Fedor doesnt need the UFC to stamp his legacy on the sport. Who is he going to fight other than Lesnar or Couture? He already beat ex champs Sylvia, Arlovski, and Nog. Now that Strikeforce is going to co-promote with the japanese org DREAM, he will have plenty of decent fights. His legacy will not be determined on whether or not he fights in the UFC. He sealed his legacy in PrideFC.
mark my words, alister overeem will never be able to fight in the US
he will not be able to pass a drug test
strikeforce has no one, besides him and werdum.
rogers is still very green, and we have seen no form of ground game from him.
JDS was able to KTFO werdum, fedor would do even worse.
the UFC heavy's are 10x better than anything SF, DREAM, etc.... has to offer
i disagree
with the apparent biggest contract in MMA history offered fo Fedor, he almost HAD to sign on the line, but he didnt.
i do not think he is scared per se, but i think his handlers are. if Fedor loses, his auroa is gone, he is just another great fighter. that kills all their money making possibilites
and why do people think overeem is so great?
he hasnt fought a top 20 HW since werdum two years ago.
he basically was handed the strikeforce belt
and its obvious he is on roids, you remember the overeem i remember? he was a LHW.
I would still like to see the Barnett / Fedor Fight.
GO VOLS
The thing is though, Fedor's following isn't huge. Unless you are a die hard fan, not many people know of him.
He needs to step up and fight the competition, SF has nothing that will stand in his way. Easy pay day.
steer hit it good
if Fedor wants to truly be a mma 'god' in the US like is elstwhere, he will have to sign on that dotted line
and it aint like he wont get paid, a 30 MILLION DOLLAR, yep, $30 MILLION dollar contract was on the table for him, but M1 wouldnt do it, the UFC wont co promote and shouldnt even be asked to
and jones, the barnett fight has lost its luster tto me, because for one itll have to be in japan, and if barnett was to pull the upset, the steroids would mean to me he cheated to win
but i dont think josh had a chance, he couldnt finish yvel from the mount, he cant finish fedor
Well he definitely got his name out there by not signing. ]Originally Posted by steer
After Lesnar who does the UFC have? Couture yeh but the dude is a few years away from 50. Mir? I dont think he has anything for him. Nog he has beat twice and he is getting some age. Carwin his only big name well sorta big name is ganzoga but I dont even think that is bag name. Velaquez? His only big name win is over Kongo.
You still have Overeem, Barnett, rogers, Werdum, Monson , Antonio Silva just to name a few he can fight outside UFC
GO VOLS
i dont see fedor signing with the ufc at all, m-1 wants co-promotion and dana is against that
i see what steer's saying, the ufc is basically the top priemere mma org, ive heard alot of people say the same thing
i would love nothing better than to see fedor in the ufc, but for me, imo, i still believe he is the #1 hw and actually believes he doesnt need the ufc
anyone watch the countdown show on spike last night?
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