According to brothers Rener and Ryron Gracie, yes he did. At the last Strikeforce, the Russian was dominated on the ground by Antonio Bigfoot and paid for it with an eye swollen shut after the second round. “Bigfoot had the plan, the size and the Jiu-Jitsu to dominate a legend,” say the brothers. Check out their breakdown of the fight:
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I think that Fedor has lost his drive, not that his Jiujitsu was ever amazing, just that he had very strong antigrappling skills and escapes.
Overall I don’t think it’s a question of people finding the weaknesses of his game as much as it is, him having lost his drive and training intensity.