Tim Sylvia: "I Think Fedor Emelianenko Is Being A Pussy"

[Bluto]

"I think he [Fedor Emelianenko] is being a pussy. I think Fedor is very good, but you have to fight the top level competitors all the time to keep that status, and he is just not doing that.” - Tim Sylvia

[danielson]

To be the best you gotta fight the best. If Fedor keeps fighting people like Matt Lindland and freaks then people will forget about him.

[Bluto]

his fight against Hong Man Choi wasnt that easy as many had predicted. he failed the takedown - twice - and ended up with choi on top of him and choi is 350 pounds!

[LittleRob]

I think Timmy is mad becuz Fedor wants to fight Randy. The money they will both get will be more than Timmy will ever see. And I'd like to see Timmy Fight Choi. The dude is a Giant. Tim talks sh1t cuz he knows he'd never get the chance to fight any of those guys. Props to Fedor for his win, but Choi did have a chance slight chance of pulling off an upset.  As the size and weight didn't faze skill.

[*ChuteBoxe*]

his fight against Hong Man Choi wasnt that easy as many had predicted. he failed the takedown - twice - and ended up with choi on top of him and choi is 350 pounds!

Submission in under 2 minutes, that is pretty much exactly what everybody predicted.  The real suprise is that he managed to land a solid leaping left hook on a dude around a foot taller than him.

[Benny B]

"I think he [Fedor Emelianenko] is being a pussy. I think Fedor is very good, but you have to fight the top level competitors all the time to keep that status, and he is just not doing that.” - Tim Sylvia

The big ogre is right...Fedor has become a punk-ass bitch. He would get beat DOWN like many other PRIDE fighters inside the octogon.

[Geo]

Fedor has become a punk-ass bitch.

how so ?

[Petrucci]

hahaha, this caming from the same pussy Sylvia that was afraid sometime ago of even thinking in the possibility of fighting Fedor , and they already were in different organizations... 


you see, i even AGREE that Fedor should fight the best...but think again, who in the heavy division of UFC is really TOP ? Cro Cop...Minotauro...did you guys forget that Fedor already BEAT those guys?


ohhhh, forgive me...Fedor should go to UFC to fight the SAVAGE Tim Sylvia 


Couture is not on UFC anymore, that would be the only real TOP fighter that Fedor didnt already beat before....

Fedor isnt even my favorite fighter, but for Gods sake...i dont understand all the hate on the guy who always WIN !!!!!!!!!! I already got the impression that almost everyone here has a very short memory, because if one fighter loose, all that he did before doesnt count anymore...he is trash, should retire, etc etc. Fedor still win everyone and still has criticism??? I can put some cash in a bet that Hong Man Choi (while not being top of anything) would beat the GREAT Tim Sylvia...

i dont know but i think maybe Dana and the UFC organization are doing somekind of 'brain washing' on you guys...damn 


Ps: epic meltdown !!! 

[Michaeloz]

Sylvia is just parooting Dana.  Got to keep the boss happy so he bore us with the belt again.

[Logan32]

Fedor isnt even my favorite fighter, but for Gods sake...i dont understand all the hate on the guy who always WIN !!!!!!!!!! I already got the impression that almost everyone here has a very short memory, because if one fighter loose, all that he did before doesnt count anymore...he is trash, should retire, etc etc. Fedor still win everyone and still has criticism??? I can put some cash in a bet that Hong Man Choi (while not being top of anything) would beat the GREAT Tim Sylvia...
i dont know but i think maybe Dana and the UFC organization are doing somekind of 'brain washing' on you guys...damn 


Ps: epic meltdown !!! 

Welcome to the world of MMA fans the minute someone loses they are written off. Chuck for two loses, Randy for his two loses, GSP for his loss against Serra, Wandy for his loses, Shogun for losing to Forrest, etc.... MMA fans are some of the biggest bandwagon jumpers out there.

[Ruffneck]

Fedor would own Sylvia its that simple. If Sylvias last couple of performances are anything to go by he would get fucked up. The guy looks like he fights with clownshoes on his feet.
I do agree that Fedor needs to fight the best but the best is sitting on his contract at the moment and dont want to fight in UFC no more. Other than that whos in the heavyweight division that Fedor could take a fight to Fedor and look like winning?

