Couture: Time for Fedor to Step Up and Fight the Best - Page 3

TheKidInside · 03-10-2010, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by mattc25

.......but the bottom line is the UFC still has a stronghold on the HW division......my point was the only way Fedor ever comes to the UFC is if Brock keeps winning. So are you saying if Mir,Carwin or Cain were to beat Brock then it would not make sense for Fedor to come to the UFC?....if so I strongly disagree.

no! one win over brock, carwin or cain does not make you "worthy" (if you want to call it that) to fight Fedor.

and no I do not think that the UFC HW division is the end all and be all. First of, I do not and will not consider Mir GREAT, by any stretch judging by his losses. Second, Cain and Shane are the only ones who remain unbeaten in the division and if they go on to REIGN in the HW division then obviously i'd love to see Fedor test himself against them.

BUUUUT, like I already said there's always someone in the UFC who is hailed as the man to beat Fedor, yada yada, and the name always changes because that perticular guy loses.

First, we need to focus on the task at hand for Fedor and that's finishing up his SF contract, hopefully cleaning out their division (not so deep) and then managing to figure out a contract with the UFC. But, I do not believe there will one.

Fedorlei Gomipierre · 03-10-2010, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Tyreas

Its a touchy subject. I probably won't wear a scarf today because of this thread.

I wear an Oakland Raiders scarf all winter, and NOBODY FUCKS WITH THE RAIDAS!

TBEAR · 03-10-2010, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Fedorlei Gomipierre

I wear an Oakland Raiders scarf all winter, and NOBODY FUCKS WITH THE RAIDAS!

Are you sure it is a scarf and not a Fedor druel towel for you...J/K bro lol

Northman · 03-10-2010, 10:40 AM

Randy was talking about Werdum and SF, not the UFC...

Tyreas · 03-10-2010, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Fedorlei Gomipierre

I wear an Oakland Raiders scarf all winter, and NOBODY FUCKS WITH THE RAIDAS!

Wrong! Al Davis does every draft and FA signing period.

mattc25 · 03-10-2010, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by TheKidInside

no! one win over brock, carwin or cain does not make you "worthy" (if you want to call it that) to fight Fedor.

and no I do not think that the UFC HW division is the end all and be all. First of, I do not and will not consider Mir GREAT, by any stretch judging by his losses. Second, Cain and Shane are the only ones who remain unbeaten in the division and if they go on to REIGN in the HW division then obviously i'd love to see Fedor test himself against them.

BUUUUT, like I already said there's always someone in the UFC who is hailed as the man to beat Fedor, yada yada, and the name always changes because that perticular guy loses.

First, we need to focus on the task at hand for Fedor and that's finishing up his SF contract, hopefully cleaning out their division (not so deep) and then managing to figure out a contract with the UFC. But, I do not believe there will one.

.....I never said Mir is great,and you cannot judge his past losses earlier in his career and compare them with the present.......sometimes people let their hate for Mir cloud their judgement when it comes to his skillset......which is improving with every fight imo. You have to at least respect Mir for continuing to work on his craft and trying to become a better fighter.

.....So in your opinion the UFC HW division is not the end all be all ?.....so who is better Sengoku ?....SF ? or Dream ?

goodtimes · 03-10-2010, 11:19 AM

I'm a huge Fedor fan, but seeing his management mess around with SF is tiresome. He was signed as their #1 draw, and by causing so much difficulty they are really hurting a promotion that is being built up into a quality #2 promotion in the US. Not only is SF showcasing a lot of good American fighters, the co-promotion with Dream is awesome, it would be really sad to see it fail because Fedor skipped a CBS card for unknown reasons.

rivethead · 03-10-2010, 11:19 AM

This would have a little more impact for me if
a) Randy himself didn't just ask for James Toney, and
b) Fedor hasn't faced better HWs than Randy has in the last 3 years.

Sorry Randy, your street credibility is overdrawn.

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Originally Posted by TheKidInside

you know what gets to me though? I agree that he should be fighting Werdum asap and obviously Overeem but people were clamoring for him to fight Randy a few years ago as the article mentioned and then Randy lost, now people are claiming Brock is the guy to beat him and what's going to happen when/if he loses to Cain, Carwin or Mir? what if Cain beats Brock and then loses to Mir? Unless there's a strong case of a fighter to fight Fedor this is all nonsense that was said before over and over again. If Brock manages to clear out the HW division in the UFC then I'll be on board to get that fight going.

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Originally Posted by mattc25

.......but the bottom line is the UFC still has a stronghold on the HW division......my point was the only way Fedor ever comes to the UFC is if Brock keeps winning. So are you saying if Mir,Carwin or Cain were to beat Brock then it would not make sense for Fedor to come to the UFC?....if so I strongly disagree.

I thought he was making a valid point over how softly ranked the UFC HW's are. The majority of them have one win over a top 10 fighter--at best--the last few years or, at worst--in either their entire career. I'm not saying they suck, by any means. I'm simply saying that a single loss for any of them can play hell with the "stronghold on the HW division" the UFC currently boasts.

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