R U kidding me! That is an awesome fight! But it’s kind of a lose lose for Fedor. If he wins people say that Tim’s a bum if he loses people say he lost to a bum. Still I would watch it, it’s been awhile Fedor fought someone half decent!!!!!

Fedor by armbar at 2:05 of the 1st.

My guess Fedor tosses him on his head and then a sub!
1st round!

looks like big tim beats couture to the punch , now imagine if he wins

Nice. This should be good to watch. I am very, very curious to see how their styles match up.

wow…

Great oogily moogily batman! What is HDNet Fights broadcasted on? TV or internet? If TV what channel? I dont know if I get that where I am.

Someone help.

Sylvia might be boring to watch, but it would take a real Forrest Gump type to call him a bum. He’s one of the top HWs in the world and losing to Fedor wouldn’t change that.

I do like Sylvia’s chances here, though. I think he’ll get submitted, but we’ll see.

Also, worth note, with Cuban fighting for Couture’s cause, this new fight makes the Fedor Couture fight seem a little more likely.

HDNet fights is on TV, a channel called (you guessed it) HDNET. I don’t have it, and I can’t get it so that sucks but I would hope it will air on the fight network.

This is a sick fight. Sylvia got sloppy and careless against Minotuaro and got caught in a submission. Fedor will give Sylvia problems, but Sylvia will give Fedor problems, as well. An interesting fight. I don’t think Fedor is gonna run through Sylva. Sylvia is no joke and I wouldn’t be surprised if he beats Fedor. It would be unfortunate if Sylvia is the one to give Fedor his first real loss. We all wanted our man Rany to give Fedor his first real loss.

PLEASE let Tim win this fight!!! (doubt it though) But Tim Has got the power to bother Fedor and lets be hones he’s 10x the fighter Hong Man Chump is so ought to have a much better chance.

wow, that is great news. if fedor makes quick work of sylvia, then no one could argue he is one of the best. Since sylvia lost to both current champs in the ufc, but randy couldn’t finish him and minotauro was in trouble the whole fight except when it look he had no chance and pull the sumission in less then a minute

I’m not saying that Tim is a BUM!
I’m saying that a lot of people view him as no good that’s just the truth.
I think he has a chance to win but I don’t think he will.

sylvia by unanimous decision. fedor cries. sherdog forums collapse.

MMAFAN, I know. I was just saying those people who would say such things are not so bright.

TYm will prove Fedor cant hang with real fighters!

cage or ring?

Im a little bummed about this news, I was kinda hoping for an update on the progress of Timmay’s new hunting video………SIKE

Fedor by sub

Sylvia 2 minutes into the 2nd round.

Can’t wait for this 1! We all know where this fight is going. Tim better be eating, breathing, dreaming bjj for these next couple months. He’s been looking like a giant slug on the ground. I’d laugh so hard if Tim tapped out Fedor!!! lol

The “cage or ring” question is a good one. Anyone know? Either way I think Fedor submits Tim. What about Fedor’s chin? Does Tim have the KO power to put Fedor down?

Can’t wait for this fight. Fedor’s first legit HW challenge in almost 3 years. This is a ppv worthy headliner and we get it on free tv.

ramon, what about the real fighter that just beat Sylvia who Fedor has beaten down 2x?

HAHAHA!! POOR RANDY! HHAHAHA

I want Tim to win so Randy can shut up about fighting Fedor and fight Noguera

I think if tim loses that fedor should fight couture to see who is the best heavyweight in the world. Couture has beat everybody the only one felt is fedor he’s been avoiding a fight with couture because he won’t come to the UFC. Fedor is afraid to come to the UFC because the heavyweight division is loaded with good fights and fedor is scared of losing to couture and a bunch of other great UFC heavyweights that could beat him.

I dont really like Big Dumb Tim, but for some reason I see him winning. Fedor hasnt really fought anyone noteworthy lately aside from Lindland who was way smaller than him

About damn time Fedor!!

I don’t know who I would want to win. Can you imagine how insufferable Timmy would be if he beats Fedor. He would

On the other hand, I want to see Fedor knocked off the imaginary perch he sits on. I would also enjoy very much hearing all the excuses the Fedor nuthuggers will give for him losing to Timmy.

This is big news.

Yeah, Mike C. That’s one big reason why I think Tim will have trouble with Fedor. Fedor’s great in his own right, but Tim’s loss to Big Nog could be a preview of his fight with Fedor.

What is the point of this fight?!?!?

I for one, and I am sure that I will be in very little company, do not care about this fight!

What are they fighting for?

I am more intrigued of fighting for a belt, for a championship. Not for the sake of fighting (insert whatever sport you want here). This is basically an exhibition. I don’t understand the intrigue of it. This is a glorified scrimmage. And I know no one cares about NFL pre-season. Why? Because it doens’t mean anything. Just like this fight. It has no value. Win—so what. Lose—so what. Not like you are going to fall down the ladder.

This type of fight is what is wrong with combat sports. We watch for the spectacle of watching 2 men beat the hell out of one another. Not for the goal of a title, but the goal of beating another person up.

Not interested.

LMAO @ muto!! what the hell are you talking about?! do you even like mma?!?! lol… try to think of it as the PRIDE belt then. take that you beezy!!

Why would Randy be upset? Once Tim loses it’ll just hype up the Randy Fedor fight even more.

Muto- that’s one way to look at it. Another is that some watch for the display of skill and strategy it takes to defeat top caliber athletes in this sport. The belt is just gravy.

Holy Crap! This is a big fight!! I bet Cuban is a happy dude.

I wonder how pissed Randy Couture is?!? I can’t even imagine. Should Fedor lose, it would take a bit of the shine off of the Randy/Fedor fight.

i’m not real high on tim sylvia but i respect his accomplishments. i just think fedor is the more skilled fighter of the two and is better coordinated. anything can happen though.

