I like Brock. He's arrogant and assholish in bad way but he's a good fighter and works his ass off. But he got a chance to fight for the title after a loss and 4 fights. He beat Randy who is probably the greatest and most iconic MMA fighter of all time but is 45. He should defend the title a couple of times before we call him the best. Don't see the UFC signing Arlovski or Sylvia anytime soon because if they beat Brock or Mir or Randy it would be bad for business. BTW Fedor is the smallest HW out there 230 and chubby and of small stature. If the LHW wanted to fight him they can without a problem as they fight around that weight anyway. Rashad Evans was a HW for example.

Nobody, right now. There is no game plan to beat Fedor. He has too many stengths and maybe only one exploitable weakness (his looping punches).

I dont think anyone will "beat" Fedor as far as out-pointing him; all you can pray for is that you catch him while hes in the middle of one of his arching overhand rights.Thats the only way. Hes not going to be submitted and you wont win a decision. But, if someone with the power of a Brock Lesnar or Josh barnett can catch him with one, then maybe, just maybe, we'll see Fedor fall.

Dejan-

I don't think there's a LHW out there who wants even the smallest piece of Fedor. The HW's can't beat him even with a weight advantage.

That said, I think BJ Penn vs. Fedor would be one of the most entertaining fights possible. It's crazy because of the size difference, but I think BJ is one of the few fighters left who could actually give him a run for his money. Him and Anderson Silva that is.

I think Comparing Randy Couture and Fedor Hands Down Fedor is supeiror because Fedor's transitions are his strengths not mention he is an incredible striker. Affliction has had talk about gettin Mirko back but i really dont care to see Fedor and Mirko fight again. Fedor just might have to be forced into retirement and just compete in Sambo until Dana Allows him to compete in Sambo and other organizations. I really don't want to see Fedor fight in a cage though. Brock may cause some problems for fedor cause of a combination of his Size and Athletic. But i would never ever count fedor out he has faced modern giants, Steroid wrestlers, and supeior strikers so Fedor forever.

I think its unfair to say that Heavyweight is MMAs weakest division. There are definitely more than couple of exciting heavyweights in the UFC right now, that justify its a weight class to be feared - Frank Mir (back on form), Cheick Kongo (coming off a great ground and pound victory over Mostapha Al Turk the UK Cage Rage champion), Gabriel Gonzaga (back on form last 2 fights), Shane Carwin (unbeaten in his mma career 10-0). Its a division that has seen many of the smaller heavyweights jump ship and drop down to avoid these guys who are getting bigger and bigger. its my opinion to fight at heavyweight now requires at least 230-35+ pounds of muscle to compete, its great to see these huge guys go at each other.. it reminds me of Coleman in the glory days of ground and pound! At the moment its the most talked about division with Fedor setting the place on fire! Still ranked #1 by all major mma publications, There would be some potentially interesting match ups for him in the UFC and he would be a great edition to the heavyweight lineup they have there, Pride meets UFC unification heavyweight bout (in may never happen but who knows) One things for sure Fedor has Dana White's attention yet again and I know that every MMA fan around the world will be waiting eagerly for that headline- Fedor signs with UFC.

Tony

Hey Tulip....surprised the Sun hasn't fired you just yet. Props to you for lasting this long, but your time at the Paper will be short lived.

As for Fedor, fighting Couture would be a waste of time. Barnett is the 2nd best Heavy in the world, so that fight makes sense and Fedor will beat him as well. As for Lesnar and the rest of the UFC guys, good grief Tulip, you really are naive. When are you going to suck it up that no one has a chance with Fedor? No one...

Hey what's up with that gay picture of you? Are you a f-- or something?

That would be a shame if you covered the MMA....

Fedor is not just the nest heavyweight
out there, but he is the best pound for pound mixed martial artist in the workd right now,,,, cant be argued,, the record just speaks its itself.
In fact, one N/C form an accidental headbutt, and a stopage from a cut without the fight even starting means,, the man has is yet to be beaten in MMA.

He is on another level to everyone else, no doubt.
That said,, he has to fight someone or he cant be a fighter,, so as far as heavyweights,, josh might bring a fight to him, but the only person i can see potentially being able to havea good go is Frank Mir.
Yes Mir,,,, he's the only guy out there who is a great stand up fighter, tough as hell and one of the best submission fighters MMA has seen to date.
He would probably lose in the end but im telling you now he could also surprise people, so that i would love to see.
PS, Mir will beat Lesner again and people will start to talk of this.

Fedor - legend

Dave,

Thanks for the props. How long do I need to stick around to have a stay longer than short-lived? Is there a specific day count I need to hit? I appreciate you checking up on my career.

I'm glad to see you have interests outside of PAC-10 hoops and MMA.

Just because there's no one who would be favored to beat Fedor...means no one should fight Fedor? That's some brilliant logic.

Some interesting suggestions in the comments. I think I'd really like to see Barnett, Lesnar, Couture and Mir (who I never had really considered much, since I think he'll lose to Lesnar) all fight Fedor. I'd also like to see Penn do it, although it would never happen.

