Fedor Vs Hong Man Choi Fight Video Yarennoka!

What an entertaining fight. Choi would demolish many of the UFC’s “elite” HW fighters with his tremedous size and realitive coordination. Fedor is the undisputed #1 in the HW division. Fedor took some strong shots, fought from his back, and proved his superior technique.
Thanks for the quick video post.

Regardless of his limited MMA experience and perceived lack of technique, this fight still showed how HMC’s size and strength can pose problems for anyone (i.e. Bob Sapp vs Nog). Despite this, Fedor still finished the fight quickly with a beautiful execution of the armbar from the bottom.

thx 4 da video man

Fedor fighting a monster with a record of 1 fight in mma what a crap. let him fight Couture and he will be destroid by an “old man” Fedor is crap.

it doesnt matter what experience and ranking they bring.
if the guy is too big ….

kudos to fedor

choi should have landed on fedor to cruch him on the second takedown.

he was stunned from fedor’s punch

i’d like to see couture or nog or kongo or crocop or gonzaga fight him.

i’d like another match with schilt. most agree schilt was clearly ripped off in the first decision fight

I think that was all the Hong Man I needed to see. I’ll continue to watch him in K1 though. But Fedor did the exact same thing twice on the ground, and had perfect, simple execution both times. When they stood, Fedor caught him with the only punch thrown, and had both takedowns in proper position, just wasn’t big enough.

He fought the #1. He isn’t better. Game over.

Nice use of the word kudos Patrick. Randy Couture would beat him like a dusty rug though.

that was pretty good. It looked like fedor was in trouble there and i’m amazed he was able to pull off the win. Fedor would own coutoure. Can any1 beat this guy?

Great Fight…
I feel sorry for HMC! He has a great personality and sportmanship. He always gives his opponent a hug after his fight. Would love to see him fight other MMA elites.

If Fedor can’t knock you out, he can armbar you in any position

Would like to see Brock Lesnar vs Choi.

fedor it,s great!!!

I know MMA doesn’t know shit

The elite UFC heavys would probably sub him quickly as well. But most would do it from the top because most are very good wrestlers.

Fedor is good but would get owned in the UfC. Thats why he chose his road to fight lower class fighters.

Pretty predictable outcome. If Choi was smart, he would’ve pulled right out of guard and stood back up again inviting a stand-up war. Laying in Fedor’s guard….big mistake.

Good fight for Fedor, but who does he fight next.

If Giant Silva isn’t available, there is a big retarded guy living down the street that might fight him.

It’s been since 2005 that this guy fought a top 10 HW, how can anyone justify his #1 status?

come on!!! is F E D O R!!!!!!!!! THE # 1 MIXED MARTIAL ART FIGHTER!!! OF THE HISTORY!!!

huge mofo good fight

So I guess most people ignore the fact that this guy isn’t/wasn’t ready for Fedor and they did not allow knees or kicks which would help Hong Man, and not to mention he has 1 MMA fight and clearly no idea about ground fighting. Fedor yeah the best ever!?!?!?! Who is he going to fight next Butterbean??

What is Fedor’s contract w/M1? I don’t know, but wonder if the combination of big money and easier competition drew him to M1. Fedor could probably own many of UFC HW’s, but I wonder if he could take the upper echelon.

Size wise, this fight resembled me wrestling with my 2yr old son. Too funny!

i can’t understand the hate for fedor. he is the greatest fighter of our time! he has beaten: cro cop, nogueria, randleman, herring, coleman, hunt, linland, arona, babalu… these are top athletes. any of these guys would give couture a hard time. the cream of the crop of mma. fedor will kick couture’s ass. there are only 2 elite heavyweights that fedor has not fought yet… couture, and barnett. and don’t fool yourselves, fedor will beat both of these guys easily. can couture beat any of these guys?? don’t forget that fedor IS a heavyweight! he will walk right thru anybody lighter than him anyway.

I like fedor but theres is no way he will walk threw randy not when randy is at his best, No Way!!

