Could the Maldonado fight be a good thing? For Fedor's UFC debut...

[VERBAL-FEDOR]

Look he came into the fight looking soft(er) and throwing wild hooks with no real regard for Maldonado or his own skill set

He got CAUGHT and barely, BARELY came back to get a slim, unimpressive victory

However, after the fight HE ADMITTED that this was his WORST performance ever and he was pretty disappointed/embarrased with himself....


Could this possible lead to a more calculated, careful Fedor from now on?? Kind of like the transition Overeem has made where he is more careful and uses his entire set of skills and does not take ridiculous chances that get him KO'd.....

I know Fedor is OLDER but he still has all the skills and just has to realize he needs to fight smarter and use ALL of his tools....

What say you Sherpuppies??

 

[all caps]

Hate to break it to you

But fedor is never going to debut

 

[ironball]

Fedor was beat by a fringe top 40 LHW who was on a losing streak in the UFC

hard to put a positive spin on that

 

[WAR RANDLEMAN!]

fedor would get destroyed by any heavyweight in the ufc today

 

[VERBAL-FEDOR]

Hate to break it to you

But fedor is never going to debut

As a lifelong fan of Fedor, I would be just fine with that....

 

[all caps]

As a lifelong fan of Fedor, I would be just fine with that....

Go ahead and lock this thread up boys.

 

[RetiredSlave]

Yeah I agree. He somewhat lost the fire imo as well. Family and comfortable living tend to do that to aging competitors. If he sharpens up his considerable skills and fully dedicates himself to training I think he can still be a force.

 

[priderulez]

Who knows if he is fighting at all after that fight. I mean he already had that wild swinging and headhunting problem. From a patient calculated assassin, he has turned into a nervous rookie look alike, charging at ppl like Duffee charged against Mir.

 

[VERBAL-FEDOR]

fedor would get destroyed by any heavyweight in the ufc today

Even Frank Mir??

 

[WAR RANDLEMAN!]

Even Frank Mir??

ko, tko, sub, depends on what mir feels like that day

 

[VERBAL-FEDOR]

ko, tko, sub, depends on what mir feels like that day

I think Fedor's wins via a punch to Mir's ample gut....Rd 1

 

[all caps]

Mir would moonwalk out of range and hit fedor with a hip hop haymaker ending fedors career. I don't want to see that.

 

[VERBAL-FEDOR]

Mir would moonwalk out of range and hit fedor with a hip hop haymaker ending fedors career. I don't want to see that.

You have made 2 or 3 attempts to be funny in this thread and I hate to break it you but.....you come off like a total moron.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

I don't know what people expect, he is 40 years old and had retired for nearly 4 years. of course is he is not gonna be the same. his prime was a long time ago.. which was 2003-2009

 

[Summoning]

Fedor was beat by a fringe top 40 LHW who was on a losing streak in the UFC

hard to put a positive spin on that

1. Fabio Maldonado Weight that night 103 kg/227lb... More than 205 lb is Heavyweight under UFC rules.

2. Fedor wasn't beat, he won that fight.

3. deal with it shertard.

 

[BigDaddyBach]

Fedor is the new Conor; he went in cocky with no regard for his opponent, a professional boxer, tried boxing, blew his load, got punished (only withstood the barrage and got the W) and now everyone thinks he is the biggest can of all time. I don't think the Maldonado fight tells us anything about how Fedor would do in the UFC. Did you guys forget that Hunt was getting slept by middleweights before the UFC signed him? Heck, Fedor went all three rounds while Aldo got KO'd in one punch by 'the biggest can ever' and people are still gargling his baby batter.

 

[BigDaddyBach]

1. Fabio Maldonado Weight that night 103 kg/227lb... More than 205 lb is Heavyweight under UFC rules.

2. Fedor wasn't beat, he won that fight.

3. deal with it shertard.

Another similarity between the Fedor & the Conor fights; people have a very difficult time doing math when it comes to the size of their opponents.

 

[BigDaddyBach]

Mir would moonwalk out of range and hit fedor with a hip hop haymaker ending fedors career. I don't want to see that.

wait....you mean the extreme dad bod Mir that not even kangaroo meat could help?

It's so funny, if someone gets beat inside the UFC brand "they lost to the elite". If they get beat outside the UFC, even by a great opponent, "they got smoked by a no namer, a UFC reject". Weren't people saying the same things about Strikeforce and Bellator recently? I'll give it to the UFC, the are experts in mind manipulation.

 

[Bmacattack]

It could be a good thing for him. It could possibly make him focus more on training and perhaps encourage him to take his first ufc fight with a lesser heavyweight than the top 5 ufc heavyweights. All the Fedor haters love to say how he would get destroyed by any of the heavyweights in the ufc, completely disregarding how shallow the division is right now. The Maldonado fight could encourage Fedor to take a fight with someone like Mir, Barnett, or Nelson rather than going right for the belt and getting destroyed.

 

[Madbomber]

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It could be a good thing for him. It could possibly make him focus more on training and perhaps encourage him to take his first ufc fight with a lesser heavyweight than the top 5 ufc heavyweights. All the Fedor haters love to say how he would get destroyed by any of the heavyweights in the ufc, completely disregarding how shallow the division is right now. The Maldonado fight could encourage Fedor to take a fight with someone like Mir, Barnett, or Nelson rather than going right for the belt and getting destroyed.

The loss might encourage him to train for his next fight and lay off the ice cream.