In my opinion its kind of like Tyson-Lewis. At this moment in time the fight is meaningless, but they are both contemporaries and have been for several years from rival orgs that need to fight even if its just academic in who is going to win. It needs to happen for the record books.
don't be a smart ass, at least try to argue... why the possibly greatest MMA fighter of all time couldnt be named one of the greatest athlete? why?
Cause MMA is not old enough. I say Karelin is one of the greatest athletes of all time because of his record in highly competetive sport.
you don't know how to read? one of the greatest ONE OF THE GREATEST you know of a bunch of 100 athlete ONE OF THE GREATEST
but if Fedor retire undefeated, in 40 years, with his record with Barnett, Arlovski, Couture, and a couple of other good name..his name is gonna be brought out again for the greatest mma fighter of all time.. for me the fact that the sport is young don't change a lot..it's not like Fedor is a kind of Wilt Chamberlin...if you get my point..
do you know many Bo Jackson you idiot? athlete ain't just about run fast, be a great running back, or being a .250 hitter in MLB, that is GREAT for a man to do that..but it's not JUST that for god sake.. I rate Mariusz Pudzianowki as one of the greatest athlete as well, got a problem with that? Mohamed Ali is always named in the GREATEST ATHLETE OF ALL TIME, what did he do different than Fedor?
Bo jackson. no surprise here., an ex-NFL and baseball player. Because we all know , the best specimens are found in baseball & NFL. (and in america of course! since it's the center of the planet ) and you have the balls to even say " Your head is stuck in the mma world" Note: i'm not even defending fedor here. But if your own head ain't stuck somewhere else , you sure have a rather biased conception of "the" greatest athlete". Not saying that Bo jackson was **** either...He was amazing in his own way. but the greatest ever ? get the **** outta here. For one , there's tons of absolutely amazing athletes out there. and none of them can pretend to be the greatest ever. To be the greatest ever , you'd have to excell in many disciplines. But there's no such thing as a guy wjo excels in all forms of sports. Find me a guy who's # 1 in swiming , boxing , mma , kickboxing , soccer , tennis , judo , greco wrestling , baseball , basketball , NHL , NFL...then you might have a winner.... All we can do is compare their dominance in their specialty. The greatest ever ? yes but only in their own sports.
If Fedor fights all these guys within that time period my hat is off to him and that does make up for his lost time of fighting his latest fights.
if you wouldnt be so ignorant, you would know that all these list are all 90 percent listed of american