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Quoteworthy:
“He is a very strong and good fighter. He won 5 times in the championship on the UFC and he is 4th position in the world ranking. I’m proud to fight him…. I defeated a fighter who was a lot bigger than him, so I don’t think it’s too hard to fight a big fighter.”
Fedor Emelianenko talks about his upcoming heavyweight showdown with Tim Sylvia during the main event of Affliction: “Banned” at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. on July 19. It will be the biggest test for “The Last Emperor” since a unanimous decision win over Mirko Cro Cop in August 2005 (although Mark Hunt is no slouch … and he defeated him via kimura in 2006).
(Thanks to MMAmania.com reader “john” for the assist.)
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fedor via arm bar, round 2
tim via arm-bar round 1.
45 seconds.
eh?
hey stinky, you got an inside source, is KJ ducking Diaz? Did he turn down the rematch again? I had my call in to torres for tickets, but now I’m not as interested!!
tim via armbar? ROFLMAO
Segoku 4:
SENGOKU IV
Date: August 24th, 2008
Place: Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan
Possible Fights:
Takanori Gomi vs. Chris Horodecki???
Possible Participants:
Frank Trigg
Daniel Acacio
Cristiano Marcello
Lightweight Tournament Participants: 8 men
so far:
Satoru Kitaoka
Eiji Mitsuoka
Kazunori Yokota
Rodrigo Damm
Duane Ludwig
Gomi vs the Polish Hammer???? Chris ain’t ready for that step up yet.
THats what I was thinking. This isnt offical, but I hear a lot of rumblings! I would not be surprised if this doe snot happen!
If Chris wants to fight at Sengoku, maybe he should start off by entering the tournament, instead of going right at the Top Dog!
Karo vs. Yoshida
Karo Parisyan vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida at UFC 88 in Atlanta on Sept. 6 is in the planning stages. Karo was supposed to fight George Sitiropolous, but the George got hurt.
This is a big drop in competition for “The Heat”. He didnt want to fight top competition (Fitch) remember? Now I hope he enjoys fighting B-level fights.
Karo “you know what Kind of Gatekeeper I am” Parysian! LOL
Karo need to drop to LW. He’s just carrying too much fat around. He’d be a terror there, not a gatekeeper.
Yeah, I read about Karo/Yoshida this morning as well. I didn’t think it was worth posting. lol
What I did not know about karto is that he has switched camps AGAIN! He is now training with GSP, Huerta and the rest of Greg Jackson’s camp. I remember when Karo moved to Extreme Couture, we all thought that he was finally going to start training the right way, but time after time, the same fat and lazy Karo entered the Octagon.
So now, I wont get my hopes up about seeing a well conditioned Karo because at this point, I need to see it to believe it. Maybe because he got KO’ed by Alves (1st Ko loss of his careere) he may start taking his training seriously, but I wont hold my breath. Its a shame that such a young and talented guy, cant get it together!
Karo’s body is going to end up being found on Greg Jackson’s mountain like 3 days after their next workout!
LMAO!!!
Watch out for the kimura, that Fedor b#$ch loves the kimura.
Fight will end on the ground, Fedor by submission. I do not see it any other way. Timmy will not KO Fedor. So what will he do, submit him? Not a chance. Win a decision? No, plus the fight won’t go the distance.
Timmy has absolutely nothing to lose in this fight and EVERYTHING to gain. That is the only thing, other than size, that Tim has going for him.
VM: THank you for making it simple. Its really just that simple! For those who think otherwise, please head over to BetUS.com and lay some action on Big Poopy!
With his reach I think Tim will keep him at a distance for a while. If it goes to the ground one time, I think “ta ta ta Timmmay” will be toast.
so how would the rankings go if tim did beat fedor? when randy and nog beat tim. can anyone make any sense from it?
Somebody should tell Fedor that Big Tim is no Hong Man Choi.
agreed! tim is a no joke fighter with alot of experience against alot of good fighters! he will not get schooled like man choi! he will put up a much better fight than that!
tims left foot will tell fedor.
hong man is a K1 fighter and a dangerous one at that. You guys should give him more respect, if you are able to give lesner his props than you should give hong man his props as well. And don’t come with that lesner is a great wrestler, hong man is a great striker…
Hong Man is considered a great stricker because he is huge, his technique is awfull, he is just huge.
