Pride's Prime HWT Division vs. UFC's current HWT division

[CereserBr]

So, what you guys think? I was thinking about the crazy matchups that could be made:

Pride:
Fedor, Nog, Sergei, Barnett, Aleks, CroCop, Hunto, Igor, Herring, Fujita, Coleman, Randleman, James Thompson, Ogawa, Sapp(SHWT), Schilt, Shogun(maybe)

UFC:
Werdum, Cain, Miocic, Overeem, Arlovski, Browne, JDS, Nelson, Rothwell, Mir, Bigfoot, Black Beast, Cormier, Magomedov, Gonzaga, Struve, Jon Jones(maybe)

What great matchups would like to see?
Id like to see a James Thompson vs. Black Beast, just for the lulz!

 

[Conor McTouchbutt]

Fedor vs Werdum Obviously
Nog vs Overeem
Sergei vs JDS
Igor vs Cain/Arlovski
and
Cro-Cop vs Miocic

throw in Randleman vs Cormier too

Great thread

 

[moreorless87]

Aleks vs Browne...

 

[Bend NvR Break]

Keep in mind that the Pride HW roster is younger than the current UFC HW roster. Those roided up monsters smash the UFC roster.

 

[crofighter]

Fedor vs Werdum Obviously
Nog vs Overeem
Sergei vs JDS
Igor vs Cain/Arlovski
and
Cro-Cop vs Miocic

throw in Randleman vs Cormier too

Great thread

no, no, no.... CC and Stipe would never fight eachother, they are buddies...both of them said that.

 

[blazerkor]

Interesting. I think Werdum easily beats everyone on the list besides Fedor but he probably beats Fedor too. Cain would be fun to see against those guys. Even with Pride's prime HWs being younger then the guys in the UFC now, I just think that MMA has advanced so much sense then that only Fedor could keep up with this division but only when he was younger. He's not very old for a heavyweight now and I don't think he would beat the guys on the UFC list today. He's been complacent and hasn't advanced with the sport. The more I think about it the Fedor back then would only beat a few of the guys now. I know that's sacrilege in here but lets be real the game is so much more advanced now.

 

[emog1]

Ubereem vs Fedor
2 best ever hw

 

[megaton]

Fedor vs Cain
Werdum vs Alistar
Igor vs cro cop 2
Sergi vs Browne
Alex. E vs Big Ben
Randleman vs Mir
RIP Randleman

 

[megaton]

Should of also said Schilt vs Skyscraper

 

[KONE]

Keep in mind that the Pride HW roster is younger than the current UFC HW roster. Those roided up monsters smash the UFC roster.

Haha, Pride PRIME HW division vs USADA HW division. That's not even fair.

Why not just put everyone in their primes?

 

[SnakeBites]

You kept Cro cop and Big Nog in Pride but put both Werdum & Overeem in UFC, why?

 

[IAfight]

Aleks vs Browne...

This made me laugh hard. We'd all love to see Browne lit up like that. Aleks was absolutely ruthless. It's too bad he lived such a troubled life outside the fight game.

 

[moreorless87]

This made me laugh hard. We'd all love to see Browne lit up like that. Aleks was absolutely ruthless. It's too bad he lived such a troubled life outside the fight game.

I would make do with todays Sergei vs Browne.

 

[IAfight]

I would make do with todays Sergei vs Browne.

Sergei has always been one of my favorite HWs. He's seen better days as a fighter, but I still wish the UFC would give him a chance. But yeah, would love for him to send Browne crashing to the mat. He still has some of the heaviest hands in the division.

 

[LilChuckLil]

So, what you guys think? I was thinking about the crazy matchups that could be made:

Pride:
Fedor, Nog, Sergei, Barnett, Aleks, CroCop, Hunto, Igor, Herring, Fujita, Coleman, Randleman, James Thompson, Ogawa, Sapp(SHWT), Schilt, Shogun(maybe)

UFC:
Werdum, Cain, Miocic, Overeem, Arlovski, Browne, JDS, Nelson, Rothwell, Mir, Bigfoot, Black Beast, Cormier, Magomedov, Gonzaga, Struve, Jon Jones(maybe)

What great matchups would like to see?
Id like to see a James Thompson vs. Black Beast, just for the lulz!

 

[brickhands]

nog vs aa in their prime coulda been cool

 

[olimpicus]

Randleman vs Nelson
Barnett/Nog vs Stipe
Fedor /Crocop vs Velasquez/Werdum
Kharitonov/Nog vs JDS
Shogun vs Jones i know its L HW but it would've been awesome

 

[Fthehaters]

UFC takes it. Top 5 vs top 5. Werdum beats Fedor, Cain vs Nog would be a great fight, Stipe vs Cro Cop, Stipe if he fights smart (and I can't stand him), overeem vs Barnett? Overeem takes it, and AA vs ??? May get clipped and KOed but UFC takes in imo, and the Pride HWTs were monsters.

 

[Magnum1978]

Depends if it was in the UFC or Pride environment. UFC fighters would win in the cage, but the Pride fighters would dominate in the Pride ring

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Fedor vs Cain
Werdum vs Alistar
Igor vs cro cop 2
Sergi vs Browne
Alex. E vs Big Ben
Randleman vs Mir
RIP Randleman

Great fights, I like it.