Yes, the "Fedor myth" has ended! 10 years and 31 wins over top competition before losing two fights! What a sham that was! How many top guys, not named Marciano or Rickson, didn't accumulate a few losses at the end of their career?

I'm suggesting he "handpick" two top ten HW's (Werdum being top 5, and the rightful number 1) and the man who was supposed to be the first to beat him (Barnett, who would be top ten if he'd remained active). Why fight Big Foot again? That left ZERO questions! Werdum and Overeem are the two highest ranked fighters in his organization, Barnett will be top ten by the end of this tournament. That's not handpicking fights, it's fighting the best available in StrikeForce.

Why is Lesnar more dangerous than Big Foot? Brock has better takedowns. Big Foot has better striking and BJJ. Big Foot has much better grappling than Mir (1-1 with Brock) and better striking than Carwin and Cain.

What have Brock, Cain, JDS and Carwin ever done to be considered the top guys? Carwin is 1-1 vs ranked opponents, JDS is 1-0 (on a 5 fight can-crushing streak since Werdum), Velasquez is 2-0, Lesnar 2-1(Couture was unranked due to inactivity by the majority of sites, 3-1 if you rank him). Fedor is 15-2. Over twice as many top ten wins as the UFC's big four combined, with the same number of losses.

Many fighters in the UFC gain rank faster just by virtue of being the UFC. Brock ascended to number one after sitting out almost a year and watching Fedor lose. Matt Sera went from unranked to number 1 after beating GSP, Edgar went from 9 to 1 after beating Penn, Werdum went from 7 to 3 after subbing Fedor (who'd been number 1 for over 7 years). The UFC practically owns the MMA media. Mir got back in the top ten by beating 1-0, unranked Lesnar. Lesnar got in by beating unranked Heath Herring, then beating unranked Couture and number 5 Mir launched himtis number two. Cain got in by beating unranked Cheik Kongo. Carwin got in by beating unranked Gonzaga. JDS legitimately entered by beating Werdum, but then rose to the top five by beating 5 unranked opponents.

With the exception of Fedor, none of the top eight are very proven. And now that Barnett and Kharitonov are back in the cage with top guys, they'll be right back in the top ten with a few wins. StrikeForce has the more proven HW roster, UFC has brand recognition and marketing. To say one is clearly better than the other is foolish, without copromotion it's impossible to really tell.