Pound for Pound Pussy

I don't care what any hardcore MMA fan says Fedor Emelianenko is not the best pound for pound fighter in the world. He may not even be the best heavyweight fighter in the world. He is however a huge pussy who would rather fight washed up fighters in the twilight of their careers than top ranked competitors in the UFC.

It was reported on various websites today that Fedor turned down the richest contract in MMA history, 5 fights for $30 million, to be the premiere fighter of a new promotion, which his manager is co-owner of, called M-1 Global. This rules out the argument that Fedor didn't want to come to the UFC due to financial reasons.

Which leaves me to believe that he knows that he would be dominated if he came to the UFC. To prove my point I need only point out his recent competition.

His last fight was against Andrei Arlovski a man who wasn't relevant in the UFC heavyweight division and hasn't beaten anyone of note since Fabricio Werdum in 2007. His previous fight before that was against Tim Sylvia who is just as irrelevant as Arlovski and is in the twilight of his career. The last fight I will mention, the fight before Sylvia, was against Hong-Man Choi who is best known for his recent fight against Jose Canseco.

These are the men Fedor is beating to merit being called the pound for pound best fighter in the world? Disgraceful. This would be like an NFL team winning the SuperBowl by beating a CFL or NFl Europe team.

Now I am not saying that Fedor isn't a good fighter. He is a great fighter and worthy of praise but he is not the best fighter in the world. The best fighters in the world fight in the UFC and he does not. Therefore he cannot be the best.

To make matters even worse for Fedor the UFC welcomed back Tito Ortiz to the organization on the same day that Fedor turned down his deal. When asked why he came back to the UFC after leaving the way he did Ortiz responded by saying, ""Who would I fight in Strikeforce? Babalu [Sobral]? I'd crush his face. Ken Shamrock? Then I'd be responsible for the first death in MMA. Fedor at catchweight? .... I need to be where the best competition in the world is."

Now people are obviously going to point the finger at Dana White for Fedor not coming to the UFC but in reality White did all that he could. When dealing with Fedor the UFC President did everything he could. He met everyone of his demands including, he offered to pay him more than he’s ever made. He agreed to allow Emelianenko to fight in combat sambo. He agreed to allow Emelianenko to advertise M-1 on his fight shorts, on the apparel he wore and on banners his cornermen brought with them to the cage.

The one roadblock in the negotiations was Fedor's manager Vadim Finkelchtein. Vadim proposed that if the UFC wanted to sign Fedor than they would have to make M-1 Global, Vadim's new organization, a full partner. This would basically mean that White and the UFC would have to give up 50% of their company to Vadim in order to sign Fedor. No fighter is worth that and so obviously White refused.

This does put some of the blame on Vadim but in the end if Fedor wanted to be in the UFC he would simply tell his manager and it would happen. However his actions today show that he has no desire to fight the best fighters in the world and is instead content to fight washed up bums and sideshow freaks.

All this is going to do is hurt Fedor's reputation. Gradually he will become less and less important in the world of MMA as he will not be in the premiere organization. His legacy will suffer and month after month he will continue to drop down the pound for pound rankings as Lesnar, GSP, Silva, Machida, and Penn continue to win fights against good opponents and cement their legitimacy.

This is why Fedor Emelianenko is a Pound for Pound Pussy.

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