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It wasn't just one poster either, there was an entire rabid fanbase all over the internet that would never shut up about how amazing he was. And then just doubled down when he started losing. e] I don't mind admitting I was a fan, or other people being fans, as long as we're honest about his actual abilities and record. e again] Also afaik noone has a problem with Sakuraba? Radical 90s Wizard fucked around with this message at 03:13 on Jun 17, 2021 |
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My opinions of fighters and sports teams are definitely influenced by their forums fanbases. Not in terms of how good I think they are just how much i dislike them
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Jun 17, 2021 03:12
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Memento posted:That moron got banned because of their constant refrain that it was completely OK that Fedor trained with neo nazis and when they were told to knock it off or get banned, they doubled down and got banned. Also they kept posting like "dear sir" and "mayhap your post is an ad hominen" etc etc the exact kind of poo poo idiots post when they're trying to be smart. I remember the thread and it was the first one I read on this forum. gently caress, I even remember the series of posts that got him banned. He was sure that fedor had gotten rid of the neo nazis for being neo nazis. Fatherdog (come back fatherdog) of course had quotes on hand from the neo nazis saying they'd left because they couldn't keep up with Fedor's training regimen. The pages after each of his losses were loving incredible. It was also the era of Ubereem. Happy days Radical 90s Wizard posted:It wasn't just one poster either, there was an entire rabid fanbase all over the internet that would never shut up about how amazing he was. And then just doubled down when he started losing. They were actually the most vocal during that period after his Pride run when he'd fight someone irrelevant or really fat once a year. They expanded his fairly brief but genuinely impressive time in Rings and Pride, about 5 or 6 years depending on how many early and later fights you count, into "a decade of dominance" They were still ranking him number 1 right up to when Werdum beat him. gently caress, remember Wamma? The photo of their closed down offices was a forum favourite for a bit
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Jun 17, 2021 03:23
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Snowman_McK posted:The pages after each of his losses were loving incredible. Oh yeahhhh. "oh my god, Fedor was cheated! He wouldn't lose a fair fight!" *slo mo of Hendo escaping, throwing a legal punch, and crumbling Fedor to the mat*
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Jun 17, 2021 03:27
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Unfortunately the website is down but this is my link to where Fedor's coach claimed that Bigfoot Silva was using psychic warlocks hidden in the audience to drain Fedor's powers. https://ssl.mixedmartialarts.com/mma.cfm?go=news.detail&gid=303222 The coach later denied it or said he was joking around, but if that website ever comes back it also has a report from someone who translated what the coach said and is pretty sure he wasn't kidding. And of course, the real reason Fedor lost is that the steroids he was on weren't as good as the ones Bigfoot was on.
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Jun 17, 2021 03:37
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The website isn't down, your link is bad. https://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/fedors-coach-blames-hidden-psychics-for-loss/ https://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/silvas-manager-answers-fedor-camp-psychic-charge/ https://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/fedors-camp-denies-attributing-loss-to-psychics/ Which originates with https://www.mmamania.com/2011/2/16/1997607/fedor-trainer-accuses-silvas-team-of-illegal-hypnosis Which quotes lifesports.ru, which, is actually down. But it's archived: http://web.archive.org/web/20110611092027/http://lifesports.ru/news/51518 There seems to be video shaped box in the middle that might actually be the original audio for this, but it's flash and probably doesn't work even if I pulled it out of there (I'm guessing it preserved the player, not the video), but I might poke at it later.
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Jun 17, 2021 04:03
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As someone who just watched a Fedor highlight video very recently I can say without question I would not want to fight him regardless of if he's as good as people claim he is or not
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Jun 17, 2021 04:05
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Brut posted:The website isn't down, your link is bad. Well yeah, I said it was my link, what did you want?
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Jun 17, 2021 04:06
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Fedor fights were typically fun but you had to be taking some pretty deep swigs of the koolaid to claim that he was without any doubt that he was the best heavyweight in the world.
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kimbo305 posted:Oh yeahhhh. "oh my god, Fedor was cheated! He wouldn't lose a fair fight!" *a series of instances of Fedor, the greatest fighter to ever grace the sport, getting technically outboxed by Bigfoot Silva, the slowest man on the planet* That loss produced his observation that 'weight classes exist for a reason' and it was shortly before Daniel Cormier, who was smaller and fatter than Fedor and much less experienced, flattened Bigfoot in the first round. CommonShore posted:Fedor fights were typically fun but you had to be taking some pretty deep swigs of the koolaid to claim that he was without any doubt that he was the best heavyweight in the world. And, even more so, to think that being the best heavyweight was indicative of being the best in the sport, given how poo poo heavyweight has been at virtually every point in its history
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His lead right into clinch takedown all in one motion was pretty rad to watch when he did it That was my big takeaway from re-watching his highlight reel - I forgot how often he would throw that full force shot then immediately in the same motion clinch and takedown which seems terrifying to have done to you by any fighter who is strong as hell
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Jun 17, 2021 04:12
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Orange Carlisle posted:His lead right into clinch takedown all in one motion was pretty rad to watch when he did it He was good for a bit, pretty well rounded, and was tough as poo poo, mentally and physically. Like a lot of good heavyweights, he was defined as much by a lack of glaring weaknesses as great strengths.