Tim wouldn’t be so good at what he does if he was any shorter either. All he does is jab here, jab there…
and win here and win there…
Dude.. i get sick of these comments. All Hughes does is wrestle, all GSP does anymore is use his ground skill, all Chuck does is counter punch…etc… blah blah blah
Well duh dipshit.. its how they win. There is a pretty common saying… if it aint broke, dont fix it.
Fighters get into trouble when the go outside their normal game plan that has make them sucessful. ei hughes.
Do what works for you and win…
Tell that to Tra Tellegman.
lilmonster, do you have problems understanding constructed sentences? Haze said that hong man is considered a great striker because he’s huge, I’m pointing the same token that timmey is good because he’s also very tall. I’m not saying that he should change his fighting methods if he’s winning (although if he had some bjj defense training he might have won the fight against nog, who knows?). Calm down kid, and make sure you stay in school, seems like you need it real bad :p
BURN!!!!!
Same goes for Machida so everyone stop hating on the man!!
hong is a joke, fedor is overratted, silvia will beat fedor
randy will then have to fight both fedor and silvia at once or at least a tag team, silvia and fedor vs randy and his wife
what are you goin to say after the fight if fedor beats him.
who gives lesner credit??
half the ppl in this site do.
lesnar lasted 90 seconds with a b level fighter in mir hong man lasted alot longer with the best h.w. in the world.
….roy, you’re joking, right? You didn’t just call Mir a b level fighter?
maybe a b+, who has he ever beat in his career other than tim, even before his accident he had trouble beating b level fighters and his only notable win is tim, since his accident he has looked like shit losing to lower level comp and only beat a rookie to get a title shot.do you think he is a elite fighter?
No, he didn’t have trouble beating guys before the accident. What fights are you refering to? Was it the 2 46 second wins, or maybe it was the 50 second win, no,ok then you must be talking about his 3 wins in just over a minute,not those one either eh! It has to be his 2 fights that he REALLY had trouble in, beacause they almost lasted 2 rounds. So, witch one is it that he had trouble in, because all his fights were won in the 1st round except for 2 in the 2nd.
did you watch the fights or are you looking at them on paper?maybe it was him getting knocked out by ian freeman or barely getting by a wes sims winning one by dq and barely pulling out the other win.what fight are you talking about his win over tank wow, and who else did he beat worth mentioning.
Linx: I agree! I feel ashamed as an mma Fan that so many people dont give the greatest fighter his due respect. Its really a shame. Oh well, poor Fools, make the betting odds better for me! Thanks guys! After Fedor embaresses Tim worse than Nog and Couture did, I wonder what people will say then!
Size does not equal wins in mma, and thats all that Timmy has on his side. This is a monumental mismatch just like:
Gsp vs. Hughes 3 was and Penn vs. Sherk, this is the same type of mismatch!
I guess the hate is fair, I remember fools claiming that Hughes and Sherk would win those fights as well!
Bad example, K1 and MMA are 2 very different things. When you see the trouble Fedor will have with Tim, you will know what I’m taking about. Fedor will get tagged just like Nog did, only Fedor doesn’t have the chin Nog has (NO ONE does). If Tim can’t KO him in the first 2 rounds, then ya, Fedor will sub him, but Tim poses WAAAAY more of a threat than the circus freak. Fedor has excellent submissions, but so does Nog and he did NOTHING against Tim for 2 and a half rounds,except take a BEATING. Can Fedor take those heavy shots and still stay standing? I don’t think so.
Big tim is no Semmy Shilt either and Fedor had No Problems with Shilt in his Pride debut. IMO Shilt would destroy Sylvia!
True. Tim would be fighting a bigger rangier striker with better skills. A horrible match up for Tim.
semmy didn’t know how to defend takedowns properly. go watch that fight, he had his knee up in the air right before fedor manhandled him to the ground. once it was on the ground he didn’t know what to do. sylvia has a lot more training defending takedowns and probably has better techniques to defend submissions and reverse position or get up
HA HA HA that’s funny, Semmy is a bum 25-14-1, he only beat cans and he lost to anyone who was any good. Ya and Fedor went to a decision with him. So I’d say he had some problems with him. You’re right Tim aint no Shilt, because Tim only lost to a FEW of the best and he CRUSHED all the cans he fought. I know you think it’s a done deal, but it is FAR from that. Tim is a bad match up for Fedor so don’t bet to much money on this fight. Tim could very well win.
you really don’t know this guy, i guess your looking at his record and going by that and don’t know his fighting skills, you could look at randys record and say the same thing with out knowing him.