Unfortunately, we'll probably only see the first of those.

BJ Penn, as much as I love him, is too small. He couldn't beat Machida and Machida is no Fedor. Fedor would keep it standing and those bombs are too big (although Fedor always surprises me by attacking the strengths of his competitors).

I was at both of Fedors Affliction fights and have seen all fights many times. It was interesting to hear all the prefight critics mention his weak stand up game and lack of one punch power. Long Live Fedor,,,,,the punch was so fast and spun Anderi 180 degrees and head first into the canvas. At both live fights, I could not believe the number of fans who really thought Fedor would loose to UFC guys. Fedors' mind, approach and training to all fights is at such focused and non-hyped level, few grasp it, including boxing legend Freddie Roach.

Fedor is a strong puncher but small. He would have trouble with a large and yet still coordinated heavyweight like Lesnar who could hit him and yet be out of range of Fedor's punches. On the ground Lesnar would need to be able to keep from getting arm-barred.

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How can you say HW is the weakest division in the sport? If anything, it should be the toughest as the top HW could easily demolish anyone in the lower weight classes.
consider also the 90%of the LHW are small HW who cut weight to avoid the big guys, what's supposed to make Forrest or Evans better the AA or Barnett?

I'd like to see Anderson SIlva step up and fight Fedor like Fedor stepped up and fought Hong Man Choi. Best of the Best and T- Shirts won't be the only thing worth buying. BUT Dana is a business man not an entertainer.

I thought Fedor has commented a bunch of times that he won't fight Barnett because the two of the are "friends". Maybe it's a ploy to grab more cash, but if not it might be a long wait before we see another meaningful fight for Fedor.

If you are interested why Fedor is so good, the reason is simple. He works his ass off. Outside of MMA, his record is astonishing and no other fighter in the world has a record even close to that. Look up his SAMBO record in World, and Russia Championships and you'll see what I'm talking about. All that competition at the top level provided him with the best set of skills and reflexes in MMA today. It is going to be extremely dificult for anybody to get lucky with Fedor. Can someone even mention one MMA fighter with more or less the same record outside of MMA?

I can think of one fighter with a crazy strong record outside of MMA...Brock Lesnar.

Check out his WWE record if you don't believe me. I know they don't have weight classes, but I believe Brock racked up more than 200 wins in a relatively short amount of time. Mostly against big opponents too....

Mark Chalifoux, LMAO!!!

You are not serious, are you?

Of course not, but I bet some people thought I was

I'm a Big 10 Basketball fan, but I'm not sure what that has to do with anything.

Anyways, with Mir finishing The Big Nog, I think he and Barnett are the only ones relevant enought to Fight Fedor. I guarantee that Mir will beat Lesnar, no doubt about it.

As for Penn...though that would be entertaining, as crazy as he is even BJ would not consider picking up weight and fighting Fedor. I think what will happen is Penn will beat GSP on Saturday, and then pick up weight to fight Silva....

Only thing left for Fedor to do after the Barnett fight (as Mir won't be an option as the UFC Heavyweight Champ) would be to fight either
1) A Polar Bear
2) A pack of wolves

Later tulip....and seriously consider removing your picture from your website, you would gain a lot more accountability if it weren't there

Why are you so confident in Mir beating Lesnar?

Penn-Silva would be a very entertaining fight but Dana White already shot that down.

I hope Affliction lasts long enough to put together the Fedor-Polar Bear card. If this fight doesn't happen soon global warming will kill off all the polar bears.

Yea, Fedor needs to fight a pack of Wolves. hah!

Seriously though. Fedor isn't indestructable, but he is amazing. He's really is out of the box. It's not only the way he works his ass off, but it's the way he lives, where he lives and his humble and pensive personality that gives him the advantage.

I would not pay to see Fedor VS Barnett. I would watch recording. As it may be a bit like a sparing match. I would pay to see Fedor VS. Lesnar, because the guy looks so big and strong. I would pay to see Fedor VS. Kimbo Slice as that guy also looks very strong. I think it would be entertaining.

I would pay to see Fedor VS. Randy Cauture, because its a fight I have been waiting for for years, and Cauture is also a very skilled fighter.

I also beleive that Fedor would come out a winner in all of these fights.

He beat Tim by submission (RNC), not KO.

Also, why are you such a Brock Lesnar mark? Do you really think a guy with four professional fights stands a chance against Fedor? He's beaten a can, a guy who hasn't posted back-to-back wins since 2004, and a 45-year old he out weighed by 50 lbs and who already had one foot in the ring and one foot in Hollywood. Not to mention he's still has to fight a guy who beat him in 90 seconds.

