tecnotut

I saw the video. Fedor was by holding the ropes numerous times with his hands, and sometimes, with his armpit. Referee had to hit and remove Fedor's arm numerous times so he would let go of the rope. Most importantly, it looks like Fedor reveresed Lindland's slam by holding on to the ropes, which led to Fedor having the dominant position.

Anyone agree?

VinceD

No, Lindland cheated three different times during the match. There is a thread that shows GIF's of the three different times that he cheated. I just posted it earlier today. Take a look at that then tell me what you think of that!

LV 2 H8 U

We've seen this happen before. Like when Sylvia held the cage so didn't get slammed. What can they do about it? Stiffer Penalties?

tecnotut

I couldn't see the pics, but I read some of the Sherdog posts on the thread. Some poeple who were able to see the pics said it was questionable whether Lindland cheated, e.g., they said his arm grazed the ropes, or that the first punch by Matt was a fair punch (it did seem fair). Further, the alleged knee-to-the-spine foul supposedly occured after Fedor broke his fall by holding on the rope.

There doesn't seem to be much controversy among the Sherdog posters as to whether Fedor cheated. One Sherdog poster even stated that the broadcaster even stated Fedor grabbed on to the rope. Other posters said that it was instinct, not intentional, yet a foul nonetheless that prevented Lindland from slamming Fedor.

kaiser1041

it happens in a hell of a lot of fights.if we were to analyse every fight u would pick numerous fouls in every fight the same way when rampage my fave fighter slammed arona the most famous slam in mma he headbutted arona when they made contact with the matt

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rbunnell

I am a huge Fedor fan and all it takes is someone with half a brain to see that he was definitely avoiding the takedown by putting his arm over the ropes. In watching the fight again online, I thought when the ref said "let go of the ropes" nine times, people would see that Fedor should have LET GO OF THE ROPES!

Judoka

Well hes arm was over the ropes so when he was about to be slammed and the natural reaction would be grab the ropes which he did but then another natural reaction is to put the foot down as he did so it was cheating but its no big deal it was natural reactions and this happens quite often so i dunno why people get upset over it.

Although if he did get the slam i think Fedor still wouldn't have lost.

SnakePit

IMO, and I'm a Fedor fan, the only reason he won is because of his cheating... therefore, I believe it should be ruled a NC. After that, rematch. Not that anyone could complain about an olympic silver medalist Vs a cyborg again@!

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moldy

holding the ropes is like holding in hockey or football. Everyone does it will continue to do it. If your not seen it saves your bacon.

KillerG

Well Fedor was told to let go of the ropes 9 times, the ref also told them to freeze due to fedor holding onto the ropes, and i believe the reason Fedor ended up on top is because of his holding onto the ropes.

Because Fedor was holding onto the ropes Lindland used more effert to bring him off which resulted in him turning too much.

Fedor's feet was off the ground for most of it, the only thing keeping him from falling was him holding onto the ropes.

Did he cheat, well in the rules its illigal to hold onto the ropes, so thats a yes, and he continuosly cheated. But whatch gonna do bout it.

Should definatly be a rematch though.

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