Miguel Torres says Fedor Emelianenko should "man up or get left behind"
Posted on February 20, 2011, 11:40 PM by Joey Santosus"He needs to adjust to the times and start working on being a cerebral fighter (again) and not a showman. He needs to play catch-up in a world he used to dominate. That stings really bad, but you man up or get left behind (...) Russia will always be his home, but he lacks growth. Sometimes loyalty can hold you back. - For more from Miguel Torres on Fedor Emelianenko, visit MMAFighting.com
Miguel Torres is just the latest among many who have offered insight regarding Fedor Emelianenko's second consecutive loss last weekend. However, unlike the majority, Torres (39-3) may be one of very few fighters who can relate. Once considered a pound-for-pound great in his own right, Torres went 37-1 over the course of nearly a decade, during which time he captured and defended the WEC Bantamweight title. However, after suffering back to back losses for the first time in his career, he was forced to make adjustments in his preparation and has since rebounded strong with two straight victories.
While there has been no official word on Emelianenko's next opponent, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker has mentioned a possible match-up between "The Last Emperor" and the loser of the quarterfinal bout between Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem and Fabricio Werdum, who are set to meet on April 9th. If the fight does, in fact, materialize, it will be interesting to see what, if any, changes the Russian will make to his training camp.
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Being a complete fighter for a decade works well. But then others start to catch up. He needs to evolve. Fedor needs to add some additional skills, in particular he needs more BJJ as his Sambo guard has been shown up a few times - up until Silva he got away with it.
Your totally right Sebg, like Fedor hasn't pulled off classic Kimuras, RNC, armbars...etc. when 16 of your 31 victories are submissions, I think you are well versed in BJJ. Granted he needs to probably train in the USA and work on his boxing, we can judge how he fights from here on
he knows combat sambo you dumb truck
he dont need bjj, maybe bjj guys for training
Fedor should lose10 or 20 pounds and the rest of his weight he just cuts before the weigh in
I think we should leave training advice to the professional fighters...
WTF! So, Gabe, you are saying that we can't make comments on his training? You might as well some coming on the site each day! What a goof.
Sure he needs to change up his training (not a total overhaul but some changes), though he doesnt need to train in the US ( i dont know why that has to be a solution to everything). He has a very solid foundation in his Combat Sambo, what he needs to do is tune those skills he already has to counter BJJ (he is actually looking for BJJ master to train with him ( http://translate.google.pt/translate?hl=pt-PT&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://www.fedoremelianenko.tv/rus/ )
and for striking he can always go to Holland and train with top strikers there like he has in the past (when preparing for Cro Cop)
Hopefully Carwin makes a visit, they both can benefit from training together.
Why arent people screaming the Torres is the GOAT he started his career on a 20 fight win streak, then went on a 17 fight win streak arriving at 37-1 before his second loss in a much more well rounded division, Thats better than Fedors, and records mean everything apparently. Now moving on if you think that sounds wack thats what i think when u say Fedor is the GOAT, this sport is still way to young to have a greatest of all time.
tho only cuz he has got submissions doesnt mean its BJJ, Sambo has them, Judo has the same.... u know there r many martial arts that use submissions with the same principles.... and i think its 2 late 4 fyodor 2 change his style, he is my fav fighter and i dont wanna see him fall more than this, its over.... and ur answer was pretty funny
It's time to go to work Fedor and "Do The Right Thing!" You need to buy a home in the States or Brazil and train with the heavyweights like Team Alliance! Marcelo Garcia would be a great teacher for you! 2nd eat Horse Meat and Potatoes like Allister 8 times a day and put on a good 10-15 pounds of muscle! 3rd you need to FIRE your management and if you want it, stay active and 86 the long layoffs!
because bantamweight is such a young division that it's hard to assess the achievements of a fighter there compared to a heavyweight. on top of that, Fedor fought much larger opponents than himself (while Torres fights men his own size) as well as having beaten better fighters than Torres. The two best bantamweights he ever fought (Bowles and Benavidez) he ended up losing to.
