Curtis Blaydes would 100% maul prime Fedor

[Tabarnakos]

Honestly...i don't think it's that far fetched. Prime Fedor was a great fighter but Blaydes is huge and has very good wrestling with the ability to stay on top of you if he takes you down. I'd favor Prime Fedor but i wouldn't count Blaydes out. If Bigfoot was able to take Fedor down and pound him then Blaydes could possibly do it as well.

Also there is no comparison to be made between Blaydes and Zulu/Hong Man Choi etc. Those guys were cans. Blaydes isn't

 

[beroisimo**]

Thanks for making it abundantly clear right up front why you're making this shitpost. The whole concept of "prime fighter vs whoever" is dumb as shit to begin with. Who gives a fuck about a hypothetical fight that can never possibly happen? It doesn't matter what Paul Craig vs Prime Shogun looks like because the only fight we can ever get is the one we got last night. How about talking about what Blaydes can do right now, against current HWs. What does he offer, what is he good at, what does he suck at. Put out an opinion on something worth a damn instead of posting trolly ass shit talking about what a gate keeper today can do to the best from yester-year.

I'm trying to highlight how good Blaydes is seeing how so many people on here think Fedor is the HW Goat. I have no doubt Blaydes would ragdoll any version of Fedor (copious amounts of evidence for it), so just wanted to highlight how legit the guy is.

 

[Kenny Powerth]

 

[kenetics]

Any version of Hunt hits much much harder than prime Fedor. Please don't tell me you actually think Fedor hits harder than Hunt? Even then, Blaydes took everything Hunt threw on his chin and still beat him.

You're comparing and old hunt to young hunt? Are you serious ? Lmao

 

[beroisimo**]

Honestly...i don't think it's that far fetched. Prime Fedor was a great fighter but Blaydes is huge and has very good wrestling with the ability to stay on top of you if he takes you down. I'd favor Prime Fedor but i wouldn't count Blaydes out. If Bigfoot was able to take Fedor down and pound him then Blaydes could possibly do it as well.

Also there is no comparison to be made between Blaydes and Zulu/Hong Man Choi etc. Those guys were cans. Blaydes isn't

Not possibly, WOULD do it. You think Bigfoot is as good a wrestler as Blaydes? Blaydes is leagues better, and imo just as strong if not stronger. He also has a WAYYYYYY better chin.

Blaydes absolutely obliterates prime Fedor.

 

[DivineMind]

One thing you're forgetting is that Fedor was most certainly juiced up, as were all the other Pride and UFC fighters at the time.

Blaydes is not juiced up. And his cardio is shit. He almost collapsed from exhaustion after a 3 rounder with Volkov. He's not going to manhandle prime juiced up Fedor with that garbage cardio.

 

[Ares Black]

Seeing how this is Sherdog, this will no doubt percent infuriate a lot of people, but the fact of the matter is that a prime Fedor would get absolutely mauled by Curtis Blaydes. Not only has Fedor's TDD has always been pretty poor, but his sweeps would simply not work in today's game, let alone against a massive top MMA wrestler. Fedor was utterly ragdolled by Bigfoot Silva, so it is guaranteed that Blaydes would rag doll him with absolute ease. Furthermore, Blaydes has one hell of a chin, and if someone with Hunt's power can't KO him (especially since he landed flush and with everything he had), then Fedor most definitely won't. For the record, Nagnnou is the hardest puncher in HW history alongside Shane Carwin.

 

[beroisimo**]

You're comparing and old hunt to young hunt? Are you serious ? Lmao

As Mark Hunt himself said. "Power is the last thing to go"

 

[Mike]

Nah

 

[beroisimo**]

One thing you're forgetting is that Fedor was most certainly juiced up, as were all the other Pride and UFC fighters at the time.

Blaydes is not juiced up. And his cardio is shit. He almost collapsed from exhaustion after a 3 rounder with Volkov. He's not going to manhandle prime juiced up Fedor with that garbage cardio.

Doesn't matter, Fedor is massively outsized and outskilled when it comes to the wrestling department, and he'd get thrown onto his head easier than what Randelman did. Randelman was a very small HW, and look at what happened.

 

[beroisimo**]

Fedor had his own power and precision. Bigfoot was on steroids when he laid on past prime Fedor, he would have lost in the 3rd round probably.

Blaydes doesn’t maul anyone, he lays on them and spams takedowns. I still think Blaydes will be champ when Stipe retires though.

Doesn't maul anyone? Are you frickn serious dude? Please go and watch the Reem and Shamil fight, and then come back to me.

 

[scottjoebob]

Blaydes couldnt finish old Hunto , but Fedor finished prime Hunto .

 

[DivineMind]

Doesn't matter, Fedor is massively outsized and outskilled when it comes to the wrestling department, and he'd get thrown onto his head easier than what Randelman did. Randelman was a very small HW, and look at what happened.

P4P he's much stronger than Blaydes since he's juiced up. Blaydes gasses by the end of round 1 before getting choked out in round 3.

 

[PizzaandBeer]

Doesn't maul anyone? Are you frickn serious dude? Please go and watch the Reem and Shamil fight, and then come back to me.

Reed has no chin and is easily knocked out. Everyone else he just lays on them.

 

[beroisimo**]

Blaydes couldnt finish old Hunto but Fedor finished prime Hunto .

LOL, the same Hunt who had Fedor in a kimura? Everyone knows that Hunt was a much better and more complete MMA fighter in his UFC days

 

[MartinGibson86]

So would Stipe, DC, Cain, JDS, Brock, and Francis.

 

[beroisimo**]

Reed has no chin and is easily knocked out. Everyone else he just lays on them.

You are being misleading, Blaydes destroyed him everywhere. He pressured him with wrestling and strikes, and beat the fuck out of him on the ground with nasty elbows. Reem has miles better TDD than Fedor, and prob an even better ground game, and look what happened to him vs Blaydes.

Just admit it, Fedor gets murdered by Blaydes.

 

[PizzaandBeer]

You are being misleading, Blaydes destroyed him everywhere. He pressured him with wrestling and strikes, and beat the fuck out of him on the ground with nasty elbows. Reem has miles better TDD than Fedor, and prob an even better ground game, and look what happened to him vs Blaydes.

Just admit it, Fedor gets murdered by Blaydes.

You do realize Fedor has a sambo background like Khabib right? Fedor is known for his trips and slams

 

[beroisimo**]

So would Stipe, DC, Cain, JDS, Brock, and Francis.

Carwin would have absolutely destroyed him too. No way would Fedor have gotten out of the first round with the Carwin that Brock beat.

 

[mmacrisis]

Enough with these hypothetical matchups that would require time machines. The MMA world when Fedor was in his prime is not the same as today. It is like saying a tennis player today would destroy people from 20 years ago, the rackets are different, the game is different and so is the training.