Im putting every penny I have in my Bodog account on Fedor and I will be totally confident in doing so.
NO MATTER WHAT…FEDOR WINS THIS!! No question about it.
How do you know he wasn’t talking about Semmy Shilt?
I’m a little surprised at Fedor’s comments about fighting big men before. I agree with you 100% Tim is ten times better that Choi and Fedor basically has to win for his country and an organization. Tim has no worries at all. Still a tough fight to call, don’t know who is going to win.
HMC was bigger that’s for sure, but to compare the skill sets is laughable. I was thinking last night. WHAT IF Tim wins, and takes the wamma belt back to the UFC and gets a rematch with TIM? You know that would be something Dana could pull off, and we all know the “split” was amicable and tim will be back in the UFC. I’m not saying tim will win (which he has a good chance), but what if?
My other questions are:
elbows in affliction, yes or no
who is going to announce on the affliction show?
Yes for Elbows!
Tim sylvia is the same fighter as Semmyt shilt, but not as good. The only difference is Tim has a better Sprawl, which is useless against Fedor’s clinching takedowns anyway!
Fedor had no problems with Semmy, and he will have no problems with Sylvia. THeir skill sets are the exact same. All u Fedor Haters keep hanging on to hope that Tim will cut Fedor open…That fight will not be stopped due to a cut, I guarentee that!
Fedor wins the Wamma Title, then he already Crushed the UFC champion who I love, then what u guys going to complain about next? Oh yeah, u guys will then hang on to the hjope tat Couture can beat him? Laughable!!!!
I agree John, these ppl are delusional. And the worst thing is, even after fedor beats tim convincingly, he’ll still not get any respect from the haters and ppl will still say couture could beat him. It’s all nonsense.
Once again, I for one, think Fedor would beat Couture to death. It would be ugly.
Happy to have u on board the Fedor War Wagon Chefdaddy!
I hate timmy, but have lost respect with fedor’s choice of opponents the last few years!
LInx: u r right, people will never stop hating!
Kevin: I think much of that is due to the cultural difference. Take Japan, for instance, they could care less about Records and they like Freakshows. The only reason Fedor even took the Choi fight was to give back to the people of Japan who made him a star, and I can respect that. I know that we dont agree, but to the Japanese fans, that was a very appealing fight!
I just hope that After Fedor embaresses Tim and beats Randy into a Pulp, that people will start giving the man his due respect. He is a class act, and 1 hell of a fighter. And his best attribute is simple…He is just a stone Cold Winner! Thats what he does, he Wins!.
Still people will say, Tim was a bum anyway, and Couture is old. Its a shame that some people are just Haters by Nature!
I can see that. Hopefully this Sylvia fight starts a trend of worthy opponents for Fedor. I’ve love to see him fight Barnett or Arlovski, both being on the same card and all. I think Arlovski might actually be the worst matchup for him with his speed, but then again Arlovski might be too timid against Fedor’s kind of pressure (see crocop)
Good post.. I agree with what you said..Fedor hater’s will hate..Shit..even Anderson Silva hater’s..were hatin till Silva demolished Franklin 2X and tappd out Henderson..it’s human nature..
yohnstoppable: Josh Barnett IMO is the realist threat to Fedor’s unbeaten streak..AA would be a great match up..two of the top Russian mma fighter’s sqrin off..but AA would need a 100% mistake free fight..to come out on top.
I agree Phil! Best chance of beating Fedor goes to Barnett.
The only chance Arlovski would have against Fedor, is if the old, scary, pitbull shows up. THis new, Gun shy Arlovski, wont be able to get it done. But if Andre returns to his Nasty form, he has a shot against anyone!
Again I agree John. I do think AA has a decent chance provided the scary AA of old shows up. He could possibly outpoint Fedor in the standup but if they clinch and Fedor takes it to the ground we all know Fedor’s Sambo is better than Andrei’s.
As usual Fedor would be a heavy enough favourite.
There is more than a fine line between hating Fedor and swinging from his nut sack. I don’t hate Fedor, I just don’t think Fedor will run through Tim. Fedor and Monson beat Fugita in about the same amount of time. Tim OWNED Monson. I could give several examples like this to show Tim is easily in Fedors class. Fedor might win, but it aint going to be easy.
i am not saying tim is not in fedors calss but what does fedor and monson beating fugita have to do with tim who could not finish monson when a old rizzo knocked him out.
Exactly. You took the words right out of my mouth.
