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Did you know that Fedor once armbarred a bear? That's nothing!
He once armbarred God!
How can any ordinary human do such things? Obviously it's impossible, unless you are a cyborg from the future.
The legend of Fedor has gotten to the point that evaluating his skills and abilities has gone beyond any sort of rational argument, or examination of techniques applied.
How is Fedor's striking? The typical answer is something like this: While it may seem unorthodox for boxing, winging punches in a 180 degree arc is in fact the best way to strike in MMA.
Fedor's wrestling? Fedor doesn't get taken down, he is just luring people into his Sambo trap.
Fedor's submissions? That one isn't even a question. Just ask a Fedor fan how Brock Lesnar would do against Fedor.
"Fedor would armbar Brock Lesnar within the first minute of the fight."
Of course, there is a lot of decent evidence to back these views up. The guy is undefeated, and has some pretty insane victories.
Knocking Andrei Arlovski out, causing him to execute a beautifully unconscious pirouette was simply amazing.
And his armbars against Mark Coleman are about as fluid as you'll ever see from a 230 lb man.
All of that being said, I'm still surprised when Fedor fans tell me that he was simply playing with Arlovski when Fedor's head snapped back, and then Arlovski push-kicked him into the ropes.
Since Fedor is psychic, he knew that those actions would ultimately result in Arlovski going for one of the stupidest flying knee attempts of all time.
And when Mark Coleman took Fedor down, he was only able to do that because Fedor knew that knocking out Coleman on the feet would be too easy. He wanted to show off his armbar.
The second Coleman fight? He got taken down because Dana White bet that he couldn't pull of the very same armbar again.
The suplex by Kevin Randleman? Actually, Fedor had Randleman exactly where he wanted him.
It's pretty clear that Fedor simply cannot lose. It's a mathematical impossibility.
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