Fedor on Rousey

[woodlanddog]

Although Fedor Emelianenko may not be a fan of women's MMA, he seems to have, at the very least, seen some of Ronda Rousey's fights.

During a recent Q&A session at a youth forum in the North Caucasus, Fedor was asked to give his opinion on the UFC women's bantamweight champion.

"To date, [Rousey] stands out as number one in the world rankings," said Fedor. "But I do not like that she misses a lot of punches, which leads to painful reception. I do not advocate such tactics, especially for women."

A few months before Fedor announced his return to MMA, he provided some controversial quotes regarding his views on women's MMA. While his viewpoint is on par with those of a devout Orthodox Christian from ethnic Russia, his quotes made headlines in the MMA community, and female fighters were forced to contend with his words.

"Women shouldn't compete in UFC/MMA because this sport is for men," Emelianenko said. "There are a lot of sports where women look like women - like gymnastics, water sports, maybe some athletics. MMA is for men. It's a man's sport."

Naturally, neither of Fedor's daughters compete nor train in combat sports.

"Mary was engaged in many sports, but now leads a healthy lifestyle and engages in fitness, stretching, cycling, but study takes her a long time, so the sport is just for her health. Vasilisa is engaged in gymnastics."

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/8/7...al-ronda-rousey-misses-punches-women-mma-news

 

[Ashenthorn]

Please Dana White, just sign Fedor and book him to co-main event on a Ronda Rousey card. Please just do this one thing for me.

 

[dcho8]

Wow remarkable words from the goat. Truly amazing

 

[Fox by the Sea]

someone call rousey fast, tell her that fedor cares about her.

 

[NHB7]

I disagree with Fedor, but....well....I can look past this because he is sooooo awesome.

 

[loisestrad]

It's fair that Fedor "doesn't like that she misses a lot of punches", but it's not that he was one to shy away from swinging wildly and missing.

And no, I'm not saying Ronda would beat Fedor in a boxing match.





At least not easily.

 

[BisexualMMA]

Missing a lot of punches leads to painful reception.

 

[Bacco]

Reading the title i was like "Oh, must be that RR porn parody"

 

[Polar Bears]

It's fair that Fedor "doesn't like that she misses a lot of punches", but it's not that he was one to shy away from swinging wildly and missing.

And no, I'm not saying Ronda would beat Fedor in a boxing match.





At least not easily.

lmao Fedor would just throw a basic jab and she would drop hard and turtle up

 

[Karelinator]

Damn, poor Ronda keeps on praising Fedor and she get's this shit in return.

I love Fedor, but come on.

 

[Dream Evil]

At least he hasn't mentioned god's will lately. That I've seen.

 

[Blackened]

It's fair that Fedor "doesn't like that she misses a lot of punches", but it's not that he was one to shy away from swinging wildly and missing.

And no, I'm not saying Ronda would beat Fedor in a boxing match.





At least not easily.

Fedor missed a lot of punches? I'm curious, I remember him throwing lots of hooks, but I remember him having outstanding accuracy (could be misremembering).

Anyone have stats and stats of other greats to compare then with? Fightmetric I suppose...

 

[GAR]

It's fair that Fedor "doesn't like that she misses a lot of punches", but it's not that he was one to shy away from swinging wildly and missing.

And no, I'm not saying Ronda would beat Fedor in a boxing match.





At least not easily.

early in his career he was very accurate, and later in his career when he was just trying to knock people out, he started throwing wild punches, if he goes back to being the Fedor of old where he fought a lot smarter, I think he does very well in the UFC, and I still think he beats Werdum in a rematch.

 

[Mondo Freaks]

Fedor has always been very traditional and conservative. Nothing wrong with his opinion.

 

[Peteyandjia]

This, from the guy who was swinging at Bigfoot like a drunken sailor, mostly catching nothing but air. (Before the eye damage.)

I will always love the one and only Goat, but Feddy... calm your stone-age Russian ass down, go in the kitchen, and make Ronda a sandwich.

 

[Cuauhtemoc]

I agree with him, the female body is more complex than the male body(hormonal cycles, menstruation, pregnancy) and will suffer badly from weight cuts, brain trauma and hard training, not to mention PEDs.

I like how Fedor doesn't give a fuck about western feminism and similar bullshit

 

[Lil Smokie]

early in his career he was very accurate, and later in his career when he was just trying to knock people out, he started throwing wild punches, if he goes back to being the Fedor of old where he fought a lot smarter, I think he does very well in the UFC, and I still think he beats Werdum in a rematch.

No. Werdum has improved a lot since Fedor's epic decline.

 

[loisestrad]

I think he does very well in the UFC, and I still think he beats Werdum in a rematch.

I sure hope he does, but I'm not so sure about him beating Werdum. Back when he lost against him, I was positive that he could and should have won that fight (by implementing a smarter gameplan), and I was positive he would have won an immediate rematch.

But that's a loooong time ago, and to be fair, Werdum has been looking really good lately, even standing. While Fedor, obviously, is a huge questionmark.

 

[loisestrad]

Feddy... calm your stone-age Russian ass down, go in the kitchen, and make Ronda a sandwich.

And a couple of babies.

 

[PancraseForever]

early in his career he was very accurate, and later in his career when he was just trying to knock people out, he started throwing wild punches, if he goes back to being the Fedor of old where he fought a lot smarter, I think he does very well in the UFC, and I still think he beats Werdum in a rematch.

He did love swinging for the fences actually. It's just cool because when he missed any it threw him into the perfect takedown position lol. But somehow his accuracy remained pretty good.