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Fedor is Michael Jordan of MMA
Washington Wizards version of Michael Jordan that is.
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Strikeforce MMA: Fedor vs Hendo 7/30 |OT| The Last Emperor's Last Stand?
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AwesomeSauce
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RBelong2Us said:
Seriously. I love it when a fighter gets wobbled and gets the comeback aka Edgar v. Maynard.
abstract alien
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This was only the second fight I've ever even seen from Fedor(and my second strikeforce fight period), so I hold no sort of allegiance to the guy...but that was unfortunate. Not saying he would have recovered from it enough to continue, but I think he should have been given more than that amount of time to do something.
Herb Dean one of the best in the biz...
...But had he reffed Diaz/ Daley, Daley would be the champ...and had he reffed Lesner/Carwin, Carwin would have been champ.
When its the top level, experienced guys who have been around the sport for a while, give them time to recover even if they go out a second.
...But had he reffed Diaz/ Daley, Daley would be the champ...and had he reffed Lesner/Carwin, Carwin would have been champ.
When its the top level, experienced guys who have been around the sport for a while, give them time to recover even if they go out a second.
Fedor's problem is that he thinks people are hurt when they really aren't and tries to go in for the kill and opens himself up for all kinds of shit. He did this with Werdum and now with Hendo. If he showed a little restraint, this fight could've turned out very differently. He lost his killer instinct, I believe.
Ninja Scooter
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bone_and_sinew said:
Fixed. Joke stolen from Men of a Certain Age. RIP. Dead like Fedor's career.
dem said:
Careful, I got banned for saying arguing this point a couple years ago.
I think it was stopped a little early, but Fedor didn't look like he was going to win this fight. He hasn't looked all that great since Pride folded actually. His stand up is far too sloppy--especially against a good wrestler.
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charsace said:
Jon Jones would murder Fedor.
Murder.
SerArthurDayne
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Rewound and rewatched. I think he definitely was out by the way his legs and head just dropped, but he recovered very fast. I think it is a good stop by fighter safety standards. I don't think many other refs would have stopped it so quickly. Fedor recovered enough to start turning into a guard, and I think most refs would have seen if he could defend himself before calling it.
TheNatural
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Anyone got the post show presser?
Take your bets, all the men who lost tonight on the show are getting cut or not fighting again in Strikeforce I am guessing.
Fedor probably goes on to some lame M-1 Global fight in Russia with Overeem or something.
Take your bets, all the men who lost tonight on the show are getting cut or not fighting again in Strikeforce I am guessing.
Fedor probably goes on to some lame M-1 Global fight in Russia with Overeem or something.
Van Owen said:
Didn't go stiff? Look at the GIF, he clearly went limp and had Dan not woke him up it would've been a clear cut KO. Obviously in the adrenaline of it all he threw extra shots to put him away, which were obviously not meant to hit the back of the head but in the heat of the moment that's where they landed. Called Hendo winning this to all my friends and family but they wouldn't believe me. Fedor had a great career, but it's time to hang em up.
SMH @ Fedor fans using Herb Dean as a scapegoat.
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smurfx said:
This was Fedor's last Strikeforce fight, so he's going to have to go somewhere else. No way in hell are they getting any special negotiations done with Dana given Fedor's fall.
Ninja Scooter
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The only thing that would have happened if Dean let the fight go on was Fedor would have eaten a couple more H-Bombs. His face was open and unguarded as the fight is being stopped. Hendo was rearing to unload. People who think it was early need to get their eyes checked (or get over Fedor).
AwesomeSauce
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unomas said:
And then look at him recover quickly. He does not look fazed anymore as he was trying to pull guard.
Like people already said, they should give these guys a little bit more time to recover before stopping. If anything Hendo would've stopped all doubters if Fedor was still fazed when he rolled into guard, Hendo probably would land a couple H bombs and put Fedor out for good.
Just look at Edgar/Maynard, Lesnar/Carwin, Kongo/Berry etc.
bone_and_sinew
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None of the cans he'll be fighting in M-1's own shows, DREAM, and ProElite will knock him out.smurfx said:
nilbog21 said:
Yes. How exactly does he determine if god wants him to carry on fighting? It's not up to God if Fedor continues to fight its up to Fedor himself and whether he can come back from losing to a guy who was wrestle fucked by Jake Shields.
What pisses me off more than anything about Fedor is how he has ignored his opponents weapons in he past few fights. You keep jumping into BJJ fighters guards and sooner or later your going to get submitted - On the same note has he never watched Dan Henderson fight before? When has it ever been a good game plan to trade wild swings with Henderson? The man hits like a truck and has an iron chin.
Only goes to show just how good Anderson Silva really is.
Ninja Scooter
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AwesomeSauce said:
at no point in the Edgar/Maynard or Lesnar/Carwin fights did the fighter go completely limp like Fedor did. Dean stepped in IMMEDIATELY when he saw that as a good ref should. Yeah, there's a slim chance that certain fighters might recover (something like the Congo fight is one in a million), but if the fighter doesn't you just let him eat some extra shots to the dome (from a fighter like Hendo that's no joke). Once Dean started stepping in it was over. And people keep saying "he rolled into guard" as if Fedor was doing anything other than putting his face in clear view of Hendo's fist.
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LOL Dana trolling hard tonight.
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AwesomeSauce
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rkn said:
Frankie Edgar was out of it during his fight with Maynard. He went limp like 2 or 3 times.
Vincent Alexander
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Agree a bit, but there are so many variables. If Hendo could knock him limp from behind, I imagine he would've butchered him while on top when Fedor is, at minimum, dazed.AwesomeSauce said:
def an early stoppage but w/e. never been huge on fedor but seen enough of his fights to know he could have recovered from that and continued. im not saying he would have won but it was a premature stoppage. props to hendo though dude always brings it and has possibly THE best chin in all of MMA with Rampage right in the rear mirror
systematic
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Horrible camera work by Showtime. Why didn't a single camera stick with Fedor so we could see him try to make it back up on his feet after the fight was stopped? Frank Shamrock said he looked extremely wobbly and out of it. Instead we got to see Dan Henderson celebrate in five different angles.
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