This past weekend, two of the greatest fighters on the planet, Anderson Silva and Fedor Emelianenko both destroyed their opponents stirring up debate as to WHO belongs atop the pound for pound rankings. Seeing as Silva jumped up 20 lbs to take on James Irvin while Tim Sylvia was Fedor’s first test in 18 months, ‘The Spider’ is still #1 in my books with Fedor now in the #2 slot, just ahead of Georges St.Pierre.
While Silva and Fedor’s performances were breath taking in the ring, it’s their post fight comments that will set the future tone for the business of Mixed Martial Arts. Silva stated that the UFC has the best fighters in the world and that if any organization was courageous enough to step up, the UFC would slaughter them. An interesting concept by Silva, but one that that will most likely be shot down by UFC President Dana White as he is not a big fan of cross promoting, but I’ll tell you one thing Dana White should definetly focus on: Fedor vs Couture.
In his post fight interview, Fedor made it crystal clear that he wants Randy Couture next, prompting the former UFC champ to enter the Affliction Ring and state that once his legal battles subside, he will be more than happy to take on The Russian Cyborg. If this bout can actually happen, it will be the biggest fight in the history of Mixed Martial Arts and one that blow the MMA pay per view records to bits.
As we speak, Dana White and the UFC brass are figuring out an action plan to somehow be the company that puts this fight on. If the UFC doesn’t check their ego at the door and lets Affliction be the sole promoter of this mega-fight, they will officially pave the way for their competition to land a knock out blow and one they may never be able to recover from.
