Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:35 am EST
For some, Fedor can't live up to his own hype
He finished Andrei Arlovski in 3:14 at Affliction 2. Tim Sylvia went down in 36 seconds at Affliction 1. So why did it take Fedor Emelianenko over five tmes longer to finish Arlovski? We're not kidding, that was the tone coming from many of the gathered "media" during the Affliction 2 post-fight press conference. That's how good Fedor is. He actually absorbed some punches from one of the world's top five heavyweights and was seen retreating at times. What a struggle!
In the face of ridiculous criticism, the stoic Russian chuckled a few times but never raised his voice:
"I didn't really think I was in any danger in the fight. I felt comfortable with where I was during the fight. I felt after a while I was able to counter his attack."
Fedor thought it was an even fight before he scored his thunderous knockout. The Russian said Arlovski's shots may have looked fast but none of them caught him:
"They mostly just glancing blows and they really din't hit me on the button."
Click below to hear Fedor calmly describe his huge victory over Arlovski:
One can only imagine what the easily agitated Brock Lesnar or the self-confident Floyd Mayweather would say if the media questioned the speed of a victory. Give Fedor credit for not screamin, "I knocked him out!" I guess you can't blame people for wondering for setting the bar so high. The guy is amazing, 15 of his last 17 fights have been finishes in the first or second round.
Fedor was asked but brushed off questions about potential future opponents like Josh Barnett or UFC interim heavyweight champ Frank Mir.
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AS OF THIS MOMENT IF THEY WOULD HAVE A REMATCH FEDOR WOULD WORK ON HIS BOXING THEN AGAIN ARLOVSKI WILL LOSE, BUT YES FEODR CAN BE BEATEN, HE MAY NOT BE BADLY HURT WITH THE CONNECTIONS THAT ARLOVSKI IS MAKING BUT THAT IS JUST THE 1ST ROUND, IF ARLOVSKI COULD'VE TAKEN FEDOR UP UNTIL THE 3RD WITH THE SAME PRESSURE HE COULD'VE GOT FEDOR WORN OUT AND THERE COULD BE A POSSIBILITY THAT HE COULD'VE WON THAT FIGHT.. THIS IS MMA YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHATS COMIN, YOU COULD NEVER BE TOO EXCITED..OR YUO'LL GET CAUGHT..
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1) Affliction will go bankrupt.
2) Fedor will transfer to the UFC.
3) The UFC will give Fedor a $2 million contract.
4) Fedor will demolish Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir.
5) SHANE CARWIN will BEAT FEDOR!
6) Shane Carwin will be undisputed HW king in the UFC for a very long time.
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Dana white will ay whaen fedor is ready to fight the best he is sitting here waiting. he wants to keep taking the washed up rejects of his organization.... keep chasing the 2-4 show then fold companies.
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Sure, maybe Affliction won't stay in business, but they're currently forcing UFC to put on better cards, like their New Year's special and next week, and forcing them to show replays of events for free, like this past Saturday night. So Affliction is helping the sport of MMA considerably.
And Fedor has now totally destroyed two former UFC HW champs, both of whom would definitely still be in the UFC HW title mix/hunt. Yes, the UFC doesn't need Fedor, just like the NBA would be unquestionably the highest level of basketball even if Kobe or Lebron were playing in Europe. But if Kobe or Lebron left the NBA, the NBA would no longer have the best basketball player in the world, just as the UFC doesn't have the best MMA fighter in the world.
And with all due respect to Michael Jordan, his personality and charisma didn't come out in interviews or any other time when he was off the court. They only came out when he was dominating competition while playing the sport. It's the same with Fedor. I don't need Fedor to tell me in English why he's such a good fighter or why/how he's going to destroy his opponent. I just need to watch him dominate, raise his hand in victory, and shrug his shoulders to ask us, the fans, why we think he's so dominant for me to like him as a fighter number one, and as a person second.
Sylvia and AA would whip most of the UFC heavy-weight class. I know match-ups are important, but does Fedor actually need to beat the current UFC HW champion to earn your respect? Don't you respect NFL greats like Dick Butkus and Walter Payton even though they're not playing today? Must it be a head to head matchup for you to be impressed? If so, what's wrong with you? I don't need Lesnar or Mir to beat everyone on the planet to recognize them and respect them as great fighters.
