Could Fedor move to 205?

I think Brock could make 205 if he just put his mind to it.

 

I think his weight is part of what makes Fedor, Fedor. He has said in an interview he eats what he wants. He trains his ass off and eats what he wants. He lets his body decide where it is most comfortable, and effective. Other fighters could learn from this. I think a great deal of guys want to look good for the ladies and some strength is left on the table(no pun).


During training Fedor says he avoids, sweets, and Vodka, no kidding.

 

If his dealer gets busted at customs.:yep

 

Boom. You fight at whatever weight your body feels optimal and comfortable at. Fedor's is normally around the 230lb mark. People need to stop looking at bodytypes and expecting fighters to come in shredded. The best fighters are those that spend time honing their skills not those that come into camp 40lbs overweight and then spend the entire camp trying to make weight.

 

That is one thing I've always admired about Wladimir Klitschko. He stays in shape. When time comes for a fight, he gets to spend it developing strategies with Emmanual, not running on a treadmill, and dehydrating himself.:-(

Fighters need to learn this is their JOB!! Eat cupcakes and soda when you retire.

 

he should move to the UFC actually.

 

Oh no, we're not going down that road again:nono

 

Agree to a point, especially with heavyweights. People should expect fighters to come in with excellent conditioning, and being shredded is, or at least should be, a result of that conditioning. A good physique should be a by product, not the end goal.

Fighters that cut weight, should do so the proper way, staying close to the weight they plan to start the cut from. Too many guys have taken pride in seeing how big they could get in between fights; Trigg mentioned this on his radio show a few years ago.

Basically cutting a lot of weight isn't necessarily a bad thing, but you need to do it right and get rid of excess fat before training camp, so that you aren't wasting training time and energy on that; the cut should be all about water.

 

Which is more effective - who has the best abs or who wins. Russians like Fedor & Aleks emelianenko, Igor never really focused to much on their physical appearances or weight - but rather their techniques - the results speak for themselves.

 

He could but that would be a waste of time !

 

Guys like Toney, Fedor, Arreola and others generally come in really good shape. I don't think they are the Pacquiaos of combat but they can fight for the bout duration and they train every day. Their diet must be awful.

Arreola must lose about 1,000 calories at least in training every day so he must be eating something ridiculous like 4,000 calories a day to not lose weight or they enter camp so fat that even if they lose weight they are still grossly overweight.

 

If Russians can create a nuclear bomb, send the first man in space, and get more Olympic medals per capita (2008 Olympics) than America then I doubt that they would have trouble grasping the basics of modern day dietary techniques.

The main reason why there is a lack of Russians in MMA is because of the various promotions are only interested in showcasing the popular local talents, and not willing to take the risk of an international talent that cant even speak english (this was not the case during the Pride days).

 

That would explain why 3 out of the seven Zuffa champions can't speak fluent English.

I think Fedor could drop down to light heavyweight and if he was starting out today he probably would. Its only really been in the past three years that you've started to have 250+Ibers that combine size with speed and skill. In Fedor's prime 2002-2005 such heavyweights didn't really exist - the big heavyweights were slow and unskilled, while the elite of the division were smaller heavyweights like himself i.e. Cro Cop and Nogueria.

 

Yes he could but he won't...no challenge for him at 205, if he can handle 7'2 330 lbs HMC or Tim Sylvia or any other HW right now, why would he move down ?

 

Let me phrase this so I am perfectly clear I am pointing out the quality of the 205 division, not mocking Fedor.

There are, at a bare minimum, several fighters at 205 who are better than HMC and Sylvia, and would beat them.