or do they feed him a guy like Gonzaga or Sylvia and risk Fedor losing his first UFC fight like CroCop
Notes from White saying that Fedor would get an automatic title shot at InsideFighting:
http://www.insidefighting.com/betweenRoundsDisp.aspx?uid=3860
Eddie Sanchez fought and won at UFC 72 in June. Quick Results from InsideFighting:
http://www.insidefighting.com/betweenRoundsDisp.aspx?uid=3697
"Randy should get the "1st shot" at Fedor. Not vice Versa."
or will this be a unification bout?
Fedor loses to randy, Randy is a phenom, the best, the greatest thing since sliced bread, and deeply entrenched in UFC HISTORY!. Fedor either wins and fights his way back up, KO's randy, we retire the LEGEND, he got older, no shame in that. OR...Fedor loses, his ferocity lost to randy, like a fucking episode of highlander. Randy is even more legendary, not only did he win, he basically RETIRED Fedor.
Or Fedor wins.... And the nuthuggery continues.
Fedor deserves an immediate title shot. Henderson got one. Why should Fedor be any different? Immediate unification bout IMO.
If I were Fedor, I'd ask for at least one tune-up match before fighting for the championship. Fedor will need to familiarize himself on how to fight in a cage and knock off some of that ring rust he's put on.
It would make sense to unify the belts @ HW as well