This post is for MIKEBRIGHTON. How in the world could you feel sorry for a man as gigantic as Choi? He is outweighs Fedor by over a 100lbs and is over a foot taller; what you said is completely absurd. How does somebody that big get any sense of accomplishment of pummeling guys so much smaller than him; I believe “bully” would be a good adjective for HMC.

fedor fought HMC because FEG supplyed a body, M1 supplyed fedor.
fedor said he’s got 3 more fights this year and there are not alot of good top flight free agents floating around

barnett
randy maybe in Oct
or a beefed up LHW?
any sugestions?

buy the hype or not, fedor is a machine

That Korean guy didn’t remember the lesson he learned after the first arm bar attempt. I still can’t believe that these over grown clowns still enter the MMA ring with so little knowledge of jiu jitsu. As far as I’m concerned they can keep losing. Unfortunately someone will still pay them to enter the ring and get their butts whooped because of the circus feel of it. It’s like the UFC before weight classes.

Fedor is excelent fighter and most probably the best of all times. Ppl talking about how great Couture is just remember that he lost twice to iceman I just don’t recall any Fedors losses except the one stopped because of a cut on his face.

It was a very courageous fight from both of them…Fedor was a brave guy fighting that giant and Mon Choi brave to fight an MMA fighter like Fedor…That outcome was what I expected…Technique winning over weight and strength…It´s a pitty that most K-1 fighters prefer to keep the impression that they are good MMA fighters…They don´t even show if they´re goood or not…I think that NO ONE from teh strikers would beat Fedor on MMA rules…You can bring Le Banner, Hoost, Aerts and we´ll see who can win Fedor…NO ONE…at least without spending a couple of years learning the ground basics….

ANGER i guarrantee you that you will see who cro cop is in the ufc. there is no tim sylvia or randy couture in this world who can beat him…my tip- just forget about the gg and konko fights…

Muito bom este Fedor, acredito que vai demorar alquem pra derrotá-lo. Tome porrada no queixo!!!!!!!!

All you Fedor cool-aid drinkers – he may be the best, but why did he opt to avoid fighting where many of the other top HW’s are going – the UFC??? Granted, it’s got it’s own issues w/Dana White, tight fisted w/payouts (wich still may be the best in MMA anyway), etc. BUT, why would he not want to go to where the best are?

By the way, Cro-Cop has lost twice in UFC, Wanderlei Silva lost in his debut to Liddell, etc, etc, etc. The only Pride fighter having real success inside the cage is Rampage Jackson.

I’m just saying, Fedor may be the best, but his actions (signing w/M1, fighting Choi, etc) certainly don’t show that he’s as confident as his fans are.

I felt Fedor came very close to losing at one point. If HMC had had more experience, particularly in arm-bar defense, this might well have been an upset. With that said Fedor is the favourite in any given situation and he sure did brave the storm well.

Nobody beats Fedor.

Alright, it is absurd that Fedor declined to sign with the UFC because he was dodging the competition. Look it up a bit 2BAD4U and you will find that Fedor wanted to go to an organization where he could bring his fighters and of course Dana refused to sign Fedor’s fighters. Also he wanted to be free to fight in other organizations so that he COULD follow the competition and not get fucked like couture did (if couture didn’t leave the UFC he would’ve been forced to fight lesser opponents one after another till he finally lost to some lucky scrub). And to top it off.. m1 global pays more than the ufc offering up to 1mil more to fighters

gracias por el video sigue así

tanks from mexico

I like Randy don’t get me wrong. But people have gotten a little out of hand now. I mean he beat Silva and Gonzaga… big deal! He is not in his prime, and couldn’t last one round with the insane talent and strength of Fedor. Fedor has fought the biggest and best striker… biggest and best wrestlers… biggest and best of Jiu Jitsu. I just can’t realistcally think of any area of the game the slower weaker Randy could beat Fedor in. Randy I’m a fan, but please don’t go out of the bad note of being badly pummled like Coleman did.

Randy is a better wrestler than couture. I agree on paper Fedor outmatches randy but there is no doubting his greco skills

Minato808, I kind of agree. A lot of these great stand-up guys think they can waltz into the MMA world and win. They almost always lose. However, in this case, Choi even admitted he didn’t have a lot of time to prepare and doesn’t have the grappling skills yet to compete on an MMA level. I think that’s an honest assessment of himself and you can’t fault him for that.

In this fight, though, the question was going to be whether Fedor could get this gigantic man to the ground and submit him. Choi would’ve been wise to pull right out of guard and make Fedor stand back up.

