Comments on: Is Fedor Emelianenko the Baddest Man on the Planet?

By: Geoff "loco"motive Byers

Geoff "loco"motive Byers — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:43:35 +0000

If Fedor wpuld stop fifgting Mechanics and has beens it would be easy to say hes great but He keeps fighting guys not good enough to be in UFC or they’d be in UFC. I know he chose to not be but everyone else would be in UFC if they could. Call me crazy but M-!’s dog will remain in question until he fights a real apponent!!! AND YOU KNOW IT!!!

By: Blues

Blues — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:33:56 +0000

I agree! it would be great to Fedor fight Mir or Cain or Carwin. I just think it would be a great feeling to say that he´s definately the best MMA fighter in the HW or that he´s not. Sure then we would have to find another subject to talk about But i feel that this has been going on for so long, so to quote Robbi Lawler “Lets go, lets see who really is the best”.
But it is damn sad that the Fedor vs. Barnett fight isnt gonna take place! I have been looking forward to that fight for yeeeears!

By: MMA Punk

MMA Punk — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:42:14 +0000

Blues you make some really good points about Fedor. Jason makes some good points too. All I want to see is Fedor fight better fighters no 7th and 8th place fighters and be called #1. thats just not right. I really don’t care to see Fedor fight Brock Lesnar. I would really like to see Fedor fight Frank Mir. That to me would be a great fight.

By: Blues

Blues — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:35:21 +0000

I somewhat agree with Jason that it would be great if Dana White stopped bashing Fedor and who he has fought, but from a business point of view for him it makes sense. Plus lets not forget that without Dana and the Ferttitas we prob. wouldnt even be talking about all this. And to say that Fedor has fought a fast striker in a long time or ever might be somewhat since it was a few years ago he fought Cro Cop who was titled “the most vicious striker” of MMA back then. But if you look at a lot of Fedors fight he has never been afraid to take the fight to his opponents strong side, he stood up with Cro Cop most of the time with made no real sense to me at the time, he fought Arlowski on his feet and nogeuira on the ground. So to say that hes dodging people I believe is wrong!

I believe that he´s just a generally nice and kind person that cares about the rest of his team and wants other people that he cares about to be able to take a ride on his success train. and even though that leads to these kind of disscussion wheter he is the best HW or P4P king or not. Not to talk about the dissapointment of us fans that doesnt get to see him fight the likes of Brock or Carwin or who ever else the UFC has to offer. But i just think he cares more about the people around him than to prove to Dana White that he´s better than Brock Lesnar, right or wrong, I honestly dont know.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:33:00 +0000

Fedor is stupid for not fighting the best and allowing everyone calling him number 1. His grandkids and on will always be teased cause he will go down in history for ducking the best when he was ranked number 1. It’s sad for a great family to be shamed like that. It wasn’t so bad these past few years for not fighting the UFC guys, but now it has came to a point where he’s a pussy if he don’t beat the top 3 UFC has to offer. I say clean out UFC and go back to sambo and DANA will stop talking shit

By: ziggyquidz

ziggyquidz — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:15:50 +0000

well said Brendan Crawford, hehe me i just want to see fedor fight, better is he would test himself inside the octagon (ufc), ever since broc entered the ufc, lossed, then won, saw a great deal of chance that he can be polished or grow to a threat in the HW division, and with all the hype, ’soon be the next talked about fighter to fight fedor, and what do know, it came way sooner than i expected hehe man i hope fedor and dana can finally come to an agreement to end it all and finally the talk of who the best heavyweight or the baddest man on the planet be proved inside the Octagon.

By: MMA Punk

MMA Punk — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:39:48 +0000

Thank for comments everyone keep them coming. Everyone have different opinions but is seems everyone would like to see Fedor in the UFC. I don’t think we will every see Fedor is the UFC in it a shame for the sport and the fans.

By: Brendan Crawford

Brendan Crawford — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:51:50 +0000

@pzykomatle- You are entitled to your opinion about Fedor crushing Brock Lesnar or “raping” him with brutal poundings or submissions, but let’s take a look at Brock and compare him with other opponents that Fedor has fought.

First off, Fedor is an excellent fighter hands down, I will not take that away from him. He has a great stand up game, superb submission techniques and great precision. Now lets get to his main flaw, speed. Fedor has not really been tested by a power/accurate puncher in a looooooong time, perhaps never. Yeah Arvloski gave him a couple knicks here and there, but Brock is massive and throws a level higher than haymakers at your face and lets not forget he is pretty damn fast for his size. Now, Fedor does not like to move out of the way much. Instead he tends to constantly move forward looking for a take down or a precise knockout punch.

This reminds me of someone, perhaps Frank Mir. He has been classified as one of the top submission artists in the heavyweight class in the world and what did he do at ufc 100? Not a damn thing accept get introduced to the meat grinder and to the “models gone wrong” club. If Fedor is not careful, (grant it if Fedor and Brock ever meet, better yet if Brock retains his heavyweight title) I believe Brock will bull doze through him like a wrecking ball. Not only will he do this, Brock will have nearly two years of extra training (because Fedor still under his belt which in my eyes will not only advance his techniques, but Brock will also add on new techniques.

So to sum this mega-future-fight, yes this fight could be the fight of the decade (if it ever happens), but I do not think Fedor will eat him up by any means. Brock has size, power, technique and superb wrestling. On the contrary, Fedor is slow, but highly talented. Perhaps my opinion is wrong, but just like other opponents, I see Brock being way to big for Fedor to handle. The only other big person besides his upcoming fight with Barnett is Sylvia, who is slower than a three toed sloth and depends on punching only.

As an avid MMA fan though, this is a fight we all look forward to. We all know its not about the fame or the money for Fedor, it is about pride and the love of the sport, but this is a business and in order for businesses to keep prospering, you have to please the customers. So Fedor, do us all a favor, sign the contract with UFC and show us if you really are # 1 heavyweight in the world…

By: phooey

phooey — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:16:37 +0000

the problems with being the best are that theres always going to be people who doubt your abilities, always a new challenge, always be someone new to fight, a new threat who is always bigger and badder than all the others who came before. so all of his victories will always be scrutinized, all of his efforts will be judged by “who’s left” rather than who fills his win column. only because there are a small handful of dominant fighters even worthy of being mentioned in the same breath, his greatness is being reduced to the worth of his remaining possible opponents.

under that same twisted logic, should Anderson Silva, having run through all contenders at 185 in the UFC start to go and fight the potential contenders outside the UFC to justify his legacy? and if he decides not to, should his greatness now come into question?

By: Blues

Blues — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:12:49 +0000

When Arlovski left the UFC to go fight for Affliction Dana White said “The fighter i regret not being able to re-sign is Arlovksi”.
So even though he got completely dominated by Rogers in his last outing he was very relevant when he fought Fedor.

I would love to see Fedor in the UFC as much as the next guy, but I guess proving to everybody that he really is the undesputedly the best HW in the world isnt such a big thing for him as long as he gets to test himself like he said in a previous interview.

But i have no doubt that Fedor would finish every HW in the world that the UFC could put in front of him.