A different way to view the FEDOR situation

[GinjaNinja23]

I get it, his last fight was ugly. He looked beatable.
Has anyone considered the fact he could of completely underestimated his opponent like many of us did?

Also Fabio is a tough guy. People dont realize this for some reason but he is not a complete bum. He probably trained his ass off. This was the fight of his life and he took it to him. Fedor didnt expect it and got caught with some nasty punches. He went out there with nothing to lose. In my opinion this should be more of a positive thing for him then negative for Fedor.

Fedor showed alot of heart in that fight. He showed something alot of so called fighters dont have. True will to survive, to win. That in my opinion was impressive.

I personally say yes if Fabio was a bigger puncher like JDS, Fedor would of been out quicker than Jon Jones leaving a crime scene. But, with that being said I do believe Fedor would know whats expected with fighting JDS, Overeem, ETC. No way in hell did he think Brawldanado was going to blitz him like he did.

So yes I still believe. I believe.....................









I believe









I believe....................Fedor UFC Champ

 

[DragonRising]

man i want to be on that boat too for years


fuck it, why not

 

[Rainmaker]

There was definitely a time for him to be the ufc champ, but it has long passed. He has been through too many wars. The brain does not recover from that much damage.

 

[FedorFanBoy]

I will sail with my captain to the last day...

I will go with my king against any army...

Soon...

 

[LukeSkyRutten]

I just don't think the cage suits him. He's lost in there. His ring performances have been vastly superior.

 

[Deleted member 490433]

I get it, his last fight was ugly. He looked beatable.
Has anyone considered the fact he could of completely underestimated his opponent like many of us did?

Also Fabio is a tough guy. People dont realize this for some reason but he is not a complete bum. He probably trained his ass off. This was the fight of his life and he took it to him. Fedor didnt expect it and got caught with some nasty punches. He went out there with nothing to lose. In my opinion this should be more of a positive thing for him then negative for Fedor.

Fedor showed alot of heart in that fight. He showed something alot of so called fighters dont have. True will to survive, to win. That in my opinion was impressive.

I personally say yes if Fabio was a bigger puncher like JDS, Fedor would of been out quicker than Jon Jones leaving a crime scene. But, with that being said I do believe Fedor would know whats expected with fighting JDS, Overeem, ETC. No way in hell did he think Brawldanado was going to blitz him like he did.

So yes I still believe. I believe.....................









I believe









I believe....................Fedor UFC Champ

I'm a real Fedor fan, I actually care about the guy's health....his last fight? How about his last 4 legitimate opponents? He was finished 3 times and "won" the Maldonado fight....I understand nostalgia for the decade of dominance but for the love of christ let go....

 

[HelloJapan]

Good God, it's over.

 

[Sebg]

Not only did he look beatable but he was technically woeful.

Throwing bombs at an opponent covering up well. Then getting caught himself.

No clinch game. This was one of the reasons he smashed people back in the day - his seamless MMA (striking, grappling) was something else. Now it seems nonexistent.

No takedown attempts.

Lots of head shots, almost no body shots. It was just head-hunting. And getting caught badly by return fire.

When he was taken down, he had trouble getting back up and took damage when doing so. His guard game was terrible - he did not protect himself well at all.

Fedor was a calm, explosive, super-fast, stone-cold killer in the ring 10 years ago. Perhaps the best ever in modern times. Perhaps the best in human history. Now he cannot match it with current MMA practitioners at a high level. He is 10 years older, slower and seems to go headhunting at all costs, forgetting the first "M" in MMA.

 

[thobra]

Everyone over 15 knows Maldonado is a tough fighter, that has great standup. Sure, Fedor could have underestimated him, but this was not the problem in this fight. Fedor looked like a barfighter, swinging punches that all were blocked by M. He never even tried for a TD, and fought just as unintelligently as a drunk barfighter would, without speed, reactiontime or fight IQ at all..

Fedor will always be regarded as the greatest fighter of all time, and I am sure no one can match what he did. Now, 10 years after his prime, he is not a top fighter. He still hits hard, and can take a beating but that is about it.

It is nothing sad about it, because he has had an unmatched amazing career, and everyone grow old of this wear and tear.

 

[skylolow]

If Fedor doesn't clean up his game and get back to being technical and cold calculated in the cage forget about any run in the UFC. To accomplish this he'd need to realize he has to make his way to a top MMA camp for at least 8 weeks of training leading up to his fight.

 

[skylolow]

Everyone over 15 knows Maldonado is a tough fighter, that has great standup. Sure, Fedor could have underestimated him, but this was not the problem in this fight. Fedor looked like a barfighter, swinging punches that all were blocked by M. He never even tried for a TD, and fought just as unintelligently as a drunk barfighter would, without speed, reactiontime or fight IQ at all..

Fedor will always be regarded as the greatest fighter of all time, and I am sure no one can match what he did. Now, 10 years after his prime, he is not a top fighter. He still hits hard, and can take a beating but that is about it.

It is nothing sad about it, because he has had an unmatched amazing career, and everyone grow old of this wear and tear.

Growing old shouldn't make you fight like a "bar fighter". That is a mental state and training. Fedor's problem is he isn't training the way he should.

 

[thobra]

Growing old shouldn't make you fight like a "bar fighter". That is a mental state and training. Fedor's problem is he isn't training the way he should.

Maybe he doesn't train at all, from how it looks. Maybe his mind is a different place, and he just wants to go fishing, like Mirko. Fedor is old, and done fighting at the top. He is weaker, slower, his mind is slower, and his reactiontime is gone. He has had a long, amazing career.

The point is, Fedor can never get back to where he was, as the greatest fighter we have ever seen. He should retire or fight easy fights to entertain all his fans and make money. No matter what he does, or if he changes his training, he can not compete with the best guys anymore, and no matter what he does, I don't think anyone can get close to what he accomplished.

 

[FEDORRULEZ]

fight had to be stopped many times over in the first round. total bs. but yes ill join the boat

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Fabio had a punchers chance.... Fedor played into that.

Fedor like GSP or Jones placed himself in the GOAT conversation not for being the most gifted athlete but because his gameplanning and brilliant mindset.

There was a time when Fedor stepped into the ring to win in the easiest and least risky situation. The "I wanted to play on my opponent strenght" is contrary to everything that put him up there in the first place.

You dont brawl with Hendo. You dont follow Werdum to the ground. You dont brawl with Maldonado.

He still have the grappling to make quick work of guys like Maldonado but he decides to take unnecessary risks. It is all on him.

BTW.. LOL:

if Fabio was a bigger puncher like JDS, Fedor would of been out quicker than Jon Jones leaving a crime scene

 

[Spiderbite]

That fight was certainly ugly, but i still can't get over that first flurry where Maldonado was covering up against the fence and all Fedor could muster was about 15 sloppy hooks straight into his arms until he put a single shot into Maldonado's gut.

Fedor can still kill 99% of the worlds population with his bare hands, but his days as an elite HW are over unfortunately.

 

[eiyuu]

I get it, his last fight was ugly. He looked beatable.
Has anyone considered the fact he could of completely underestimated his opponent like many of us did?

Also Fabio is a tough guy. People dont realize this for some reason but he is not a complete bum. He probably trained his ass off.

Nope, Maldonado didn't train at all . . .

Fabio Maldonado Injured His Spine and Can't Train, Will Fight Fedor Anyway

. . . imagine how worse it might have been if he could have trained properly.