Fedor is BY FAR the Longest Reigning Consensus #1 Ranked HW

[Natesblackshirt]

Here's a list of some of the incredible opponents Fedor faced throughout his illustrious career:

Martin Lazarov

Levon Laglivava

Hiroya Takada

Tsuyohsi Kosaka

Mihail Apostolov

Kerry Schall

Ryushi Yanagisawa

Lee Hasdell

Chris Haseman

Egidijus Valavicius

Kazuyuki Fujita

Gary Goodridge

Yuji Nagata

Naoya Ogawa

Zulu

Hong Man Choi

Brett Rogers

Jeff Monson

Satoshi Ishii

Pedro Rizzo

Jaideep Singh

A true murderers row. How on earth did he do it?!

 

[gtm3]

These long reigns will almost certainly never happen again in combat sports. There is just so much competition now as opposed to back then. Once in a while we'll get dominant champs for a couple years, but nothing like what Fedor did.

Please. I am not a JJ fan but he would have this sort of reign if he wasn't an idiot.

 

[Thisisme2]

Heavyweight, though. That's what this thread's about.

Even in general. The margin of error in hw is nearly 0. Any hw can ko another.
The lower the weight the more mistakes you can make.

 

[gtm3]

Even in general. The margin of error in hw is nearly 0. Any hw can ko another.
The lower the weight the more mistakes you can make.

Exactly.

 

[tenniswhiz]

How do you explain the average age of the TOP 5 HW's being 34.2? Are you saying none of those guys are in their primes? Same age Fedor was when he lost

Try doing something at a high level for 10 years.
How old are you? 11?

 

[CoffeeAndBeer]

1993-10-14 Ken Shamrock WIN Kazuo Takahashi
1993-11-08 Ken Shamrock WIN Takaku Fuke
1993-11-12 Ken Shamrock WIN Patrick Smith
1993-11-12 Royce Gracie WIN Ken Shamrock
1993-11-12 Royce Gracie WIN Gerard Gordeau
1994-03-11 Royce Gracie WIN Minoki Ichihara
1994-03-11 Royce Gracie WIN Jason DeLucia
1994-03-11 Royce Gracie WIN Remco Pardoel
1994-03-11 Royce Gracie WIN Patrick Smith
1994-09-09 Royce Gracie WIN Kimo Leopoldo
1994-12-16 Royce Gracie WIN Ron van Clief
1994-12-16 Royce Gracie WIN Keith Hackney
1994-12-16 Royce Gracie WIN Dan Severn
1995-04-07 Royce Gracie DRAW Ken Shamrock Gracie went inactive
1996-05-16 Bas Rutten WIN Frank Shamrock Vacant title. Top contenders.
1996-06-25 Bas Rutten WIN Jason DeLucia
1996-09-07 Bas Rutten WIN Masakatsu Funaki
1996-10-08 Bas Rutten WIN Manabu Yamada
1997-03-22 Bas Rutten DRAW Osami Shibuya
1997-04-27 Bas Rutten WIN Kiuma Kunioku
1997-06-30 Bas Rutten WIN Takaku Fuke
1997-09-06 Bas Rutten WIN Osami Shibuya
1997-12-20 Bas Rutten WIN Keiichiro Yamamiya
1998-09-14 Bas Rutten WIN Kengo Watanabe
1999-01-08 Bas Rutten WIN Tsuyoshi Kosaka
1999-05-07 Bas Rutten WIN Kevin Randleman Rutten went inactive
2001-09-24 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira WIN Mark Coleman Vacant title. Top contenders.
2001-11-03 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira WIN Heath Herring
2002-02-24 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira WIN Enson Inoue
2002-08-08 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira WIN Sanae Kikuta
2002-08-28 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira WIN Bob Sapp
2002-11-24 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira WIN Semmy Schilt
2002-12-23 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira WIN Dan Henderson
2003-03-16 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
2003-04-05 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Egidijus Valavicius
2003-06-08 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Kazuyuki Fujita
2003-08-10 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Gary Goodridge
2003-12-31 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Yugi Nagata
2004-04-25 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Mark Coleman
2004-06-20 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Kevin Randleman
2004-08-15 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Naoya Ogawa
2004-08-15 Fedor Emelianenko NC Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
2004-12-31 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
2005-04-03 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Tsuyoshi Kosaka
2005-08-28 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Mirko Filipovic
2005-12-31 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Zuluzinho
2006-10-21 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Mark Coleman
2006-12-31 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Mark Hunt
2007-04-14 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Matt Lindland
2007-12-31 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Hong Man Choi
2008-07-19 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Tim Sylvia
2009-01-24 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Andrei Arlovski
2009-11-07 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Brett Rogers 18th defense
2010-06-26 Fabricio Werdum WIN Fedor Emelianenko
2011-06-18 Alistair Overeem WIN Fabricio Werdum
2011-12-30 Alistair Overeem WIN Brock Lesnar
2013-02-02 Antonio Silva WIN Alistair Overeem
2013-05-25 Cain Velasquez WIN Antonio Silva
2013-10-19 Cain Velasquez WIN Junior dos Santos
2015-06-13 Fabricio Werdum WIN Cain Velasquez
2016-05-14 Stipe Miocic WIN Fabricio Werdum


Yeah, Fedor is the man.

