[Neoliberalnot]

What is Fedor’s background?

[benasawin]

“Pride”. The name escaped me earlier. Prior to UFC buying Pride, Fedor was their undisputed HW champion.
When UFC purchased Pride, and brought most of their fighters under contract, Fedor was not happy with what was being offered and went with the (fledgling) Affliction group. Here, he dominated as well.
Now, it seems UFC has little choice but begin putting their best up against Fedor. Only time will tell how this plays out but any Fedor match is one worth viewing. Old or new.

[pepperhead]

He is a sambo practitioner from Russia. He was the HW champ of Pride before they went under. In Pride there was no upper limit of how heavy a HW could weigh. He weighs about 230lbs and doesn’t cut any weight for his fights. He has beat Nogueira, the interim UFC HW champ, twice in Pride. He beat the former UFC champ Tim Sylvia in 36 seconds. It took Nogueira three rounds to sub Sylvia and it took Randy 5 rounds to win a decision against Sylvia.