Thanks…you saved me having to type it all out!
If Tim wins takes the wamma belt then fights himself?
Please lets not even speak about Tim winning another belt. Who wants to picture him humping some poor girl with the Wama belt on! Disgusting!
After reading his quotes, I really hope that he never wins a belt again!
LOL. Well you just made me picture it… Thanks.
I hate Tim just as much as the next guy. At this point I hate Randy more. This is the 1 and only reason I want to see Fedor lose. It will completly ruin all of Randy’s plans to get a huge payday fight Fedor and ride off into the sunset.
I think Fedor is a sure thing in this one. But I hope Tim takes it. Both sides have valid arguements: Timmy’s fought more big name fighters as of late, Fedor is considered the all time best. But I have to admit, I would love it if Tim won! Despite all the Sylvia bashing, I love watching him fight (if he can bring it like he used to). He won my respect when Mir snapped his arm with that armbar, and Sylvia was mad the fight was stopped! This is a battle of two tough, bad dudes. Both worthy of respect, not derision. War to both! My heart says Tim, my wallet says Fedor.
You remember that huh John.. I trying to 4get that one bro.
announce or commentate? Micheal Buffer supposedly on the announcing.
WAR TIMMAY!!!! Stomp that overhyped can fighter into the bottom of the ring! “I defeated a fighter that is a lot bigger than him” Well yeah, but HMC would never get signed to a UFC contract and Tim was the Champion of what used to be the best HW division.
Schilt was also bigger than Sylvia. Shilt is also a much, MUCH better striker than Sylvia is, or any other heavyweight in mma for that matter
I don’t know if I’d say “much, MUCH better” He’s a little more refined, but I watched his fight against Hunt @ the K-1 GP and wasn’t blown away. By no means am I trying to say that Tim is a better striker, but Schilt just didn’t look that good to me.
HMC could never make 265… So unless the UFC plans on bringing in the super heavyweight division… saying that hmc couldn’t make it into the ufc is pointless…
Theres still a ton of people for fedor to face after this, i wanna see him against Barnett & Arlovski. Ive kind of given up caring bout the Couture fight but i still wanna see it, same for a cro cop rematch, im not interested in that fight till cro cop can prove he’s still got it.
oh and Fedor should fight Sergei Kharitonov some time soon.
Now thats a fight I have wanted to see for a while. I know Sergei used to be a red devil fighter, I dont know about now. I have no Idea what his relationship with Fedor is, or if that fight is even possible.
I think the next time we will see Sergie is fighting Mark Hunt in DREAM
the doped tim that fought cabbage would beat fedor, the actual tim will get beat up.
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i think this is the single most important hw fight since randy came back to fight guess who? tim silvia. its funny how timmeh gets all these big fights but not much respect. i personaly dont like tim, but im not fedors biggest fan either. i think this wll be fedors toughest fight to date. to me even if fedor wins a close split decision, i will be impressed. with all the inactivity and lack of ompetiton this isnt an easy fight. fedor saying he has already beaten 2 ufc champs in randleman and coleman and isnt interested in fighting in the ufc because of that is a joke. the fact that he beat big nog twice isnt. lets wait until this fight is over and bout 6months later to see if he feels the same way. all in all i though he as vey respectful. i wll be buying this fight ad dvring the freebie tat the ufc is offering. i should be able towatch both on the same night with ffw on the dvr. lucky me. this fight card at 39.99 is a bargain. a.a.vs rothwell is a fun fight as ell as barnett and rizzo. some are counting rizzo out, but he just beat monson quicker than josh did. you nevr know. aleks vs buentello should be a war as well. this is a cant miss event.
SYLVIA HAS NOT KNOCKED OUT ANY ONE FOR OVER TWO YEARS!!!
Sylvia hasn’t knocked out top competition for a while so really I can’t see him doing it to Fedor, but anything can happen.
Sylvia better be working on his submission defence. I can’t see Fedor knocking him out but if/when Fedor gets him to the floor it will be a very bad place for Sylvia.
Seriously Fedor takes Sylvia to the ground and its a rap. Tim has good takedown defence but that is more because of his size rather than technique. Randy exposed that once you can deal with Sylvia’s size he can be taken down at will and then Fedor will hold a serious advantage.
Fedor by Armbar
So Tim hasn’t KOed anyone in over two years, when was the last time Fedor beat a top 10 HW?
