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Originally Posted by LABJJ
It would be a battle, but Fedor by strikes. Fedor has a great TD defense and is not an amateur on the ground either. The painkillers would have given Kerr a great advantage. Depending on the strength of them, their could have been times where he felt no pain, But I think that Fedor has an overall better skill set even with NHB.
The argument can also be made, as it is against Fedor at times lately, Kerr never fought against great competition, so to say that Fedor would get dominated as this topic is speculation at best.
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Rules make fighters, and in the NHB realm Mark was one of the best. In the world of NHB, I find it hard to believe Fedor would have the better skill set. The only thing Fedor would have an advantage at is striking. I like how everybody tries to discredit Mark, that he was a lesser or more of a fighter when he used pain killers. Fact is Mark Kerr, in his prime, was Olympic class material. The only reason Kurt Angle even won the gold when he did was because Mark tore his knee up in the trials...Angle didn't have to wrestle him. Kerr holds lifetime advantage on Angle. That said, on top of his wrestling skills, his subs are amongst the best in the world. Check his Abu Dhabi record...he's had wins over top notch guys...and since his coming clean. He's also only lost once in Abu Dhabi, to Arona, the only guy with a better win/loss than Mark. Go watch some of Mark's Vale Tudo matches. Fedor's paper skin would've let him a bloody pulp against Mark. Vale Tudo's a whole different game...and those guys he fought...could fight. Fedor's only chance would be to catch Mark striking. He might fend off a couple of Mark's takedown's but Mark would get him down.