Would Fedor Emelianenko duck Aspinall like the way Jon Jones is doing?

[Takes Two To Tango]

Given similar circumstances.

Or Fedor is just different warrior breed? Different mentality?

I think Fedor would love the opportunity to fight a young hungry fighter like Aspinall.

Who's well rounded, it would be a great challenge for him.

And an amazing to test his skillset.

 

[TheTickG]

Given similar circumstances.

Or Fedor is just different warrior breed? Different mentality?

I think Fedor would love the opportunity to fight a young hungry fighter like Aspinall.

Who's well rounded, it would be a great challenge for him.

And an amazing to test his skillset.

Fedor would have a bunch of other people fight him first, including Fedor's brother. That way he can better prepare.

 

[Adamant]

Fedor is the (real) GOAT. Of course he doesn't duck him, or anyone.

 

[Pierce 34]

I'd take aspinall over fedor but fedor wouldn't duck him

 

[volcom5]

Fedor ducked the UFC.

 

[snugglecakes]

he mighta. He was ducking reem back when he was uberreem

 

[Royce Greasy]

This is not even a question one of Fedor's main principles was taking the harder fights or more challenging opponents, he would jump at the opportunity of facing someone like Aspinall, Fedor during his prime years would purposely beat people at their own strengths that alone is risky, the reason I always prefer Fedor over Jones is that Fedor isn't afraid of losing where as Jones will do anything to maintain his record that's what matters most to him his ego and why he had to take PED's and duck Aspinall over fighting 3 year lay off Stipe, Jones is doesn't want to lose to Aspinall and most champs great legends accept that one day they will pass the torch to the next up and coming talent.

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

I'm not an anti-Fedor troll by any means, hes the GOAT HW imo. But lets be honest, he didnt come to the UFC to fight Brock when everyone wanted it, when he signed with Strikeforce instead the obvious fight and the one that everyone wanted was him vs Reem, but that never happened either. He didnt fight Barnett (granted it was signed and fell through), didnt fight Kharitanov, didnt fight his brother. Lets not pretend things were perfect.

 

[Eric Silva 2.0]

Given similar circumstances.

Or Fedor is just different warrior breed? Different mentality?

I think Fedor would love the opportunity to fight a young hungry fighter like Aspinall.

Who's well rounded, it would be a great challenge for him.

And an amazing to test his skillset.

Fedor wouldn't duck however, Fedor got KO'd by a 40 year old Dan Henderson when he was 34. Jon is 37 now and if he fought a 40 year old Dan Henderson it wouldn't be competitive. It would look like the Rampage fight but it would probably be even easier for Jon.

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

Fedor wouldn't duck however, Fedor got KO'd by a 40 year old Dan Henderson when he was 34. Jon is 37 now and if he fought a 40 year old Dan Henderson it wouldn't be competitive. It would look like the Rampage fight but it would probably be even easier for Jon.

You're right Hendo vs 37 year old Jon wouldnt be competitive, but age isnt the only factor there. Jon has had 30 fights total, Fedor had that many by the time he was 31, plus mileage from his sambo career on top of that. Jon has had the size advantage over almost all of his opponents, while Fedor was like 5'11 and chubby competing at HW. Jon is a very safety first fighter and used his exceptional reach to stay out of trouble and negate damage a lot, while Fedor as a small HW was much more reliant on his explosive speed and durability ie attributes that dont tend to age well.

 

[omawho402]

Having a perfect record can be a curse, if you have a loss another one isn't the end of the world. But like Khabib, Jones is doing his best to protect that perfect record.

 

[HHJ]

What the fuck?


Fuckin fairy tales.

 

[HHJ]

didnt fight his brother.

Oh nice standard to hold him to.

Especially compared all those other fighters who did fight their own brother, oh wait.

 

[mmadownunder]

This is not even a question one of Fedor's main principles was taking the harder fights or more challenging opponents, he would jump at the opportunity of facing someone like Aspinall, Fedor during his prime years would purposely beat people at their own strengths that alone is risky, the reason I always prefer Fedor over Jones is that Fedor isn't afraid of losing where as Jones will do anything to maintain his record that's what matters most to him his ego and why he had to take PED's and duck Aspinall over fighting 3 year lay off Stipe, Jones is doesn't want to lose to Aspinall and most champs great legends accept that one day they will pass the torch to the next up and coming talent.

Why didn’t he come to the ufc then?

 

[nonoob]

No chance, Fedor was different than Jones.

Why didn’t he come to the ufc then?

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[CasualBot]

Why didn’t he come to the ufc then?

Money, Control,
the usual reasons.

UFC didn't need him when they had Lesnar.

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

Oh nice standard to hold him to.

Especially compared all those other fighters who did fight their own brother, oh wait.

Reem, Brock, Barnett and Kharitanov werent his brothers though.

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

Why didn’t he come to the ufc then?

People will blame Dana and try to rationalize it, but it pretty much came down to him and his people wanting to run his career like a boxer after Pride. Calculated risks, record padding, basically live off of the undefeated aura and ride the gravy train as long as possible. He wasnt going to get that treatment in the UFC.

 

[NoSmilez]

Why didn’t he come to the ufc then?

It is mainly the co-promotion thing. His American handler Jerry Millen was a bit abrasive towards Dana. They wouldn't budge on that M1/UFC collab. It made no sense. I don't recall Pride ever promoting with M1.

 

[tritestill]

See what you are doing here with this and I agree with the frame work bro.