Fedor Emelianenko in UFC 2009 Undisputed?

[SHO]

How can you say that Arlovski and Timmay were past their primes? Arlovski was riding a 5-fight win streak before get KTFO by Fedor and Timmay lost to Randy and Nog prior to Fedor - not exactly slouches.

[LP]

People can scream Fedor P4P all they want, I'm still not buying the heavyweight division. The level of competition is not up to par.

[Wet Bandit]

Quote: Originally Posted by NOBLE

How can you say that Arlovski and Timmay were past their primes? Arlovski was riding a 5-fight win streak before get KTFO by Fedor and Timmay lost to Randy and Nog prior to Fedor - not exactly slouches.

That five-fight win streak of Arlovski's came against Roy Nelson, Ben Rothwell, Jake O'Brien, Fabricio Werdum, and Marcio Cruz. The only notable name in that crowd is Werdum, and Arlovski's win over him was a lackluster decision.

And yeah, Sylvia's losses to Big Nog and Couture aren't terrible (although Sylvia was never once in that 25-minute fight with Couture), but look at his recent wins: lackluster decisions against Arlovski, Jeff Monson, and Brandon Vera.

Over the last three years, three bad wins over good, but not great, competition, and two losses (including one terrible one) to great competition, doesn't make for much more than a gatekeeper at this point.