Affliction: Banned Preview

UFC: Silva vs. UFC: Silva vs. Consider the heavyweight fights—Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia; Ben Rothwell vs. Andrei Arlovski; Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo; and Aleksander Emelianenko vs. Paul Buentello. That’s pretty sick, no? Now let’s get to it. Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia: On one hand, Fedor hasn’t fought a legitimate heavyweight contender since taking on Mark Hunt back at PRIDE: Shockwave 2006 on 12/31/06. That sure is a long time. Still, he did easily defeat current UFC Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira twice before that. In fact, he literally manhandled him, powering out of submission attempts and chucking him around the ring. Further, at the height of Mirko Cro Cop’s prime, Fedor also defeated him rather handily. But then came the lack of action. A time period where Fedor fought an excellent, but much lighter fighter in Matt Lindland and a giant striker in Hong Man Choi with little in the line of ground skills. So what do we believe in,...
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