He fought nearly all those guys when they were far past their prime, except Antonio and Mirko. LOl to Tim Silvia the worst fighter in history to hold a belt.
The only guys on the list he beat past their primes were Coleman and Kohsaka, but they were only past their primes the second time he fought them. As for Sylvia, you can hate him all you want, but going into the fight with Fedor he was still a top 5 HW. Sylvia beat people at HW, that's all he did and he will go down as a great HW fighter in the sport.
I am not saying he is not good, but until he steps into the majors to fight it is all meaningless. At a minimum he is an insane ego maniac with delusions of grandeur of biblical proportions. We will see what happens when Strikeforce goes under (as it is almost guaranteed to do). Maybe then he will come down from his high horse.
SF is not EXC, their promoter Scott Coker is a really smart guy. He runs shows in areas where he is guaranteed to get a great turn out and he never goes over budget. He runs a really smart company that never overspends, and always makes a profit.
Fedor did fight in the majors Clovis. Despite what the UFC has trained people like you to think, Pride was every bit as major as the UFC was. Their HW division was quite a bit better than that of the UFC, and the two best HWs of that time in the UFC were subsequently destroyed by Fedor.
P.S. Although the HW class is by far the weakest (not only in UFC but in general) so being the best HW is not as impressive as being the best LHW or MW.
It is when you are the most dominant champion the sport has ever seen. Fedor has been the linear HW champion since he first beat Big Nog, and he has defended that title 17 times. It's not just the fact that he has won, he has destroyed everyone put in front of him. In his entire career Fedor has been in some sort of trouble for a grand total of two minutes, and that's due to how great of a fighter he is.
Listen Cee-Lo, I have trained in this sport since I was 18, I have watched it since I was 15 and unfortunately you fall into the category of one of the people who has been brainwashed by the UFC. They don't hold a monopoly on all the talent, StrikeForce has a lot of great fighters, so does Sengoku and Dream. Pride had just as many, if not more, great fighters when they were around. The proof is in the pudding for Fedor, that's why the UFC wanted him so badly, and if not for his manager being a Russian mob boss he would be in the UFC. Ask any professional involved in the sport of MMA and they will tell you without doubt that Fedor is the best in the sport. There's no questioning that, he has proven it time and time again and he will continue to prove it fight after fight because outside of maybe Josh Barnett there isn't a single HW out there now who poses a threat to him.