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Originally Posted by WarChild
Fedor may still be the best heavy weight in the World but sooner or later he's going to have to swallow his pride and fight the UFC's top heavy weights. It may as well be sooner while he's still in his prime. All of this other nonsense isn't really doing anything to cement his legacy and he's been way too dominate to finish his career with an asterix.
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Fedor has said himself he doesn't claim he's the best. He doesn't care about his legacy. He's done more than Brock (4-1) or any of UFCs top heavyweights. He's beat something like 6 ex UFC champs. It's funny people wanted to see Fedor fight UFC HW champs Tim Sylvia, AA, and Randy C when they were champs, now it's Brock. Two of those guys he did fight and demolished. Both of them left the UFC because they wanted too, not because they were cut. UFC champs keep changing but one thing that stays the same is Fedor, or has so far anyway.
The truth is Fedor doesn't need the UFC and the UFC doesn't need Fedor. I'm not sure how true it is but I remember reading somewhere Fedor owned part of M1. So if Fedor wants to keep making money after he stops fighting it's best for him to promote M1 as much as possible. So he's going to do better for himself fighting outside the UFC.
The UFC is so damn good at hyping up new unproven fighters they do just fine without Fedor. The UFC puts on fights that sell, the best fighters don't always get title shots, just look at the undeserved shots Randy Couture got. So I don't see how the UFCs top HWs are really the best of the best.