Emelianenko—Lesnar: The Break Down

Lets face it, whether or not you like Brock Lesnar, he is here to stay. Having recently beaten Randy Couture, he is now the Heavyweight Champion of the UFC, and will look to unify the belt once the winner of the Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera—Frank Mir fight happens.

Lets also face it: Fedor Emelianenko is still the greatest heavy weight in the world and with him fighting in Affliction, he has more heavyweight talent looking to take the belt away from him than UFC could ever hope to have. With a possible release of Fabricio Werdum on the horizon, the UFC is really watering its heavy weight division down.

With UFC now possessing only three credible challenges in the heavyweight division to fight Lesnar for the belt, it is no wonder that two of those three are going to be fighting one another very soon.

If Noguiera or Mir win their next fight, one of them is going to be left on the back burner for a little while before they can challenge Lesnar for the belt. Of course, this should make way for the talented Brazilian Gabriel Gonzaga to make a stand against Lesnar as well.

However, now that the Couture—Lesnar fight is behind the fans of MMA, it is no wonder that Emelianenko is stepping forward to request a fight with the guy. Emelianenko is requesting that a M-1, Affliction and UFC co-promotion take place in order to secure a chance of fighting this guy.

Will the UFC do such a thing? No way! The UFC is going to want to keep secure its franchise and reputation as being the best in the business. Having Lesnar possibly being defeated by Emelianenko means that the heavy weight belt would no longer rest in their organization and completely discredit the UFC  as being No.1 in the world.

So if this fight were to happen, who would win? The advantage would have to go to Emelianenko. He possesses greater striking and submission skills, more so than Randy Couture, not to mention much more experience. Of course, the same could be said about Couture. Couture, however, was never of the same caliber as Emelianenko and has never sustained as long a winning streak either.

That is not to say that Lesnar does not pose a threat to Emelianenko. Lesnar poses the same threats as he did to Couture.Lesnar is strong, fast, and a good wrestler. But having seen this Emelianenko, who is a very cerebral fighter, can formalize an even better game plan than Couture.

Emelianenko hits hard, and although Lesnar has knock down power, he cannot finish a fight with a single punch. This is something Emelianenko can and will do. Emelianenko will trade punches in bunches and has a heart of a lion. You must never count Emelianenko out off his back because next thing you know you'll be in an arm bar.

Emelianenko wins this fantasy match up by the end of round one.