[The Show Off]

Originally Posted by Funky Fly I get what you're saying but Lesnar is a little different. He was gifted a shot WAY early in his career on name power (and I don't deny that as being unfair, trust me). He beat the top guys in the UFC at the time (except for Big Nog) then got crazy sick and had a long layoff. Anderson Silva has already run through his division and basically fights anybody because he's already beaten the top guys (Marquardt, Henderson, Maia to an extent, Franklin twice, Forest at LH). GSP is getting into similar territory. Hopefully Koscheck won't be a dumbass and will actually train his wrestling for this shit. Fedor was a free agent and had a ton of the top guys he could have faced in the UFC, but went where the money was better. FAIR ENOUGH. But now that he's in Strikeforce, he skipped out on his title shot to fight Werdum. THAT'S where I take issue. None of the other guys actively avoided better competition. They beat them already and only have the division's scraps left to go through. If Fedor doesn't fight Ovareem next, I'm writing him off completely.

I totally get that point, I really do. I've never read anywhere that Fedor ducked Overeem but I might have just missed that (if anyone could send me a link it'd be appreciated) and if he did really duck Overeem that's bullshit.

With the exception of Overeem and Barnett (who he was schedualed to fight until Barnett screwed it up) Fedor has fought all the best fighters outside the UFC.

Do I want him to be in the UFC? Hell yes.

Does his reputation take a hit not being in the UFC? Of course.

Fedor is still a great fighter and I'd bet on him against any heavyweight in the world still. He's not unbeatable though. Most logical people knew that a long time ago, and now the rest figured it out on Saturday.