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Fedor is back.
There’s a lot to like about Saturday night’s Strikeforce/M-1 Global card in San Jose, but the fundamental fact that makes the show compelling is that the best fighter in the history of MMA, Fedor Eme…
Filed under: Strikeforce, M-1 Global
Fedor is back.
There’s a lot to like about Saturday night’s Strikeforce/M-1 Global card in San Jose, but the fundamental fact that makes the show compelling is that the best fighter in the history of MMA, Fedor Emelianenko, is returning to the cage. We’ve got the full preview and predictions for Fedor’s fight and the other three Showtime bouts below.
Filed under: StrikeforceAll 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…
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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.
(VidProps: ShoSports/YouTube) The above video gives you a look at the final product of that promo shoot we showed you a couple days back and the results seem, well, just as generic as we feared. As it turns out, the road to the probable destruc…
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The above video gives you a look at the final product of that promo shoot we showed you a couple days back and the results seem, well, just as generic as we feared. As it turns out, the road to the probable destruction of Jan Finney and Fabricio Werdum will be paved in fireballs and misting sleet and Fedor Emelianenko will try to get as much mileage as possible out of that pair of nondescript black athletic shorts. Meanwhile the bass baritone voice of former Crash Test Dummies lead singer and current Strikeforce play-by-play man Gus Johnson – the voice certain CP editors hear in their dreams before they wake up screaming “My name’s Al Harris and I get buckets!” – will prattle on about legends and destiny and history or some such similar bullshit.
It appears that Strikeforce is going the extra mile to make Finney look both attractive and credible, though at least one of those concepts seems like a major stretch. Likewise, the only people giving Werdum much of a shot are Fedor himself, Renato “Babalu” Sobral and one of my co-workers at The Rumble. An extremely scientific internet poll of fans conducted by The Junkie shows just 13 percent of y’all think the 6-foot-4 jiu jitsu ace can pull the upset. Frankly, I’d hate to see the numbers on Finney.
After the jump, some final thoughts from Fedor about why fighting him seems to be career suicide for his opponents and a few snapshots of the official weigh-in featuring the ubiquitous Rockstar Girls, just to get your Saturday started right …
Filed under: Strikeforce, M-1 GlobalBrett Rogers lost to Fedor Emelianenko, then looked terrible in his next fight. Andrei Arlovski lost to Fedor Emelianenko, then looked terrible in his next fight. Tim Sylvia lost to Fedor Emelianenko, then looked ter…
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Brett Rogers lost to Fedor Emelianenko, then looked terrible in his next fight. Andrei Arlovski lost to Fedor Emelianenko, then looked terrible in his next fight. Tim Sylvia lost to Fedor Emelianenko, then looked terrible in his next fight. Noticing a trend here?
Emelianenko himself says there’s nothing to it. But there’s no doubt about it: Of Emelianenko’s last eight opponents, not a single one has notched a significant victory since losing to Fedor. You have to go all the way back to Fedor’s victory over Mirko Cro Cop almost five years ago to find anyone who has accomplished much of anything in the ring or cage after fighting Fedor.
Filed under: MMA Videos, Strikeforce, M-1 Global, VideosThe time for talking is officially over, as headliners Fedor Emelianenko and Fabricio Werdum met with the press Thursday afternoon in San Jose, Calif., to discuss their Strikeforce/M-1 Global main…
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The time for talking is officially over, as headliners Fedor Emelianenko and Fabricio Werdum met with the press Thursday afternoon in San Jose, Calif., to discuss their Strikeforce/M-1 Global main event on Saturday night.
Emelianenko explained why he thought Werdum is one of the “greatest” fighters in MMA, while Werdum discussed his game plan going into the fight of his life.
Watch a highlight video of the press conference, shot and edited by MMA Fighting’s E. Casey Leydon, below.
Filed under: StrikeforceSAN JOSE — This weekend’s Strikeforce fighters took to the stage in front of a relatively small, but enthusiastic crowd at the HP Pavilion on Friday afternoon to make Saturday night’s match-ups official. While local favorites l…
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SAN JOSE — This weekend’s Strikeforce fighters took to the stage in front of a relatively small, but enthusiastic crowd at the HP Pavilion on Friday afternoon to make Saturday night’s match-ups official. While local favorites like Cung Le and Josh Thomson got a warm reception, it was still Fedor Emelianenko who commanded the loudest cheers, a fact that even brought a brief smile to his face.
MMA Fighting will be on the scene and live blogging the action this Saturday night beginning at 8 pm ET, all the way through the Showtime portion of the card at 10 pm ET/PT. Full weigh-in results are below.