"The Strikeforce heavyweight division is really phenomenal right now," Barnett told MMAWeekly Radio recently. "I guess one way to look at it would be look at me, Fedor, Alistair, Bigfoot, Arlovski, and Werdum, and look at our records and stack them up. If you count all the wins that we have under our belts that far surpasses the top five guys in the UFC's amount of fights even.
"Granted, just because you don't have a lot of fights that doesn't mean you're not a great fighter, but I definitely think we've got a big edge with that kind of veteran, international talent."
The UFC has rebuilt its heavyweight division over the last few years, and besides Lesnar, young talented fighters like Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos have made waves of late. Tack on to that list fighters like Shane Carwin, Frank Mir, and Roy Nelson, and the world's biggest MMA promotion has plenty heavyweight talent to go around.
Barnett believes his addition helps push Strikeforce ahead of the UFC, and that experience and time spent in the cage will play a large part in why people are going to pay attention to what they're doing.
"With that kind of time spent in the ring and the cage, we've fought under all kinds of different rules, we've been in all kinds of different wars, and I think it's going to pay off when the people tune in to go and watch us fight," Barnett said.
No. I think overeem would do very well in the ufc, but the rest would not be top 5. Brock, Cain, carwin, jds would all run through barnett, Bigfoot, fedor and werdum (which jds already did).
<blockquote>I Embarrass Even Myself - Overeem would kill Carwin. <br /><br />Mir would get murdered by Overeem, Barnett and Fedor.<br /><br />Cain would beat all 3 of them.<br /><br />JDS???<br /><br />Brock would beat Barnett.<br /><br />He's somewhat right. They each have 3 big superstar heavyweights.</blockquote><br /><br /><br />ur rite on all counts except that overeem would not beat Carwin. Highly unlikely. Kill?? Wouldn't even come close. Sorry bud.
Mir beat both those guys in much more dominating fashion,Mir isnt considered top 5 in the ufc hw,maybe 5th if he is
Yes i expect the typical Nog and Crocop walked through a post prime time warp the minute they entered the ufc
fact is Brock,Crocop,Nog,and Fedor are all within 2 years of each other in age.Funny how that post prime thing seems to coincidentally happen when the 3 pride guys leave japan,like they old got old on the same day or sumthin
Brock75thRanger - Fedors biggest wins were Crocop and Nog
Mir beat both those guys in much more dominating fashion,Mir isnt considered top 5 in the ufc hw,maybe 5th if he is
Yes i expect the typical Nog and Crocop walked through a post prime time warp the minute they entered the ufc
fact is Brock,Crocop,Nog,and Fedor are all within 2 years of each other in age.Funny how that post prime thing seems to coincidentally happen when the 3 pride guys leave japan,like they old got old on the same day or sumthin
As a fan i want all the best fighters under the one roof. I strongly dislike these articles frankly I'd like to see strikefarce just die. I'm not a brand junkie I just want to see everyone fighting each other so we know who is the best. The org with the best shot at giving me that right now is the UFC. Plus things can change so quickly in mma but this guy wants us to think they are still the best despite not being tested by the new wave? Barnett you're in small show now stick your wannabe comments up your cooloo
why not think about it like this, if the ufc held a heavyweight tourney, and strikeforce held a heavyweight tourney, which one would u rather watch? and how would u think the winner of each would do against each other?
Personally i think either overeem or fedor takes the strikeforce one, and brock or jds takes the ufc one. i think overeem n fedor would both beat brock and jds(overeem on feet, n fedor takes him down)
Brock75thRanger - Fedors biggest wins were Crocop and Nog
Mir beat both those guys in much more dominating fashion,Mir isnt considered top 5 in the ufc hw,maybe 5th if he is
Yes i expect the typical Nog and Crocop walked through a post prime time warp the minute they entered the ufc
fact is Brock,Crocop,Nog,and Fedor are all within 2 years of each other in age.Funny how that post prime thing seems to coincidentally happen when the 3 pride guys leave japan,like they old got old on the same day or sumthin
fedor is a god and gods never age or get past their prime
Brock75thRanger - Fedors biggest wins were Crocop and Nog
Mir beat both those guys in much more dominating fashion,Mir isnt considered top 5 in the ufc hw,maybe 5th if he is
Yes i expect the typical Nog and Crocop walked through a post prime time warp the minute they entered the ufc
fact is Brock,Crocop,Nog,and Fedor are all within 2 years of each other in age.Funny how that post prime thing seems to coincidentally happen when the 3 pride guys leave japan,like they old got old on the same day or sumthin
Brock 1-0 win over Carwin JDS 1-0 Win over Werdum only crossover Carwin 0-1 Loss to Brock Cain 0-0 Fedor 0-1 Loss to Werdum Overeem 0-1 Loss to Werdum Werdum 2-1 Wins over Fedor and Overeem, loss to JDS Barnett 0-0
If you add in Crocop, Nog and Mir it slants very heavily to the top UFC guys in head to head.
LMFAO SF HW division is a joke c'mon really, Barnett is washed up, Werdum was KO in the 1st by JDS and was kicked out of the ufc, Fedor's over rated, Arlovski fell off, rogers lol dont get me started haha, and big foot is the only legit rasing star, as for overeem yah ill give SF that one too he is good top 10 yes top 5 no
