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[Ramma]

Originally Posted by Diegonightmare

Don't disagree, but that's because nobody is claiming Barnett is the #1 HW in the world and possibly best of all times. There's a very big gap between considering someone the #1 in the world, vs. simply a top-5. It's like two completely different situations.

Fedor has a whole lot more buzz around him as a fighter than Barnett does, and it's been that way for years; therefore the buzz turns negative when he's not fighting other top-5 or at least top-10 HW's. Barnett, who has little buzz, also has little negative buzz.

Barnett is ranked anywhere between 2 and 4 (3 on MMANews for example)..

Regardless of the position, it is the same senario.. #1 guy or #9 guy... people go way to hard on Fedor and it is silly.

[neonatural45]

Well Barnett fought so many times in 06 that a year off break isn't that hard to understand. Neither fighter should drop from their ranking spots

[Diegonightmare]

Originally Posted by Ramma

Barnett is ranked anywhere between 2 and 4 (3 on MMANews for example)..

Regardless of the position, it is the same senario.. #1 guy or #9 guy... people go way to hard on Fedor and it is silly.

I hear you, but to more efficiently re-word my take on why the spotlight interest on Fedor, the difference between the #1 and #2 guy in the MMA HW division is much wider than the difference between the #2 and #3 guy, or any other positional "gap".

It's a different thing altogether, being worldwide unanimous #1 vs. being anything other than # 1.

[valheruking]

Beat everyone he fought

[dagreat1]

Music to my ears, Barnett back and fighting again. I think he is going to beat the crap out of Yoshida though. Barnett vs Aleks II at least has the potential for a good standup war and Aleks has the power to end the fight. Yoshida will get mauled if he tries to stand with Barnett and his takedowns are not good enough to get Barnett on his back and Barnett's subs are as good as Yoshida's so it will likely just be Barnett beating Yoshida's ass for the fights entirety. Yoshida vs Roger and Barnett vs Aleks II would've been more to my liking, I think those matchups are better suited for close fights and the Yoshida vs Roger would've been a technical masterpiece.

[Mirko45]

If World Victory Road is promoting, can we assume Gomi will be fighting?

[Palma]

Originally Posted by Diegonightmare

I hear you, but to more efficiently re-word my take on why the spotlight interest on Fedor, the difference between the #1 and #2 guy in the MMA HW division is much wider than the difference between the #2 and #3 guy, or any other positional "gap".

It's a different thing altogether, being worldwide unanimous #1 vs. being anything other than # 1.

What in god's name are you babbling about? The difference between being ranked number 1 and number 2 is the exact same thing in comparison to being ranked number 2 and 3. It is a step down in both scenarios if you don't take the fighters actual records, accomplishments, and skillsets into account. Otherwise you are just spewing random numbers. If you did then you would realize that there are other divisions where the number 1 and 2 ranked fighters are allot closer to each other's abilities then there are at other divisons.

Rampage and Hendo are a very close 1 and 2 ranking, and so is Silva and Hendo... compared to Fedor and who ever is ranked number 2 where the solidity in his number 1 ranking is much more justified (especially with Nog beating Sylvia).

It's going to be allot harder for people to bitch about Fedor's ranking now after last night's fight.

[NinjaShogunRua]

Originally Posted by Mirko45

If World Victory Road is promoting, can we assume Gomi will be fighting?

Yes. His opponent hasn't been named yet, but it's rumored to be Rodrigo Damm.

SENGOKU OFFICIAL WEBSITE

[TheDirtySis]

It also says Baroni is one of thier fighters. Does he have a fight lined up?

Edit: nevermind it says he will be fighting Sanae Kikuta.

[NinjaShogunRua]

Barnett talks about the rumored match with Aleks and the rumored match of Roger/Yoshida on his Myspace blog:

MySpace.com Blogs - Josh Barnett MySpace Blog - Codex Barnetticus

Originally Posted by Josh Barnett

Rumor control. I have never been offered a match to fight in M-1 or against Aleksander Emelianenko. Alek's has expressed to me personally his desire for a rematch but without a promotion to make it happen then it doesn't matter. I don't need to make this fight happen but I would gladly give him his rematch if it was offered to me. It's no sweat to me to fight him.

Also, to my knowledge there was never a Roger Gracie vs. Yoshida match. We have been talking with WVR for a long time creating a contract and Yoshida was who was offered from the beginning. I don't know who put out the rumors or why some news outlets accepted it as fact but there was never a Roger vs. Yoshida fight. Just some wishful thinking on some manager's part perhaps.