Sunday, February 28, 2010

More reasons Fedor is overrated

Just a quick recap of Fedor Emelianenko's opponents over the last 5 years, and each opponent's most recent significant victory.

Brett Rogers (KO'd Andrei Arlovski)
Andrei Arlovski (KO'd Roy Nelson)
Tim Sylvia (decisioned Brandon Vera)
Hong-Man Choi (TKO'd Jose Canseco. Yes, that Jose Canseco)
Matt Lindland (TKO'd Jeremy Horn inthe IFL)
Mark Hunt (decisioned Cro-Cop)
Mark Coleman (broke Shogun's arm on a double-leg)
Zuluzinho (no relevant MMA wins)
Cro-Cop (KO'd Wandy & TKO'd Barnett in the same night)

So Fedor's most meaningful win was over Cro-Cop, & also happened to take place in 2006.

The win over Zuluzinho can be thrown out the window.

Mark Coleman, bless his heart, hasn't been a contender for years.

Mark Hunt took on Fedor 2 fights into a 5-fight losing streak that has yet to be broken.

Matt Lindland is a Middleweight fighter. Fedor fought him at Heavyweight.

Hong-Man Choi has no place in MMA.

Tim Sylvia's claim to fame is the list of A-list fighters he's lost to.

Arlovski is an ex-champ who's leaving MMA to be a pro-boxer.

Rogers has only one meaningful win: Arlovski.

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That makes Arlovski the most relevant win under Fedor's belt. Need I mention that both he & Rogers were picking Fedor apart before getting caught with that Russian bear-paw.

So I ask you...how the fuck is Fedor even in the running for #1 p4p? Maybe if he would have fought & beaten Barnett. Maybe.

But as it happens, Fedor's most recent meaningful win was over Arlovski. And two of his other previous opponents (Sylvia & Rogers) have also done the same.

Actually, I guess you could say Coleman is his most meaningful victory since Coleman beat a LHW contender. And we just saw Randy run Coleman out of the UFC.

So really...Does anyone think Fedor could beat Brock? Does anyone think it would even be competitive?

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