Tito: Fedor never fought in UFC, can’t be one of the greatest
I want to say how proud I am of Punishment Athletics fighter Miesha Tate, who won the Strikeforce bantamweight title…
I want to say how proud I am of Punishment Athletics fighter Miesha Tate, who won the Strikeforce bantamweight title on Saturday. I’m proud to sponsor her and she was awesome beating Marloes Coenen on Saturday. I met her at the UFC Fighter Summit a couple of months ago and knew she was going to win this fight. She just had this confidence which made me believe in her. She’s got everything she needs to be a major star in this sport and I’m proud to have her as a fighter.
I also watched the Fedor Emelianenko-Dan Henderson fight. I am not a huge supporter or anything, but it was hard to see someone like Fedor basically retire himself like that. He’s been finished in his last three fights and it is never good seeing any fighter who has been around for a long time finish on his face.
He’s not one of the greatest ever; he did great in Pride but he chose not to come to the UFC and he never fought in the UFC. You can’t be considered one of the best — much less the greatest ever — if you didn’t fight in the UFC. Pride isn’t the UFC and the places he’s been since Pride aren’t the UFC. Everyone who came from Pride to the UFC got stomped.
But that’s not to take away from Dan Henderson. Henderson is one of the best light heavyweights out there. He’s survived at the top of the food chain for a long time and that’s a fight I’d be very interested in. I’ve said I’m the last of the Mohicans lately but I guess Hendo is a Mohican too and it would be a great fight for me in the future.