@Kevin11 179272 wrote:
Emelianenko is arguably one of the best fighters in any weight class period. Pound for pound Silva and GSP are also up there…
It’s hard to say one fighter is better than another since effective counterstyles usually prevail, but if u wanted to talk about all around ability i would have to mention Lyoto Machida, now this guy knows how to fight, any way u want it, 13-0 so far, whatever u come at him with he counters effectively, the sign of a smart fighter, half Brazilian, half Japanese, groomed to fight since birth, look forward to seeing him become champ, nice good looking guy too.
Looking through his record, he was the first man to beat Rich Franklin, who went on to become UFC champ, he beat B.J. Penn when B.J. was UFC champ in a non title fight, and last time out he beat Tito Ortiz, so it’s not like this guy’s been fighting bums, he has been in the ring with some serious quality and beaten them all, sooner or later he’s gonna get his shot, u can’t duck him forever, would like to see him fight Forrest Griffin next time out for the UFC Light Heavyweight title, but that’s not gonna happen, they’re keeping him out of the picture, and he won’t fight Silva for the Middleweight title since they are teammates fighting out of the same gym.