Well Jim Rome definately did’nt hold back when he teed up Fedor and smashed him out the park on Rome is Burning:

“Now it’s pretty obvious why he didn’t want to sign with the UFC. While Strikeforce does have competitive heavyweights, he didn’t want to fight the best of the best on the biggest stage, he knew better. He refused to take any chances; he milked it for all its worth and he got paid and then exposed and now it’s over.”

Now wich promotion has a better heavyweight division UFC or Strikeforce is definately up for debate. As far as “(Fedor) not taking chances and milking it,” I tend to think that Rome is a little off base. I would tend to not believe that Fedor was afraid to face the UFC heavyweights and pretty much anyone that has followed the story knows it’s never been the fighter who makes the decisions. If the critics want to bash M-1 Global, then hey, Im all for it. But the fighter himself faced all comers and was a dominant forced from 2001-2006. Just like Chuck Liddell, Wanderlei Silva and Matt Hughes, the other dominant fighters of the time deserve respect, and I believe Fedor does as well.