PsyDaL said:
As much as everyone praises emilanenko fedor as "God Allmighty" of fighting, hes gonna have minor success in the Octogon. Aint trying to bash him cause hes such a skilled fighter, but Its starting to become clear that Pride fighters arent that much greater than UFC heavyweight fighters. Take Mirko who thinks training inside a cage is a waste of time. That fight with Gabriel Gonzaga is gonna make any crossover fighters realize thats its a whole different ballpark. If Fedor doesnt take that into consideration then hes destined to get his 6'1 frame held up onto the cage and get the life beaten outta him. Mirko had no ground defense in the cage and now hes been exposed.
And another side note. Matt Lindland who is a natural Middleweight had no problems crackin Fedor, in gunz blazing fashion, and was able to take him down with ease but Fedor held onto the ropes which saved him. If a middleweight could do that much damage to him in 1 fight imagine a much more heavier fighter from UFC could do in the Octogon....
And another side note. Matt Lindland who is a natural Middleweight had no problems crackin Fedor, in gunz blazing fashion, and was able to take him down with ease but Fedor held onto the ropes which saved him. If a middleweight could do that much damage to him in 1 fight imagine a much more heavier fighter from UFC could do in the Octogon....
Mirko's ground defense has been exposed Prior to his second fight in the Ufc. Have you ever seen Fedor vs Cro cop or Nogueira vs Cro cop? those were all in Pride. And just cause Cro cop lose to Gabriel Gonzaga does not mean Fedor would get crushed by Ufc's heayweight division. Fedor is not Cro cop Cro cop is not Fedor. As for the rope grabing incident well who won the fight? Fedor won. The fight continued regardless of the rope being grabbed by Fedor and for the record I have seen some UFC heayweights grab the cage in their fights that they won like Andrei arlovski vs Maricio Cruz and Tim sylvia vs Ausserio silva. Grabbing the cage fence or ring rope are natural instinct. Im not saying it is fair or right but that it happens in fights at times. There are only two former Pride heavyweights in the Ufc. I would like to see how Mark hunt, Sergei kharitonov, Josh barnett, James thompson, Yoshihiro nakao, Edson drago, Alexander Emelianenko and His brother Fedor test their luck in the UFC.