September 3rd, 2007 at 5:53 am
Ivan,

Yes, there was a time when Fedor was legitly injured. But there were a few other times that Pride tired to set up that fight over a 2 year time period that he mysteriously came down with other phantom injuries.

45 Huddle, I would not suggest that Fedor had Phantom injuries. The man did not want to go into a fight with an injury that could have been healed. He wanted to fight at 100%. He fought everyone that Pride put in front of him. Now he wants fights that will pay him. I am sure that if the UFC offered a one fight deal to fight Couture, Fedor would be signing immediately.
Fedor is the beginning, over time, the fighters will control their destinys, not organizations.

Yes, there was a time when Fedor was legitly injured. But there were a few other times that Pride tired to set up that fight over a 2 year time period that he mysteriously came down with other phantom injuries.

If I read it on the internet…it must be true!!!

Source: the internet.

Dude…do you really want to bring into question if Fedor is a “fighter” or not?

Do you go out in public? Can you imagine Mark Hunt being angry at you at a bar? Fedor fought him, but you probably don’t even count that win, since Mark Hunt only beat Cro Cop and Wanderlei. He’s not top 10!

Fedor is legit. Whether you believe hes the greatest of all time, #1 in the world, or even just a pretty bitchin dude, to question whether he’s a “fighter” or not is gay as fuck. Go back to analyzing other mens bodies, studying the Wrestling Observer, and being an all around douchebag.

That is absolutely true, and it’s getting less and less subtle lately, too. Besides the smear-job on Wanderlei Silva when he wouldn’t bend to their will, the $2 million per fight figure for Fedor is not even close to being accurate. It’s just a number being floated by Zuffa in an attempt to make Fedor look worse for not signing with Zuffa under the terms that Zuffa wants. In reality, money has not been the source of conflict in the Fedor negotiations for a very long time. The #1 stumbling block by far is the fact that it is extremely important for Fedor to be able to compete in Sambo events in Russia, whereas the UFC wants 100% complete exclusivity (meaning no Sambo events in Russia).

45 Huddle wrote: “I have read on other forums that Fedor tried to duck Mirko Filipovic. This is basically true.”

You are exposing your lack of knowledge about the sport with posts like that. Fedor’s hand was severely fractured in more than one of his fights (including the Kosaka fight), and he wanted to be somewhat healthy going into the Cro Cop fight… a fight in which be both A) Kicked Cro Cop’s ass, and B) Badly re-injured his hand again. With all of the surgeries that he has had and all of the times that it has been re-injured or re-aggravated, Fedor’s hand was still not 100% recovered a year and a half after the Cro Cop fight.

Did I hear somebody on the podcast say they didn’t like the Stevenson v Pellegrino fight? I can’t believe it. I thought it was outstanding. Maybe I just heard wrong. I actually thought the whole event was among the better UFCs ever, though not the best.

You done wrong. The general feeling about UFC 74 was positive.

And yes, Zach is correct, Huerta is a cheater. Even if he didn’t cheat, i am sure he intended to cheat and maybe even conspired to cheat. I would charge the cheater with several counts of cheating.

I’m glad someone got the sarcastic bit on the show.