Ok I’ll rephrase, Tim hasn’t finished anyone in his last 5 matches. What I’m saying is there is evidence that Sylvia may not be at the best of his game, while Fedor merely hasn’t been tested by a top guy but thats not to say he isn’t as good as ever.
But you raise a valid point
Great post Holding the ropes! Very good point!
I getting my cable at my new place set up this weekend..and as a true mma fan..I will order Affliction : Banned and DVR the UFC Fightnight14. What a great night for MMA.
My picks:
Fedor : via something nasty
Josh Barnett : via tko. He owes Pedro one. Pedro beat him the first time..but it’s not the Rizzo..and Josh is a much better fighter today.
Arlovski: Ben Rothwell is real tuf challenge..but the russian is too atlthtic..better over skill..he will look to take Ben down..I don’t if it will be a submission/ or KO / decision. I think AA got this one.
Babablu: I’m going with my Brazilian killa..via a nasty Gracie Barra submission.
Negao : Matt Lindland is tuff..I like negao in this one.
I hate this “true mma fan” garbage, just because I’m not going to spend 40 or 50 bucks on every PPV doesn’t mean I’m any less of a fan. So if I could afford to order Affliction, that means I am more of a fan?
if you can’t afford it its understanable, but if you can and don’t your missing out on one of the biggest cards in mma history, its only 40 start saving now it will be worth it.
I wasn’t aiming my gun at people that are fans of mma that will not see or order a ppv event..when I can..i can..when I can’t I can’t…see or order a good card.. my statment was made to show how even though Dana picke that date and time for UFN14 ..I will still order the affliction card..cuz it’s real good card. I was not trying to offend anyone.
No worries, I don’t think I should post on here when I’m having a bad day at work, I come off as a prick, lol.
PhilQny: I agree with all your picks! In addition:
Rogerio Nogueira is going to snap one of Tiger white’s bones!
Buentello vs. Aleks is going to be a Heavyweight Slugfest!
Vitor will be successful in his middleweight debut over Terry Martin. I have a feeling the Vitor that Sliced Eastman open will show up, instead of the gun shy Herad case!!!!!
I guess I take personality into account too much when picking my fights cuz I want Buentello to abuse ‘baby’ Fedor. I just have no respect for that douchebag’s life choices and want him to get KTFO.
Wow!!! All this love for Tim. When he was in the UFC everyone booed him. Even this sites bloggers are always dissing him. Now he’s what? The dragonslayer? Please, keep it real people. Tim is scared to lose so he fights different than when he first started out. Problem is, he loses because of that!!!! Maybe, and I mean maybe, if he can get over the fear of losing and just bring it, he’ll probably start winning again in dominant fashion because he has the tools. We’ve seen that!
Fedor by submission!!!!!
this fight will be boring just like the rest of big tims and fedors fights
FEDORS FIGHTS…BORING!! lmfao
Tim wins this…
He fights more often and better competition. I dont get why is not the fav in this fight.
Over the past two years, the man has fought AAx2, Jeff Monson, Braden Vera, RC, and Nog. Going 4-2 in that line up is impressive! When does he fight someone out of the top 20 of the HWT division (ok vera is a stretch)..but seriously.
Tim, 3 rd KO…
Fedor body locks are no match for Tim in this fight, eventually he wears out, and Fedor goes to sleep.
OR
Fedor by armbar round 1…lol…
Hong Man Choi and Semmy Schilt are arguably better than Sylvia in terms of striking, they’re bigger, and hit much harder than Sylvia (footage of Schilt stopping Mark Hunt via body kick keep replaying in my mind). I would say Sylvia could have a better ground game, but who are we kidding, he’s horrible on the ground. Fedor via armbar or kneebar, 1st round.
I saw Arlovski and Rothwell at the MMA Expo in Missassauga this past weekend during a press conference for the Affliction show. AA always looked so small on tv (compared to Sylvia), I never realized what a tank he is. Same goes for Matt Serra, he was there as well, he also looks much bigger than on tv (way more jacked too). Hendo was there, as was Shonie Carter, Gary Goodridge, Frank Trigg and Mark Hominick.
i agree with you on semmy and hong man wither one of them could probally beat sylvia, but you have a bunch od haters who don’t even know who they are talking all this nonsense.
Kimura by Fedor, round 2
We are all very surprised by your prediction!
lol. it’s the truth.
