A lot of you are clueless. Fedor had just as much trouble with wrestlers as Anderson if not more. He just didn't fight very many. One of the few he did fight suplexed him on his head highlight reel style.
All time most well rounded = GSP.
Jones is it right now though. Can't argue with beating opponents at their own game.
A lot of you are clueless. Fedor had just as much trouble with wrestlers as Anderson if not more. He just didn't fight very many. One of the few he did fight suplexed him on his head highlight reel style.
Fedor had mediocre striking and wrestling... lol at anyone saying he is the most well rounded in the history of MMA. What a joke.
Mediocre striking my ass.
Analyzing Fedor: The Striking Of The Emperor
He did have mediocre wrestling but that makes no difference since his takedowns came from judo and sambo. I'd say that if you can reverse a takedown of olympic silver medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling your takedowns are pretty damn good.
Imo Fedor was in his prime technically 9/10 in striking, takedowns and ground game. Add arguably the best ground and pound technique ever and his physical gifts and you got one of the most well rounded fighters of all time.
Fedor pretty much submitted every wrestler he fought as soon as the fight hit the ground (Fujita, Coleman, Randleman, Lindland). And so what if Randleman suplexed him? Something like is to be expected when a guy as strong and explosive as Randleman gets your back. At least Fedor wasn't dominated by a wrestler with bad sub defense for 20 minutes.
Having no wrestling does make a difference, as we are talking the most well rounded. His wild looping punches were never particularly technical either. Most well rounded ever with such attributes? Give me a fucking break. Kid yourself all you want. You'll still be wrong.
Fedor had better/more explosive submission than Anderson.
Also, those guys have really bad submission defense.
"And so what if Randleman suplexed him?"
It shows he struggled against wrestlers. If someone doesn't struggle against wrestlers they won't get suplexed.
Do you mean that being exciting is required to be well rounded just like striking, grappling and wrestling? I didn't include it before
no. my point is that your results in a fight should be the gauge on which we determine whether a fighter is well-rounded or not.
i take it that most are approaching this from a standpoint of skills alone.
maybe i'm in the wrong thread. : l
no way does gsp deserve any accolade as far as well rounded. isnt finishing an opponent an aspect of the sport. I mean the idea of a fight is to ko or submit. He can do neither anymore. He has NO power at all and he has submitted one friggin guy in his career. andy and fedor have both shown the ability to ko and submit from any position. They NEVER tapped to strikes. what a joke.