Filed under: Strikeforce
All month long, the narrative about Saturday’s Strikeforce/M1: Fedor vs. Werdum show has had little to do with the main event. Instead, it’s been about whether Fedor Emelianenko is soon to retire, his thoughts on the UFC, why he’s not fighting Alistair Overeem. Anything, it seems, but Fabricio Werdum.
You could probably chalk up the phenomenon to the fact that most people simply don’t believe that Werdum is going to be the one to end Emelianenko’s nine-and-a-half-year unbeaten stretch. Most people will simply watch to find out how Fedor wins. Will it be a KO? A submission? Will Werdum be able to last the distance?
To make it clear, I’m not going to be the one to pick against Emelianenko. You don’t pick against men in the midst of historic win streaks. But I do see a path to victory for Werdum, as remote as it may seem.