Romero vs Fedor, Rampage, Anderson, Machida, Shogun?

TheScorpionDude said:
Nah dude, Romero is still in prime-ish.

All the other fighters are severely out of prime.

I'd give Fedor a shot, cause he would dwarf Yoel and Yoel has been finished before at LHW, he is not that big..... but still... Fedor is too out of prime.

Ohhh what the hell, Fedor vs Yoel, let's do this. It's Fedor after all, he might spark him.

Yoel would have to bulk up, his cardio is weak so he wouldn't have time to adapt to his new weight.

Let's do this!

WAR FEDOR!!!!!!
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Romero touches Fedor in the first 15 seconds and Fedor goes down.

Ryan Fucking Bader knocked out Fedor with the weakest punch ever.
 
Dirge said:
So Shogun did get released by the UFC? I must have missed that.
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I don't think he was officially released, but Dana did say in the post fight presser (11/21) he hopes Shogun retires, said he looked like a shell of his former self and would like to see him hang em up. Said he would like to see him retire multiple times.
 
There are better fights for Yoel in Bellator.

Mousasi, Tokov, Nemkov, Davis etc
 
I would've preferred the UFC try to get Yoel to take fights at LHW. I'm confident he could beat most of the LHW top 5.

As for how he'd do against the Bellator MW division, the only one I see challenging him is Mousasi. Stylistically, I think Romero is at a huge disadvantage against Saucey.

Still, it would be interesting to see how he'll fare in an organization that's less PED regulated.
 
At this point Yoel would be the heavy favorite vs all of them. In their primes he loses to all
 
Why would UFC release one of their highest ranked contenders? Someone who has the skills and ability to still compete with and beat their other top contenders?

Dana White stated that UFC will be releasing a large number of fighters in ther immediate future... Seems less than ideal to release a top ranked fighter mid-contract, but Romero is a safe fighter for them to release from a business standpoint

Due to his age he likely won't be fighting much longer (if at all), so they aren't losing a prospect or future superstar
He's already had title opportunities and fallen short, but could potentially win a title in Bellator, and they could use that to reinforce their narrative that UFC castaways are better than Bellator's top fighters.
If he goes to Bellator and loses, or if he simply retires, then UFC gets to boast that releasing him was the right decision...

win-win for UFC.
Bummer for die-hard Romero fans (if there are any)
Romero probably isn't upset either way
 
Romero vs Anderson would be feasible, though I doubt it would be very exciting. Prime of each would be fireworks.

Can't watch Romero vs Machida again, that was brutal.

I'd be down for Romero vs Fedor if Romero went up to HW, but Fedor's chin worries me a little.
 
Romero would stop all 5 of those guys in the same night. We're talking about a guy who arguably beat Israel and Rob Whittaker vs a bunch of guys who have been washed for years. Machida already got nuked by Romero
 
TJH Exitium said:
Why would UFC release one of their highest ranked contenders? Someone who has the skills and ability to still compete with and beat their other top contenders?

Dana White stated that UFC will be releasing a large number of fighters in ther immediate future... Seems less than ideal to release a top ranked fighter mid-contract, but Romero is a safe fighter for them to release from a business standpoint

Due to his age he likely won't be fighting much longer (if at all), so they aren't losing a prospect or future superstar
He's already had title opportunities and fallen short, but could potentially win a title in Bellator, and they could use that to reinforce their narrative that UFC castaways are better than Bellator's top fighters.
If he goes to Bellator and loses, or if he simply retires, then UFC gets to boast that releasing him was the right decision...

win-win for UFC.
Bummer for die-hard Romero fans (if there are any)
Romero probably isn't upset either way
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Romero has that whole uncrowned champ thing going for him though because you could argue he beat Israel, Costa, and Whittaker. He's not some castaway who has lost decisively, if a couple of judges saw a round differently, he'd be the MW champ right now. They could easily promote him as the best MW in the world.
 
superpunch said:
Romero is 3 years older than Shogun. 1 year older than Rampage. Same age as Machida. He's 6 months younger than Fedor, and 1.5 years younger than Anderson.

So, he's the same age as all these fighters and he's about to be in the same organizations.

How does he do against competition his own age? Do you want to see Romero vs Fedor?
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Interesting. But Yoel has about 20 years less cumulative mma damage on his body/brain than Shogun, Fedor, or Rampage, so I wouldn't even be interested. Maybe a decade or more ago. And as another commenter said, Shogun and Rampage have no business fighting anyone but each other at this point (WAR SHOGUN btw). Let Romer and Hector Lombard roid to the gills in East Asia and have a best of 5 series.
 
Homero fueled by the good supplements would be a scary proposition...


Why would you want that for Fedor...?

Chris Weidman comments:
“just let the HW GOAT ride into retirement with his facilities in tact, a Romero bout could be a life changing significant emotional event”
 
superpunch said:
Romero is 3 years older than Shogun. 1 year older than Rampage. Same age as Machida. He's 6 months younger than Fedor, and 1.5 years younger than Anderson.

So, he's the same age as all these fighters and he's about to be in the same organizations.

How does he do against competition his own age? Do you want to see Romero vs Fedor?
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Those other fighters in their prime would be interesting but I have no interest in watching washed up fighters fight Romero to be honest.

He is 43 and he does not fight like someone his age at all. Who has aged as well? I know Randy had a long career and started somewhere around the same age as Romero. But Romero started MMA 2009...just imagine if he started at 18 or early 20's? We would have had him since 1998 time. He could have fought at LHW too.
 
Yolo kills them all. He started way later. Not the same mileage. Still close to prime, so for the title. The rest are way washed. But have to admit a tourney with all of them and Yoel would still be good.

In. A. Ring.
 
mattfin said:
“Fedor had no strategy”? Do you REALLY think he didn’t ever tailor his approach to individual fighters...? Did you SEE the Crocop fight or the third Big Nog fight?!?

Fedor didn’t ALWAYS tailor his approach to individual fighters, but he CERTAINLY did for the biggest, most dangerous fights. NO-ONE altered their strategy for EVERY opponent back then, it’s just that the MMA meta has moved on nowadays. I agree, however, that Fedor should retire, every new past-his-prime performance just gives more ammunition to the diehard Pride haters and makes the Pride Never Die fanatics more and more sad.
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Sure, Fedor respected the most dangerous fighters and I'm not saying he was stubborn and refused to strategize...its just that what I loved about him was also what finally doomed him. Maybe my post is not perfectly clear, but you get my meaning. I would have loved to see him train in the USA and take more wrestling and ground game into his strategies.
 
He already fought Machida...and that was a disaster. Out of all those you listed maybe Rampage could last the longest since he's retained most of his durability and still has his punching power. Fedor's durability has aged like milk, and Shogun...just forget about it.
 
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