Well just to let many of you know….usually for new years when pride was around, the heavy weight champion from K-1 would fight the pride heavy weight champ. re: nog vs sapp. So don’t make this more than it is. It was a fight for the fans. it was not to show Fedor’s abilities, or anything else. I’m sure his next fight will be against someone you all approve of.

I’m tired of this Fedor sucks crap. He ducks no one, he signed with M1 as they offered the most money and the flexibility to compete elsewhere.

As David above somewhere stated he is the defending World Sambo Champion and routinely fights top competition there. He even submitted his brother Aleksander in one of those competitions.

Randy is a great fighter, unfortunately Fedor would wipe the floor with him.

Less than 2 years ago Pride was the biggest MMA organization period, through nothing but sheer luck UFC struck it big with the TUF shows, and Pride was wiped out by allegations they were owned by the Japanese mob. All of the best fighters were fighting in Pride at that time with some exceptions. Quinton Jackson was either number 3 or 4 on the list for 205 lb fighters. Anderson Silva was a great fighter, but Dan Henderson was clearly king in his weight class.

Fedor fought and beat Minautoro Nogiuera twice in his prime when he was considered unbeatable, he beat Cro Cop in his prime, he beat Coleman, Randleman, Hunt, and everyone else they threw at him. Somehow people here don’t get how good he really is.

This UFC is better than Pride bullshit is over the top. Their fighters are the ones who have to check their instincts when a guy falls to the ground. Did anyone see how Wanderlei hesitated when he dropped Lidell for the second time in the second round? In Pride Lidell would have been greeted by a head kick at the very least. I’ve said this a few times on this site, give it 2 solid years before you decide wich organization had the better fighters, as it stands Pride is doing great with 2 former fighters as champions with a probable third coming with Nogiuera fighting Sylvia for the heavyweight title.

I hope Randy gets signed by M1, that would finally put that question to rest.

How stupid, this Choi freak is over 100 pounds heavier and 12 inches taller than Fedor, thats like Fedor fighting Gomi.

They should have a “freak show” weight class for these pituitary anomalies.

The UFC maximum weight is 265, Choi weighs 360 pounds, there is no whay he could ever make the weight requirement for heavy weight.

Couture was washed up with two ass kickings from Liddell who is about washed up himself. Liddell getting dominated by Keith Jardine, what a joke. Dana White resurected Randy’s carreer. Everyone hated T. Sylvia and Dana needed a new HWC as the division was losing its luster. Dana paid off Tim to lose, that 1st round was a joke with the 4 min love fest on the ground. Big John should have stood them up after the 1st minute. And Wanderliegh not using any of his skills to defeat Liddell but to stand and trade. No knees, no kicks, no Jujitsu. None of Wanderleigh’s punches really landed and were wild. How about the knockdown, the punch that did land, Wanderleigh actually put his hands down and allowed Liddell to get up! Coincidence, I don’t think so. It is all about the big rematches. If Liddell lost for a third time he would not draw the big money fights anymore, Dana would not have that and paid off Wanderleigh to lose. I mean cmon, this guy destroyed Rampage twice. That should have been an easy win for Wanderleigh. As much as we hate to believe it, some of the big fights are fixed. You will see a Wanderleigh in the rematch that will win, he was trying not to in the first one.

And you guys that think Couture would beat Fedor are dreaming. Fedor will walk through Couture with ease. I like Couture but walking out on his contract was BS, and he lost a lot of fans. He could have easily finished his ride with the UFC and then fought Fedor. He is foolish to think he can resign from a contract. The UFC will tie him up in court before he will ever fight Fedor, and he will be too old by that time. I believe you won’t ever see that fight.

Many of you are criticizing Fedor for not signing with the UFC. Let me see…would fedor get respect from the UFC, or would he be underpaid like every other non American fighter? He is Russian, and we all know how Americans feel about Russians. When fighters from the UFC see that M-1 actually shows respect and treats them like fighters not like money generating guinea pigs, where do you think the fighters will go? where do you think the competition will be?… like they say “people go to where the money is” The only reason the UFC has most good fighters now is because they got rid of Pride, and there was no real organization to compete with the UFC. In a year we’ll see who sings with M-1. I don’t blame Couture for leaving the UFC, I’m sure he found out how much Liddell was making, just think about it Liddell got $500,000 to fight Silva, plus $50,000 for fight of the night. If you were Couture how would you feel if a lesser fighter with less abilities and fan fare got paid more than you?

