Up With Evil -Mark Martin - You mean they shouldn't make decisions based on staying in business?Of course you have to "push" the guy with the most "heat" in order to attract the "marks". That's the way pro-wrestling works.
I'd like to see how Brock would handle Nog's impressive chin and Jiu Jitsu skills, I'd say their striking is both about even and it would make an interesting fight.
I'd much rather see Brock vs Nog than Brock vs Randy II
da Vinci 81 -Hey, you don't need to tell me how pro-wrestling works, brother.Up With Evil -Mark Martin - You mean they shouldn't make decisions based on staying in business?Of course you have to "push" the guy with the most "heat" in order to attract the "marks". That's the way pro-wrestling works.
those "marks" pay the bills, unfortunately.
Nothing stops the money train!
1armedScissor -I'd be pissed off if I was Cain Velasquez. Has a #1 contender fight scheduled with Carwin. It gets scrapped. Carwin gets a shot. Then they give the next shot to the winner of Randy & Nog (both of whom are coming off of losses, yet Cain is undefeated) the next title shot and Cain's present is what? A fight with Roy Nelson? Roy's a bad dude. That's not a present. This is someone sending a message to Cain that they don't want him in the mix.
LilBrockonmychest - You know you have a shitty HW division when 2 guys coming off a loss are fighting for #1 title contention.
Fedor knew what he was doing
JimmersonzGlove - Werdum is hardly a washout. He would've been the highest ranked guy in that division going into that loss. Would Koscheck have been a washout if they cut him after his upset KO loss? Kos is still top 5 in the world.
If Kos made his octagon debut, lost a boring decision, TKO'd a mid level guy, then got KO'd in the first minute by a nobody then yes. This is what happened to Werdum. This isn't to say he is unskilled at all. But he has not given a very consistent performance over the last couple of years.
ajjr0ller - JimmersonzGlove - Werdum is hardly a washout. He would've been the highest ranked guy in that division going into that loss. Would Koscheck have been a washout if they cut him after his upset KO loss? Kos is still top 5 in the world.Since 2005 Randy Couture is 3-3, including losses to a light-heavyweight and a loss to a fighter with a mere 3 professional bouts. All three losses were via KO. Yet Couture is fighting for a #1 contender slot tomorrow and will be fighting for the title if he manages to win. So please, let's not pretend that Fedor Emelianenko is missing out on anything by not groveling to enter the Octagon.
If Kos made his octagon debut, lost a boring decision, TKO'd a mid level guy, then got KO'd in the first minute by a nobody then yes. This is what happened to Werdum. This isn't to say he is unskilled at all. But he has not given a very consistent performance over the last couple of years.
Actually I forgot about his early stoppage over Vera.
He's still the Keith Jardine of HW though.
Up With Evil - Since 2005 Randy Couture is 3-3, including losses to a light-heavyweight and a loss to a fighter with a mere 3 professional bouts. All three losses were via KO. Yet Couture is fighting for a #1 contender slot tomorrow and will be fighting for the title if he manages to win. So please, let's not pretend that Fedor Emelianenko is missing out on anything by not groveling to enter the Octagon.
I do feel that there is slightly better HW competition in the UFC, but if you read my initial post in this thread, you would see that I said the HW division as a WHOLE, worldwide is very weak. Said Fedor made the correct career choice to fight at HW.