Would Fedor's legacy have been hurt had his first post-Pride losses happened in the UFC instead of Strikeforce?

[markg171]

You say that as if Fedor actually had the ability to fight Randy instead of Timmy. Apparently its Fedor's fault that Dana wouldn't let Randy fight Fedor. I guess he didn't have much faith in him to win.

Ah yes, fighters don't age or get injuries. That's why there's so many premier athletes in their 40's, 50's, and 60's. You're literally fucking retarded.

Fedor fought for the Bellator HW title in 2023 dude.

I swear none of you guys are actually fans of him. Y'all just like being in your weird revisionist history cult.

 

[Epsteins Guard]

Fedor fought for the Bellator HW title in 2023 dude.

I swear none of you guys are actually fans of him. Y'all just like being in your weird revisionist history cult.

Ahhh, he fought for the title... so I take it that means he's in prime then?

lmao

Literally autistic.

 

[HHJ]

Praise Fedor with great praise or GTFOH

 

[The XL]

Dan Henderson is an awful loss no matter where it took place. There are tons of past their prime HWs who wouldn't have lost to 40 year old Hendo, TRT or not. He was walking around at barely over 200lbs

 

[The XL]

Dan Henderson literally needed rocks in his shorts to even make the 206lb HW minimum for his fight with Fedor.

Which was originally a catchweight 220lb fight until Hendo said "lol there's no way I can make 220lb and it has to be HW so I can even make 206lb" and Coker scrambled to make it a HW fight after Hendo exposed the size difference there.

Which caused Fedor to still do a gentleman's agreement and still actually cut from his usual 235 down to 222lbs once he realized the size difference at play.

Hendo is definitely a small fighter, get the fuck out of here. As guys like Rogan have said countless times though, when you put your arm around him for an interview his muscles are like rock hard wires however. He's small but dense, a tough and grizzled wiry motherfucker like men used to be.

200lbs of muscle definitely isn't small in general, but it's certainly very small for a HW

 

[Royce Greasy]

Randy Couture was the guy Fedor should've been fighting, not Sylvia who Randy had already dominated and was the entire reason Sylvia was a "former" UFC Champion. That's why he was brought up for those saying Fedor was slowing down back then. Randy wasn't a young buck either.

Fucking lol though at bringing up Randy started MMA at 33 as some kind of own though. He was 45 in 2008 and still reigning. Math probably isn't your strong suit but that makes Randy:

- much older than Fedor
- having been fighting for much longer than Fedor

Like I said. You guys are pathetic in your excuses.

Fedor would have quickly KO'd or armbared Randy like he did to his teammate Lindland, also Randy went 3-3 in Japan.

 

[McSpikes]

It would have been pretty much the same. It couldn’t have gotten much worse. All the weird mma otakus would still claim he suddenly became out of his prime when getting his brains scramble by JDS or mauled by Lesnar or Cain

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Fedor v Lesnar would have been epic, real shame that never happened

 

[Mike]

Who was the best HWs at the time then?

Next.

Some were in UFC but strikeforce had the majority of the top ten. Again this isn't an opinion go look up the hw rankings of the time. The entire reason anyone cared about strikeforce is they had the best hw division.

 

[markg171]

Some were in UFC but strikeforce had the majority of the top ten. Again this isn't an opinion go look up the hw rankings of the time. The entire reason anyone cared about strikeforce is they had the best hw division.

Here were the rankings before Fedor/Werdum:

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings - Heavyweight

The last month has seen torch-passing turnover, on both sides of the scale. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira may historically be MMA’s second-best heavyweight, but in 2010, he has taken a backseat to the division’s youth movement. At UFC 110 in Sydney, Australia, 27-year-old Cain Velasquez

www.sherdog.com

Anything else you'd like to be wrong about?