Sylvia via decision. Fedor will not be able to take him down and Tim’s reach will keep him away. Cant wait for this one. I kinda hope Tim wins so Randy will shut the hell up and retire already…If he won’t fight Nog after Tim beats Fedor, he has no place to talk about anything. Ive said it before and Ill always say it…Randy is overrated. 15-8 is not an admirable record. In a rematch with a healthy Tim, Tim wins. Fedor would destroy Randy, and so would Nog. I have Randy at #4 in the world at HW.
Really cant wait for Fedor to show people that he can beat top 10 quality opponents still.
kevin… i got a question for u… what does ur link suppose to go to? for some reason i keep thinking ure kevin Iole for yahoo sports….
Fedor by armbar in the first round. Silvia will tap quickly after having his arm broken once before. Size does not matter, Silvia will crumble, Fedor is still the best. Bring on Randy!
Fedor via KGB intimidation
Ha ha. That sneaky f*$kin Russian.
Tim via Chewbaca the wookie attack.
If Tim wears an Affliction t-shirt during the scrap there’s a chance the over use of graphics could have a dizzying effect on Fedor.
I guess affliction should be called roid kingdom. f-tim the roidiac. Discrace to the sport!!!!
As an immense Fedor fan, I regretfully admit that I don’t think Fedor will be able to finish Sylvia. That’s not to say I think it will be a difficult match for him and I’m certain he’ll pull away with a convincing win. However I’m pretty sure Sylvia is working on his defense on the feet and on the ground. I don’t really respect Sylvia at all but I know that he has a strong work ethic and he’ll gameplan very well for this fight. Look for him to have commendable submission defense on the ground, as well as keeping a good distance between him and the Champ. If the clinch game happens at all, Fedor’s going to twist the hips and end up in side control. From there, he’ll maul Tim.
I’d also like to note that Tim Sylvia has a puncher’s chance. Hell, Fujita (though that was his first title defense in PRIDE) nearly KO’d Fedor and the only reason he didn’t is because of his lack of ability to finish fights on the fight (he has some nasty neck cranks). Sylvia will not be so forgiving if he can test Fedor’s jaw like Fujita did.
insert in last paragraph:
“…to finish fights on the FEET.”
I’m not a fan of either fighter. So for me, this is sort of a win-win situation.
That being said, I really don’t see how Fedor’s performances against HMC and Schilt prove *anything* as far as his ability to “destroy” Sylvia is concerned.
HMC is a kickboxer with virtually no MMA experience, which makes him a piss-poor comparison.
Schilt is a K-1 and Pancrase fighter, with something like a 5-5 record in his Pride and UFC appearances… and last I checked, he actually fought Fedor to a decision.
I don’t really think Sylvia is going to win this one (though it would amuse me if he did), but his chances aren’t nearly as bad as people make them out to be.
i agree with you on semmy, he did give fedor alot of problems, but it may also be because he is a better fighter than tim, if tim and semmy fought i would have my money on semmy.
Mark my words BIG TIM BIG TIME KO 2rnd. I know it sounds crazy but I don’t think this is a good match up for Fedor. Tim is no joke. I’m also callin’ Forrest over Rampage and my sure bet is Rashad over Chuck UD. Don’t hate the player.
There is no argument that this is the most impressive stable of HW fighters ever to grace one show. My problem with it is the way they are matched up. I believe the fight of the night will be AA vs. Rothwell. And Ben is used to fighting in a ring. Most of the other fights are mismatches, in my opinion.
its kinda funny dana’s having the fight night anderson vs. irvin the same date.i guess thats who dana might be concerned about?
It all makes sense now! I was wondering why Dana would offer up a free fight with such magnatude. He is one slippery dude…but then again we all knew that. I bet if he didn’t shave his head, he would have a black and silver crazy fro.
Tim’s gaping open mouth with get shut in the first round but I’m afraid that the beat down won’t be strong enough before the inevitable arm bar wins it for the one and only.
Affliction has managed to corner some serious talent and I look forward to the whole card.
What a coincidence, huh? Since Dana was too cheap to sign Fedor when he had the chance, he’s now trying to sabotage Fedor. I understand he’s just trying to protect the UFC, but it’s a shame Dana won’t let his fighters fight anyone outside the UFC. He did that before with pride, but got burned; so now it’s forbidden.
I wouldnt be surprized if tim beat fedor but fedor is definitely the favourite to win… To be honest I dont really care about this fight I want to see randy beat fedor come back to the ufc beat noguiera for the title and retire.
well Fedor has proved himself. but tim aint a noob to the sport.
Fedor dangerous, Tim Dangerous.
im looking forward to it