Fedor Emelianenko v. Antonio 'Bigfoot' Silva In The Works?

People thought that he’d KO Arlovski, but nobody thought that Bigfoot was the better boxer.

If the odds are lopsided and make Bigfoot a 5:1 underdog, then I’m putting money on him to win a decision. I think M1 is making a mistake by letting Fedor fight Silva but not Overeem. Fedor had dealt with muscle before, especially that which can be KO’d and submitted. The technically sound, iron-chinned, long armed beast is a nightmare for Fedor.

The only reason Fedor lost to Werdum is that he bizarrely had no respect for Werdum’s submission skills. While GnP’ing him, he even got out of the triangle/armbar, but then went right back in. No disrespect intended to Werdum, though, as he is grossly underrated. Best HW BJJ on the planet and he survived Silva’s boxing, which tells you how much he’s trained since the Cigano KO.

Bigfoot is becoming a monster. Remember that this guy outboxed Andrei Arlovski, who Freddy Roach said is one of the best boxers in MMA. Arlovski’s “glass chin” is his only real weakness, but he took heavy shots vs. Silva without going out, and he wasn’t timid like he was against Rogers. KO’ing AA is nothing new. Outboxing him technically absolutely is.

We all saw Fedor getting outboxed by Arlovski, possibly by design as Fedor was going for the big KO, but now he’s going up against a better boxer with longer reach.

This is a VERY dangerous fight for Fedor. After seeing Lesnar’s pathetic striking defense in his last two fights, I’d go so far as to say that this fight is tougher for Fedor than Lesnar.