Who Are Fedor's Rivals?
Vadim Finkelstein: Randy Couture, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Josh Barnett, Andrei Arlovski are tough fighters. I heard Chuck Liddell called out Fedor. But there's too much of a weight difference. I believe Chuck challenged Fedor to hype himself to his fans.
Notice Tim Sylvia is nowhere on that list, although Finkelstein could very well be speaking off the top of his head. Still, though, with reports surfacing last year the Fedor had years ago turned down a fight with Sylvia for reasons that implied they didn't like the style match-up, it sure seems odd they are potentially taking the fight now and not listing him as a potential rival.
Given the nebulous nature of what "rival" could mean here, perhaps I'm being a little dramatic by noting the omission of Sylvia. Or perhaps Sylvia's recent decision-only wins have changed in his image in more minds than just fans of the sport.
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Re: Who Are Fedor's Rivals?
Doesn't seem to have any kind of deeper meaning to me...
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Just like Monte Cox said some accidental things when he was trying to make people believe things with Fedor were kosher.
If you're implying that he intentionally left Tim Sylvia out of the list...I just don't buy that at all.
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by robnashville on Apr 11, 2008 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions
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I don't agree on the Chuck fight being too different in weight. Doesn't Fedor only weight 230-240? And didn't he fight Matt Lindland last year?
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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 11, 2008 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
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by riley on Apr 11, 2008 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
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Plus, Chuck's stand-up is better and he's just so damned hard to take to the ground - that's a bad match-up for Fedor (and I'm certainly no Chuck fan!).
But I'd love to see that fight happen. Two of the baddest men on the planet: one looks like a cross between an old man and a baby with a mohawk, and the other looks like the guy whose only job at McDonald's is to sweep the parking lot. Beautiful.
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by Richard Wade on Apr 12, 2008 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions
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by riley on Apr 11, 2008 3:46 PM EDT reply actions
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Fedor is basically a UFC LHW that has dominated at HW for years...

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