“I wonder how pissed Randy Couture is?!? I can’t even imagine. Should Fedor lose, it would take a bit of the shine off of the Randy/Fedor fight.”

Exactly.

Muto, some of us care about the actual fights. This isn’t the NFL.

I’m just surprised that I’m the first person to suspect this fight won’t happen. Garunteed there will be some Fedor’s-management-esque bs before this fight occurs.

If it does, it will almost certainly be in the ring.

MUTO.

Do all fights have to be for something?
If the fighters have self respect and they fight for pride that is more than enough to make a great fight.

There have been a lot of great fights that were basically for nothing. For example the last GSP and Hughes fight! They already knew who the champ was but they fought anyways.

This fight is simply to see who is the better fighter.

So I guess what I’m trying to say is that they are fighting to see who is the best at what they do in their weight class. I think that is something! Don’t you?

It’s not like they got 2 bums from the street and said fight for a sandwich……is that more interesteing because they fight for a sandwich?

Anyways this will be a great fight and will go a long way in figuring out who is the best HW in the world!

Sorry for the long winded essay!

ckrump
Apr 8th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
I think if tim loses that fedor should fight couture to see who is the best heavyweight in the world. Couture has beat everybody the only one felt is fedor he’s been avoiding a fight with couture because he won’t come to the UFC. Fedor is afraid to come to the UFC because the heavyweight division is loaded with good fights and fedor is scared of losing to couture and a bunch of other great UFC heavyweights that could beat him.

couture has not beat ricco or barnett or big nog the only top h.w. he beat recently is tim.fedor is not afraid of randy or any ufc h.w. plus the ufc h.w. devision is a little weak right now and he already beat the champ twice

This is BS. Why would fedor do this fight?? Who cares if he beats Tim damn it!

SeeRed:

“Muto- that’s one way to look at it. Another is that some watch for the display of skill and strategy it takes to defeat top caliber athletes in this sport. The belt is just gravy.”

Ahhhhh, someone with an educated opinion. Not the caveman response that I expected and received from this crew.

I do see your perspective. Intersting to admire the skill and strategy of a sport. Not too many on here will be looking for startagy other than “beat the holy crap out of him” strategy.

GTFOH, hahahhhahaa

Fedor gets the take down in the 2nd and thats that

B., everyone should care if Fedor beats Sylvia. Sylvia is top 8 at worst. That is a pretty legit win. It is a lot better than Hong Man Choi.

Muto:
You’re maybe giving me too much credit and the others not enough. There are several other responses to your post that say the same thing I did in a different way. This fight is interesting (IMO) because it pits two of the top HWs in the world in a very tough sport.

Was just starting to like Big Tim…

but now, I hope Fedor smashes his facial bones, teeth, etc… to shut up all the Fedor/Pride is Overrated/America is the only worthy place/this isn’t Japan Haters….

WOW.

Mike C.- No sh*t. What a joke the Fedor-Choi fight was. They were seriously creeping into the “Let’s just make a spectacle people will pay for” arena as opposed to hosting a true mma event. Think Fedor needed the money? lol

MMAFAN204
Apr 8th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
MUTO.

“Do all fights have to be for something?
If the fighters have self respect and they fight for pride that is more than enough to make a great fight.

There have been a lot of great fights that were basically for nothing. For example the last GSP and Hughes fight! They already knew who the champ was but they fought anyways.

This fight is simply to see who is the better fighter.

So I guess what I’m trying to say is that they are fighting to see who is the best at what they do in their weight class. I think that is something! Don’t you?

It’s not like they got 2 bums from the street and said fight for a sandwich……is that more interesteing because they fight for a sandwich?

Anyways this will be a great fight and will go a long way in figuring out who is the best HW in the world!

Sorry for the long winded essay!"

This is where the organization comes in to play. The structure is what keeps the sport going. If not, lets get rid of the organizations and have all fighters as free agents that will be “sponsored” by DREAM, M-1, etc and anyone can fight anyone. That is what I feel this is. It is like prostituting yourself for a dollar. I know, I know the UFC fighters are doing the same thing you will surmise. However, their is an end goal in an organizational setting.

This is where I think the difference is coming in at. I am looking for goals (belts) and means to an end (fight your way the rankings for a fight with the champion). Where as the educated posters seethis as a display of skill sets and total weight class superiority.

Muto nutzoe? This is a very interesting fight. Like Tim or not he has actually fought while the sport has evolved over the last few years. Look at the difference time has made with Rampage. Time could easily have the opposite effect on Fedor. Since his management is so hard to negotiate with I ll take Fedor vs. Sylvia over like Fedor vs. a Midget wrestler.

MUTO

Why do you watch anything sports related?
You watch because the people are so skilled at what they do and its interesteing!

The point about “admire the skill and strategy of a sport” really goes without saying doesn’t it?

You are really making it sound as if there is only skill involved when there is a title on the line?

Should be good. If you are in Canada HDNet is on Rogers, Bell, Shaw, Starchoice etc etc. It may cost extra depending on you package. But you’ll need a high def receiver and or upgrade if you have a dish. This should be a good fight. HDNet I think has one more IFL event. They are covering alot of MMA though.

Can’t this also be a set up for Randy to fight the winner (Fedor) when he finishes up with the UFC this fall? Affliction can use this time to build a name for their promotion and then market the SUPERFIGHT between Fedor and Randy later.

wow, UFC watches another one go by……..

Couldn’t land Fedor for him to fight Coture. They let Sylvia go because he wants more money and gets no respect in the UFC.

So look what happens. I don’t know about you guys, but it’s a win loose situation.

Fedor goes to UFC, but no Coture, so he fights Sylvia and wins….Sylvia proves to be a big disappointment.

