But they are not considered "GOAT".TS forgets that Shogun, Rampage, Nog, Silva, Werdum etc all became UFC champions.
And they are from the same time as Sylvia, Chuck, Franklin, Hughes, BJ etc.
Everyone gets old.
Beating none other than the mythical Cain Velasquez.But Werdum is yet another Pride fighter who went on to become UFC champion.
This.TS forgets that Shogun, Rampage, Nog, Silva, Werdum etc all became UFC champions.
And they are from the same time as Sylvia, Chuck, Franklin, Hughes, BJ etc.
Everyone gets old.
Noone thinks that about fedor, he got beat by hendo, bigfoot and werdum who all fought in the ufc. And maldonado knocked him out about 7 times in one fight
How about:
Alternate timeline: cro cop, shogun and wanderlei come to ufc in their primes and before all their injuries.
People would have regarded them as highly as Fedor if they never did. They could of stayed in Japan fighting Japanese cans and over the hill UFC fighters and be revered as GOATS.
Before they came to the UFC.
"Shogun is going to destroy Forrest Griffin. He's MWGP champion, young phenom!"
"Wanderlei Silva is going to go berserker mode on Chuck Liddell"
"Crocop is going to run through the heavyweight division. Everyone going to the cemetery"
Rampage, Gomi, Nogueira, Kid Yamamoto. All of them were "superior" to UFC fighters. And we all found out there's a difference between fighting cans and fighting the best fighters in the world.
People say Fedor not joining the UFC is due to terrible management. If anything, Fedor had the greatest management ever. His whole legacy as the "GOAT" was held on to by a very thin thread pulled by good management.
How many Strikeforce champions, Bellator champions, WSOF champions who were thought as the one who can beat current UFC Champion X came to the UFC and never escaped the middle of the pack.
Alternate timeline: If Fedor had joined the UFC. I am sure Fedor is different. Of course if he had joined the UFC he would of destroyed everyone.
But Werdum is yet another Pride fighter who went on to become UFC champion.
Your posts to likes received ratio is exceptionally poor .
"Pride knew top guys finishing top guys was not as likely to happen so they let top guys get fights with cans to build their Finish record and highlight reel"TS you are an idiot.
Fedor was often fighting 4 fights a year of which two fights were legit contenders and two were cans.
Pride knew top guys finishing top guys was not as likely to happen so they let top guys get fights with cans to build their Finish record and highlight reel.
See join date? Like function been around since..?
Think, then write.
"Pride knew top guys finishing top guys was not as likely to happen so they let top guys get fights with cans to build their Finish record and highlight reel"
... a lil bit simplistic, Im afraid...
Lawler (not pure Pride but eh)Anderson
Rampage
Nog
Werdum
Shogun
All PRIDE fighters who became UFC champs. Hendo, Hunt and Reem all fought for UFC titles and were highly ranked for many many years past their primes. Wanderlei had too much mileage, over 60 fights and many bareknuckle. Cro Cop had over 120 fights and unfortunately had a lot of injuries and surgeries from 2006 onwards.
There are still multiple PRIDE fighters in the UFC top 10, 10 years after PRIDE folded.
Fedor has the 2nd most ranked wins of any HW of all time, only behind Nog who he beat twice. So the cans argument is ridiculous. He has like double the amount of quality wins as Stipe, who uneducated UFC shills were calling the GOAT after beating a few old past prime HW's.
PRIDE and Strikeforce > UFC
People would have regarded them as highly as Fedor if they never did. They could of stayed in Japan fighting Japanese cans and over the hill UFC fighters and be revered as GOATS.
Before they came to the UFC.
"Shogun is going to destroy Forrest Griffin. He's MWGP champion, young phenom!"
"Wanderlei Silva is going to go berserker mode on Chuck Liddell"
"Crocop is going to run through the heavyweight division. Everyone going to the cemetery"
Rampage, Gomi, Nogueira, Kid Yamamoto. All of them were "superior" to UFC fighters. And we all found out there's a difference between fighting cans and fighting the best fighters in the world.
People say Fedor not joining the UFC is due to terrible management. If anything, Fedor had the greatest management ever. His whole legacy as the "GOAT" was held on to by a very thin thread pulled by good management.
How many Strikeforce champions, Bellator champions, WSOF champions who were thought as the one who can beat current UFC Champion X came to the UFC and never escaped the middle of the pack.
Alternate timeline: If Fedor had joined the UFC. I am sure Fedor is different. Of course if he had joined the UFC he would of destroyed everyone.