Comments on: Fedor: I always wanted to fight Sylvia

By: doubleA-ron

doubleA-ron — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:19:43 +0000

@ #4 – How you handle yourself in life means everything in terms of how you handle yourself in the cage or ring. As great an athlete as many fighters are, it’s no coincidence that the most mature and humble guys happen to be the two best in the world: Fedor and Anderson Silva.

Totally agree w/ this statement, but u can’t leave out St. pierre! Especially when u talk about humble. I think this is Fedor’s time to shine and beleive that he more than anyone else will be the way that this organization survives. Hey u know that Fedor guy, yeah doesn’t fight in that one organitation, umm, yeah i think it’s called Affliction (non hardcore mma fans & strictly UFC fans)

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By: marktwain

marktwain — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:19:42 +0000

#12 Nothing wrong with the “fighting anyone, anytime”-Attitude and that’s the point: It’s the attitude that counts, not the trash-talking. Such talk is cheap, and most often comes from low self-esteem. Greats guys like GSP, Anderson Silva, Fedor, Randy etc. have respect for their opponent and let their doings do the talking.

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By: HexRei

HexRei — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:00:31 +0000

IMHO its mostly just UFC fanboys who think Fedor is overrated. Certainly he hasn’t proven that he is the best of late, but anyone who watched his Pride fights can’t deny the way he systematically dismantled everyone in that organization, including a few ex- (and current) UFC champions. That kind of talent doesn’t disappear just because you don’t have the best competition to face, keep in mind he still trains with the same camp, and does Combat Sambo in his free time- he’s won a shit ton of Sambo tournaments during the last two years.

So ya, if you’re the type of MMA fan that watches pretty much just UFC and uses Wikipedia and fightfinder to build all your opinions of Pride fighters, I can see why you might think he is overblown.

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By: neijia

neijia — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:58:24 +0000

Two other nice quotes from the interview:

“Q: With all the victories you’ve had, do you feel you are the best MMA fighter ever?
FE: I don’t really believe that, and I don’t really think about that.”

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“Q: For yourself, what do you think the strongest part of your game is?
FE: I think the strongest part of my game is that I can think very quickly on my feet and that I can make decisions very quickly.”

Fedor’s quick thinking is always clear. As soon as something doesn’t work he seems to try something else. He should win some new fans tonight.

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By: Michael Huckaby

Michael Huckaby — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:52:01 +0000

#10, so do I. Doesn’t make me cocky.

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By: neijia

neijia — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:39:58 +0000

I am convinced Fedor is the best but it doesn’t really matter. Agree with all the statements about his attitude. Obviously mma careers are necessarily short so it’s not really possible to compare him to elite athletes in other sports, but his humility and level of excellence reminds me of Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods (Who is Woods really competing against other than himself?). I would say the same thing about Fedor, regardless of the outcome of this particular match (though I agree with most of the journalists’ predictions that Fedor will win by submission in rd 1 or 2. Once on the ground, years of elite-level combat sambo and judo victories can not be easily overriden by some cram training with bjj and judo experts nor 35 lb weight and 8″ size advantage – not to take anything away from Big Tim).

As for Barnett and Arlovski fighting Fedor – I’d love to see that, too, but c’mon, Arlovski? Not in the same league as Fedor. Randy is pretty old but he and Fedor are both expert strategists and that would still be interesting. Barnett? No idea.

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By: Evan

Evan — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:38:52 +0000

humble? he wears a shirt that says “nobody beats me” and has a number 1 on it.

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By: marktwain

marktwain — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:20:14 +0000

Fedor is not the only fighter on the Affliction card being a very nice person: Looks to me that the guys from Affliction know that not every fan is happy with how the UFC represents the sport: trash-talking, “fight anyone, any time”, cockiness… You get the idea

In my opinion a very nice development! Go Affliction!

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By: mo

mo — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:46:18 +0000

#4 makes a good point. I for one am not covinced Fedor is the best fighter, and i personally think it is GSP, but the point made about how you won’t find any fighter feel that Fedor is over-rated is a very good one. Most people forget that they aren’t fighters in the octagon/ring. I guess we can all agree that we can be thankful to finally see how good Fedor can be.

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By: Sergio G. Hernandez

Sergio G. Hernandez — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:19:45 +0000

Anyone who says Fedor is overrated obviously hasn’t seen him fight.

Anyone who has grown frustrated at the fact Fedor hasn’t been fighting Top 10 competition for the past 3 years, myself included, cannot wait for tonight.

And anyone who salivates at the idea of Barnett and Arlovski being in the same organization as Fedor wants Affliction to succeed.

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