Fedor comes to the UFC and looses, Syliva scores a huge win, but for some reason, doesn’t get the respect he wants. Fedor signing is a waste.

They are in another organization, and the UFC looses out, however, we as fans finally get to see a big Heavyweight bout.

Maybe UFC should just scrap the Heavyweight division. Dana hates guys laying on top of each other and makes that clear. The fact that there’s really no excitement in the HW now. Coture is gone, Syliva is gone, Arlovski is gone, Cro Cop is gone.

So know we have Nog, Herring, Mir and Lesnar. Congo if you want to throw him in there. Whoopie!!

Didn’t read any comments so sorry if repeat, but LOL at Randy and the UFC. Now what??? heres how it will go down. Fedor beats Tim (who Randy beat) 3 months later fights Randy. It’s a win/win for Mark Cuban, if Tim wins, sets up rematch between tim and randy

this is great news, finally! Hope fedor will silence all the haters with this, and hopefully finish early against a healthy tim instead of going the whole 5 rounds with a injured tim.

Muto, do you watch non-title fights in the UFC? do you only order UFC where a belt is on the line and skip all the pre-fights and only watch the main event fight for the belt bout? If you say yes, than I respect your opinion, but if you say no, than you don’t have room to bash this fight on the grounds of it not being for a belt.

Doesn’t make sense though…rumer had it Fedor wanted a clause in UFC contract to not have to fight Tim, so I’ll believe it when it’s signed

aaaaa but what if Fedor finishes Sylvia in nasty ass fashion, he would accomplish what Randy couldnt do in 25 minutes after spinning his head like an owl… that fight my friend silences the critics about fedors lack of worthy opponents and helps build up even more the phenomenon that is and hopefully one day will be Fedor vs Randy

but then again if Sylvia wins all hell will break loose dont even know what will happen if Tim knocks Fedor out i think the world would stop spinning…

Fedors manager needs to go to business school and figur out how to do things on the public relations/money/everything side of his fighters lives, hes blowing a chance at a lot. Lose and who really cares about the Randy fight, Win and who really cares . . . not enough upside and too much of a downside for Fedor. Fire that shmuck Fedor, get a real agent with a brain!! I hope you have a rwal agent b the time BJ Penn comes looking for you so that doesnt go to crap like the randy fight is. Actually, lose to Tim and BJ wouldnt waste his time . . .

Ring or Cage? Elbows?

To be honest (and I hate Tim) he’s got a great jab, power and great takedown defense as well as the drive to show the world Fedor is over hyped, he may be able to pull this one off. Now we may have something to talk about for the next few mnths

great fight. sylvia has a lot of heart but fedor’s skill will prove to be too much

Tim must have had this as a plan as he stated that he wanted to fight Fedor in his little announcement clip on HDNET.

HE looks like a pretty dumb guy, especially that picture of him on a little scooter. We can say he is smarter than he looks….

Kevin, that’s what happens when you only listen to rumors. Fedor is not scared of anyone, not tim and definitely not randy. Fedor didn’t sign with the UFC for many reasons, including wanting fellow colleagues to participate in the event, wanted to continue competing in sambo, and as I’ve just learned from John he didn’t want to be a slave for the UFC (if he became champ he could never renew his contract with his demands and would need to continue fighting for the UFC for the same money, not being able to re-negotiate as long as he was still champ).

Just remember, this is a fight that is “in the works”. There have been a lot of Fedor talks “in the works” lately. Let’s get excited when it is CONFIRMED!

what a disgrace. fedor will not fight randy with his mouth full of excuses, but he will fight tim.

he should be embarrassed. for the first time, i hope tim wins.

“To be honest (and I hate Tim) he’s got a great jab, power and great takedown defense as well as the drive to show the world Fedor is over hyped, he may be able to pull this one off. Now we may have something to talk about for the next few mnths”
I might have agreed with this if not for Tim’s recent loss to Nogeira. But does Fedor have Nogeira’s freaky ability to recover after a KO shot? Either way, I see this fight going to the ground early and Fedor winning by submission.

“Just remember, this is a fight that is “in the works”. There have been a lot of Fedor talks “in the works” lately. Let’s get excited when it is CONFIRMED!"

Damn! The voice of reason! How dare you! Some of us prefer to get hyped up and then bitch about the big letdown when it doesn’t happen! lol

lol linx, his team sucks, the sambo thing I’ll agree with (considering no one shows to fight him), but I don’t think Fedor is going to fare well in the states. Cro cop was a monster in pride…look at him, fedor hasn’t fought anyone in years, and while yes nog submitted tim (who i repeat i hate), he’s no joke!

and who’s to say fedor can recover from a clean Tim shot to the chin like Nog can???

Oh man, this is right in my backyard, I am so there! I went to the first HDNET Fights outing at the AA center in Dallas, and I’ve already got all my friends making plans to go see this fight. I just hope it actually happens, I won’t believe it 100% till there is a signed contract. I wonder how much Fedor is getting paid to take this fight? did someone cough up his 2 mil??

Just can’t see this fight happening.

Sorry I might be wrong, but too much risk for Fedor.

Plus who is going to be picking up the bill for fedor to fight?

Tim’s getting $300K, how much will fedor be wanting?? LOTS MORE!!

If this is PPV it still wouldn’t make sense. Who would pay for the PPV for this fight alone? Not me! Internet next day or 2.

Just does not add up.

Dude I am so excited about this fight! I actually get to watch Fedor fight a legit opponent. I know Tim isn’t the top fighter, but I think we all know that presents a bigger challenge than his most recent opponents. Oh btw I changed my screen name from Ryan to RyanHobbs cuz some other guy is posting as Ryan. GO SYLVIA!!!!!!!!

love fedor but this is a bad match up and bad fight for him, i would rather him fight aa than tim, tim a big man who can turn the lights out on any one.

