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  • Money99
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    • Sep 2002
    • 12696

    #16
    Re: Dana White Response to Fedor Loss

    Originally posted by The Chef
    How did he slobber all over him? I remember him giving Kimbo credit for going on TUF to try and enter into the UFC but other then that he wasnt really "slobbering" all over him as you put it.
    I heard Dana on Opie and Anthony and other radio shows going off about what a great guy Kimbo was, how dedicated he was to the sport, how he's a big draw, etc.

    Meanwhile, before he went on TUF, Dana couldn't blast this guy enough.

    Dana talks out both sides of his mouth all the time.

    How many times have we heard Dana talk trash about Fedor and then every year it seemed we'd read about how he was trying his hardest to sign him.

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    • TheShizNo1
      Asst 2 the Comm Manager
      • Mar 2007
      • 26341

      #17
      Re: Dana White Response to Fedor Loss

      Same here, infact I remember Dana bashing Kimbo and saying the only way he'd get in UFC is going through the TUF.
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      • Phobia
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        • Jan 2008
        • 11623

        #18
        Re: Dana White Response to Fedor Loss

        Nothing Dana said is out of line. You can hate the man or love him. But the one thing you have to respect about Dana. He knows marketing and he knows how to sell his business. Fedor is not a big money draw. Hell he only got the reputation he has for being undefeated for so long. Yet he fought few really top level fighters. Yet they claimed he was the best HW in the world. Hell if that is the case you can make same claim for Shane Carwin. "Carwin is the greatest Heavy-weight there has ever been". I mean he is undefeated, has had no fights survive past the first round and only 2 of those fights went past the 2:00 min mark. Yet even with that impressive stats, him beating Brock will be a true test.

        Fedor is done, the image they painted him as went down the tubes when Werdum beat him. A mid level HW showed he is nothing special. He is a great fighter but his record is hard to go by as "the greatest ever" because of the lack of top talent he has faced.

        I think Cain would destroy him, Carwin would end him first round, and Brock would just make him look stupid. He is to small a heavyweight to face a monster such as Brock.(Don't even mention the 7'0 giant. Brock has skills LOL)

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        • Phillmattic
          MVP
          • May 2003
          • 1071

          #19
          Re: Dana White Response to Fedor Loss

          I would want to see Fedor go to the UFC to fight Anderson Silva. It would be cool to see two of the best the sport has now go against each other.

          Fedor fighting against guys like Brock or Carwin would be fun, but its basically seeing if he could beat guys of a lot less skill and experience just because they're big and strong.
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          • allBthere
            All Star
            • Jan 2008
            • 5847

            #20
            Re: Dana White Response to Fedor Loss

            Originally posted by Phillmattic
            I would want to see Fedor go to the UFC to fight Anderson Silva. It would be cool to see two of the best the sport has now go against each other.

            Fedor fighting against guys like Brock or Carwin would be fun, but its basically seeing if he could beat guys of a lot less skill and experience just because they're big and strong.
            they are the new bread of heavies. IMO it's way too much to ask someone like Fedor to beat worlds strongest men like that. I've been saying this for a while. Carwin and Brock CUT like maniacs to make 265! In that case, skill be damned.

            There is going to come a time to make another weight class for heavy that excludes monsters, and they can have their own. There is no way I'd bet against brock even with Fedor because it's just too much.

            Anderson/Fedor would be a great fight though for sure. As would Anderson/GSP. I would also like to see Fedor fight Randy as well.

