Lightfall

Whereas Arona has not been, he has lost 3 of his last 4 fights, 2 in brutal fashion.

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GMW

Sort of like against Hughes the first time it was early in GSP's career and he dominated the next two times?
As for Serra, he definitely canceled it out with dominating Serra again.

But, on the topic of the thread, I still think Fedor is more well rounded then GSP.
The black mark for GSP is his striking. It's pretty good for the WW division but it'd weak everywhere else.

Damone

Yeah, it has to be Fedor. His only flaw is that he cuts easily. That's it. His wrestling is there, he sets up his takedowns, his sub game is there, his stand-up is there, he has very solid conditioning. He's just the complete package.

Terry77

I can't call Anderson Silva the most complete fighter ever, since the blue print is there on how to beat him. St. Pierre is another guy who can be beat standing and subb'd before, and Frank Shamrock never had the best defense for wrastlin.

All good, well rounded guys but Fedor takes the cake. We're talking smack about the guy lately (me too) but everybody was wondering after the Cro Cop fight "how do you beat him?" You can't soundly outsttrike or submit him and even if you get in his guard you're screwed.

As mentioned, Fedor can be cut. Hell, Lindland opened him up pretty bad. It will be interesting to see him in the US with elbows in play.

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Pyros

So? He still lost. Fedor never had to avenge any losses, because he simply doesn't lose.

GMW

I'm just saying, Fighter's grow and get better.
GSP lost to hughes at like 22 or 23, and Fedor started fighting in Pride at much older then that.
The way they are currently, I don't think his loss to Serra or Hughes matter anymore and GSP is a p4p better fighter.

Pyros

Who says Fedor can't still get better (well realistically I don't know if that's possible, it's a sacry thought xD). And of course his losses matter, just because you avenged them later doesn't mean you didn't get your ass kicked the first time. And he's not P4P better than Fedor for a simple reason, Fedor could probably cut to 205 if he wanted and is a small HW, while GSP is a big WW who towers over his opponents, you can't deny the fact that he's bigger gives him an edge over many opponents, so no, he's not better P4P.

GMW

Yeah, Fedor could get better, what is your point with that? I only brought up getting better in defense of his first Hughes loss.

MMA is a sport where what you do now matters most, and GSP's losses to hughes and serra were a while ago and have been completely over ridden.

GSP is a big WW but weight wise a lot of WW are in the same field as him, especially hughes and koscheck. And doesn't fedor weigh like 230? That's a pretty normal HW. Most of them aren't like Tim Sylvia. Take Nog and CC, who during Fedor's peak, were ranked two and three respectively.

In the end, when I look at their records and skill sets, I think GSP's physical ability is tied with Fedor, but his control is so far above anyone else's it outweighs Fedor's benefits over GSP.
And looking at record's I'd also give it to GSP.

Pyros

You said fighters get better to support your point, if GSP can get better so can Fedor.

And you are with that again, it doesn't matter if he has avenged the losses, they happened, he got bested in two occasions, while Fedor has never been beaten. You can avenge your losses but the fact that you got KTFO or submitted will stand forever, for now GSP is beatable, Fedor is not, until someone proves otherwise, which frankly I don't see anyone doing.

Fedor weights at 230 yes, but he's not ripped like other HW, the fact is he got a strict diet he could probably fight at 205 were he could have a bigger size advantage, but he doesn't because he can easily kick ass at HW, that plays a huge part in determining a P4P fighter.

GSP's control is above Fedor? Who has Fedor not been able to control? Heck, he usually beats people at their own games, he can control you standing or on the ground, while GSP striking isn't great as proved by Serra. And records, yeah maybe GSP has beaten more people that are currently top 10, but when Fedor beat Herring he was top 10, Schilt was top 10, Coleman and Randleman were top 10, Mark Hunt was top 10, Babalu and Arona were top 10 LHW, Lindland is a top 10 MW. Wow Fedor record looks pretty good too, right?

Tripod87

Anderson's wrestling is still definitely in its developing stages, and I'd still like to see how good his BJJ is against a guy who doesn't gas so easily. Just the fact that his guard has been passed so easily before is not a good sign. He's a great fighter and IMO number 1 p4p, but not the most complete fighter ever.

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