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Bluedeanie posted:I unironically think Mir could have beaten Fedor. Like, not guaranteed to win by any means, but that's because of Mir, not Fedor. mir would've crushed him from top position but i don't think he would've been able to get fedor to the ground and he would've folded up like an accordion to fedor's punches or ground and pound if he was on bottom. like yeah maybe mir lands a perfect left hook, because he was a pretty good boxer when he was in the zone. but let's not forget that this is frank mir, the truest embodiment of the MMA heavyweight sprint to surrender mentality ever to exist. maybe tied with overeem. i think fedor was definitely the best heavyweight of the 2000's, if he would've come to the UFC after pride folded i think he would have cleaned up the bum rear end UFC heavyweights of that time, probably. maybe couture would've improbably beat him somehow. though in some alternate timeline where he went to the ufc and beat couture and became champ, fedor would've 100% lost to lesnar imo and maybe carwin and maaaaaaybe overeem depending on how quickly they'd get into the clinch. fedor never fixed his weakness against positional control from big loving dudes and i think lesnar would've double legged and herring'd him, carwin might have turned him to mush against the cage ala mir, overeem could've kneed and tripped him from the clinch and then smashed him from top position but actually he'd probably get clipped at some point and get murdered while jogging in the opposite direction. cain and JDS would've both been too young, too fast, too tough, too athletic, etc. for him at the point where they challenged for the belts. if he fought barnett in pride i think he would've lost that too. sergei probably would've been armbarred but it would have been a cool fight and he's also fuckin massive. i've definitely softened on fedor over the years, since his annoying weebo fans aren't really around anymore and greatest heavyweight is one of the most Such Great Heights things ever. watching his old fights is a lot of fun.
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MassRafTer posted:Carwin was undefeated in the 2000s while we all know Fedor rightfully lost to a light heavyweight during that period. The Engineer is clearly the best of the aughts. the true mythical GOAT fighter is carwin but with a working back
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the bruce lee one inch punch exists, but you have to throw it with no technique and be a 300lbs man with fists too big for the UFC gloves
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these mentions of gonzaga reminded me of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg0l0l9qYAM
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