A lot of people, fighters and even Dana didnt shoot the idea down immediately
There were no fighters calling for Hunt or Werdum to replace Overeem, there were fighters laughing & joking about the support/movement of internet fans calling for Mark Hunt to get the shot at Dos Santos.
Well, they did take their time announcing who it was going to be
Not really, the UFC waited as long as they could to see if there was any chance of Overeem's ban appeal would work. When it looked clear his lies weren't working they had Mir slotted in fairly quickly.
Well, he dropped him like he had his past 2 opponents and even said he thought he had him hurt so he jumped in on him.
From what I can recall of the fight from memory without looking it up, I don't think Werdum looked hurt even a little bit. The uppercut put him down however it was more a stiff uppercut that caught Werdum well. He was ready & waiting for Fedor as he tried to jump in.
I know, but still...It's Fedor. His skin is like paper. His eye was the only thing that looked bad, he wasnt out of it by any means...and I just hate cut stoppages like that.
I don't think you appreciate just how bad his eye looked, he couldn't see out of his eye & if he'd taken anymore serious blows to it he could have risked losing his vision. The doctor made the right call stopping the fight, he could have had a broken orbital bone & with no way to check in the cage he was completely unfit to continue.
He was rolling and grabbing for wrist control the whole time.
Go watch the fight again, Fedor hurt Henderson, now what Henderson was doing was rolling & defending himself, then during the scramble Henderson got behind Fedor hit him through his arm & Fedor went out like a light & faceplanted. He then ate 5 or 6 really heavy Dan Hederson bombs without any sort of reply or show that he was defending himself.
Heck when Henderson is pulled off Fedor, he can barely sit up on his own. He was badly hurt & whether he agrees with it or not, the referee stopped him from taking unnecessary damage.
Well, it's still considered a UFC champion, and he beat Randy later anyway.
It's not really though. If you were to ask me who the UFC Welterweight Champion is, it's George St Pierre, not Carlos Condit. An Interim title is something they come up with the avoid stripping the real champion of his belt when he is on the shelf.
Are you trying to say PRIDE records are padded?
No, however there has to be an explanation for why Nog & Cro Cop could go 20-3 in Pride but only 3-4/4-3 in the UFC when the divisions merged.
Franklin, Vitor, Marquardt come to mind first. Maia is one dimensional, Forrest is so inconsistent. Cote is pretty terrible, Leben is a one dimensional brawler, Leites isnt very good. Lutter? Where is he?
MW is super weak.
Cote was on a 5 fight win streak when he fought Silva, 3 of which were 1st round finishes. Was 13-4 going into the Silva fight.
Leban was on a 6 fight win streak when he fought Silva 4 of which were finishes. Was 15-1 going into the Silva fight.
Leites was on a 5 fight win streak when he fought Silva 3 of which were submission finishes. Had a record of 14-1 going into the Silva fight. One of Silva's more poor performances I felt during his fight against Leites though.
Lutter was on a 3 fight win steak when he fought Silva with 3 1st round armbar finishes. Had a record of 9-3 going into the Silva fight.
All credible title challengers at the time.
Forest isn't a MW.
You mention Maia & Leban being 1 dimensional, being 1 dimensional doesn't matter if it's getting you the wins.. it only matters if you are coming up against freaks like Silva, GSP, Jones & Aldo who are happy to go wherever the opponent goes.
