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[ultiman187]

Fedor to mix things up in preparation for the Strikeforce heavyweight GP

By Steve Cofield

Fedor Emelianenko got a wake up last June when Fabricio Werdum snapped his 10-year unbeaten run. The 33-year-old MMA legend relaxed for a split second and got caught in a pretty elementary submission.

Fedor (31-2) is better than that. He knows it and his management know it. He'll get a chance to prove himself in Strikeforce's awesome heavyweight grand prix. Emelianenko will face Antonio Silva next month, then the winner of Alistair Overeem and Werdum in the semifinals.

In an effort, to clean up his game, Mixfight.ru reports that the former Strikeforce and PRIDE champ, will mix in new training partners.

In a couple of days, Gegard Mousasi and well-known coaches from Ernesto Hoost’s team will arrive in Russia. They will meet with Fedor and join his training process. This is intended to help diversify the preparatory process for Fedor. For a long time he worked with the same coaches and sparring partners. This will open up new skills for training, adapt from the representatives’ styles and use it in his personal technique. Also on that team that will prepare Fedor, is a fighter weighing 122 kg, the same weight as of that (Antonio) "Bigfoot" Silva’s.

The good news from the pictures is that Fedor appears to have trimmed down a bit. He's never been an Adonis, but the Russian was getting a bit doughy in recent fights.

Fedor is scheduled to face Silva on Feb. 12 in New Jersey. Andrei Arlovski and Sergei Kharitonov will also square off that night. The other two quarterfinal fights are still not official although the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the announcement should come this week. Fedor to mix things up in preparation for the Strikeforce heavyweight GP - Cagewriter - UFC

[SWIFTboy]

Sure, a triangle in and of itself may be considered an 'elementary submission', but the way Werdum set it up was anything but elementary.

That's like saying Cro Cop was KO'ed by an elementary kick from Gonzaga.

[ultiman187]

Originally Posted by SWIFTboy

Sure, a triangle in and of itself may be considered an 'elementary submission', but the way Werdum set it up was anything but elementary.

That's like saying Cro Cop was KO'ed by an elementary kick from Gonzaga.

dont think they were knockin werdum. just sayin he fell for something hes seen a thousand times. his head just got too big. maybe he started to believe he couldnt loss. he looks pretty prepared now.

[Pasha K]

"Elementary submission"?
Well, most of the submissions used in MMA are armbars, kimuras, guillotines, rear naked chokes and triangle chokes. All of them are pretty elementary actually.
Some few fighters use leg locks but its not that common to see that.

And about Fedor, its good that he will train with some elite strikers, because BigFoot wont be a threat in the ground and the most possible thing is that if he beats BigFoot his next opponent will be Overeem.

[MickeyKnox]

Fedor looks like he's in great shape. (For Fedor)

My prediction is that he kills Bigfoot in the first round.

[Ramma]

Everyone is getting awfully upset about them calling the submission "elementary", but it was. Fedor threw himself into the position a few times before getting caught. For any pro fighter, it was a very rookie mistake and it is the most basic move Werdum could have done at the time because Fedor threw his arm in there.

By no means was it an insult towards Werdum.

[mattc25]

Originally Posted by Ramma

Everyone is getting awfully upset about them calling the submission "elementary", but it was. Fedor threw himself into the position a few times before getting caught. For any pro fighter, it was a very rookie mistake and it is the most basic move Werdum could have done at the time because Fedor threw his arm in there.

By no means was it an insult towards Werdum.

I agree. Werdum's triangle was far from elementary especially his wrist control. Although the first thing I thought when I saw Fedor go back into Werdum's guard when he postured up and Werdum still had a hold of his arm....was what the hell is he doing ??

[TheKidInside]

Yet, another moronic article by Steven the Douche

[SWIFTboy]

Originally Posted by Ramma

Everyone is getting awfully upset about them calling the submission "elementary", but it was. Fedor threw himself into the position a few times before getting caught. For any pro fighter, it was a very rookie mistake and it is the most basic move Werdum could have done at the time because Fedor threw his arm in there.

By no means was it an insult towards Werdum.

I saw it more as an oversimplification than an insult.

Also, by no means am I an expert on submissions (or even a novice for that matter), but it seemed to me the way Werdum used the armbar to force Fedor deeper into the triangle which eventually submitted him was pretty high level.

I think Fedor gets out of that triangle if anyone else attempted it, and I think even Werdum has to use all his BJJ skills to sink it in, which to me not something I would classify as 'elementary'.

Crop Cop subbing Pat Berry with no hooks in because Berry was looking for a way out at that point is what I would classify as an elementary sub.

I admit it's a small point to debate.

[The Sword]

Originally Posted by ultiman187

Fedor to mix things up in preparation for the Strikeforce heavyweight GP

By Steve Cofield

Fedor Emelianenko got a wake up last June when Fabricio Werdum snapped his 10-year unbeaten run. The 33-year-old MMA legend relaxed for a split second and got caught in a pretty elementary submission.

Fedor (31-2) is better than that. He knows it and his management know it. He'll get a chance to prove himself in Strikeforce's awesome heavyweight grand prix. Emelianenko will face Antonio Silva next month, then the winner of Alistair Overeem and Werdum in the semifinals.

In an effort, to clean up his game, Mixfight.ru reports that the former Strikeforce and PRIDE champ, will mix in new training partners.

In a couple of days, Gegard Mousasi and well-known coaches from Ernesto Hoost’s team will arrive in Russia. They will meet with Fedor and join his training process. This is intended to help diversify the preparatory process for Fedor. For a long time he worked with the same coaches and sparring partners. This will open up new skills for training, adapt from the representatives’ styles and use it in his personal technique. Also on that team that will prepare Fedor, is a fighter weighing 122 kg, the same weight as of that (Antonio) "Bigfoot" Silva’s.

The good news from the pictures is that Fedor appears to have trimmed down a bit. He's never been an Adonis, but the Russian was getting a bit doughy in recent fights.

Fedor is scheduled to face Silva on Feb. 12 in New Jersey. Andrei Arlovski and Sergei Kharitonov will also square off that night. The other two quarterfinal fights are still not official although the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the announcement should come this week. Fedor to mix things up in preparation for the Strikeforce heavyweight GP - Cagewriter - UFC

Did I miss something?? since when is Fedor a former strikeforce champ. I'm lost.