FEDOR Record: 28-1 (realistically he's undefeated) Noteworthy competition: Tim Silvia, Matt Lindland, Cro-Cop, Big Nog (2x), Kevin Randleman, Mark Coleman, Heath Herring, Mark Hunt, Kazuyuki Fujita, Ricardo Arona = 11 noteworthy fights (0 losses) Current winning streak: 26 fights Number of MMA fights fought since entering Pride in 2002: 20 SILVA Record: 22-4 Noteworthy competition: Dan Henderson, Rich Franklin (2x), Yushin Okami (lost), Chris Leben, Jeremy Horn = 6 noteworthy fights (1 loss) Current winning streak: 8 fights Number of MMA fights fought since entering Pride in 2002: 19 LAST NIGHT: - Fedor came out of a long hiatus and beat a top 5 heavyweight in 36 seconds with a serious size disadvantage. - Silva came out without a long hiatus and beat a fighter who is not even a top 10 light heavyweight in 61 seconds without a serious size disadvantage. Add to that the fact that Silva is a natural 205'er who has been fighting most of his fights in the smaller 185 division while Fedor has consistently fought guys that are bigger than himself (some of them much bigger): Fujita, Hunt, Schilt, Choi, Silvia, Zulu, Coleman, Herring, Ogawa etc. In other words, Silva has had a height, reach and weight advantage in most of his fights. You can't say the same thing about Fedor.
Both are great fighters. Career PFP isn't even an issue, Fedor's record shits on Silvas. Current PVP status, however is much tighter though. After last night, its a toss up for me.
There's lot of great competition at 205. Little Nog and Shogun aren't exactly on the top of the list IMO.
I wouldn't call Silva a natural 205'er. He's fought at as low as 167 and was at 175 for the Rumble on the Rock tourney in 2006.
The guy walks around at 220 and has the height to carry the weight. He can cut down to 185 or 205 but he certainly didn't look like a small 205 pounder against Irvin.
