Fedor Is More Elusive Than Machida

[selfcritical]

That would be good if we're trying to measure just "how good is this guy at defending". A lot of what Machida and Fedor do is put you in a position where you can't attack them, rather than dodging punches. Machida and Fedor both tend to lower their opponents offensive output.

[Dr. Sleepless]

Hmmmm...

Yep. Still stupid.

[jnp]

I thought this thread was going to be about the UFC's inability to sign Fedor.

[madrigan]

I think Kintanon is right about using a percentage of successful strikes. That would be more useful, especially if we could compare those percentages against common opponents -- which we can't in the case of Fedor and Machida. But as selfcritical wrote, this would not take into account strikes that are not attempted because a fighter has positioned him or herself advantageously.

Who's geeky enough to actually do these counts for some matches? I am, but I don't have easy access to a whole lot of complete match videos.

[Omega Supreme]

Hmmmm...

Yep. Still stupid.

It's okay. Seriously. We don't think you're that stupid.:XXhesitan

[Rivington]

It's true. If Machida and Fedor were to ever fight, their corners would be in different states.

[theotherserge]

Wouldn't a better ratio be opponentrs strikes thrown vs opponents strikes landed?

As in *FOOMFOOMFOOM*?

Also, it is interesting to see how Silva/Machida/Fedor accomplish a good offense with well-developed defensive skills and have three distinct approaches.