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Jun 17, 2021 04:15
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Orange Carlisle posted:His lead right into clinch takedown all in one motion was pretty rad to watch when he did it Yeah that poo poo was rad. And he could throw a loving haymaker like nobody's business. Combine that with his uncanny stoicism and you have a fight worth watching.
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Jun 17, 2021 04:15
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Memento posted:Well yeah, I said it was my link, what did you want? I want to hear the original audio because that would be loving hilarious but I don't know that I'm prepared to figure out how to rescue it from that webpage archive (and as mentioned, suspect it's impossible). 
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Jun 17, 2021 04:22
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Here's the thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3307462 Also that shining star treazn is on the first page 
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Jun 17, 2021 05:36
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whatever happened to Atom
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kensei posted:Here's the thread: free the guys rip the guys this will be a good thread to reminisce to.
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Jun 17, 2021 07:51
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sausage king of Chicago posted:whatever happened to Atom i sort of thought of him as sort of like this thread's barnacle jim. he could be stupid as gently caress sometimes but he was definitely one of us.
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Jun 17, 2021 07:53
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Did anyone tell fdog he can come back and post with us and he won't be supporting lowtax?
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Jun 17, 2021 11:35
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Nierbo posted:Did anyone tell fdog he can come back and post with us and he won't be supporting lowtax? https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?action=showpost&postid=508882316
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Jun 17, 2021 11:47
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Jun 17, 2021 13:42
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If I knew how to work Twitter I wouldn't be here either. Alas.
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Jun 17, 2021 14:09
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Holloway got hurt so Yair/Max is off, meaning that Yair now will have gone 2 years without a fight
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Troy Queef posted:Holloway got hurt so Yair/Max is off, meaning that Yair now will have gone 2 years without a fight gently caress. https://twitter.com/MikeHeck_JR/status/1405565860387987465 This dude is 6-0 amateur, 6-0 pro fights, but best of all this is his Tapology picture: 
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Brut posted:gently caress. The only LHW or HW fight to fall apart in the upcoming month was OSP/Grishim which means OSP ducked this dude to fight Tanner Boser instead. He must be pretty solid
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Jun 17, 2021 18:27
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5/6 he's finished in the first or second round. If you're a contender which in LHW is anyone tbh you might not want to take on a new comer on a tear.
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Jun 18, 2021 00:57
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Jun 18, 2021 04:13
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5'11", 76" inch reach. That's a solid ape index.
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Jun 18, 2021 04:19
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:is he a really fuckin stocky lhw or is nate just taller than I'd realised? Nate's just standing on a pound of weed in that photo
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Jun 18, 2021 04:35
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Ah yes, I see that Francis' physique got even more insanely jacked in the past 3 years https://twitter.com/francis_ngannou/status/1405226907642130434
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:is he a really fuckin stocky lhw or is nate just taller than I'd realised? Having met nate he is one of the few fighters that looks bigger in real life than you'd think. Kenflo on the other hand was really small.
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Nate is infamously one of the biggest men to have ever set foot in the stocktagon. Lets see maximov fight uh whos in the top 15 of lhw , uh. Uhm. I could maybe name the top 5 but thats it.
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Southpaugh posted:Nate is infamously one of the biggest men to have ever set foot in the stocktagon. 15. Floppy Arm Hill 14. Crute Brute 13. Cirkunov (He's still kicking around? Good for him) 12. Bearjew 11. Ryan Spann (I think i've seen this man before) 10. Johnny Walker (he's booked for Thiago Santos in October)
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Jun 18, 2021 14:55
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bearjew not being jewish made me thankful that we don't live in the mike 'n-word' perry timeline. i mean, we sort of do, but not the one that announces it as he walks to the ring.
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Jun 19, 2021 01:12
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Wait Paul Craig isn't jewish but rocks the "bearjew" nickname?
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Jun 19, 2021 02:12
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he said "bar jaw" but no one understands the Scottish also I miss the slowking av
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Jun 19, 2021 02:55
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crepeface posted:he said "bar jaw" but no one understands the Scottish Blame some butthurt person in QCS mad about me saying bad things about lovely mods buying me a redtext
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Jun 19, 2021 03:04
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Mekchu posted:Blame some butthurt person in QCS mad about me saying bad things about lovely mods buying me a redtext You think you got it bad.
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Jun 19, 2021 03:27
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Not at all. I got one of the most lame redtexts I think i've ever seen on SA.
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I meant look what someone gave me. Red texts at least explain the cry baby poo poo. Someone giving me this little guy is genuinely baffling.
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