Yeah, Lineal Champ is not the same as Consensus #1
Different topic.



And at least give credit to the source you're citing - http://www.fightmatrix.com/lineal-championship-histories/heavyweights/

 

[LiveFreeorDie]

Yeah, Lineal Champ is not the same as Consensus #1
Different topic.



And at least give credit to the source you're citing - http://www.fightmatrix.com/lineal-championship-histories/heavyweights/

 

[CoffeeAndBeer]

@LiveFreeorDie
Then don't post

 

[LiveFreeorDie]

@LiveFreeorDie
Then don't post

Ok will do.

 

[fatlipjesus]

Fedor has 7 top 5 wins

GSP has 17

coffeeandbeer knows, he made the GSP top 5 thread back in 2013 that I have archived

17 top 5 wins?

LOL no he doesn't.

 

[fatlipjesus]

lol this.

Having a Pride belt was akin to having a WWE belt, considering you had to beat a bunch of pro wrestlers on the way to winning it.

Nogueira is a pro wrestler?
Crocop was?
Hunt was?

I think you got it mixed up, bro. Its the UFC that had the WWE champ.

 

[fatlipjesus]

The problem I have with this is...how many actual title defenses did he have lol. He had some great performances but it's always been a rather weak division. And unfortunately he rarely had the talent to showcase against until going to Affliction & Strikeforce.

Why do people bring up title defenses as if its this big knock on Fedor? He left RINGS with the title.... he left Pride with the title... he left WAMMA with the title... Not exactly his fault any of these went under and he never lost his #1 ranking until he fought Werdum in 2010.

And lets not pretend that the UFC's titles aren't a joke anyway. Bork Lesnar got a title shot in his 2nd fight. Bisping is now fighting the #13 ranked opponent. Woodley is trying to fight anybody BUT the #1 challenger. Serra got a title shot for winning TUF.

 

[Mr Wings]

A true murderers row. How on earth did he do it?!

Wow. Neat trick. Cherry pick his lesser known opponents and ignore his big wins. I almost didn't catch that.

1)Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira: Ranked: #1. (Won the Pride heavyweight title).

2)Mark Hunt: Ranked #7. (3rd of 3 Pride title defenses).

3)Mirko CroCop: Ranked: #4. (2nd of 3 Pride title defenses).

4)Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira: ranked #2 (1st of 3 Pride title defenses.

5)Brett Rogers: Ranked #6.

6)Tim Sylvia: ranked #4.

7)Andrei Arlovski: ranked #2.

He won all 7 of those title fights without tasting defeat. You can't say it takes away from his legacy to have additionally beaten some lesser fighters during that time.

 

[george14]

Did fedor lose to Werdum when he was 33? I'd argue that is prime age.

Prime is incredibly subjective, especially when it comes to combat sports. Look at Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis when they fought. Lewis was actually older than Tyson age wise but prime wise it was a different story.

Personally, I would say Syliva was Fedor's last true prime fight. He did not look good against Arlovski nor did he look good against Rogers. Sure he floored Werdum and I thought was about to stop him, but he lost a lot of his speed and tenacity during those fights.

 

[CanCrusher77]

I would love to see Fedor vs Velasquez, UFC 200.

Really? Yikes!

 

[CanCrusher77]

It's why we have the fights!

Lets see it happen. No BS. No yapping. Fight.

We'll know more about where Fedor is this NYE.

Man no disrespect to Fedor, but we just saw where he is at. Not a good place.

 

[CoffeeAndBeer]

17 top 5 wins?

LOL no he doesn't.

GSP = Most Top 5 Wins --- Hendo = Most Top 10 Wins

GSP's Record vs Ranked Opponents:
(and all losses and draws)

 

[tithas]

People still care? Jesus let it go already he has not had a relevant win since 1986 and he magically got "old" at the young age of 33.

 

[bigpunch]

Wow. Neat trick. Cherry pick his lesser known opponents and ignore his big wins. I almost didn't catch that.

1)Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira: Ranked: #1. (Won the Pride heavyweight title).

2)Mark Hunt: Ranked #7. (3rd of 3 Pride title defenses).

3)Mirko CroCop: Ranked: #4. (2nd of 3 Pride title defenses).

4)Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira: ranked #2 (1st of 3 Pride title defenses.

5)Brett Rogers: Ranked #6.

6)Tim Sylvia: ranked #4.

7)Andrei Arlovski: ranked #2.

He won all 7 of those title fights without tasting defeat. You can't say it takes away from his legacy to have additionally beaten some lesser fighters during that time.

I love it how they pretend that he didn't fight real competition because of some freak fights.
"He fought zuluzinho therefore all the ranked opponents he beat don't count".

 

[Beejay Pin]

Fedor GOAT.