Re: Does Fedor Emelianenko need to finish his career in the UFC?
I disagree about Sylvia and Arlovski being past it. Sylvia had recently been beating the crap out of Big Nog before he got subbed and Arlovski had impressively KOd both Rothwell and Nelson and was looking good before he got iced. I'd love to see Fedor in the UFC but the guy could quit right now and be the best HW and maybe mixed martial artist ever. I think even if Affliction doesn't go under they are going to have a hard time finding opponents. They need him on almost every card against meaningful opponents to stay viable. They could bring in Khartinov for a good HW fight and maybe Couture after his contract is up but they are quickly running out of good matchups. I think eventually he makes the move on his own. He recently lost in the Sambo championship for the first time in years so maybe his interest in it is waining and he wouldn't have a problem signing an exclusive contract. All that being said the UFC needs Fedor to legitamize their HW div more than he needs their org to legitamize his claim to being the best HW and possibly P4P.
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