So just to continue what I was talking about on Tuesday non title Strikeforce bouts.

They’re taking a great risk here. Personally I don’t think Gegard or Fedor are going to lose however since they are at risk, I feel like something should be on the line. You don’t put such great talent on the line with no real reward for winning. If Mousasi loses, Soduku has a legitimate claim to the Strikeforce title. If Fedor loses Strikeforce is going to be hurting for money since if I’m Brett Rogers I would immediately want to renegotiate my contract. Since Alistair Overeem hasn’t defended his belt in two years why not just make this fight for the interim Heavyweight championship?

Siiiigh, mark my words this nice guy act by Scott Coker is only going to end up costing him money, heartache, and quite possibly a promotional company down the line.

In the meantime let’s talk about the Strikeforce Main event.

FEDOR “THE LAST EMPEROR” EMELIANENKO (30-1) VS BRETT “THE GRIM” ROGERS (10-0)
Heavyweight Non-Title Fight

Fedor Submission Round 2 or unanimous decision

Advantages to Rogers: Strong striking, quick hands good dirty boxing. Will be the stronger and more imposing fighter on Saturday

Advantages to Fedor: Evasive striking, good head movement. Extremely technical ground game. Experienced with larger opponents and getting out of bad situations.

Honestly I think that Fedor is going to give Brett Rogers problems that he hasn’t had before in the ring. Assuming that the Fedor camp took notes after his recent victory over Andrei Arlovski I think that the “holes” Fedor has in his game will be corrected. Brett Rogers is 10-0 if he were in the UFC I’d be more willing to testify to the authenticity of his record but he’s gotten this record by knocking out heavyweights outside the UFC. He claims that he’s going to knockout Fedor. That’s a problem, if he chases Fedor for even one round looking for the knockout cardio is going to become an issue. The chance that Rogers has to win is to knockout Fedor in the first round. If that doesn’t happen and it goes longer I think we’ll see the systematic break down of the Grim. Fedor is too experienced to get sucked into trading blows with Rogers, and more than likely will look to turn the fight into a wrestling match. Once this happens he should be able to submit Rogers fairly quickly. Fedor has always been a patient fighter and we’ll see this in action on Saturday, if the pace frustrates Rogers look for him to find ways to press the action and swing for the fences.

I can’t say whether this is going to be a good fight or not but I’m excited to see it in order to know the pecking order for Heavyweights in MMA.

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