[quote]Chewie wrote:
slimjim wrote:
Anyways, out of the four divisions Pride offered, former Pride fighters now own three out of the four UFC belts. Nog, Rampage, and Silva.
UFC has 5 belts. (Actually 7 due to interim BS).
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Pride only had 4 so I’m only comparing the weightclasses Pride actually offered.
[quote]Steve4192 wrote:
slimjim wrote:
Anyways, out of the four divisions Pride offered, former Pride fighters now own three out of the four UFC belts. Nog, Rampage, and Silva.
Dave Meltzer wrote a great article on this topic a while back.
The 15 former PRIDE stars who came to UFC and WEC over the past two years have a combined 20-13 record (.606 winning percentage) in their new settings, compared to their 129-45-2 record (.741 winning percentage) in PRIDE.
The real story IMO is that the guys who made a pit stop in another cage-based organization before joining the UFC (Rampage in WFA, Silva in Cage Rage) have performed well above expectations, while the guys who came straight from the Pride ring (Cro Cop, Wandy, Shogun, Nakamura) have struggled mightily. I think there is something to be said for getting used to the idiosyncrasies of the cage.[/quote]
I didn’t really consider that aspect…but then I also didn’t have time to compile those stats either =)
[quote]Steve4192 wrote:
slimjim wrote:
Anyways, out of the four divisions Pride offered, former Pride fighters now own three out of the four UFC belts. Nog, Rampage, and Silva.
Dave Meltzer wrote a great article on this topic a while back.
The 15 former PRIDE stars who came to UFC and WEC over the past two years have a combined 20-13 record (.606 winning percentage) in their new settings, compared to their 129-45-2 record (.741 winning percentage) in PRIDE.
The real story IMO is that the guys who made a pit stop in another cage-based organization before joining the UFC (Rampage in WFA, Silva in Cage Rage) have performed well above expectations, while the guys who came straight from the Pride ring (Cro Cop, Wandy, Shogun, Nakamura) have struggled mightily. I think there is something to be said for getting used to the idiosyncrasies of the cage.[/quote]
Good stuff. Thanks for digging that up.
http://www.mmafightline.com/news/2008/313/fedor_emelianenko_318666.shtml
A one fight deal?
If that’s the case, White’s only hope’d be that Randy would beat Fedor throughly.
Imagine the damage done to UFC’s image if their biggest champion was whooped by some “stranger just passing by”.
I honestly believe that Dana would be crazy enough to do it, if Randy was stripped and the belt wasn’t on the line.