"Fedor on the Milk Carton" by Jake Rossen

Frustrating as hell to see the cream of MMA so MIA

 

fighters don't get paid by the minute.

 

Ya to make Jake happy, he should be inn the UFC and make as little money as he can. Ya know that the UFC pays thier fighter spit unless you are Brock

 

Recently, it is no secret that I am having Fedor withdrawal symptoms. I've started backtracking through his fights. I'm starting from his most recent, I am now up to Mark Coleman.

 

fedor is retired as far as i'm concerned...(and if he isn't...it looks like it)

 

Jake is a ***

 

Fedor Emelianenko
Fights: 35
Age: 34
Average: 1.03


Anderson Silva
Fights: 31
Age: 35
Average: 0.88

Georges St-Pierre
Fights: 23
Age: 29
Average: 0.79


Also unlike Anderson "dancing" Silvia and Georges "lie on you"-Pierre, Fedor "the last emperor" Emelianenko actually goes out there trying to knock out guys and or submit them. Fedor has been on the top for longer, fought better fighters, fought champions in many different disciplines, fought champions from different promotions and have ruled.

GSP and Anderson should really lift their game up. This isn’t going to be a blame game. UFC, Anderson and GSP's management, obviously has intentions of proteting its fighters from champions from other promotions.

UFC’s shelving of Anderson and GSP from fighting other top champions is frustrating for reasons extending beyond financial demands or protecting UFC fighter. It’s provocative because it completely ignores their mortality. Worse, it ignores Anderson and GSP's place in the sport.

 

i hear you monaco and i love it bro, but do you honestly feel Fedor would have skimmed over the kinda oppositionthat St Pierre's had to deal with?

 

Yes, GSP laid on Koscheck so much that he broke his orbital bone which required surgery, which had to be postponed because he had to wait 3-4 days just for the swelling to go down and that alone will put him out of training for more then a few months.

I think you're getting something confused, which is kind of silly, quite frankly.

No one is arguing that Fedor hasn't fought a good amount in his whole career. Who the hell is saying that? The knock is currently that he is not fighting a lot as of late.

Kind of ridiculous that you can't distinguish that difference.

Also, GSP has faced the toughest competition out of any champion in MMA history. His resume with the guys he's fought has been absurd. Jon Fitch, B.J. Penn and Thiago Alves...all of which were on the "Pound for Pound" best fighters list and he completely destroyed them, while the damage to himself has been minimal at worst.

So yes, GSP really needs to step it up. He needs to start fighting 2 or 3 guys at once....what are you, insane?

 

Anderson when he fought in Pride lost several times, GSP didnt have to face as many champions from different promotions, fight in as many promotions, or fight fighters from many different countries as Fedor. GSP especially has only really fought highly rated []UFC[/b] fighters. The media being as biased as it is tend to promote and pick UFC fighters i.e. Lesnar and Carwin over far better, more well rounded, and more experienced fighters from outside the promotion. So GSP can challenge as many UFC champions as he wants, he will NEVER come close to what Fedor has accomplished.

 

Fedor would have slaughtered, seriously bro SLAUGHTERED fighters if he fought the same caliber fighters as GSP. Instead of fighting guys 40lbs or more heavier than himself, Fedor would be fighting guys just a tiny shade lighter or heavier. Instead of fighting the best from promotions from around the world, Fedor would only be fighting fighters in one promotion. Finally, instead of having to finish off guys with a slick submission or a punishing knockout, Fedor could just take his opponents down and lie there for the whole fight knowing that UFC judges will always decide for the current/popular champ.

 

From his last 5 fights, GSP has gone to decision on 4 of them. If he wasnt fighting scared, playing it safe, or deficient in some ways then he wouldnt be the Mr. DECISION man (either that or the "I fell asleep on top of you" man)

 

Pathetic.

 

Lame.