1. Fedor's chin is gone.
Maldonado rocked him good, Mitrione finished him and Mir also hurt him. They say Sonnen is small so he won't have a power to do so, against Dan Henderson Fedor weighed in at 223, and Sonnen weighed in at 222 against Rampage Jackson.
2. Fedor's grappling is gone.
Fedor's judo credentials are better than most Judo practitioners, as well as his Sambo credentials are second to none. But, he has been looking like shit in his training vids, notwithstanding that one judo throw, he doesn't use his grappling much at all, and he doesn't really have a guard game
3. Fedor's speed is gone.
Fedor used to be lightening fast, but he doesn't really have that speed anymore. Even his coaches mentioned before how fast he was when he used to hit mitts, but unfortunately, he just isn't the same fighter at 41. Shocker
4. Fedor's power is gone.
He used to be very well built guy though he might not have been the biggest guy out there, muscling guys like Noguiera, but he couldn't really push around Maldonado out of all fucking people.
5. Fedor's IQ is gone.
People, not just fighters and fans, but well known coaches, used to talk about how smart Fedor is inside the ring or the cage, like Greg Jackson or Zahabi, etc....but this guy all he does right now is swing for the fences pretty much.
For me, since 2005, Fedor has been the greatest of all time. Since Sonnen debuted, for me he has been nothing but a scrub who just happen to be able to compete in the weakest division of all time while roiding. Big mouth but nothing more or less.
I don't want to live in a world where someone like Sonnen would beat Fedor, but facts are facts. Sonnen took down Rampage at will, and if you actually look at common opponents between Rampage and Fedor, Rampage showed a lot better takedown defenses against Arona and Randleman. It could be argued how ever Sonnen fought Hampage instead.
War Fedor nonetheless
