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Tim Sylvia in his prime

Beeruz said:
Clearly a Fedor hater " UFC shill "

Fedor destroyed alot of UFC Champions... proving he would have been UFC champion at the time.
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I'm not sure how to even respond to you.

Yes I'm quite the UFC shill and Fedor hater after I respectively said that Pride's HW division was clearly fucking better at the time and I have Fedor in my top 5-10 all-time at worst.

You can't accept the fact that Fedor was TKO'd by a guy who competed 1-2 weight classes below him, legit a MW competitor, at the same age where Sylvia post-back surgery lost to Fedor in Affliction. That is my entire point. I think everyone in the world knows Fedor is better than Tim Sylvia. I also hope that Fedor could beat a geriatric Couture, Sylvia, Arlovski, or lesser more comical names at the time like Buentello for the belt.
 
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He was great when he was on the gear, then not so sexy after. Couldn't fight at UFC 47, because he got busted. His physique changed greatly after.
 
No Skill Gap said:
I'm not sure how to even respond to you, if you want to suck Fedor's cock then continue I guess. Your choice.

Yes I'm quite the UFC shill and Fedor hater after I respectively said that Pride's HW division was clearly fucking better at the time and I have Fedor in my top 5-10 all-time at worst.

You can't accept the fact that Fedor was TKO'd by a guy who competed 1-2 weight classes below him, legit a MW competitor, at the same age where Sylvia post-back surgery lost to Fedor in Affliction. That is my entire point. I think everyone in the world knows Fedor is better than Tim Sylvia. I also hope that Fedor could beat a geriatric Couture, Sylvia, Arlovski, or lesser more comical names at the time like Buentello for the belt.
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I'm curious as to why Fedor gets so much hate for losing to Hendo when Nog lost to him as well. Nog won a rematch but Hendo went 2-1 against Fedor and Big Nog. Both of which should be in anyone's top 10 of greatest Heavyweight fighters of all time. Hendo had wins in 3 different weight classes. He won a UFC tournament, Pride middleweight, Pride Welterweight & Strikeforce Light heavyweight titles! He's won of the best MMA fighters of all time.
 
Kyojiro Kagenuma said:
If an out of prime Arlovski could almost get a title shot a prime Sylvia would do pretty damn good dude
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It’s been 6 years since AA was close to a title fight, and I actually don’t think prime tim would have beat all the guys AA did during that run up to the stipe fight.

That said, he could win fights with his length. Had some of the most boring performances in ufc history though.
 
He was the UFC HW GOAT until Stipe surpassed his record.

Not to get too much into quality of opposition but Stipe basically beat mostly on geriatrics from Timmeh era. Timmeh no doubt could be top 5 if he could make 265 and was healthy.
 
Beeruz said:
Didnt Fedor steamroll him and UFC shills hate Fedor?
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He absolutely did, he also knocked AA out. AA is still winning in ufc today lol but don’t let UFC D riders know you feel Fedor was better than all the great ufc champions from his era.
 
kflo said:
It’s been 6 years since AA was close to a title fight, and I actually don’t think prime tim would have beat all the guys AA did during that run up to the stipe fight.

That said, he could win fights with his length. Had some of the most boring performances in ufc history though.
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Yea but the division is even worse now than it was then.
 
mjfan23 said:
He was the UFC HW GOAT until Stipe surpassed his record.

Not to get too much into quality of opposition but Stipe basically beat mostly on geriatrics from Timmeh era. Timmeh no doubt could be top 5 if he could make 265 and was healthy.
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No one would rank timmay ahead of jds or Cain or werdum in terms of ufc career. He had a statistic in terms of defenses. That’s all.
 
mjfan23 said:
He absolutely did, he also knocked AA out. AA is still winning in ufc today lol but don’t let UFC D riders know you feel Fedor was better than all the great ufc champions from his era.
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That Tim Sylvia was well past his prime, and he sort of got blitzed ala Houston Alexander/Keith Jardine. Its really not fair to draw too many conclusions based on something like that imo.
 
mjfan23 said:
He was the UFC HW GOAT until Stipe surpassed his record.

Not to get too much into quality of opposition but Stipe basically beat mostly on geriatrics from Timmeh era. Timmeh no doubt could be top 5 if he could make 265 and was healthy.
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Tim's best wins are Arlovski and Rodriguez. Stipe had much, much better quality and more of it.
 
Don't fool yourself, he was rubbish even by 2005 standards lol.
Got knockdown and beat by a LHW and had a non existent grappling base. He won’t make it in the top 15 today.
 
No Skill Gap said:
I'm not sure how to even respond to you, if you want to suck Fedor's cock then continue I guess. Your choice.

Yes I'm quite the UFC shill and Fedor hater after I respectively said that Pride's HW division was clearly fucking better at the time and I have Fedor in my top 5-10 all-time at worst.

You can't accept the fact that Fedor was TKO'd by a guy who competed 1-2 weight classes below him, legit a MW competitor, at the same age where Sylvia post-back surgery lost to Fedor in Affliction. That is my entire point. I think everyone in the world knows Fedor is better than Tim Sylvia. I also hope that Fedor could beat a geriatric Couture, Sylvia, Arlovski, or lesser more comical names at the time like Buentello for the belt.
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So basically you admit Fedor would have been UFC champion at the time... so stfu and stop hating.
 
kflo said:
That’s just a laughable statement in context of the ufc. Overall its debatable (including pride).
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How is laughable? You think the heavyweight division is better now than it was 6 years ago?
 
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