I’m surprised with these responses, most people on these forums hang on Fedors nuts…It’s good to see people that are realistic about Tim and the suspect of Fedors abilities!!

What what, I live in Dallas! Gonna be there!

P.S., Fedor wins this one in the first.

Kevin, I think the exclusiveness that fedor would have with the UFC for an endless amount of time if he became champ was the main reason for him not to sign, I agree that having to sign his team mates is asking too much but I don’t think that was the reason for him not to sign, but can you blame him for trying? (still, I don’t think they all suck, his brother is pretty good)

“I wonder how pissed Randy Couture is?!? I can’t even imagine. Should Fedor lose, it would take a bit of the shine off of the Randy/Fedor fight.”

Exactly.

A bit of the shine? If Tim beats Fedor, there is no need for Randy/Fedor.

mania, I just wanted to say that getting rid of the moderation function is great (I don’t know if you got rid of it, but none of my post has been moderated today which I found interesting since usually 3 out of 5 posts would get moderated). We can keep clean and adult conversations without the need to being moderated. Although I’m still not sure if we’re without moderation so let me check:
FUCK!
this was a test, sorry.

yeap, too good to be true, we’re still moderated LOL

Tim Sylvia by gogoplata at 1:26 of the Rd 1….You heard it hear first. Ahahahahahaha.

His brother is over rated, and gasses quick. yes he’s an animal, but cmon. and if he was locked in as champ, they’d take care of him. I’m not a Dana lover, but if you win, and draw an audience (which I’m not convinced Fedor can in the states) he takes care of you. And on top of it all, hypothetically if Fedor comes in and dominates (proves himself) like he did in pride, the money would be there!

Randy just shit a ten pound brick! What if Sylvia owns this character? The whole lawsuit and holdout for nothing, if Fedor goes down the dream matchup dies with it!

lol moderation sucks

Randy and Kurt Angle have signed a submission bout already..I got a link, no date or promotion mentioned, but Kurt says it will be in California

i doubt his chin is as good as iron-head minotauro but i’ll say fedor is a resilient fighter.

i haven’t seen all of fedor’s fights, but the worst trouble i saw him in was in the fujita fight in which he was rocked big time. he went on to thrash fujita about a minute afterwards but that was supposed to have been a much easier fight. kevin randleman performed a rather spectacular suplex on fedor but somehow it didn’t seem to phase fedor as much as one thought it should have. he went on to submit randleman shortly afterwards.

tim’s never been ko’d by strikes as far as i know but he’s been dropped with one punch at least three times in three different fights (arlovski twice, and couture). he did manage to win one of those fights (arlovski rematch).

SAD SAD!! people have to LEAVE the ufc to make the best fights happen. That should shut Dana up. I cant wait to hear Mr. Clean’s retort. probably something to the tune of, " he was used goods and thats why we let sylvia go, Fedor is now fighting used goods".

But Fedor vs. Sylvia, even how much i hate big tim… OHHHH AHHHHAooOOOO, i think i just wet my pants. I’ll be back. Gotta grab a towel!

Thinking about this fight a little more. I think Fedor’s standup and takedown style are in a way a hyper-speed version of the strategy Couture used when he fought Sylvia. Lot’s of misdirection employed in the striking coupled with well timed takedowns. This is typically how Fedor gets his opponents to the groung to submit them. The more I think about this fight the more I think Fedor’s going to win.

What can Dana say??? if Tim wins he says I told you Fedor wasn’t #1, if Fedor wins he says thats why we let Tim go, he wasn’t worth the money. That said I don’t feel it’s Dana’s fault, Fedor wants too much money with no guarantee he’s a North American draw.

Kevin, I agree with you that fedor still needs to prove himself in the states and inside a cage for that matter, but every fighter is different and may transition differently from the ring to the octagon (good examples cro cop transitioned bad, rampage transitioned well).

As for the payouts, I know dana pays out guys that deserves some times, but some of them still don’t get what they deserve. Take the spider for example, he makes 100k per fight. I know he gets bonuses, but still, he should be getting more of a base pay if dana himself calls him the best p4p in the world.

Yeah, Tim’s hope is to keep this fight on its feet, use his good jab and land a few big shots.

yeah linx, but do you know what the bonus was that anderson silva got after beating Henderson? I don’t. I know mtt hughes got 1 million bonus for beating royce

Hey Muto Just an uneducated opinion but do u watch regular season nfl, baseball or just the superbowl and world series?

Fedor is about 5 levels above Tim and I love that this fight will happen if for no other reason than to shut up all the haters and ufc nuthuggers.

we just don’t know, look at all the bonus money Randy was paid that he never mentioned (when zuffa showed check stubs)

( (Adam G) )
Apr 8th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Fedors manager needs to go to business school and figur out how to do things on the public relations/money/everything side of his fighters lives, hes blowing a chance at a lot. Lose and who really cares about the Randy fight, Win and who really cares . . . not enough upside and too much of a downside for Fedor. Fire that shmuck Fedor, get a real agent with a brain!! I hope you have a rwal agent b the time BJ Penn comes looking for you so that doesnt go to crap like the randy fight is. Actually, lose to Tim and BJ wouldnt waste his time . . .

Tell me u dont have a BJ Penn blow up doll under ur bed…….

actually royce got 1 mil to lose to hughes LOL, I actually felt sorry for hughes back then. I don’t remember how much the spider got for fight of the night, I’m sure someone will bring that up. Regardless of how much it was, he would have brought home more that night if his base pay was around 200k to 250k which is a reasonable amount for a champ.

