Fedor returns to face Sylvia?

Question

maybe a stupid question. who's your favorite to win?

i gotta say Fedor.

i'd also like you to elaborate further on why you think your fighter will win. what does he do better than the other? etc

Answer 1

Fedor by submission. We've already seen him be able to close the gap between him and a much larger opponent. plus sylvia's ground game sucks.

Answer 2

I think Tim Sylvia has a better chance than most people think, but I pick Fedor to win. Tim's long arms are easy targets for Fedor to roll into an arm bar. Someway or another, the fight will end up on the ground, and Fedor has a huge advantage there. Whether its ground and pound or submission, Fedor will dominate on the ground. Standing, I believe Fedor will push the action with his strength and speed. Although, I do believe that the only way Tim wins this fight is by either knockout (he hits pretty hard/long reach) or gets a big cut on Fedor (he cuts easily).

Prediction: Fedor by Sub. (Arm Bar)

Answer 3

this fight is a very tough one to call. looking at fedors strengths it would seem that sylvia is tailormade to lose to him since sylvia isnt exactly well known for his ground game and all but one of his losses came by submission. if sylvia can cut him or utilize his reach advantage and manage to keep fedor outside it could go his way, but he needs tto stay away from the clinch. with fedors sambo background a clinch would be the start of h**l for sylvia. if it goes to the ground fedor will win

Answer 4

Fedor's ground game is excellent and until someone beats Fedor, I think he has to be the favorite.

Sylvia is big and can punch, but I'm not sure that he's in the same class as Fedor.

Answer 5

Fedor. His ground game is too much for Sylvia, but this will deffinatly be an excellent way to see how Couture would do against Fedor. (and get Fedor some much deserved respect on the Yahoo! top ten list)

Answer 6

I would pick Fedor over any guy in the world right now just because he really doesn't have any weaknesses.  He boxes well and can take a good punch and his transition game from standing to the mat is the best in the business.  I think Tim wants to stand,  obviously thats his best chance because he has a reach advantage, a good jab, and knock out power.  If Fedor can't get him down then Tim will win,  but if he can this fight will be over in 5 minutes.

Answer 7

Fedor wins 2nd round by armbar from guard...like usual.

Answer 8

Personally I think Tim's gonna get the upset. Fedor hasn't fought in what? 3 years, well except for that fight with Lindland, but that lasted how long? I just think that Tim's more hungry than Fedor. Besides everyone's rooting for Fedor, I like the upsets. Makes things more interesting...

Answer 9

fedor is simply a fantastic well rounded fighter and is superior to tim sylvia in every way except for perhaps striking. he will win because i really dont think there is a heavyweight on the planet that matches up favorably with him. sure he is beatable but theres no way he should lose.