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Posted by: smith on March 12th, 2010 Filled in: enart.cgkq.com
Now to be fair look at Rampage (became light heavyweight champion and made a good run as the champ before losing to forrest), Wandy (went an awesome 3 round war with Lidell and I personally feel he'd destroy chuck in a rematch, laid out Jardine in 36 seconds (I think we saw the return of the REAL Axe Murderer in that fight), Anderson Silva (do I really need to explain that one? lol) who are all success stories of the switch.
How well do you think Fedor would do?, he was offered a HUGE deal to fight in the UFC and at the time they had the best competition out there for him and yet he declined the offer and continues to fight only in ring settings, as it stands now I dont feel the UFC has the best heavyweight division anymore but they did at the time of the offer so why not take it? is he worried about fighting in the cage or does he just not want to or what? I personally think he'd need a fight or 2 to get used to the cage but still feel he'd be able to win, what are your thoughts? and please dont be some 13 year old who thinks Kimbo's God and that he'd destroy Fedor and this and that, actually have some MMA knowledge please.
long story short... fedor would dominate the UFC
Fedor could definately be a top tier fighter though man in the UFC.
Let's take a look at the examples you have. The cage, due to its size and consturcion, makes it harder to cut off the ring than a ring. In other words, it's easier to box someone into the corner when you only have four corners to worry about. I think that affected Crocop's game, but to be honest, his footwork sucks. He wasn't trying to cut off the ring, he was just following his opponents around. Even my biginning fighters get told not to let the other guy "lead the dance", which is what Crocop was doing. Plus, you can tell in the Kongo fight that he was looking for that big left kick, and wasn't using any of his other tools. I don't know what happened to him between the Open Weght Grand Priz and the UFC, but if he'd fought in Pride the way he fought in the UFC he would have gotten smoked. He just forgot his fundamentals.
As for Henderson, look at his losses. They were both to champions. The Rampage fight was very close, and losing to Silva doesn't make you bad, it just makes you like everybody else. At any rate, he DID control Silva the entire first round of their fight. The cage had nothing to do with that. And I disagree that ht "barely won" a decission aganst Palhares. All Palhares did was score one big takedown, throw a few weird kicks, and try desparately to get Henderson to fall into his guard. It was a pretty one-sided fight. The fact that Henderson couldn't KO him speaks more about Palhares's chin than Hendo's power. And do you actually believe that a fighter suddenly loses the ability to knock someone out with a punch just because they're fighting in a ring? It's an apparatus, not Kryptonite.
Fedor's original negotiations with the UFC involved a lot of people on both sides playing hardball. Fedor's management wanted promotional rights for the UFC in Russia; they wanted Fedor to still be able to do Sambo tournaments; and they wanted more members of the Red Devil team to be signed. The UFC, for their part, said that Fedor could be cut from the roster if he lost once, and didn't offer the kind of money he was looking for. It's not like Fedor refused to fight in the cage. Besides, Fedor supposedly trains in the cage on a regular basis. Even all that aside, his fighting style is better suited for the cage. Can you imagine him, with his sick ground-and-pound, if he could add elbows, and could pin the opponent up against the fence? Plus most of his takedowns are done from the clinch, which the cage can only aid him in. Look at the success of guys like Matt Lindland, Randy Couture, and Karo Parisyan when it comes to cage takedowns. So I think Fedor would handle it quite well.
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