            Matchmaking recently in the UFC to me anyway, is like 50% right at the moment as far as giving the best possible fights. For example I want Dan Hardy vs Alves....not what's going on now.
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            • Heelfan71
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              • Jul 2002
              • 19940

              #21
              Re: Dana White Response to Fedor Loss

              maybe we will see Fedor on the next TUF.
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              • Scoop_Brady
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                • Aug 2003
                • 1022

                #22
                Re: Dana White Response to Fedor Loss

                Originally posted by allBthere
                Carwin and Brock CUT like maniacs to make 265! In that case, skill be damned.
                Tell that to Minowaman. IMO weight only truly becomes a huge factor when skills are equal. Bob Sapp and Hong Man Choi pretty much prove that theory as whenever they fight anyone with actual skills they lose. That Polish strongman tapping to Tim Sylvia's strikes is another example. With Carwin and Brock you actually have beasts with skills.
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                • ex carrabba fan
                  I'll thank him for you
                  • Oct 2004
                  • 32744

                  #23
                  Re: Dana White Response to Fedor Loss

                  Originally posted by King of Kings
                  We'll agree to disagree. Like I said, I'm a fan of the UFC. But, they're not stacked in the heavyweight division like some try to make them out to be.
                  *inserts every fail .gif/image known to man

                  Worst post on OS I have read in a while, and I spend the most time in the NBA forum.

                  Not sure what more you want out of the division, especially if you're comparing it to other leagues.

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                  • CaliDude916
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                    • May 2010
                    • 1073

                    #24
                    Re: Dana White Response to Fedor Loss

                    Dana is a douche. Nuff' said.
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                    • thegut
                      Kitten Mittens!!
                      • Jan 2008
                      • 635

                      #25
                      Re: Dana White Response to Fedor Loss

                      Well I also don't see a problem with what Dana said. He's a business man first and foremost and in business you make your competition look bad. He was just getting his shots in on Strikeforce. It's no doubt about it that Fedor is not the same fighter he use to be. His run in Pride was amazing but look at all the fighters he was going against in Pride and look where they are now. Only Nog is even close to still being relevant in MMA and in his last 3 fights he is 1-2 with the only win coming to a damn near 50 Couture. People age and skills diminish and a younger and more skilled new breed keep coming on the scene. Fedor was going to lose at some point if he kept fighting and unfortunately it came against a very mediocre fighter in Werdum because he was signed to Strikeforce.

                      Money draw wise I understand that a stoic Russian doesn't necessarily put asses in seats, but the allure of watching a 31-2 man who has fought the best fighters in the world is still a strong selling point. If Lesnar wasn't a WWE or whatever wrestler he wouldn't be putting asses in seats either with a 4-1 record, and if Carwin didn't talk crap and hype up his fight with Lesnar nobody would care about his undefeated recorded sporting only 2 heard of names.

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                      • mgoblue
                        Go Wings!
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 25477

                        #26
                        Re: Dana White Response to Fedor Loss

                        Originally posted by thegut
                        Well I also don't see a problem with what Dana said. He's a business man first and foremost and in business you make your competition look bad. He was just getting his shots in on Strikeforce. It's no doubt about it that Fedor is not the same fighter he use to be. His run in Pride was amazing but look at all the fighters he was going against in Pride and look where they are now. Only Nog is even close to still being relevant in MMA and in his last 3 fights he is 1-2 with the only win coming to a damn near 50 Couture. People age and skills diminish and a younger and more skilled new breed keep coming on the scene. Fedor was going to lose at some point if he kept fighting and unfortunately it came against a very mediocre fighter in Werdum because he was signed to Strikeforce.

                        Money draw wise I understand that a stoic Russian doesn't necessarily put asses in seats, but the allure of watching a 31-2 man who has fought the best fighters in the world is still a strong selling point. If Lesnar wasn't a WWE or whatever wrestler he wouldn't be putting asses in seats either with a 4-1 record, and if Carwin didn't talk crap and hype up his fight with Lesnar nobody would care about his undefeated recorded sporting only 2 heard of names.
                        I respectfully disagree. People care about the Lesnar/Carwin fight because both guys are huge and throw so hard. People want to see Lesnar lose cause he's kind of a prick. People have watched them both fight in the UFC and are intrigued by their size and strength.

