So he can only use Karate, and he doesn;t even have superpowers? Clearly he's a very one dimensional fighter, depending on whether his sytle of karate also uses grappling or not can he even defend against a takedown or a triangle choke? not to mention what is his cardio like? Most modern day karate practitioners don;t have the same emphsasis on cardio as say, wrestlers or boxers.
I propose Fedor would egt him down to the ground with either one of his sambo throws or a leg trick and proceed to iwn via decision by just controlling him or getting a GnP or submission victory. And if he cant he could probably just wait until he gasses and then have his way with him in the 5th.
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Not a chance. Most of the guys you mentioned are much, much smaller than Fedor, most are not versed in multiple styles, and hardly any of them really tested thesmlesves competitviely. Prime Fedor defeats any real life person in a MMA fight easily except maybe some of the HW MMA fighters that are fighting today.
Fedor was very fast for a HW btw, and literally never lost a fight until the end of his career where he soon retired anyway. Only MMA fighter to not only be the clear number 1 HW but also clear number 1 P4P. Elite level striker and grappler. Jackie Chan would get pimp slapped if they ever fought.
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Fast for a Heavyweight doesn't make him fast compared to someone in a lighter weight class. Donnie Yen is simply faster than him, hits faster than him, hits really hard for his size(enough to hurt Fedor), and is pretty decently skilled in MMA as he uses MMA techniques a lot in his more recent movies.
He'd probably be Light Heavyweight or Middleweight, somewhere around there.
And while he's never competed in an MMA match as far as I know, he does have considerable MMA skill for a guy who practices more traditional martial arts. Yen has displayed notable skills in MMA, being well-versed in boxing, kickboxing, taekwondo, Muay Thai, wrestling, karate, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Wing Chun, and Wushu.
He's also the guy credited for making MMA popular in China. Because not only is he a big MMA fan, he's got a purple belt in BJJ, and says he would have done UFC if he didn't have a shoulder injury.
Last edited by KingD19 on Sep 23rd, 2012 at 12:34 AM
Yep but point is he has the strength of a HW which simply will make him too strong for people in your list, and the speed is just an added bonus.
BTW MMA is a hell of a lot more than just the sum of it parts. It isn;t the same as just being skilled in boxing, muay thai, bjj, wrestling, or others etc, its how you use thme together effectively which you can only elarn by training mma, learning to adapt the skills so it can eb useful in mma and sparring in mma environment.
Not to mention, BIG difference in action star and athlete. Even if he takes martial arts seriously he doesn't have the experience of ompetiting and fighting seriously against a serious competitor. Stuff like his chin and cardio hasn't probably been tested, most of his moves are probably more flashy than effective, he gets a lot of time and takes to perform them correctly, it really is compeltely different in so many ways.
Any highly ranked MW-HW MMA fighter over the last 5 years would defeat anybody on your list, easily.
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