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This is false, but I see this being regurgitated by a lot of people over and over and over as if it's some fact, not just by people here, but I think even by Mir and some journalists, whom really doesn't know what they are really talking about a lot of times other than their journalism degree, and I never really understood why anyone take those guys seriously, any more than these made up stats and rankings and all that shit that they just seemed to have come up with out of their ass to fill the space,
Sometimes, when people say something enough times by enough number of people and when it's not clear, what's true or false, it almost becomes, in people's minds, a fact, more concrete than any first hand experience.
Frank Mir started his career in 2001. When Fedor was the number 1 heavyweight of the world in 2003, as shown by the FightMatrix, Frank Mir was 5 - 1.
When Frank Mir pulled off an upset against Tim Sylvia, at 8 - 1, Fedor was already at 19-1, one loss that's considered by many as NC, which was only counted as a loss just because it was a tournament..
Then, Frank Mir got into an accident, like I believe in that same year, and on his first fight back, he looked god awful as well, when Fedor was back then widely considered the pound for pound best, and the greatest of all time.
Only window of time that briefly existed may have been after he won against Tim Sylvia, but to say that there was a significant interest in that fight, not just a sudden spike in interest fresh of an impressive win, in my opinion, doesn't do a fair justice to how highly regarded Fedor was, and how much of a gap there was between two fighters in their primes, which considerablly differed in its heights/intensity and duration.
It feels almost comical how Frank Mir, his fans, so called journalists, and whoever out there, try to spin it as if this fight was some legendary fight that people clamoured for but never happened, and I argue it never was.
For me, Fedor is the greatest of all time. At least, the top 3, the very least.
Frank Mir, for me, is a guy who was a talented fighter, but unfortunately his prime did not last long due to an accident, and I have all the respect for him for what he went through, and a good solid fighter who had some big fights and did turn things around to a degree. But, nothing more or less.
I mean, whatever floats their boats, but when some people try to compare Lamborgini to a Civic, rather a nice car, and pretend as if they are of a same quality, it just rubs me the wrong way.
With that said, NOW, I don't know if I would bet on Fedor winning. He looks like utter garbage in his training vids..and as much as Mir would like this to have any bearing whatsoever on their standings in history, it shouldn't.
Sometimes, when people say something enough times by enough number of people and when it's not clear, what's true or false, it almost becomes, in people's minds, a fact, more concrete than any first hand experience.
Frank Mir started his career in 2001. When Fedor was the number 1 heavyweight of the world in 2003, as shown by the FightMatrix, Frank Mir was 5 - 1.
When Frank Mir pulled off an upset against Tim Sylvia, at 8 - 1, Fedor was already at 19-1, one loss that's considered by many as NC, which was only counted as a loss just because it was a tournament..
Then, Frank Mir got into an accident, like I believe in that same year, and on his first fight back, he looked god awful as well, when Fedor was back then widely considered the pound for pound best, and the greatest of all time.
Only window of time that briefly existed may have been after he won against Tim Sylvia, but to say that there was a significant interest in that fight, not just a sudden spike in interest fresh of an impressive win, in my opinion, doesn't do a fair justice to how highly regarded Fedor was, and how much of a gap there was between two fighters in their primes, which considerablly differed in its heights/intensity and duration.
It feels almost comical how Frank Mir, his fans, so called journalists, and whoever out there, try to spin it as if this fight was some legendary fight that people clamoured for but never happened, and I argue it never was.
For me, Fedor is the greatest of all time. At least, the top 3, the very least.
Frank Mir, for me, is a guy who was a talented fighter, but unfortunately his prime did not last long due to an accident, and I have all the respect for him for what he went through, and a good solid fighter who had some big fights and did turn things around to a degree. But, nothing more or less.
I mean, whatever floats their boats, but when some people try to compare Lamborgini to a Civic, rather a nice car, and pretend as if they are of a same quality, it just rubs me the wrong way.
With that said, NOW, I don't know if I would bet on Fedor winning. He looks like utter garbage in his training vids..and as much as Mir would like this to have any bearing whatsoever on their standings in history, it shouldn't.