I said it takes the shine off because it still has to happen, no matter the result. In for a penny in for a pound. Randy has invested WAY too much in trying to get this together to let it off the hook b/c Sylvia wins. BUT, does anyone REALLY think that he will win? I know that anything can happen and I know that Tim is a great fighter, but beat Fedor? I just don’t see it.

I actually think that this will be the toughest fight of Fedor’s career. He has beaten a lot of very good heavy weights (CroCop in his prime, Nog(x2), but he has never fought someone with the size and skill set of Sylvia. Granted, Sylvia has lost to smaller fighters (Nog, Randy, Mir, AA), but style wise, he still provides the strongest competition to Fedor to date. That, plus Fedor has not fought anyone in three years = tough fight. Still like Fedor, but who knows?
I know it will never happen, but dream matchup for me is Lidell v Fedor….think that would be the toughest overall matchup style wise for Fedor, who has not fought as good a boxer with the take down defense of Chuck. 2c.

Kevin – your comment about how people around here seem to “hang off of Fedor’s nuts” is laughable, you sound like your pawing at his nuts and come across as having a lack of analytical abilities and for that matter general education when concerning MMA…

Who said Fedor would not fight Randy? have you heard the one about the Bodog fight with Lindland was apparently offered to Couture first? Don’t believe everything you hear or read

Glad Fedor gets his chance to silence the haters…

lol @ RobH86.. i’ll remember that!

What if a BRAND NEW Big Timmy came with that Franky Edgar bounce back up to your feet stunt and a Matt Hammill sprawl?! Imagine how gassed Fedor would be trying to tilt massive Timmy down to the ground each time, not to mention the fact that he’d have to eat more than a few on the way in! lol. He should practice that wrestling drill where they got a few big guys just taking turns trying to drown him. That would force Fedor to have to chizzle at Tim’s face which gives Tim much more of a chance than it going to the ground – or worser yet on his back.

“muto
Sorry for the long winded essay!”

This is where the organization comes in to play. The structure is what keeps the sport going. If not, lets get rid of the organizations and have all fighters as free agents that will be “sponsored” by DREAM, M-1, etc and anyone can fight anyone. That is what I feel this is. It is like prostituting yourself for a dollar. I know, I know the UFC fighters are doing the same thing you will surmise. However, their is an end goal in an organizational setting.

This is where I think the difference is coming in at. I am looking for goals (belts) and means to an end (fight your way the rankings for a fight with the champion). Where as the educated posters seethis as a display of skill sets and total weight class superiority."
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Dana White? is that you? xD

no, seriously mate. organizations (UFC, Pride, dream, eliteXC etc…) its just some old peopel getting rich while fighters do the dirty worke. I agree with you that we need steady organizations and even better if they co promote events like the UFC refuses to do. But i couldent care less about them. The fighters are the ones who trains every day, they win fights and they lose fights, they usaly get badly beaten up and sometimes even seriusly injured. Al i care about is that the circumstance for the fighters improves.

I wonder what Randy thinks about this.After a long time trying to make this fight happen and look at this now.This Tim who a lot people dont like now gets the fight that will put him at the top of the heavyweight division.No one knows what is going to happen not even Randy and his BS.Maybe Randy would like to fight Tim if he wins since he wants to fight the best.I am joking. Randy is looking for a big paycheck and another fight with Tim will not give him what he wants.

It’s about damn time he fights someone that is worth a damn. Tim better keep this fight standing or it will be a real quick submission. If i were him I would be working on nothing but boxing, his take down defense, and his wrestling becuase if this really is still the Fedor of old he could get submitted really fast. I guess we’ll have to wait and see. Fedor and his boys probably picked this fight becuase of Tim’s history of being submitted.

CageFightingKip Apr 8th, 2008 at 4:56 pm

Kevin – your comment about how people around here seem to “hang off of Fedor’s nuts” is laughable, you sound like your pawing at his nuts and come across as having a lack of analytical abilities and for that matter general education when concerning MMA…

Who said Fedor would not fight Randy? have you heard the one about the Bodog fight with Lindland was apparently offered to Couture first? Don’t believe everything you hear or read

Glad Fedor gets his chance to silence the haters…

Of course, this is a fact that people like to ignore. Randy Couture WAS offered 1 million bucks to fight Fedor in Russia and he turned it down. Instead, he went to the UFC and they offered him $250K and a contract so crappy that Randy himself is suing to get out of.

kevin you seem to buy into every rumor out there, if you think fedor is not a big draw how come eveytime his name is brought up it gets the biggest response.the rumor that he wanted to sign a contract that said he would not have to fight tim is a joke, tim will lose and fedor could beat every ufc hw.i say randy has a chance but barnett would have the best chance at beating him.also alomst everyfighter will tell you that he is the best heavy weight and there opinion counts the most.

Hughes got a “locker room” bonus after the royce fight, and royce didn’t make a million. Hey cage fighter, I actually know my stuff and unlike TUF (newwer mma fans) actually do know who Fedor is…and am not overly impressed as of late. He’s fought 2 cans and a freakshow, not to mention beating cro cop (who did nothing in ufc) unless you are one of the morons who thinks Gonzaga is top 5. I just feel that Fedor has a lot to prove, and stylistically don’t think he’ll prove it against Tim. But I guess me thinking he’s going to lose=me hanging o his nuts…yeah that makes sense.

And linx I’m not talking fight of night bonus (usually like 50k) they have locker room bonuses that Dana hands out on the DL!

Royce Gracie made 400,000 at ufc 60 compared to matt hughes’ 45,000 (not a typo…forty five thousand) but Dana gave Matt Hughes a check for 1,000,000 as a bonus for beating him. not fight of night, just a “locker room” bonus, guys that “do Dana right” get taken care of.
  
you’re right kip, no insight or knowledge, I just make it up as I go along. I’ve given MMAmania more info days before they post it than they’d ever give credit for!!

