Fedor still has more title defenses than any UFC champion

[BreadnButter]

Fedor has had 3 total HW defenses all in Pride against Hunt, CroCop, and Nog. Till this day no UFC HW has defended the HW belt more than two times. Werdum couldn't even defend his belt once and you have people calling him the GOAT. Yes he beat an older Fedor but what Fedor did during his reign is still not matched by any. Now let's see if Stipe can defend the belt more than twice.

 

[FacePlantingPro]

Hunt... Hunt... 4 fight hunt....

HW is garbage, always was and maybe always will be in MMA.

 

[shococham]

When was his last one? Cause it ain't happening in Rizin

 

[Based God]

Yes he beat an older Fedor

Fedor is 9 months older than Werdum, age meant nothing in that fight.

 

[BreadnButter]

Hunt... Hunt... 4 fight hunt....

HW is garbage, always was and maybe always will be in MMA.

HW was stacked during Pride and many of them were in their primes.

 

[BreadnButter]

Fedor is 9 months older than Werdum, age meant nothing in that fight.

What I meant was an older Fedor who was already in decline. Still give credit to Werdum though all the way. He played that fight very smart.

 

[FacePlantingPro]

HW was stacked during Pride and many of them were in their primes.

Name them outside of Fedor, Nog, and CroCop.

 

[deltapapha]

 

[BreadnButter]

Name them outside of Fedor, Nog, and CroCop.

Fedor
Nog
CroCop
Sergei
Aleksander E
Igor
Herring
Barnett
Hunt
Fujita
Coleman - Was kind of out his prime but still dangerous with PEDs
Randleman fought both at LHW/HW
Werdum
Overeem fought LHW/HW
Schilt

Compare these fighters to the UFC HWs at the time and it's no contest.

 

[kenetics]

We know fedor is the goat ts.

 

[107]

and so kawaii

 

[Repsac]

Fedor has 20+ title defenses of his #1 HW title. That's the title that matters. The PRIDE belt was just an accessory to that.

 

[D4C]

It seems like UFC HW champs tend to stop training after winning the title.

 

[deviake]

Even prime Fedor would have a hard time competing against the current UFC heavyweight division.

Fedor lost to Werdum who is roughly the same age and Dan "Way-older-than-Fedor-and-also-smaller" Henderson.

 

[FacePlantingPro]

Fedor
Nog
CroCop
Sergei
Aleksander E
Igor
Herring
Barnett
Hunt
Fujita
Coleman - Was kind of out his prime but still dangerous with PEDs
Randleman fought both at LHW/HW
Werdum
Overeem fought LHW/HW
Schilt

Compare these fighters to the UFC HWs at the time and it's no contest.

You proved my point.

HW is garbage and always was.

 

[Lil Smokie]

But never in the big leagues.

 

[BreadnButter]

But never in the big leagues.

Ya? Tell me who the UFC had at the time during Fedor's reign in Pride? Name me all these fighters in the "big leagues".

Pride was the big league at the time. It was the best organization at time even with freakshow fights. Shit even Strikeforce had better HW fighters than the UFC when Fedor signed with them.
Yet you say he never fought in the big leagues because the org wasn't called UFC?

Fedor
Cormier
Barnett
Arlovski
Overeem
Rogers
Bigfoot on TRT
Werdum

 

[riddleofsteel]

Like bragging about ABA or USFL titles.

 

[Lil Smokie]

Ya? Tell me who the UFC had at the time during Fedor's reign in Pride? Name me all these fighters in the "big leagues".

Pride was the big league at the time. It was the best organization at time even with freakshow fights. Shit even Strikeforce had better HW fighters than the UFC when Fedor signed with them.
Yet you say he never fought in the big leagues because the org wasn't called UFC?

Fedor
Cormier
Barnett
Arlovski
Overeem
Rogers
Bigfoot on TRT
Werdum

The fact remains, the big money fights were in the UFC against Brock Lesnar, Cain, or JDS. Not scrubs like "the tire guy" Brett Rogers, and Werdum at the time who was barely top 10, and middleweights...

 

[CrimsonFan]

The fact remains, the big money fights were in the UFC against Brock Lesnar, Cain, or JDS. Not scrubs like "the tire guy" Brett Rogers, and Werdum at the time who was barely top 10, and middleweights...

I think Werdum was ranked like 6 when he fought Fedor.