Your points dont make sense, Torres was 37-1 before he fought Bowles and Benavidez, The BW division is not that young, Torres started his pro career in his division before Fedor started his pro career in his division, and Torres on average faced more well rounded and experienced oppenents.
i dont want Fedor to come back and start jabbing to win :P jk Torres has been in a similar situation.
Hopefully if Fedor comes back ..... he comes back much improved.
Thats a low blow MMAW, the funny thing is you know Torres is right, what I find funny was the fight after Torres ''Jabbing Display'' which was a aulity performence imo, was Ellenbeger v Rocha the last two rounds of that fight were sloppy an lacked quality yet the crowed enjoyed it.
If training with Steven Seagal works for Anderson Silva then maybe Fedor should train with Jean Claude van Damme or CHUCK NORRIS. Roundhouse kick KO.
Surprise surprise an article pointig out Fedor's flaws get's poor. Watched a GSP video on here theothr day,he was talking about going to london to train with a Gracie to prepare for Sheilds. Bottom line Torres is right and because he used the words man doesn't mean he's being disrespectful fan boys, he's simply pointing out Fedor needs to look in the mirror and be honest ith himslef as to why he's lost to in a row coz it's not all on to his age.
Here's an honest question. Age aside is there a point were the sport passes you by? A few years ago Liddell was knocking everyone out. Before GSP Hughes was the man at WW and back in the day the Gracie name was synonymous with winning. Now its a different story all together.
There Liddel effectively packed his own bags by getting knocked out to many times, hughes is not dominating anymore and the gracie's are never mentioned in any P4P conversations.
I have not been in MMA for long enough to see it happen in my own training but I snowboarded professionally for a few years and it happened there. The tricks that took me ten years to learn where being picked up by punk kids in a year or two.
I think Fedor can still be very competitive but my experiences in all sports say that is is time for the young blood in the sport to bring all aspects of the game to a level that guys like fedor lidell hughes and the gracies are not capable of doing. Just like all sports.
But the thing is Fedor isnt old, he is 34 . Liddell is 41 and Hughes 37. His younger than Anderson
Liddell has also been getting KO'd left and right for years and Hughes hasn't been the top dog in a while.
I did say "age aside". Fedor has had a lot of fights and hiS progression in most peoples eyes has stalled. Just like fedor had his time to shine i think that young fighters like Aldo and Jones are going to be the ones pushing the sport.
Royce Gracie was winning solely on bjj skill in the good ole days. Now you have to be well rounded or you won't make it far. And just like Royce fedor's training methods, approach, and perhaps skills are not those that are pushing the sport. So I don't think it has to be an age thing.
agreed
So jabbing a midget for 3 rounds because your scared to get KO'd again Mr. Torres makes you such a 'Man'.
Don't forget the Charlie Valencia fight. Charlie's not towering fighter.
Miguel obviously knows a little of what he's talking about. I just don't think "manning up" is the issue.
Fedor should go down to 205....we just seen him get controlled on the ground and man handled in his last fight and the main reason for this was because of the size difference between Fedor and big foot.If someone the size of Forrest Griffin can make the cut then why not Fedor.By the way im a big Fedor fan and hope he bounces back no matter what weight class he fights in
Miguel Torres is indeed one of the few people in the world that have actually gone through what Fedor is currently going through. Torres changed his entire life to turn things around.
what torres is trying to say is "Fedor become a boring ass safe fighter like me after i lost 2 straight"
Who?
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Miguel Torres is a Former WEC Champion. Who are you?
lol, and that means something? Who has he ever fought that matters? No one.
Benavidez is probably the best guy he fought and he got massacred, his whole record is full of bums though, lol.
Nobody should pass judgement on Fedor. He is to big enough to fight the divisions best. He needs to try fighting at 205 before he changes his training methods.
Why is some 13 year old lesbian talking about Fedor?
PRIDE is gone!
Lets move on. That is all in the past. Sports now a days is all about "what have you done for me lately." And the fact of the matter is that Fedor has lost two fights in a row. He needs to make changes now!!
I came in here to bash Miguel, but what he said is correct. You completely took this out of context to get attention. Poor journalism.