[Fury]

Nog and Couture are the only HW's worth fighting right now. That ape Sylvia can't come to terms with the fact that he's barely a top 10 HW and that the UFC HW division is still garbage.

[Bluto]

ufc can learn a thing or two from the japs when it comes to heavy weights...

gotta love when fedor fights     Zuluzinho... Hong Man Choi... Naoya Ogawa... Mark Coleman... Yuji Nagata... Gary Goodridge... Kazuyuki Fujita... and the other classy pride fighters 

[Ruffneck]

The only fight i see for fedor other than couture is nog but hes beaten him before. the main difference would be fighting under ufc rules and obviously being in a cage would make it more interesting other than that the HW divisons as a whole are pretty weak

[LatsMcGee]

ufc can learn a thing or two from the japs when it comes to heavy weights...

gotta love when fedor fights     Zuluzinho... Hong Man Choi... Naoya Ogawa... Mark Coleman... Yuji Nagata... Gary Goodridge... Kazuyuki Fujita... and the other classy pride fighters 

I like how you name the small percentage of crappy fighters he's fought as compared to the other top notch ones he's demolished.  You must post on Sherdog.

[Petrucci]

ufc can learn a thing or two from the japs when it comes to heavy weights...

gotta love when fedor fights     Zuluzinho... Hong Man Choi... Naoya Ogawa... Mark Coleman... Yuji Nagata... Gary Goodridge... Kazuyuki Fujita... and the other classy pride fighters 

hum....wasnt Coleman a champion of the mighty UFC??? wasnt him champion of a Pride GP sometime ago???

and Fujita while not a 'beast' isnt a shabby fighter either...

like someone said, you didnt list any of the TOP fighters Fedor destroyed there, including some of them more than one time...

[americanbulldog]

Tim would love to have Fedor's contract.  Can't blame the guy for getting the best deal available that is NON EXCLUSIVE, and alllows him to keep the rights to his own likeness.  But on the other hand, he will need to fight better competition.  The only fighter not in the UFC on his level would be Josh Barnett.  I'd love to see that fight. 

[Bluto]

hum....wasnt Coleman a champion of the mighty UFC??? wasnt him champion of a Pride GP sometime ago???

and Fujita while not a 'beast' isnt a shabby fighter either...

like someone said, you didnt list any of the TOP fighters Fedor destroyed there, including some of them more than one time...

Think you're missing the point. People claim the Pride was all that but the truth is they had a great share of shitty matchups and shitty fights. What's the point putting Fedor against so many cans? Over and over and over again?

As for Coleman, yes he WAS good in the UFC - back in 1997. That's 10 years ago. He fought Fedor as recent as 2006. He's leftovers from the UFC that Pride had no problem signing even though he passed his prime 10 years earlier. And they put him against Fedor - twice! 

Yes Coleman managed to win in Pride... he won over Don Frye, another UFC leftover that fought in UFC back in 1996... 

UFC doesn't want anything to do with these shitty over the hill fighters. Pride however, have no problems signing them up, one after another, and put them against their top guy over and over!

The fans must love that huh? 

[Bluto]

Tim would love to have Fedor's contract.  Can't blame the guy for getting the best deal available that is NON EXCLUSIVE, and alllows him to keep the rights to his own likeness.  But on the other hand, he will need to fight better competition.  The only fighter not in the UFC on his level would be Josh Barnett.  I'd love to see that fight. 

What's Fedor's contract? Feel free to post.

[LatsMcGee]

UFC doesn't want anything to do with these shitty over the hill fighters. Pride however, have no problems signing them up, one after another, and put them against their top guy over and over!

The fans must love that huh? 

Yeah the UFC doesn't want over the hill fighters in their main events.  That's why they keep it fresh with Shamrock v Ortiz and Gracie v Hughes.

[Petrucci]

Yeah the UFC doesn't want over the hill fighters in their main events.  That's why they keep it fresh with Shamrock v Ortiz and Gracie v Hughes.

exactly...

can anyone list a really TOP heavyweight fighter in UFC that is not a fighter brought from Pride???

[Bluto]

Yeah the UFC doesn't want over the hill fighters in their main events.  That's why they keep it fresh with Shamrock v Ortiz and Gracie v Hughes.

There's been a few, but it looks to me Pride made a habit using UFC leftovers and not the other way around.