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I wasn't an mma fan during the pride days. I also didn't have any means to access it. So all the pride stuff I know is anecdotal and archived footage. Many people still hold fedor as the GOAT. I'm not here to defend or to refute that claim. Some day he'd beat Stipe if he was in his prime. I don't know or care about that either.
My question is this: fedor is known for being a destroyer with a well rounded skillset. If you were to put prime fedor, the one who beat cro cop in today's heavyweight division, factoring in the evolution of the sport and the fact that a lot fighters have studied his style and copied is in different ways, would he dominate the same way stipe did? Would his skillset and athleticism allow him to, for instance beat francis (possibly outstrike him), would he beat overeem (you can toss in different iterations of him to make things interesting), dc, stipe, jairzinho, could he withstand curtis blaydes' ground and pound and takedowns etc?
Please don't flame me I'm just curious to know. Was he so far ahead that his skillset could transcend the evolution of the sport or would he get housed by today's finest?
My question is this: fedor is known for being a destroyer with a well rounded skillset. If you were to put prime fedor, the one who beat cro cop in today's heavyweight division, factoring in the evolution of the sport and the fact that a lot fighters have studied his style and copied is in different ways, would he dominate the same way stipe did? Would his skillset and athleticism allow him to, for instance beat francis (possibly outstrike him), would he beat overeem (you can toss in different iterations of him to make things interesting), dc, stipe, jairzinho, could he withstand curtis blaydes' ground and pound and takedowns etc?
Please don't flame me I'm just curious to know. Was he so far ahead that his skillset could transcend the evolution of the sport or would he get housed by today's finest?