Would you pick Fedor to beat....

freakzilla wrote:

OU wrote:

For those picking Barnett, how do you see that fight playing out? You think Barnett has the size and grappling to hold him down? Can he finish him? Win standing?

I think it would be like the bigfoot fight.

So Fedor wins round one, gets handled in round 2 and the doctor stops the fight due to injury?

Lay/cage in prey, heavy top control, survival points win.

Frank Mir- at this point in both of their careers i say it could go either way

Tito Ortiz - Fedor by dec

Werdum rematch - Fedor by tko

Rampage - Fedor by dec, sorry rampage has power but hasnt ko'd a primed fighter since chuck 4 years ago

Kongo - Fedor by sub

Antonio Silva - Antonio by dec

Josh Barnett - Fedor by tko

Shane Carwin - Even match at this point

Brock - Brock by tko kinda like the bigfoot fight

Hendo - Depends if fedor comes in with a good game plan or decides to just swing again.

Forrest - Fedor by tko in a very competative match up

moussasi - Fedor by dec

Machida - Machida by dec.

Shogun - Fedor by dec

Bones - bones by tko

Overeem - Fedor by tko

throwdownfight1 wrote:

Anderson Silva - Antonio by dec

Are you talking about Bigfoot or Spider?

OU wrote:

Slow day. Let's go ahead and play this game. Would you pick Fedor to beat the following fighters if they fought later this year. All fights listed are at an open weight with no weight restrictions.

Frank Mir no


Tito Ortiz yes

Werdum rematch no

Rampage yes

Kongo yes

Anderson Silva yes

Josh Barnett no

Shane Carwin

no

OU wrote:

throwdownfight1 wrote:

Anderson Silva - Antonio by dec

Are you talking about Bigfoot or Spider?

my bad, throwdown will fix.

Frank Mir

Tito Ortiz Brutally

Werdum rematch

Rampage - Never would have thought this would be a tough pick.

Kongo

Anderson Silva - If it stay standing Anderson, ground Fedor.

Josh Barnett - Fedor could still easily drop Josh on the feet, would love to see it....still.

Shane Carwin - Fedor is such a better figher, but I just think he gets outmuscled, he'd probably break his hand on Carwin's skull, if he doesn't win with that shot I just don't know....

Frank Mir- Yes, but Frank could land and win in a shootout i suppose.

Tito Ortiz- Fedor all the way

Werdum rematch- Fedor all the way

Rampage- Fedor, though it could end identical to the Hendo fight..but i think Fedor could beat Hendo as well.

Kongo - Fedor..and it's not even close.

Anderson Silva- Fedor...too strong. Fedor would look to take him down and i don't think Anderson could stuff it. Though if Fedor came with his current approach, i'd lean Spider. This one does not really fit here though. Anderson will never fight at HW and Fedor will never fight at LHW IMO.

Josh Barnett beats Fedor. I was actually prepping to pick Josh at Affliction:Trilogy. I just don't like the matchup for Fedor. If they met in a Strikeforce or UFC cage...Josh beats him unless caught early in any round. Josh has the strength, wrestling, the best submissions and all around ground game for any wrestler at HW, i believe he probably has the most dominant mount in MMA as he's almost never knocked off like so many are, he has damaging ground and pound. Especially after the Bigfoot fight..i just don't think it works out. Josh is going to win the SF tourny(even if Ubereem remained) and he'll be the most successful PRIDE HW in the United States barring any drug test shenanigans or simply not getting enough fights.. This may be for another thread.

Shane Carwin loses to Fedor. Carwin's tank is just troublesome but he can beatr Fedor in Fedor's current rock em sock em mode. That one is actually a toughter call because Carwin is a one punch guy and is much better than Grim who was able to land on Fedor.

Frank Mir - probably not

Tito Ortiz - Yes

Werdum - No

Rampage - No

Kongo - IDK

Anderson Silva - Not in a million years

Josh Barnett - IDK

Shane Carwin - Probably not

Frank Mir = Mir could possibly mug Fedor on the cage to gain a decision.

Tito Ortiz = Ortiz just doesn't posses the power or strength to threaten him IMO.

Werdum rematch = Werdum wins again, he wasn't buzzed at all in the first fight.

Rampage = All out war, Fedor makes Page curl into a ball like his Pride days.

Kongo = Kongo might actually stop Fedor.

Anderson Silva = Silva's speed and JJ give this Fedor nightmares.

Shane Carwin = Too big too strong.

Anyone who has even the slightest hesitation on picking Fedor to beat Kongo should be permanently banned from this site

bobbitt15 wrote:

Anyone who has even the slightest hesitation on picking Fedor to beat Kongo should be permanently banned from this site

Fedor has been extremely sloppy on his feet recently, it would only take one of Kongo's bombs to make him do the stanky leg.

This is the 2010/11 Fedor I am talking about.

Ali wrote:

bobbitt15 wrote:

Anyone who has even the slightest hesitation on picking Fedor to beat Kongo should be permanently banned from this site

Fedor has been extremely sloppy on his feet recently, it would only take one of Kongo's bombs to make him do the stanky leg.

This is the 2010/11 Fedor I am talking about.

let's not forget that Kongo got dropped twice by Barry, one of Fedors punches would put him down and out

I tend to think Fedor will have trouble with any of the bigger heavies, including Mir and Brock. Not that I would pick against him per se, but they could be very tough fights.

I also see Spider as a bad matchup. I would pick Silva here.

I picked Fedor vs Hendo in the first go, would prob go the other way in a 2nd matchup.


but I just don't see now as a good time to have a hypothetical pickem run down with Fedor. Not only is he on a 3 fight losing streak, with his stock being way down, but the questions of his mindset and his training camp do not invoke confidence.

Unless he really dedicates himself to getting inline with Modern MMA(and that prob means not fighting the huge heavies) I think i'd just prefer he retires.

I refuse to think Mir could beat Fedor.

captain organic wrote:

I tend to think Fedor will have trouble with any of the bigger heavies, including Mir and Brock. Not that I would pick against him per se, but they could be very tough fights.

I also see Spider as a bad matchup. I would pick Silva here.

I picked Fedor vs Hendo in the first go, would prob go the other way in a 2nd matchup.


but I just don't see now as a good time to have a hypothetical pickem run down with Fedor. Not only is he on a 3 fight losing streak, with his stock being way down, but the questions of his mindset and his training camp do not invoke confidence.

Unless he really dedicates himself to getting inline with Modern MMA(and that prob means not fighting the huge heavies) I think i'd just prefer he retires.

it was created both because it was a slow day and to counter the "Fedor is shit and should retire" post from earlier in the day. Thankfully the majority of the board seem to have a grip on it.

LA wrote:

I refuse to think Mir could beat Fedor.

For whatever Mir is, it cannot be said that his game has not evolved.

Fedor's? It's a near consensus right now is that his game has devolved into wild carelessness, has one foot in retirement, and his corner is nothing more then a coupe towel boys.

Plus Mir now owns a big size adv.


I need to see Fedor recommit himself and find his footing against some non-top 15 guys b4 I feel confident in picking him again.

Everything you said is right, but I still will never admit it's possible.

LA wrote:

Everything you said is right, but I still will never admit it's possible.

Same with Cheik Kongo!!!!!

Frank Mir is god, he punches harder than JDS don't you know.

Francisco Santos Mir III sucks balls

OU wrote:

Francisco Santos Mir III sucks balls

You're just jealous of his amazing hair.

Well I know I am Ali. I would kill to have his hair...

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

Well I know I am Ali. I would kill to have his hair...

Me too.