(“Yaaaaaaaaay!”)
Top ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko will fight Tim Sylvia on July 19. The Russian mixed martial arts champion confirmed the bout to Sherdog.com on Tuesday.
“[Sylvia] is a good fighter, a strong fighter, the former UFC heavyweight champion, which is important,” Emelianenko said via telephone from Stary Oskol, Russia. “I am looking forward to fighting him and training hard for this fight.”
While Emelianenko was short on details, Sherdog.com has learned through sources close to the negotiations that Fedor-Sylvia would headline a card tentatively scheduled for the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, the home base of HDNet Fights.
HDNet Fights CEO Andrew Simon declined to comment on the report, however sources indicate the bout will air on the Mark Cuban-owned network and is rumored to be promoted by Affliction, a clothing brand closely tied to MMA.
Emelianenko hasn’t faced an elite-level heavyweight since Mirko Filipovic at PRIDE Final Conflict in August 2005; we can’t wait to see where his skills currently stand, and if he really deserves to top our HW rankings. An interesting side-note to this booking is Monte Cox, who recently parted ways with Fedor when M-1 Global became Adrenaline MMA. Even though the fight won’t be held under the Adrenaline banner, Cox is still Tim Sylvia’s manager, which means he’ll still be getting paid at least 10% of a shit-ton of money. That, my friends, is how a smart gambler plays.
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commentshe is 3 or 4 inches shorter. and better at eeverything except punching - what did he do for 2 1/2 rounds - BOX.
Fedor is 8 inches shorter, but probably will be smarter against sylvia - there are a lot of ways he should probably beat tim sylvia - i cant wait to watch though.
or he'll just burgerize Silvia, roll him up in a ball, stick him down his shorts and say to the ref "Vhere'd he go...Vhere'd he go!?".
As for Fedor.. watch a bunch of his fights. When he fought cro cop, cro cop was in his prime and fedor was beating the ex kick boxing champion of the world in stand up with a possibly broken hand which would explain how cro cop did not get knocked out.
Tim sylvia's best chance for this fight is to give fedor a cut early in the fight which could mean a win by doctor stoppage.
April 8th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
If they fight in a cage, Sylvia will win. If they fight in a ring, Sylvia will win, it’ll just take longer.
You are fucking smoking crack if you think Sylvia even has a chence. What fucking planet are you from, oh I think I know. The planet Denial!