In your opinion which was the last fight of Fedor Emelianenko's prime?

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Sylvia fight, no doubt about it.

He didn't look great against AA, then there were no more doubts that the end was near after his performance against Rogers.
 
When he got KTFO by Hendo. He didn't leave his prime, he just fought guys who were better prepared for his style.
 
Still feel like his biggest downfall was his training camps and decisions to go rock em sock em robots.

He was still quick in the Bigfoot fight but game plan was to throw haymakers, could tell he lost speed in the hendo fight.
 
Prime is not black and white.
He had his moments but his overall performance vs Rogers was just weak and his delusional fanboys (not his true fans) used that fight as evidence that Rogers was a top tier fighter. I personally think he was at his best from the Herring fight to around Affliction days. Just because he struggled a bit vs one of the fastest HW's didn't mean that he suddenly deteriorated from the Sylvia performance. If you look deeper he might have "exited" his prime before Affliction and just took advantage over frozen Sylvia with a fast start. He also might just have had a bad performance vs Brett and got caught vs Werdum.
These things do not go by the book.
 
I think he was still in his prime in his Strikeforce stint he just chose to fight like an idiot when he started to fight in the US.
 
Sylvia or Arlovski.
 
Sylvia, though he's ground game had declined in the Hunt fight and that was a few fights earlier. Last fight where all came together against a legit opponent was vs Cro Cop, but standing up and finishing on the ground he looked superb against Tim.
 
Voted for Sylvia. It was the last time ive seen him sharp as a razor. He allways has and has had great moments in all his fights , but the Tim one was his last flawless performance.... im discounting the Rizzo fight where Fedor threw that jab , left hook while closing the distance while Rizzo winked ... ive never seen anything like that in my life... but Rizzo wasnt much of a threat.
 
Affenschädel said:
Glad the majority realizes it's the Sylvia fight. The Arlovski fight is the first where he showed weakness, even though he won. It was all downhill from there.
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You don't think he showed weakness in the Hunt fight?
 
Sirwastealot said:
Arlovski was the first fight I thought, why is he fighting that way?

Although I think Rogers fight was the first time he clearly showed signs of decline.
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I agree with this. the thing is he was good enough still that he probably would have beaten Werdum if he had not made that mistake (yeah - I know. he did make a mistake and he did get submitted). I felt that version of Werdum was a great match up for Fedor.
 
Physically it would have been around the time he fought Syliva. Around 32 is the end of someone's prime.
 
Arlovski for sure cause his next fight with Rogers was atrocious it's when he became a headhunter and a wild careless brawler
 
I suspect he was already declining during the Sylvia fight, but he finished it so fast we didn't get a chance to even notice. Then he looked sluggish against Arlovski and wasn't moving anything like he used to, but again finished Arlovski before we could really notice. Brett Rogers showed that while he was still on another level from the average fighter, he just wasn't the same athlete, and then Werdum sealed the deal; didn't have the explosiveness to stop Werdum from locking his legs in the first place, never mind explode out once it was locked as he was known for doing. Granted Werdum is one of the best BJJ guys ever, but Fedor was no slouch and was more than capable of stopping him from getting the lock in the first place.

I'd say the last time he showed real explosiveness was against Choi.
 
I noticed some stiffness during the Shinya Aoki fight and realized he wasn't even that good in the 1st place.
 
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