Korean Job Discussion Forums

[fiveeagles]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBnJ7tB7AhA&feature=related

[roknroll]

Great striker but when he meets an opponent that can strike as well or possibly better, he simply arm-bars them until they tap. Obviously well rounded but not a meat-head slugger who's out to prove how tough he is, he just gets the job done.

Now, when the heck is he going to be in the UFC???

[Guri Guy]

Thanks for the link. Fedor is a fascinating person.

[Young FRANKenstein]

[SMKOREA]

Best fighter ever.
The guy is a wrecking machine. He would beat Brock Lesnar in under 2 minutes, and I'm being generous.

He'd kill Brock standing, and if Brock took him down he'd find himself in an arm bar faster than Choi did.

[Rteacher]

Well, you can see him facing a formidable challenger today in Andre Orlovski on the Affliction show. (SBS sports on Korean cable and MMA channel on TVU or sopcast - for English commentary ...)

I think Orlovski matches up pretty well and could score a major upset - if he avoids making any mistake that Fedor can capitalize on (a tall task...)

[DrOctagon]

Lindland got knocked the fluck out by Belfort in like 5 seconds! Haha. He couldn't even walk for like 5 minutes.

[DrOctagon]

What the hell just happened?

Oh, now I see. Bad idea to go for the knee kick. Arlovski didn't even know what hit him.

[Rteacher]

I think Arlovski got overconfident by the way he was landing twice as many punches, and he made a big mistake by launching a flying knee kick and getting caught flush on the chin by a big right - and good night!

[wormholes101]

I looked like he was going for a superman punch.

[fiveeagles]

The fight can be seen here;
http://www.nicesen.com/read-htm-tid-3240.html

I would hate to fight this guy. Andre looked great until he got knock the hell out. haha.

[fiveeagles]

[Rteacher]

From what I've seen of him (only a few fights) Fedor's main strengths are his keen intelligence and patience. He also is a hard puncher, has great submission skills, and can take a big punch.

I don't detect much weakness other than he can be temporarily overpowered (like against Hongman Choi) and can be outboxed by someone who takes advantage of his low guard - and avoids getting too aggressive.

Arlavski's sharpest skills are his boxing - mainly because of his work with expert trainer Freddy Roach - but he got in trouble when he rushed into Fedor's punching range (exposing his own main weakness - his chin).

While Fedor figures to be a big favorite over either Lesnar or Frank Mir, I think both of them have some strengths they can utilize to their advantage (to at least make it an interesting fight...)

Both Lesnar and Mir have a big reach advantage over Fedor, both can strike hard (especially Lesnar) and both seem like they have a strong chin (though they may cut easily).

Mentally, Fedor would seem to have a big advantage over the relatively inexperienced Lesnar.

Lesnar probably could take Fedor down whenever he wanted to (especially early) but would probably be smart to try to outstrike him and catch him with a big shot first.

Of course, Fedor is smart and skillful enough to try to take it to the ground if he sees he's getting beat standing up, and he has a huge advantage in submission skills on the ground.

So, I think that Lesnar's best chance is to hit him with a big enough shot or two - or three - before taking him down and trying to finish him off with overpowering ground-and-pound.

Mir showed against Nogueira that he has the mental discipline to stick to a game plan (which in that case was not to go to the mat) and he has a lot of different offensive skills.

However, Nogueira's subpar condition and questionable age - who believes that he's only 32? - may have made Mir look better than he really was in an apparently dominating performance over a legendary fighter.

And Fedor's intelligence is such that (according to him) he doesn't need to make any fight plan - he's ready to adjust his skills accordingly as the situation dictates.

Anyway, Lesnar and Mir are scheduled to meet in their rematch on May 23, and that will be the next mega-event for the heavyweights.

Meanwhile, in a great welterweight rematch, George St. Pierre takes on BJ Penn next week (Jan. 31) at UFC 94 ...http://www.montrealgazette.com/Sports/Pierre+faces+ultimate+challenge/1204839/story.html

[skconqueror]

[roknroll]