About Wanderlei not closing in for the kill when he rocked Chuck, I attribute that to Silva’s natural instinct to be to kick to the head while chuck was on his knees. For the majority of his fights and his career that would have been legal for silva… just watch his highlights, he kills people in that situation. He actually, in an interview, talked about how he was trying to change his strategy in those situations due to UFC not allowing such strikes.

Also SD, you said randy could’ve easily waited out his contract… how much longer/how many fights were left on his contract? Post a link plz cuz I can’t find it anywhere. I thought it was like 3 more fights which would’ve spanned from 9months to 18months

HMC is not a HW, he’s a Super HW, thus would never be signed by the UFC… Why?? UFC has no super HW division.

People need to stop hating on the fighters from other organizations. thought it was mma no ufc? Also people who think fedor isn’t fighting any top notch people anymore is because there is no one to fight. He beat everyone worth mentioning and a lot of people not worth mentioning. Sure i think theres a chance couture will win but thats mma. let them decide it in the ring and stop bitching about it^_^

That was great, a lil more training and that beast will be pretty good… good fight!!

This goes out to Dirty 7-30, here is your thread you posted 8 posts up:

“I don’t blame Couture for leaving the UFC, I’m sure he found out how much Liddell was making, just think about it Liddell got $500,000 to fight Silva, plus $50,000 for fight of the night. If you were Couture how would you feel if a lesser fighter with less abilities and fan fare got paid more than you?”

Now my reply:

Where were you when Liddell kicked Couture’s ass back to back, which was the reason Couture retired at the end of the night. So I say to you Dirty 7-30, Couture WAS the fighter with less ability and fan fare. Liddell was paid more because he was a bigger draw and the fan favorite at that time. How can you be pissed that a guy that kicked your ass twice back to back, got paid more than you did.

The UFC made Couture Captain America. You couldn’t turn Spike on with out some plug for Randy Couture. They kissed his ass on every show, especially Joe Rogan. For him to hold a press conference and announce he wasn’t promoted is ridiculous. He also was not truthful about his pay, his bonus, and his PPV cut. He only had to fight two more times before his contract was up.

As powerful as Mark Coleman is with his wrestling backround and strength, he probably had the best chance of beating Fedor and failed. Randy will get slaughtered, he has nothing to offer Fedor but hype.

Fedor is on another level, the elite of the elite. Just like Anderson Silva at 185, GSP at 170, Uryah Faber at 145, etc.

So in stead of wanting to see a Fedor vs Couture fight, why not see a Fedor Vs Liddell fight, since he beat Couture twice…. or how about this…. the UFC lines up all of their poster boys for Fedor to beat…. it can go like this.. Couture, Liddell, GSP, Sylva, and who ever else they have. I think only til then people will know just how good Fedor is. Or you know what… when Nog cleans up house in the HW division, people will know who fedor is.

What a stupid circus. Beating a retarded 350 monkey. That was a circus. Fedor beating gigantor. So stupid. What is next for Fedor? I know!!! Butterbean!!!!

I believe that Fedor could beat randy simply because he isn’t bad on the ground and he isn’t bad standing up. Randy will bob and weave until he gets close enough and get you in a clinch or take down. I think not only is Fedor a better fighter but more entertaining most of Randy’s wins are decisions. all he does is take downs and tries to ground and pound and sometimes do some JJ but Fedor takes the GP and JJ and takes it to another level

Anyone who goes by the name “Fedor Sucks” has no credibility at all. Thanks for playing.

HMC is a freak. I wonder if they have removed the tumor from his pituitary gland yet. Fedor will dominate a few more opponents before facing Randy at the end of the year. That’s what I’m looking forward to.

ya wanna know why Fedor’s so freakishly strong and never losses? in my opinion anyways.. check out where dude trains.. its a very high altitude part of Russia.. which means.. the higher you get, the less oxygen there is in the air.. which inturn conditions yer body to work on less oxygen… so when he does fight in the ring depending on location.. if its lower altitude.. more oxygen.. way stronger, more endurance, etc.. he’s just a smart fighter and guy.. thats why he doesn’t lose.. that and his brother is huge.. so used to throwing dead weight around.. respect

Did anybody see what Herring did to Fedor in the last two min of there fight? What do you think will happen when Randy takes fedor to the ground nothing good i can tell you that Randy beats Fedors ass hands down

