Originally Posted By: deven
Nice, I remember Dan from his days in Japan. I can't believe people here think Brock Lesnar can knock out Fedor. Fedor is a COMPLETE fighter. He has a thick chin, I have seen him take punches and absorb them that many can't. People need to understand that fighters like Lesnar are so rigid that they are very easy to submit because they are more prone to pain. If you follow the history of sports, athletes that tend to get hurt the most are the ones with very low body fat. Fat is like sleeping on a pillow as to pure muscle is like sleeping on a brick. I have yet to see Brock Lesnar put anyone in a submission hold.
Fedor went where the money is, plain and simple. Not because he is afraid of Lesnar. He didn't leave WWE he was asked to leave because he simply sucked.
I will take Fedor any time. He is to MMA what a 5 tool player is to a baseball team.
A big +1000
People are so used to the Hollywood version of a fighter that they associate big muscles and nicely sculpted body with being athletic and having fighter's skill, when nothing could be further from the truth. Some comments here about Fedor being fat are just plain stupid.
Just look at Royce Gracie, he changed the face of MMA, you had this skinny, tall guy submitting guys left right and center, nobody could figure it out.
Fedor doesn't care how he looks, perhaps this gives him an advantage, as a lot of fighters will underestimate him, but every single fighter that fought Fedor will tell you that they never fought a guy like this before. He is a multidimensional fighter. Look at his fights, he will go from pounding to submission in a blink of an eye, and it all looks so fluid and natural, that one would think that it's all pre planned, but he changes his fighting style on the fly and that's what catches other fighters off guard, one moment they are defending Fedor's punches, and a second later he submits them because they left their arm extended while avoiding these punches.
And Fedor did not decline UFC offer because he was scared of Lesner. He didn't go to UFC because Dana White wanted Fedor all for himself, he wanted Fedor to quit the sambo figh champtionships in Russia, it's a national sport for them and really important for Fedor, he wasn't even making any money from sambo fighting so that's why he declined, plust he got more money elswhere.
