He was the only of the four offered that for a large sum of money,thats why.Of the four, hes the only one to have fought a winless fighter while the world number 1
Fedor fought cans. His best wins were epic busts in the ufc lolGSP is pretty much a safe fighter predominately through his career.
Anderson Silva stayed in his lane most of the time. Leaned on his advantageous.
Probably Jon Jones has done it a few times, but not as often and deliberate as Fedor.
And if Fedor seems the most daring and most risk taking when it comes to fighting and beating his opponents at their strengths. Does that increase his value as a fighter in the GOAT conversation or it doesn't?
What say you?
It’s not aGSP is pretty much a safe fighter predominately through his career.
Anderson Silva stayed in his lane most of the time. Leaned on his advantageous.
Probably Jon Jones has done it a few times, but not as often and deliberate as Fedor.
And if Fedor seems the most daring and most risk taking when it comes to fighting and beating his opponents at their strengths. Does that increase his value as a fighter in the GOAT conversation or it doesn't?
What say you?
Jones spent about half his fight with Gane striking.Saying he stand with strikers, and grapples with grapplers does not mean, and I can't believe I have to say it, that he ONLY grappled with grapplers, and ONLY struck with strikers. He just never ran away from either, like most other fighter do when they play it safe.
Here is a few examples -
Jon Jones vs Gane - using his strengths against his opponents weakness. He wanted NOTHING to do with Ganes striking.
Anderson Silva vs Demian Maia shows how Anderson was not willing to engage in ANY grapping. At all. none.
you will not find a Fedor fight where he runs from strikers and try to take them down constantly.
You will not find a Fedor fight where he is afraid of engaging in grappling.
Crocop fight :
Half the time they spend on the ground was because CroCop tried to take down Fedor, and got reversed. Fedor did not Jon Jones it and just go for takedowns - he stood and struck with a man many considered the best HW striker. Hell, Fedor tried to high kick crocop - a move he rarely, if ever, uses.
Werdum:
Fedor jumped into Werdums guard twice. Only closely escaping a triangle the first time - yet he still jumped into the guard again instead of backing away and letting Werdum up. And if you think jumping into the best HW grappler in the worlds guard does not count as grappling, wtf are you doing here?
Although I think lots of fighters tried to do that, Wanderlei the 2nd time, Aleks, etc I think the big factor was Fedor actually had the defensive ability to do it.Yeah the Cro Cop fight stands out to me in that regard. Jack Slack had a pretty good article about it years ago where he broke down Fedora strategy and why it was effective, basically Fedor didn’t give him room to kick and that was a pretty big part of his game.
Not cans...Fedor fought cans. His best wins were epic busts in the ufc lol
Plenty of people have walked down and pressured Cro Cop. It's almost like that's the way to beat him.Yeah the Cro Cop fight stands out to me in that regard. Jack Slack had a pretty good article about it years ago where he broke down Fedora strategy and why it was effective, basically Fedor didn’t give him room to kick and that was a pretty big part of his game.
Before that fight who was able to consistently do it?Plenty of people have walked down and pressured Cro Cop. It's almost like that's the way to beat him.
Actually no.Plenty of people have walked down and pressured Cro Cop. It's almost like that's the way to beat him.
man get the fuck out of here.and had 14 bouts from august 2003 - august 2005, so he gassed after 5 minutes
And was fighting 3-4x per year during this run.
This is like saying you shouldn't walk down and pressure Justin Gaethje just because you might end up like Johnson. Even though Johnson had tons of success doing exactly that.Before that fight who was able to consistently do it?
Its not like it was that fuckin easy. Mirko had a laser sighted right straight and Mirko wasnt exactly slow. If Mirko darts out of range he's gonna nail you with his kicks. Aleks tried that shit with Mirko and Mirko was able to eventually turn it on him.
No its not saying that at all.This is like saying you shouldn't walk down and pressure Justin Gaethje just because you might end up like Johnson. Even though Johnson had tons of success doing exactly that.
Keys to victory isn't a guarantee to victory. This isn't anime.
Okay JackNo its not saying that at all.
But your butthurtedness prompted you to compare it to such.
I think the idea that "walking Mirko down" was some easy tactic might actually beat claiming Fedor was a brawler for shear wrong headedness which is repeated by large numbers of people, more Rogan UFC brand spiel along with the idea that "Nog always took a beating".Actually no.
In the ring only Fedor and Hunt succeded, mostly becuse Cro Cop was tired as dog from jet lag and no sleeping in Fedor fight, and had 14 bouts from august 2003 - august 2005, so he gassed after 5 minutes; and in Hunt fight Mirko had temperature and foot so injured that he had to wear shoes. It was the idea of everybody to pressure him since his first fight, but they failed.
In the cage it was totally different rules, with gorillas leaning their weight on him on the wire wall, whe they had big round space with no corners to help them be harder to hit.
Okay Jack