What a joke Fedor needs some real fights and how can choi possibly get caught in that sam submission over and over.

figth in the ufc coward… iwant to see fedors ass to b kick by the ufc heavyw8 elite…

The only reason people bash fedor is because they are jealous that he is the best. He beat the best in their prime, you CANNOT compare what he did THEN to how those fighters he beat perform NOW, and he will beat that old ass grecko wrestler couture. UFC is a joke IMO the only reason i watch it is because there isn’t an alternate organization anymore that gets as much promotion. And M1 isn’t televised where i am. UFC fights are rigged, (hamil vs bisping, bisping won because he publicly stated that if he didn’t, then him winning TUF was a joke) and UFC fighters are payed to give shitty showings. Every free event that you see from the UFC the fights are horrible. rampage vs henderson was one of the worst fights i have ever seen all they did was stand and look at each other and throw a few punches for 5 rounds. anyone that gives a good show on a free event is automatically restricted to the PPV events. all the free events are incredibly boring.

Now for the Fedor vs HMC fight.

All of you people that say this fight is a joke are idiots. This is a tradition in japan to have a fight night every new years. The japanese love epic fights like these. It was an EXHIBITION BOUT, please look that up and try to understand what it means. here are some examples of other exhibition bouts.

Creed vs Drago
Rocky vs Hulk hogan
Jet li vs that big wrestler dude in fearless.

its not about skill or to prove anything to anyone. its all about the FANS, giving the people an epic fight regardless of the outcome.

if,you think randy can wins against fedor,you’re out of your mind.fedor have a good transition,wherever the fight goes,while randy is just a good wrestler,maybe he also have a lil bit of dirty boxing.think about it if randy goes to his back againts fedor he is done,while fedor in the other hand is just like another day at the office.who’s taking over ufc now,its pride fighters right,except bj,well bj is a beast 155,170lbs aslong as he train well,like his fight agianst gsp and 2nd hushes could have win but his cool,have a heineken and surf all day,that life here.gsp is a good athelete thought he should reign.how bout shogun and chuck without gassing out,its going to be a good fight,

Interesting match up….Mir could take Choi. I’d like to see a HWGP with Fedor, HMC, Mir, Barnett, Couture, Minotauro, AA, and CC. AMAZING!!!!! …but unfortunately just a dream. sigh~

Randy Couture could beat Fedor? Do you know why Couture was a 25-time champ? Because he lost! Many, many times. Has anyone actually seen Couture’s record or do they just remember his last 2 fights? Put your emotions for the guy aside and think with your head!

randy is a good wrestler , and he is good dirty boxer too.But hi is using the cage for his dirty boxing.If they fight in a ring Fedor will beat him.The cage will be something new for fedor and he might have some problems.But I still think that fedor is better than randy

I am a pure fan of MMA. I am an old guy who truly respects the skills of Randy and Fedor, but after watching them numerous times, I give the edge to Fedor.
I love UFC, and I loved to watch Pride, but being a fan of MMA, Fedor supercedes organization. He is special. The guy has that something extra, that I have not seen from other fighters. He can take tremendous punishment, and seems hardly affected. Like the time he was dropped on his head with his full body weight, by Randleman? He hardly acted hurt. This alone would have took out most fighters.
It appears that he is so spontaneously intelligent as a fighter, that he always has a trick to go to, when an opening is presented or he makes his own opening. Just as BJ Penn is “the prodigy” in his weight class, I think Fedor is “The Natural”, in his, not Randy. I don’t care if he is Russian, it is what it is.
Couture would approach this fight scientifically and try to find Fedor’s weaknesses, by watching film. I don’t think Fedor has a weakness. . Fedor would just go with his instincts and win.

I think Fedor is the best fighter in the world right now. Couture will not stand a chance with him. Al the guys he has beat has gone to see if they can win in the ufc as noguera has done.

Fedor has wins against Nog twice, Cro Cop, Tim Sylvia, Mark Hunt, Matt Lindland and many more. He has fought some of the best in the world. He is #1 for good reason. I love Couture, and it would be a good fight but my money would be on Fedor.

fedor would own ANYONE in the ufc. that includes gsp, lesnar (pfft), machida, mir, and anyone else. btw, machida is the most boring fighter in the history of mma. i’d LOVE to see fedor beat his ass