an event in russia !!!
listen people he is the greatest mma fighter ever i think he has a choice to figth where he wants and at that time he wanted to figth in front of his people and president putin.
he is like a hige name in russia so why not hold an event there for thier hero !!
so stop hating on fedor vs linland because fedor is coming to the ufc and he will destroy randy.
you people dont give the guy credit lol and what the rush he is fighting randy next after randy heals
Im starting to think that PRide Heavy’s were a bit overated. I still want Fedor over here. I think he will still dominate over here and do well, but RC will humble him
Fedor beat the best fighters that the PRIDE HW division had to offer. Currently about 80% of those fighters are now in the UFC and are losing to “second-tier” UFC fighters.
I love that picture of him with the ice cream. I can’t wait to see him bouncing around in the Octagon.