i had a dream i read the paper last night its said rampage jackson KOTFO by chuck maybe it will happen, teach him to stay in pride i guess hehe
Minotauro is going to debut soon in the UFC. I'd like to see him rematch Fedor. But before that I'd like to see Fedor fight the winner of Couture v. Gonzaga or Arvloski. So in order here are the matchups I'd like to see against Fedor and who I'd call in the fight: Fedor v. 1) Winner of Couture v. Gonzaga -Fedor wins 2) Andrei Arvlovski -Fedor wins 3) Mintotauro - Fedor wins 4) Tim Sylvia- Fedor wins and Sylvia retires 5) Cro-cop - Fedor wins 6) Hong Man Choi or Antonio Silva - Fedor wins (just wanna see him fight a giant) I hope Fedor gets a chance to keep fighting top fighters, knock on wood. Obviously I'm a li'l biased but I don't care.
Trouble is, Couture is getting older and Fedor is already incredibly fast... Gonzaga on the other hand has a great ground game and his striking is obviously much improved... His grappling is likely better than Fedor's, which not many of his opponents could say.
i think fedor would beat gonzanga and couture i think fedor would beat gonzanga and couture. It wouldn't be easy, but he would do it. Couture has been working out alot with Bas Rutten, and Bas is lethal.
I hope Randys got some more fights left in him, one day you just gotta stop for real hope its not on a wipe out.
Fedor could eat Gonzaga for breakfast, gonzaga would get KOd in the 2nd round. As much as I love Randy I dont see him lasting a round with Fedor. Cro Cop has the potential he just needs alot more training to make it to the top. Big Nog is the only one I see giving Fedor a challenge. Sylvia would be Fedor's flabby punching bag...it would be one sad sad fight. Mark Hunt vs Gonzaga would be a nice match up.
I think Gonzaga vs Hunt would be a one sided affair...Gonzaga is just as good as Fedor on the ground, maybe even better... As to Fedor knocking Gonzaga out, I have no idea how you came to that conclusion? He has one KO win, in his second fight ever...His stand up is not all that good and when you realize Gonzaga knocked Mirko out, that is very impressive.
Kevin Randleman also knocked Mirko out, but it doesnt put him on par with the best of the best. Gonzaga was having his day, Cro Cop wasnt...give Cro Cop a chance to come back and see what he can do. Cro Cop will turn Tim Sylvia into mincemeat. If Big Nog couldn't stop Fedor, Gonzaga doesnt stand a chance. Gonzaga would have a hard time taking Mark hunt to the floor, he doesn't have the power to inflict any serious damage with strikes. Hunt took the best Cro Cop had to offer and shrugged it off.
That's seriously misrepresenting the standup proficiency of both fighters. Gonzaga knocked CroCop out because CroCop was dazed from all the elbows he'd eaten on the ground. It was an impressive win, but it's not like he outstruck CroCop outright. And while Fedor isn't known for his knockouts, it's not like Gonzaga has been knocking people out left and right either. He has only one other KO win (against a nobody) and Werdum was able to stand with him quite easily. Also, Fedor's style is possibly a huge part of why he doesn't knock guys out on their feet. For one thing, he hits very hard. That's good for getting knockouts, but in his case it often knocks guys off their feet when another fighter might not have done so. He tends to follow up his striking attacks with throws, often in the same motion, which will again put people on the ground. And a lot of people might say one fighter would knock another out and still consider knocking a person out on the ground to be in that category, in which case Fedor has knocked out more than just one fighter. But yeah, I doubt Fedor will knock Gonzaga out on his feet. Still, it's ridiculous to say that Fedor's standup is "not all that good." Gonzaga knocked CroCop out (impressive, but one must consider that CroCop was stunned from the elbows on the ground and that Kevin Randleman, not known at all for stellar striking ability, pulled off the same feat). Fedor outstruck Gary Goodridge, toyed with Nogueira (who has proven his striking ability in more of his fights than Gonzaga has), went toe-to-toe with CroCop for a decision win and even rocked him a couple of times, and has consistently either outstruck all of his opponents or used his striking skills to setup throws and trips from the clinch.
I agree. Speaking of which. All the upsets have now made other matchup ppl wanted to see prior more likely again. Not to divert from Fedor but I'd love to see Minotauro fight Arvlovski and of course the above mentioned Cro-cop beatdown of Tim Sylvia. Personally I'd even like to see Monson back maybe against Werdun.