                        People in the US don't see Fedor. I find ways to watch the PPV's, but I don't have Showtime and I don't care enough to actually pay for the Strikeforce PPV's. People see Lesnar and Carwin on Spike, on PPV, etc.

                        Dana and the UFC have gotten into people's lives, whereas Strikeforce and Fedor haven't. I can talk to random people about UFC and they know a lot of the guys. Mention Strikeforce and they ask if that's a local promotion or something.
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                        • allBthere
                          All Star
                          • Jan 2008
                          • 5847

                          #27
                          Re: Dana White Response to Fedor Loss

                          Originally posted by Scoop_Brady
                          Tell that to Minowaman. IMO weight only truly becomes a huge factor when skills are equal. Bob Sapp and Hong Man Choi pretty much prove that theory as whenever they fight anyone with actual skills they lose. That Polish strongman tapping to Tim Sylvia's strikes is another example. With Carwin and Brock you actually have beasts with skills.
                          it's not just weight it's strength. And I agree to an extent although Fedor's martial arts skills are on another planet compared to brock's. The size and athleticism are too much to expect anyone of Fedor's stature to overcome imo.
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                          • DaveDQ
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                            • Sep 2003
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                            #28
                            Re: Dana White Response to Fedor Loss

                            Originally posted by Money99
                            Dana's an amazing businessman and he knows how to sell tickets. But he's too personally attached in some ways. He spits venom on anyone who doesn't bend over for the UFC.
                            So true. His attitude actually turns me off from the sport.
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                            • thegut
                              Kitten Mittens!!
                              • Jan 2008
                              • 635

                              #29
                              Re: Dana White Response to Fedor Loss

                              Originally posted by mgoblue
                              I respectfully disagree. People care about the Lesnar/Carwin fight because both guys are huge and throw so hard. People want to see Lesnar lose cause he's kind of a prick. People have watched them both fight in the UFC and are intrigued by their size and strength.

                              People in the US don't see Fedor. I find ways to watch the PPV's, but I don't have Showtime and I don't care enough to actually pay for the Strikeforce PPV's. People see Lesnar and Carwin on Spike, on PPV, etc.

                              Dana and the UFC have gotten into people's lives, whereas Strikeforce and Fedor haven't. I can talk to random people about UFC and they know a lot of the guys. Mention Strikeforce and they ask if that's a local promotion or something.
                              Well I do agree that it will be an interesting and most likely entertaining fight. However I do disagree about Lesnar. He would still be just be another name in a pretty deep division if he wasn't a WWE superstar. He was 1-1 when he got a title shot with his one decision win. He then beat Couture for the title and pummeled Mir on the rematch (which is par for the course for Mir who has been pounded to oblivion 5 times in the UFC).

                              It sounds like I'm hating on Lesnar but I really don't care as long as he puts on a good show and from I can see he goes out to finish unlike the Anderson Silva we have been seeing lately. I just kind of feel like his success overblown when fighters like Velasquez and Dos Santos are battling their way through the entire division. Both have a combined 11-0 in the UFC and still no title shot yet.

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                              • eeyor
                                Rookie
                                • Nov 2008
                                • 206

                                #30
                                Re: Dana White Response to Fedor Loss

                                I agree, Lesnar was pushed purely because of his name, not his resumee in MMA. I mean some people need to put on 9-10 astonishing performances to earn a title shot while he has been in the race solely because of his name. If he can lead the division, thats another question, however he didn't deserve the titleshot with the 1-1 record in the first place.
                                On the other hand I like lesnars points on fedor's loss rather than the cr*p dana said. I mean Lesnar acknowledged how easy it is to be caught off guard in a submission. From what Dana said it would seem he lost due to a 7 second knockout of a jab or that fedor got his *** handled for 3 rounds. The loss is a loss but the impact is disputable. Fedor lost to a BJJ artist and while its clear that he made mistakes in that fight, I really feel that Dana lost his bond to reality on that one.

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