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Steve Cofield and Dave Cokin talk about Fedor Emelianenko’s recent loss to Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva last Saturday, coming to the defense of the Russian after many from many who are saying “The Last Emporer” was never that good.
Both media personalities talked on ESPN1100 in Las Vegas recently, saying the Russian was great in his time, much like the great sportsmen of the past, but like them isn’t able to compete in the modern sports market.
If that’s the case, let’s eliminate all pre-1980 NFL offensive linemen from the NFL Hall of Fame. After all, those 250 pounders would get destroyed today in an era of 300-pound behemoths. Frankly, 6-foot-6 power NBA Hall of Fame power forward Dave DeBusschere sucked and Joe Louis wasn’t really a great heavyweight boxer. The guy fought most of his career between 195-205 pounds.
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Other well known media personalities Dave Metzer and Bryan Alvarez discuss Fedor’s loss during the Wrestling Observer Radio program Sunday night, criticizing the Russian’s management for pushing Fedor to fight despite his thoughts of retirement.
The FightOpinion.com transcribed some of the comments between Metzer and Alvarez.
DAVE MELTZER: “What’s Vadim without Fedor?”
BRYAN ALVAREZ: “Well, that’s the point. And then today when I read in the update today that people that actually spoke Russian, when they heard what Fedor said and then what Roseanne translated it was completely different or at least different in the sense…”
DAVE MELTZER: “It wasn’t completely different, but she lightened it. He was saying that he retired and she was saying that he was thinking of retiring.”
BRYAN ALVAREZ: “Yeah, let this poor damn guy retire! If he wants to retire, let him go…”
BRYAN ALVAREZ: “I’m just reading the quotes, I don’t even know how he said it. But, you know… every quote was like, ‘oh, no, he’ll be back, in fact he may be an alternate’ and this and that. Just like, man, the guy made it clear he really doesn’t want to do this now and why would you throw a guy back in there who you’re forcing to, I don’t know.”
DAVE MELTZER: “Well, they’re not going to force him. I mean, you know… I mean at the end of the day, he can not fight.”
BRYAN ALVAREZ: “The Russians may force him.”
DAVE MELTZER: “The Russians may force him. That’s true. That’s true, which is really quite sad.”
With the announcement earlier today that Fedor would fight once again, it could very well be that his management has “talked” him into entering the cage again despite whatever misgivings he’s had.
I agree though, if Fedor wants to retire, let him retire because the “Golden Goose” has stopped producing Golden Eggs, the gravy train is over for M-1 time to show the world your not a one fighter promotion.