he 100% hit harderThis is partially to do with Fedor's superior boxing technique that you mention, but I think it's also fair to add that he also hit harder. Fedor threw some bruising punches.
I love this one- AA is on the ground fast asleep and Fedor's still swinging away, lol
I dont think so. Randy Courture dropped Tim Sylvia who doesn't hit hard. DC can hold his own against Stipe, I dont really see the basis for him struggling with Sylvia.
Not too many guys that size.
He had faster hands and probably had more power but his technique was poor and brawler-like. Slow lumbering Bigfoot was easily slipping and countering his punches. During the Fedor era striking and striking defense in the MMA was much worse than now. Bigfoot got completely annihilated by Cormier and Cain afterwards.
These are quite famous fights that everyone knows and its pretty obvious he used them and with great effect. Anyone paying attention to Fedor's fights knows he uses them
He only used a few of them in a few fights. Most of them time he used windmill haymaker hooks and overhands. No way can Fedor be called a highly skilled boxer. He relied on his speed and power primarily and more skilled strikers like Bigfoot and Fabio Maldonado countered him. Even Brett Rodgers seemed to have adventage before Fedor landed a big overhand haymaker on him.
Uh huh
"Well Anderson only has one front kick knock out.
Cropcop was slower and not that good at counters. Arlovski was dominating Fedor in striking before he jumped face first on his fist. Tim Sylvia was fat and slow. Hunt and Fedor were basically evenly matched standing and even on the ground Hunt almost submitted Fedor. Later Hunt gassed and lost. Nog was slow with basic boxing and little power. Even Brett Rodgers had advantage over Fedor before he managed to land a big overhand haymaker.Uh huh
Funny how the more skilled strikers are Bigfoot and Fabio and not Arlovski, Mirko, Sylvia, Hunt or Nog.
Speed and power? Like Mike Tyson and Roy Jones?
They were better at evading and countering his predictable haymakers. Striking in MMA become much more advanced than when Fedor was starting.
Fedor mostly faced cans, prowrestlers, and one-dimensional grapplers and strikers.
Fedor's striking arsenal wasn't very diverse. Guys like Jones and Gane have diverse striking.
Fedor was never a classic boxer, so the question is a bit of a non sequitur.
Jones struggled with Gustafson, Reyes and Thiago because they had faster punches and better punching technique than his other opponents. Reyes and Santos were basically robbed against Jones. However, that was slower post prime Jones and for some reason didn't even attempt takedowns against Reyes and Santos if I remember right. Arona pretty much got robbed against prime Fedor and prime Fedor got almost ko'd by Fujita. He was never as dominant as prime Anderson or Jones.
