MMA newbie’s watched in horror as the great Fedor paused for a moment before succumbing to the excellent BJJ of Fabricio Werdum. Most educated fans weren't that surprised as they have had legitimate doubts about Fedor in the past. The fact that he barely made it out of the first round with Brett "The grim" Rogers didn't help either, although Fedor did redeem himself by knocking out Brett in the second round. Fedor while being the greatest fighter in the PRIDE era, has not fought enough legitimate new era heavyweights to warrant all the hype behind him. I would compare the Fedor hype machine to the Kimbo hype machine. The difference being that Fedor is actually a top level heavyweight, while Kimbo is TUF level at best. Don't get me wrong, Fedor does not suck. He is simply not the best pound for pound fighter that a lot of newbie’s(who probably started watching MMA because of Brock Lesnar!) have proclaimed him to be. The are a handful of fighters that can beat him and if Fedor decides to man up and face the best available competition he will have a few more losses under his belt. This are my current top five heavyweights in the world.
1. Alistair Overeem
2. Brock Lesnar
3. Shane Carwin
4. Fedor Emelianenko
5. Frank Mir
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