if you are going to debate, keep it strait without sh*t talking.
I just really wonder why people on this forum give Fedor no respect. not only has he fought top level fighters and has never be beat. He while in Pride and Affliction took on UFC champs, number 1 contenders and everything.he has also fought in single night tournaments, something UFC doesn't do.
I realize he is a rookie to the cage, and the cage has stuff a ring doesn't, but a ring has things a cage doesn't.
why is it that fighters, writers, promoters all say he is the best HW. even people that say he needs to come to the UFC to keep up with the new talent say he is the best, and the best need to fight the best.
he has fought open weights, 300+pounds, 7 foot tall, strikers, BJJ, kick boxers, Sambo, wrestling. and some of the best in each category.
Fedor career notes....
notable wins...
Ricardo Arona, Renato Sobral, Semmy Schilt, Heath Herring, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Kazuyuki Fujita, Mark Coleman, Kevin Randleman, Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, Mirko Filipović, Mark Hunt, Matt Lindland, Tim Sylvia, Andrei Arlovski, and Brett Rogers.
MMA 31-1-1
-the one loss coming in the second round of a one night tournament because a cut 17seconds into the fight. not from a loss, the loss was only awarded because the other fight was the only one able to keep going in the tournament. the loss was to Tsuyoshi Kohsaka which he fought again and won
-the one no contest was also during a tournament. the no contest was to Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, which he has beaten twice.
Champion July 19, 2008 - present WAMMA World Heavyweight Championship Heavyweight
Champion March 16, 2003 - c. March 2007 Pride World Heavyweight Championship Heavyweight
Winner 2004 Pride Grand Prix Tournament Heavyweight
Winner 2002 Rings Absolute Class Tournament Open Weight
Winner 2001 Rings Heavyweight Class Tournament Heavyweight
Rankings. . .
Emelianenko has been universally considered the best heavyweight fighter in the world for the last seven years by major publications, including ESPN, Sherdog, Full Contact Fighter, MMA Weekly, and Nokaut.
#1 Heavyweight MMANews
#2 pound-for-pound MMANews
#1 Heavyweight Sherdog.com
#3 Pound-for-pound Sherdog.com
#1 Heavyweight MMAWeekly.com
#3 Pound for pound MMAWeekly.com
Sambo career
Winner 2009 Russian Combat Sambo Championship
3rd 2008 World Combat Sambo Championships
Winner 2008 Russian Combat Sambo Championship
Winner 2007 World Combat Sambo Championships
Winner 2007 Russian Combat Sambo Championships
Winner 2006 Russian Combat Sambo Championships
Winner 2005 World Combat Sambo Championships
Winner 2002 World Combat Sambo Championships
Winner 2002 World Combat Sambo Championships
Winner 2002 Russian Combat Sambo Championships
3rd 2000 Russian Combat Sambo Championships
Winner 1998 Russian Armed Forces Combat Sambo Championships
2nd 1998 Russian Armed Forces Combat Sambo Championships
3rd 1998 Russian Combat Sambo Championships
Winner 1997 European Combat Sambo Championships
Winner 1997 Russian Combat Sambo Championships
Now I do not think he is ungodly and will never lose, and I do think he needs to come to the UFC. once his contract with M-1 global is over I hope he does. since its M-1 Global that made him go to strikeforce not Fedor himself.
and Dana white can say what he wants, and run his big campaign saying Fedor isn't any good, but then why has he talked about bring him to the UFC so bad and offered more money to do it, and every time ratings are bad brings his name up in news meetings, he did the same shit with Kimbo, ran his mouth about him being garbage, then paid money to get him. . . . I do believe Fedor will come to UFC after his M-1 global contract is up.
My main point, is why with a record like this, a career like this, with everybody in the MMA world saying he is the best (except frank mir). why do people on this forum think they know so much better to go as far as to say he is garbage. who are the people on this forum to say a guy is garbage that has fought the best of the best for years, just because he is not fighting the best right at this moment in time..