BIG TIM BACK ON THE ROIDS – KO’S FEDOR BY HEADKICK 2ND MINUTE OF ROUND 1

Tim is going to get KTFO! I can’t wait to see fedor back into some real action…

This fight just doesn’t do it for me. I know both fighters are top ranked, etc. and have tremendous skill. However, Fedor and his managment annoy the piss out of me and Timmay just put me to sleep.

Hell, who knows, maybe Tim will win by boreing Fedor into submission.

… I also meant to say “Tim is going to get STFO!…”
FYI: STFO= submitted the *&ck out!!

Harry triangle, that was clever, too clever for me to respond to, just to much wit for me . . . And its an action figure b*tch! HA!

All u Fedor haters will jump right back on the bandwagon once you see Fedor twist his hips, take Tim down, and beat him sensless. I cant wait, he will be Dominant…believe that, and it should shut up us ignorant American fans for a little bit.

Mark Cuban is gaining some credability….Dana must be feeling really stupid. and whatever were spreading that story a while back that Fedor thought Tim was a bad match up, and that he didnt want to fight Sylvia….what you got to say now, that Sylvia is booked to get his faced puched in?

Also Aleksander Emelienenko stated in his recent interview that the UFC is afraid of him, and that he would shake up the division….Dana, Man up and sign Aleksander and then Fedor will tag along. You dont sign Fedor, and Mark Cuban is going to gain credability, and you dont want Cuban to be your competition, cause Mark can make stuff happen with any kind of business.

This is a wonderful day for true mma fans, and a nightmare for Dana White!

You gotta think that Tim’s got the advantage seeing that it’s been awhile since Fedor has fought some tough competition.

I never thought I’d be rooting for Tim Sylvia.

How can Fedor win? Jeff Monson’s ground game=better than Fedor, look what Tim did to him. Tim’s stand up (although boring most of the time) is better than anyone Fedor has faced and Fedor cuts easy. I can’t figure out a way Fedor wins this fight. Tim will train arm lock (kimora/arm bar) defense and either knock Fedor out, stop him due to cuts or grind out a decision. Where will that leave fedor or Randy for that matter???

I think the main intrigue of the fight is getting to see if Emelianenko any good now

i wish hdnet and showtime would stream their cards online. surely it dosnt cost anything, and i would even be willing to pay to watch some cards. its rubbish living in the uk

R.I.P. TIM SILVA

I am Pumped!!!!!!! I can’t Wait……this is great news.
AAAAAAAAAAhahahahah…….Randy you suck…..you should have been put out to the pastures for biteing your master…Well I guess you finally have….

u guys who say fedor hasnt fought anybody good are retarded. the man beat crocop,nogeira(twice), heath herring, and mark hunt, just to name a few.

tim isnt gonna knock fedor out, and he isnt gonna pull out a decision. fedor will win this fight, guarantee.

How can Fedor win? Jeff Monson’s ground game=better than Fedor, look what Tim did to him. Tim’s stand up (although boring most of the time) is better than anyone Fedor has faced and Fedor cuts easy. I can’t figure out a way Fedor wins this fight. Tim will train arm lock (kimora/arm bar) defense and either knock Fedor out, stop him due to cuts or grind out a decision. Where will that leave fedor or Randy for that matter???

monson was to short and he is not better than fedor,and tims stand up is not better than crop cops(stand up). i think fedor can win this where ever he wants.

im going with Timmy on this one.Fedor is gonna get ko-ed in the 2nd

What seems odd to me is why did Dana let Tim off the hook for the last fight on his contract so that he (Tim) could do this?

Of course there is no guarantee that this fight will be confirmed. Fedor at one time said that he was signed to fight with M-1 and we know how that turned out. I just don’t see Dana releasing Tim if this fight was on the horizon.

Kevin

“How can Fedor win? Jeff Monson’s ground game=better than Fedor”

Huh??? I’m sorry why are you comparing Jeff Monson to Fedor?
Don’t get me wrong Jeff is good being a former abu dhabi champ and all but Fedor is on another level.

Compare their fight résumés!

Don’t get me wrong this will be a great fight but if you can’t see Fedor winning I have to question your sanity!

He has beaten Big Nog….TWICE.

His Sambo is world class and he is strong as an ox.

This is what this fight boils down to. Can Fedor get the take down and avoid Big Timmy’s long reach. Fedor has more than an armlock in his repertoire and is very versed at submissions.

Monson is just really good on the ground.

Fedor has a chance to win this fight….IMO a really good chance!

Can’t wait to see it though!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Mr. Cuban!

Dana wants Big Timmy to fight fedor and win, then that puts Ready and Fedor out in the cold and alone. Dana would love to see that!!!!!

“Huh??? I’m sorry why are you comparing Jeff Monson to Fedor?”

Just what I was thinking. Kevin, sure Monson is an excellent grappler, but this is MMA, not a grappling tournament. In addition, Sylvia’s been submitted by less seasoned grapplers. Nearly had his arm pulled off by one, and none of the fighter’s Sylvia’s faced matches the speed, pace and aggressiveness of Fedor’s ground game.

Regarding the standup. Couture proved all one has to do is not come straight at Sylvia with square shoulders in order to avoid his striking. Fedor’s easily dodged faster punches than anything Sylvia can throw at him and Sylvia won’t even think about lifting a foot more than a few inches off the ground because as soon as he does he’ll be on the ground.

Muto, this is a huge fight for several reasons. One, because Fedor is finally fighting a top calliber fighter, which Tim is, not matter how much people hate on him. Two, because it’s two of the best HW fighters in the world fighting eachother, which is always good. If you only watch the sport for the title fights then you must not watch too much MMA, because most fights aren’t for any strap. People fight to see who’s better, period. a fight doesn’t have to be for a belt to be damn good.

