Holy crap at all the Fedor bashing going on around the world.
What did you all expect? Flawless victories until he is 90 years old?
~10 years of only winning hasn't been enough to cement him as the best ever (so far)?
Then comes the "he fought sub-par competition" arguments. Go back an read the consensus rankings of his opponents at the time they fought. Yes, they were all ranked pretty high (except a couple of fights). And every other fighter over any longer length of time has lost fights. Even top fighters fighting cans lose. It happens.
Moreover, Fedor has ALWAYS been a sloppy fighter, but was able to get away with it due to natural talent and freak strength.
But best of all, Fedor has never been in a boring fight, ever. Win, lose or draw the fights have been
Case in point: The Hendo fight.
Yes, he is not as good as he used to be, but that happens to every fighter sooner or later.
Happened to Fedor, BJ, Couture, Hughes, Wandy, Chocolate Al and many more.
It will happen to GSP, Anderson Silva and others eventually (arguably they all have had significant downs in their careers already, but managed to bounce back).
I for one enjoyed Fedors fantastic fights and career, and thank him for making every fight a real fight.
Finally, it has been said that a fighters career lasts about 9 years regardless of the age they begin fighting. Very few fighters have longer careers. Fedor went just over 9.
Edit: correction from 11 (which is until today), to 9 when his last win was.