Re: Fedor Emelianenko signs with M1 and not UFC! :(
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side question: is fedor accepted as the greatest fighter alive right now? i don't follow mma, but it seems to be so. who are the other top fighters? where would you rank cro cop?
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Currently he is ranked by nearly everyone as the #1 pound for pound fighter. However, Fedor's refusal to fight ranked fighters combined with Randy Couture potentially beating Minotauro would likely vault Randy into the #1 spot - you could also make an argument for Anderson Silva taking that spot should be beat down Franklin like he did the first time.
At the height of his career when he won Pride's Grand Prix last year, Crocop was ranked by most as the #2 heavyweight; many thought he would beat Fedor if a rematch ever occurred. He has looked completely lost in the UFC, though, losing by knockout to Gabriel Gonzaga and then dropping a disappointing decision to Kongo, a guy pretty much hand-picked for him to knock out. He claims to have broken his rib in that fight, but he has looked flat ever since leaving Pride - right now, he is not top 10 material. My top 10 list at heavyweight is
1. Fedor
2. Couture
3. Nogueira
4. Barnett
5. Gonzaga
6. Sylvia
7. Arlovski
8. Kongo
9. Werdum
10. A. Emelianenko/Vera/Kharitonov
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