That said, I think Fedor will tear off Tim’s arm and beat him with it. I don’t think fight would matter if it’s in a cage or ring like Fedor vs Couture would. I mean Tim did keep Vera up against the cage for most of thier fight, but that’s not really his style, it’s mainly stand and bang. I think Fedor will take it to the ground no matter where the fight is, cage or ring.

Tim Sylvia better get his arms and legs insured for this fight because he will definitely be missing some of them after this fight. I don’t care what anyone says…Fedor is one nasty motherf*@#er

if this is in a ring fedor will take this easy

HDNET is a channel on your cable company’s high def service. check with them to see if they carry it. mine does and they have loads of mma fights on there.

nog wasn’t at his smartest against sylvia.
he didnt seem to find an alternative to face to face boxing.
and chuting that seemed to predictable.
as soon as he tryed something surprising by going in leg first, it was over in 10 secs.

fedor aint gonna fight that strategy. randy kept sylvia confused and completely made it it his fight.
fedor will do also frustrate the heck out of big timmy.

fedor doesn’t have a predictable chute. it’s more 3D.

the question is will fedor GnP , or try some elbows, body knees
before a sick submission.

all that said there is a slight chance for timmy if he connects big time. fedor will bring it though so he’d better not wait and prey too much

Dana let Tim go because he doesn’t have a belt, Randy does, what kind of president would Dana be if he let won of his champions go to another organization and lose there belt……..wouldnt make sense…..Randy did that already once and he lost for the UFC years ago.

this news is by far the most fucked up of anything that could have happened. i am totally lost for words .fedor is a fuckin pussy for even entertainingthe idea of fighting tim before randy. i hope tim knocks his head off

this will be an awesome fight and should be a huge ppv draw

fedor is fighting a legit top 5 HW opponent which means its massive

i never thought this would be Tims next fight and it does give him a chance to gain a heap of fans and with a win could go back to ufc as a top earner

fedor must be pretty confident after the NOG and arlovski submissions as he probably thinks hesd better on the ground …

this could also be good news for the ufc… as randy fedor wouldnt happen for a while he could be coaxed into fighting NOG in the summer while the legal battle rolls on

i find it quite disrespectful of randy that he wont face NOG… the guy has an amazing record just beat sylvia and was very dominant in pride

after fedor there is probably no greater test of where you stand at HW than facing NOG

im starting to think this may be a supreme move by Dana White

was his masterplan in letting sylvia go to force randy back to ufc

also if tim beats fedor he can return with a heap of new fans (mainly fedor nuthuggers)

if tim beats fedor it would seriously damage fedors marketability as best fighter in the world and may well mean he is more reasonable next time ufc come calling

much like karo parysian before he was in a reasonably strong position as he possibly had a title shot on tab… but now with his loss he cant dodge fighters and will have to take fights with koscheck or fitch or matt hughes or …

much in the same way a loss for fedor would close certain doors… he could still go to DREAM but id expect them to be slightly less like a doormat for him during negottiations if he was coming of a loss… argued with ufc … turned down elite xc…

very dangerous fight for FEDOR cant wait to see it

Hey Mania, nice job on the new format. It makes it much easier to see who’s saying what.

didnt read all the comments so sorry if somebody pointed this out…but mania don’t you mean under the “adrenaline” banner rather than affliction?

I am going to pick sylvia.

how about this…
sylvia is a threat to anyone anytime , anywhere.

top ten ?? that stuff doesnt mean anything.
if fedor is indeed the best who has the best chance?

#2?
#3?

maybe it’s a big bastard with reach and KO power.

Nog’s way morre skillful , but couldnt beat fedor.

wow amazing

1st . Sylvia Is Gonna Get ktfo or submitted.
2nd . LMAO at Randy Couture.
3rd . Mark Cuban Is God. I Love Free Fights On HDNET im Sick of paying 44.99 for each ufc payperview.

perfect, this will help settle a lot of debates. Fedor has always been willing to fight anyone that was willing to fight him. He would’ve fought Couture a while ago, but the UFC would not negotiate a co-promotion, and somehow dana’s decisions got pushed off as Fedor’s. One thing we have to realize is that the companies have to agree to certain fights, being that these fighters are under contract. But now that Tim (the fluke) and Fedor (the last emperor) are both available they are fighting. Which tells me that the guy doesn’t really care who he fights, because he knows he’ll beat them all.
I say Fedor will stand with him a while, then drop him with a right hand, then when on the ground he’ll arm-bar or ground and pound Tim till he gets some other submission (kimura, americana, rear naked choke , guillotine, etc.), somewhere in the second half of the 1st round. WAR FEDOR! (lb for lb the best)

unreal. can’t wait to see the fight.

I cannot wait for this one…… GOLD!!

Tim Sylvia via DEATH…JK…but I do however think that Big Tim will put him to sleep.

I think Fedor is the Floyd Mayweather of MMA. What I mean by that is he has a big name but dosen’t want to fight a fighter that can give him a real challenge. He’s probably taking Tim lightly cause he got submitted by Nog, but Tim was dominating Nog before that happened.

I think that if Fedor loses it’s the best thing that ever happened to him. Kind of like the relief of getting that first scuff on your car. Then he can go back to normal, fighting others, not taking himself so seriously and being so protective about who he fights etc.

I like Tim’s chances. He’s been fighting regularly and his last three fights have been against some of the world’s best. Even Brandon Vera. Fedor on the other hand, though you really can’t’ argue against his skill, he simply hasn’t been facing stiff competition for a long time. Normally I don’t think a year makes much of a difference, but it’s been a number of years since he’s done significant time in the ring. Hopefully he’ll be ready and it’ll be an awesome fight. Big Tim is a scary fighter, and his takedown defense is quite good.