And does it matter who was winning a fight until it was won? If a team is losing the Super Bowl at half-time and comes back to win, doesn't that make their win that much more impressive? Fedor was taking the worst of the stand-up, big-frigging-deal. He won. The next person who out-boxes Fedor in an MMA fight will still end up with another "L" in the loss column. That's all that matters.
Sorry about the “novel” like length of this post but, as I said before, I’m drunk, and when I’m drunk, certain things need to be said, in detail. Usually it doesn’t involve MMA, but tonight, after reading posts from a bunch of Fedor haters who have absolutely no base for their negative comments, it does.
Have a good night/morning/day etc. I got to go to sleep. I hope someone learned something.
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sales...I've heard up to 50%. I'm not sure how long you can continue to operate in the red. The bottom line is to make money. Anyone have any answers to explain their financial strategy.
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Fedor = never fight rematch.. In life, there is only one fight
Death or Alive...
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Colin C, you've joined the idiot club. fedor doesn't want to be in the ufc cuz he can't hand pick his opponents there??? dude the guy just fought tim sylvia, then andrei arlovski and you're still complaining about his competition? if anyone could hand pick opponents why would you pick those two guys? and you were saying roach ruined AA's fight? dude, if anything, roach's part of the gameplan was the part that was winning him the round. colin c says "He focussed to much on boxing and left everything else to rust." dude, AA's boxing was frickin great and it was when he abandoned that gameplan when everything fell apart. i'm gonna regret this later, but i feel like nutcracker here talking about boxing crap but i gotta call bullsh!t when i see it.
and barryevans....chill out on the ufc's nuts there buddy. you mentioned several ufc HW's that haven't even proven THEMSELVES yet let alone shown us that they even deserve the shot against fedor. for real man, i agree that carwin, dos santos and velasquez are great prospects.....but do they deserve a shot against fedor, or even to be thought of in the same sentence yet? no. that's not how this game works buddy. go back to staring at your brock lesnar fathead.
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Here are the facts everyone seems to forget. UFC offered Fedor more gaurenteed money, more fights, and a bigger global stage to fight on and showcase his Red Devil team and Fedor turned it down so he could continue to fight in the secondary tourney's he likes to do. It was Fedor and his handlers which have caused this rift between Dana White and Fedor.
Now would Fedor be successful in the UFC? There is no reason to think he couldn't with the UFC's current stable of fighters. Frank Mir is probably the only person in MMA right now that could stand a legit chance of beating him due to his strong ground game and improving striking. Lensar would get beat but I feel like in a few years he could possibly stand a chance but by that time who knows if Fedor will still be on top. Fedor is not only sound in all facets of the game but his mind is the best in the world also. He doesn't get rattled and adjusts so well to what's giving to him.
It would be really great to see UFC and Fedor patch things up because like it was said before it is like the world's best sprinter skipping the Olympics to run in the New York City Neighborhood Amature Track Meet. They just need to get in a room and hammer out a compromise.
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Ron, the only thing you're going to be impressed by is losing enough weight to actually see your penis and whatever pro wrestling finishing move Brock Lesnar has.
You talked a bunch of chit before the fight about how AA was goign to "hurt Fedor several times and KO him" but when the fight goes down and AA gets ktfo in mid air and sent face down then AA is no longer a good figher.
I've met some really really REALLY dumb fuggers in my life and you without hesitation take the cake. You are the epitomy of a sherdog white belt.
UNDERTAKER BY GOGO!
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ron, the only thing you're going to be impressed by is losing enough weight to actually see your penis and whatever pro wrestling finishing move brock lesnar has.
you talked a bunch of chit before the fight about how aa was goign to "hurt fedor several times and ko him" but when the fight goes down and aa gets ktfo in mid air and sent face down then aa is no longer a good figher.
i've met some really really really dumb fuggers in my life and you without hesitation take the cake. you are the epitomy of a sherdog white belt.
undertaker by gogo!
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HE CAN'T FIGHT HIMSELF.
No offense to the ufc fans, but lesnar, mir, carwin etc have not proven over any extensive period of time that they can be dominant, the way fedor has had over his entire career. So even if he fights them, it would be "sub-par" competition. He needs to be cloned like anderson silva.
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