_CaptainRon

The mystique of Fedor is prominently displayed here despite the result of the fight. The man was clearly ko'd, but he still managed to regain consciousness and continued to defend himself. He may technically lose fights, but the Russian Cyborg cannot be killed.

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americanfighter

He hadn't one are on his belly and one on the cage an his legs were limp thats not defending yourself very effectively. More time would have only resulted in more punishment.

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Live I thought the stoppage was a disgrace and was incredible pissed. On slow motion replays... yeah he was out. Lame.

Awesome job by Hendo. Gutted for Fedor.

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yep that was my whole point his legs were motionless that means he couldnt defend exactly like vitor when he was front kicked and silva followed up but vitor had limp limbs

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He was out not a bad call , i respect Henderson for bringing it and it was a slug fest anyone can could have go.

Still a fan of Fedor.

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I have no doubt that Hendo would have reigned down more punishment. I thought live that it was a great stoppage because Fedor was out, but in the replay I saw him recover and defend so I thought it was an early stoppage. After watching the finish several times I realized my first take was the right one, and Herb Dean did a solid for Fedor. I am still taken back by Fedor's undying will to fight.

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Unfortunately people are gonna call this a bad stoppage for a long time, just like people still saying Shogun had a bum knee against Forrest. But it shouldn't take away the fact that Hendo put Fedor out while still trying to make his way to his feet, which says a lot about Hendo's brute strength.

Awesome win!

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I dont know how i feel about this. Slow motion everyone and everything seems to be bad.

I just watched the fight a few times especially the finish and to me Fedor seems a bit dazed and in a really awkward position so he couldnt move that quick. He flips around though and seems very aware of everything which was when Herb Dean already stopped it. I kinda think Fedor deserved 2 more seconds to see where his head is at.

Anyway i kinda feel like the black sheep here so if you think im wrong im totally ok with that. I dont care enough to argue about it since i doubt there is even 1 person that is going to change their mind 1 way or the other on this subject.

Either way.. it was a good showing for both of them. That fight could have gone either way and if they fought again it would still be a toss up. So great job by Hendo to get an amazing punch in while being semi-rocked and scrambling. Pretty impressive.

I wish Henderson could get a rematch against Jake Shields but this time go in healthy and not look like his spine has a couple discs missing.

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No they weren't after very careful examination, his legs were for a very short (emphasis on short) split second motionless. He was NOT out. He has even mentioned here that he wasn't out and that HD should have given him a bit more time. I agree with him (I'm not a nuthugger but I'm a fan of Fedor and HD is my favorite ref). Look how QUICKLY he turned around, within HALF a second he moved his leg and the other half second turned around and started to defend himself. Fighters get dazed or have their lights turned off for a split second all the time but a lot of times they recover and this was most definitely one of those times. If this was a stand up and Fedor got hit the exact same way and fell and had been on his backside instead of his stomach side hendo would have had to run over to him to hit him again but by that time Fedor would have recovered, but because they fought so close it put Fedor in a weird angle where HD wasn't able to judge intelligently enough to see if Fedor was really hurt. Yes, there is a possibility that Hendo could have finished him (after he turned around) if more time was given since he was clearly dropping bombs but Fedor was still robbed of that chance.

His legacy is ****ed now.

It will make year if he comes back and dominates the next few fights (if he decides to keep fighting which I hope he does.

EDIT: And I completely forgot to mention the two HUGE and VERY apparent illegal blows to the back of the head. HD warns Fedor about the fence but lets that shit slide??? WTF?

creepjacker

Fedor just got KNOCKED OUT by a guy that fights 2 weight classes below him. He is beyond done. I've never seen anyone fall this fast or this hard. This is worse than Liddell's fall from grace. I'm seriously wondering if he was grossly overrated to begin with.