Easy fight for Fedor.
No problem.

This fight will NEVER take place. Fedor will have a reason why he can’t fight. He will NEVER fight some one who has the potential to beat him.

Go Fedor!!!! Ebni Timku i vse v poryade!!! Fedor by sub

this is gonna be a great fight. im actually pulling for tim on this one!!

I would LOVE to see the look on Randy’s face when he found this out!!!!!

I would love to see tim knock him out then all this fedor is awesome crap will go away,we all know randy will smash him and if tim beats him that would be funny cause tim is not that great of a fighter either so this on should be close.

fedor hasnt had any real competition in a while. i mean hunt is a great striker and he got lucky landing on fedor but he didnt know what to do with the americana. and lindland is a good wrestler but he wasnt going to beat fedor. mark coleman is good but he isnt that good. he’ll struggle to get a win in the ufc at the mo!
cro cop was a chalenge tho because fedor had a damage hand that was too weak to grab things so submissions were out of the question. he was able to outstrike cro cop then!
but i wonder what he will be like now! that was 3 years ago

Finally some decent competition for Fedor. I can’t stand Tim but this should be a decent fight. I think Fedor will win by submission but I wouldn’t be surprised to see Tim win by decision. Randy should fight Noguera already and get it over with. It would be alot faster to finish off the contract with UFC than fight a legal battle with them.

fedor by tko or submission first round fedor will have no fear in his face like always and tim will be shooked up and nervous like every other fighter that fights him, fedor number 1 who ever thinks tim has a chance is a brain washed american

OK. Fedor will destroy Randy and Tim. All of you will soon see that fedor is truly unstoppable. If you doubt me watch his fights. You will see. Also pride has always destoyed the ufc. Period. The proof is on the table, 3 of 5 belts are held by pride fighters! Chuck got destroyed. Sylva is way too good for all the punk chumps ufc keeps throwing at him.There is no one in the ufc that can beat Anderson.I shouldnt even have to say that big nog beat randy in the end. And fedor destroyed big nog. Bottom line fedor is a god amongst me. UFC is only good because it has pride fighters. Fedor has the best record in mma EVER! Give me a friggin break. You will all soon know the truth until then enjoy living in a Ufc was better then PRIDE dream world.

The next fight that needs to happen is Mark Hunt vs. Kimbo Slice. I’m sick and tired of hearing about Kimbo and he needs to lose to a REAL fighter.

Fedos no es un fighter inflado . . es el mejor . . Sylvia es a,guien a quien vencera por submission . facil . fedor rules!!!!!

I can’t wait for this great fight!!
Finally a top contender for Fedor!
But Sylvia doesn’t have the speed nor knowledge to be a real contender for Emelianenko. The only way he can win is by a cut.
Anyone saw what Fedor did to Herring a couple of years ago?
He’ll wipe the floor with Tim’s face, IMHO. Armbar, most likely, after some ground & pound.
I can’t wait to see if Couture maybe could finally fight Fedor later this year. This would be a much more interesting bout.

fedor is going to confuse sylvia. nog’s takedown attempts were shitty and too predictable until he switched it up and went in leg first. then it took something like 13 seconds to finish sylvia.

fedor will confuse sylvia with speed, variety, weird striking. i wouldn’t be surprised if despite the size diff tim eats some nasty thai knees simply because porr tim is going to be scared shitless of going to the ground so he’ll do his backwards sprawl, from there it could go rear naked choke, strikes ending in sub. tim’s best chance is heavy handed kO power esp. if fedor cant close the distance. he always does though

anyone see what fedor did to zulu

Fedors brother is 6’6 , You people don’t think he’s used to beating up tall bastards , give me a break. Fedors brother would woop on sylvia. The ufc heavyweight division is a joke! What do they got 20 people if that, and half of them suck balls. with the loss of pride mma is going down hill. With all thes small leagues dividing it were left with a boxing scenario.fedor would dominate ufc!He made noguira look like shit!

zula is not comparable to tim sylvia, but still fedor is quicker than timmy for sure.

actually if aleks trained really hard he’d out box sylvia there’s only a couple of inches difference and eleks is excellent on the ground. although he’d do fine boxing with sylvia he’d have to be stupid to keep it a boxing match. aleks also has great thai knees.

 maybe aleks could fight sylvia after the doctors re-attach sylvias forearm after the fedor fight.

ALSO while it’s a shame that fedor and barnett havent fought
people dont realize how dangerous and surprisingly well rounded mark hunt is – so with people saying fedor hasnt been facing anyone great. also ask rampage what he thinks of lindland. Lindland will take down spider one day…

Fedor will beat tim.
he will retire randy.
Barnett still has the best chance.

fedor is overated tim will win chuck liddell could beat fedor pride sucks they fought weak chinese people all the time there fedor couldnt even finish cro crop couture is da man

who ever said ufc if fixing fights is a moron. they dont. believe me who would want to go into a cage and get a beating just for an extra thousand some dollars. its not like boxing where u can “fall over” and lay on the ground for 10 seconds. in MMA if u fall, the guys trying to beat your head in. Anyways, fedor is ogna kill tim, end of story.

The one comment from Fedor that sums up his opponents is “Cro Cop was the toughtest fighter I’ve ever faced”. Google this and you will find it all over the internet.

What does that say about Fedor’s opponents when Cro Cop was beaten silly right out of the UFC. I really don’t care about Pride vs UFC because I think they both had great fighters so I’m not trying to defend the UFC. But Cro Cop went to decision with Fedor, yet he could not make it out of the first round against Gonzaga and he was totally dominated his next fight as well. Babalou vs Fedor went to decision as well and Babalou is another guy could not hang in the UFC.