By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) What is the meaning of a Fedor vs. Rogers fight? It’s not clear. Rogers isn’t the cream of the crop, and he’s dangerously untested for a fight against an all-time pound-for-pound great like Fedor, but he does have the ability to threaten the heavyweight kingpin. Furthermore, all of this will be…
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Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers Picks & Predictions
By Bryan Levick (BryanLevick@mmaratings.net) Tomorrow night mixed martial arts returns to CBS for the first time since last October as Strikeforce presents: Fedor vs. Rogers. The televised portion of the card has four bouts and all of them have some sort of title implications involved with them. Now on to my predictions.Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett…
Strikeforce Fight Week Previews: Fedor vs. Rogers
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Now it’s time for the big dance. Before breaking down the fight, here is my one shout out to the rest of the MMA community: We’re getting a chance to see one of the greatest fighters to ever grace our sport for free tomorrow night. This is like Ali fighting…
Strikeforce Fight Week Preview: Jake Shields vs. Jason Miller
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) I’ve already gone on record in a couple different places saying this will be the Fight of the Night. That’s what happens when you get a guy who likes to submit people fighting a guy who just doesn’t tap. While my prediction for this fight has been known to readers…
Strikeforce Fight Week Previews: Gegard Mousasi vs. Sokoudjou
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Grab a pen and write this down: In no more than three years time, Gegard Mousasi will be considered the best Mixed Martial Artist on the planet. Remember who told you that when everyone who follows the sport is fawning over the Armenian-born, Dutch-raised soon-to-be superstar. Saturday night, fight fans…
Strikeforce Fight Week Previews: Fabricio Werdum vs. Antonio Silva
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Sorry I’ve been slacking on breaking down the Strikeforce Main Card this week; in addition to moving, writing revisionist histories on Brock Lesnar and trying to find a job has taken up all of my time. Now that it’s already Thursday, here’s what we’re going to do: two today, two…