On a related note, you are the worst MMA blogger in the biz. Please find a new occupation.

nice troll job mark

I have gotta laugh at the guy who thinks BJ Penn is one of the few fighters with a chance to give Fedor a run for his money. He might as well say that his grandma is one of the few fighters who can give Fedor a run for his money. BJ Penn is one of the most overrated fighters there is. He has beaten exactly one great fighter (Hughes) and proceeded to get stopped in the rematch. He got absolutely embarrassed in every facet against GSP. He could do nothing on the ground, nothing on his feet. He might as well have not showed up. Then he capped it all off by quitting. And you want to see him against Fedor? He couldn't last 1 minute. That fight should be illegal because BJ Penn's health would be at risk. I'm sure he could run his mouth a lot before the fight tho. He's really good at that. Few people in MMA or any other discipline in which humans engage can match him at talking sh*t. Backing it up OTOH...

Anderson Sylva or Dan Henderson would give Fedor good fight nobody else

Fedor is not indestructable, but he's looking pretty damned close to it. Many would say Josh Barnett has the best shot at beating Fedor. I think Josh would lose but I'd say he's got a chance to score a fluke victory over Fedor (like Serra did over St Pierre.)

I would say that Frank Mir would have the best shot at it currently -- and after scoring the first ever knockout on Antônio 'Minotauro' Nogueira in MMA history, I think you have to respect his overall game. He's a very complete fighter. He's at the top of his game. If he does beat Brock Lesnar, then a fight against Fedor is the only compelling matchup left, IMHO.

Brock Lesnar keeps coming up in the conversation. It's a valid point to consider. The man KO'd Coutoure (something only 1 other fighter ever managed) and he did it with a blow to the top-side of the head -- the hard part. He did not hit anywhere near the sweet-spot, but the blow was so powerful that it cranked Randy's head sideways and stunned him just as badly. He hit Heath Herring so hard that he hit is back and rolled all the way over. Lesnar hits HARD. Brock needs some major improvement on his jiu-jitzu, submissions and could use some judo training for good measure. His standup also needs a lot of improvement. What Brock Lesnar has the potential to develop into is truly terrifying. What Brock has now is not likely to be the magical combination to beat Fedor. In a year or two with the right training, I think he just might do it. Right now he still needs to improve every aspect of his overall game -- but once that is done, don't be surprised if Brock beats Fedor and beats him soundly.

Barnett has a stronger chance than most at beating Fedor, though I doubt he will be successful. Tim Sylvia is by far the weakest opponent Fedor has seen.
I think Randy Couture would be the next weakest. He has proven time and again that he can't take a punch, and I don't think he would ever be able to get in range to use his wrestling.
If Lesnar gets another year worth of fights under his belt and continues to improve his skills as rapidly as he has over the course of his first five fights, he has a shot. Fedor has never faced someone that size that is actually athletic.

I truly think the fighter with the best chance of beating Fedor is Arlovski. Up until the magic punch he was beating the pants of Fedor. His striking was faster and more crisp, his leg kicks were enough to keep Fedor at bay at not moving forward as much as he normally does, and his strikes to the body were visibly working Fedor over. It was obvious Fedor was confused and didn't seem to know where to take the fight. He has said himself that he does not use a game plan. If Arlovski had stuck to conservative striking and not gone for a flying knee, he would have won the fight. His speed and kicking were enough to keep Fedor at bay and body shots coupled with his other striking would have been enough for a decision or to secure a TKO/submission later in the fight.

Fedor is undeniably good. But he really needs stiffer competition to be considered the best pound for pound fighter in my opinion. Sylvia and Arlovski have no confidence anymore and are pretty much washed up. He might actually have a tough time in LHW in UFC. I think that's where the better fighters are. Other than Lesnar and Mir, who else is there in HW exactly? Either way, he needs to come over to the UFC to have these fights and apparently there are problems there or he would be in the UFC already.

As for best pound for pound fighter. I'm sticking with Anderson Silva. He's unstoppable right now.

@Joshua

I didn't see any magic punch. I did see a glass jaw connect with Fedor's fist. And where was the confusion you saw with Fedor? I saw calculation. He calculated Andre's grappling techniques and determined he wasn't weak this way, so he allowed Andre to get excited by backing up to the ropes, hoping AA would make a stupid move, which he did. Fedor doesn't have to back up to any opponent. If Fedor is backing up, he is doing it for a reason. Watch some Fedor fights when Fedor is on the offensive. He chooses his styles for the opponents he fights.

Fender you retard, arlovski is washed up gtfo with that. He was in the best shape of his life coming in with a 5 fight win streak with some great technical boxing & you know something, your demi god Dana White admitted that he kissed andrei's ass to try to get him to stay in the UFC. Tim Sylvia was ranked top 4 at that time & several fighters including this moron Mark Chalifoux thought he would murder Fedor (hahahaha), so stfu with that too.

Ya Anderson is really proving himself the best by fighting Patrick Cote (unranked), James Irvin (unranked), & now Thales (unranked or at 10th place according to some). He also proves himself by walking around at 230 but cutting to MW to beat up on smaller men, he is also a good 3 inches taller than Fedor (Fedor is listed at 6 but several people including Randy said it's more like 5'11).

As for arlovski "beating the pants", he wasn't doing anything of the sort rewatch the fight or find slow mo gif's, most of them were glancing blows, he made a mistake & got KO'd by the best.

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