Brock Lesnar beat Randy Couture to become the new UFC heavyweight champion of the world, but he's not the best heavyweight in MMA. That distinction belongs to Fedor Emelianenko, who will likely never fight Lesnar because he'll likely never agree to a contract with the UFC."He's a very good fighter," he remarked. "He's a very strong fighter. I'm very impressed with his speed. ... I would certainly take a different tactic to the fight, although I do believe that Randy had a smart game plan, but it appears that he wasn't able to control the top position, which is what I believe he was trying to do."Fedor sounds like he's resigned himself to the fact that he's never going to fight Couture.
"Nothing is ever certain. This is something that the managers and the organizers need to resolve. But I understand that in all likelihood if Randy stays with the UFC, that the chances of us fighting are much less, and hopefully our fans will be able to overcome that. We both have our history in the sport and if a fight between Randy and I was not to materialize in the future, there will still be other fights. I'm not going to be angry or upset about it in any way."Even if Fedor is able to get past his contractual issues with the UFC some day, a Fedor vs. Randy fight isn't all that attractive because at this point in their careers, Fedor is a lot better than Randy. It was fun to speculate about in the past, though.
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