Werdum vs Russow @UFC 147

Russow is a bit of a dark horse. I can't say I enjoy watching him fight, and I'd be surprised if he makes it out of this with his 0 in tact, but it's about time he took a step up, and Werdum is in desperate need of an opponent.

just checked his record for some reason I thought he was undefeated... :/

 

Werdum is lower down thepecking order and they want to get some wins together.

 

Can't believe this fight. Werdum puts an absolute beatdown on a top 10 heavyweight for his debut, throwing some of the most vicious knees ever seen in the Octagon, and gets rewarded for that by being put in with a D-class banger who was getting owned for 12 minutes by Todd Duffee and is lucky if he's a top 20 hw on his best night. Shockingly bad fight. I was hoping for Mir vs Werdum, but even Struve vs Werdum would've been more interesting than this.

 

Russow should be in there with Hunt, Browne, Struve, Barry and Johnson. Exciting fights between guys below the top rung who could be a legit' contender with a decent run. All come to whack and have varying degrees of grappling prowess. Maybe even chuck Sasquatch back in the mix.

Russow literally has a punchers chance only here. And less of one than Nelson IMO.

I'm sure it'll be an enjoyable enough fight,but I'm disappointed on behalf of Fabricio. Hopefully the idea is he wins, stays sharp, and welcomes the winner of Barnett-Cormier into the UFC in a no.1 contenders match against the winner of JDS/Overeem/Cain/Mir ;-)

We can dream

 

Russow is the cop ? Who beat Duffy ?

 

Yep, and recently Einemo.

 

He isn't? :huh

Just checked: 'undefeated in the UFC' :yep :-( They always say he's undefeated IIRC atsch

WTF?! He fought Kharitonov in Pride?!

 

Speaking of Kharitonov, Zuffa should've kept hold of him, he would've fit in well into the exciting mess above, and you can chuck Kongo in there as well.

At his best he's probably just above that level, but he's patchy nowadays. Should've brought him over, the division needs all the help it can get. Getting dominated by Barnett on the ground is not a shocking indictment of anyone. Kharitonov is rounded with power, there's no reason he should've been let go on that performance unless he was on a fairly lucrative few fight deal (and IIRC wasn't Arlovski his first SF fight?) and, as aforementioned, he would've been an exciting division to a ragtag buch of lower tier Heavys.

 

Russow has impressive sub defence and can nullify a high level hits guy on the ground as he did with Einemo. I rate Werdum the favourite but not by as much as everyone else and make Russow a live underdog. He will be able to take Werdum down I think and if he can nullify him then he could grind out a decision.

Werdum will have to win to avoid the lose to Russow and get cut curse though.

 

Sergei's Strikeforce contract was something like $100k a fight, they probably don't think he's worth that, as much as I think he'd be a solid addition.

 

Einemo hasn't been cut yet I don't think. Apologies if I'm wrong.