Fedor Emelianenko underlined his dominance on the MMA world with a second round stoppage over the hard hitting American, Brett Rogers in a Strikeforce M-1 Global heavyweight bout.
Rogers sporting his usual Mohawk haircut gave Fedor some problem in the first round with the two fighters exchanging shots. Fedor landed a right left combination while Rogers landed with an accurate shot that caused a cut on the bridge of Fedor's nose.
Throughout the first round both men looked to take control with Fedor using his brilliant grappling to throw Rogers around the cage as if he was a small child. Towards the end of the first Fedor landed with a right hand that sent back the American after which he took him down to the canvas in search of a keylock submission. Rogers showed his strength reversing the position and landing in top position, now Rogers was able to let his hands go but even the hard hitting Rogers couldn't put the Russian away and it wasn't long before Fedor reversed the position in his favour. Just before the bell rang to end the first round Fedor looked to secure an arm-triangle choke but Rogers recovered as the bell sounded to end a very close round.
Fedor let his hands go in the second round which resulted in a huge left hook that found it's mark and left Rogers on the canvas while Fedor's follow up left the referee with no option but to stop the contest.
After the bout Fedor told reporters "The main thing is not to be nervous, to take some time during the first round to learn a bit about your opponent and then to look for some weakness and then to use it"
Rogers was upset with his performance saying "I hate it, I'm coming back stronger. I'm so heated I cant even put it into words, The words that i want to put it to. I doubted myself a little bit, I should have thrown my hands more, a lot more and that's the reason why I failed today"
Under Card
Jake Shields out positioned Jason "Mayhem" Miller over five rounds to take the Strikeforce Middleweight title via scores of 48-47, 49-46 and 49-46.
Gerard Mousasi captured the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight title with a second round TKO victory over Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou. Both men let their hands go in an all out war but Mousasi secured top position in the second which left the referee unable to let the contest continue, which of course crowned Mousasi the new Light Heavyweight champion of the world.
Fabricio Werdum may be getting the next crack at Fedor as he scored one of his biggest wins of his career so far when he decisioned Antonio Silva by scores of 29-28, 29-28 and 29-28.
