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Being punched in the face from any position. He would have lost to a whole bunch of guys if he didn't have that ungodly chin.

Yeah I can't see Nog winning any major fights anymore. Heavyweights are a lot better now and Nog has pretty big holes in his game if he can't rely on being impossible to knock out.

Wanderlei Nog Well I'm not that sad since I'm a big fan of Velasquez but it was a bit sad to see Nog's title run go down in flames. He definitely has a few more fights in him but I don't think he'll ever reach Brock, though I actually think he'd have an easier time with Lesnar than some of the contenders. At least his dreams can live through Dos Santos. Now watch him get taken down and tapped out in two minutes by Gonzaga.

I like it when Bisping fights guys that punch hard. He jumped into Kang's fist which leads me to believe he learned nothing from the Hendo loss. I thought Wand looked real good on the weigh ins too and maybe his clinch can become a force again at a lower weight.

you probably need to let go of that lashley thing. calm down. Right and my point was you shouldn't put any stock into his ground game when he's never shown much of an aptitude for it. or unless they're roy nelson or any of the other guys who are halfway decent on the ground he's fought. You could argue Werdum but his grappling game translates terribly to MMA. Manhoef is a bad argument because he hits incredibly hard. I'll back down on calling Arlovski a bad fighter. He's nowhere near his perceived level and has huge holes but fair enough he's above the pack of fat, useless heavyweights. Mine was a bootleg DVD of Pride 18! I'm not debating the credibility of his Pride run. I'm debating the credibility of his recent opponents. He beat him legit once. First one was an injury, second one was legit, third was after he cruised through with an easy KO of Wanderlei while Barnett had a grueling match against Big Nog (this is also the best fight of all time.) I'm not actually sure where I said he was a complete hack but Big Nog was pumped to the max of painkillers in the first fight because of a back injury or something. The second fight was absolutely not an obliteration. But again I'm not debating the credibility of his Pride run. I'm not sure why people credit Fedor for getting in a position where he got slammed so bad. He managed to land on his shoulders though so there wasn't much damage done. This argument applies to a theoretical Wanderlei who went to Strikeforce and fought nothing but cans as well. I'd like to see Fedor properly tested before I'll call him the #1 HW. e: Wow we were on a new page sorry didn't want to drag this up. Ignore this post.

thats exactly what i said you have figured me out His problem is he's not good. For a supposed sambo medalist he's not very good on the ground and probably would have been submitted by Big Country if the ref hadn't stood them up in side control when he was working for things. Also his issue is a glass jaw and being terrible at protecting himself. ... yes like I said he has KO power. This usually translates to "power in hands" and "good ground and pound". his wrestling advantage was clearly shown in his fights against: Fedor's fought terrible competition for someone who's a supposed NUMBER ONE POUND FOR POUND HE'S A CYBORG and looked pretty sloppy in his last fight. Being swept by jiu jitsu ace Brett Rogers is clearly not a sign of that though. was your introduction to MMA a Fedor highlight video by any chance?

Rankings mean nothing. They are based on profile rather than skill. Brett Rogers is a bad fighter. He's a can with KO power. This is all you need to knock out Andrei Arlovski and people started riding the hype train. He didn't, you know, actually fight Barnett. Arlovski is a bad fighter. He's lost against every halfway decent opponent he's fought, is terrible at defending strikes and has a glass chin. This is pretty disastrous for a guy who likes to strike. Him being ranked third at the time of the Fedor fight is ridiculous and was probably done to either hype up the Fedor fight or have some misguided delusions about how the UFC doesn't have the best fighters (it does.) If anything his fight with Rogers right after showed this. Tim Sylvia. Really? You're going to put Tim Sylvia as a credible opponent? Fedor fought better opponents. But he didn't fight good opponents.

Let me just add to the above that Alistair Overeem is, in fact, not an idiot and thus knows how to cycle out steroids for the pretty pathetically inadequate American testing. I think the guy's looked decent in his last fights but in MMA he's fought terrible opponents. Same could be said for Fedor though.

Is there any more to this than TNA dishonoring their word to let him skip wrestling and train for MMA when he needed it? (At least that's what I heard)