Strikeforce on CBS: Fedor TKOs Rogers while Shields, Mousasi, Werdum post victories
Fedor Emilianenko made a bloody smashing debut on CBS. Our Joe Rizzo gave the recaps of all the CBS in his MMA column on Examiner.com:
- Bloody Fedor TKOs Rogers in Windy City thriller
- Jake Shields wins by decision over Jason “Mayhem” Miller for middleweight belt
- Gegard Mousasi wins by TKO over Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
- Fabricio Werdum wins by decision over Antonio Silva
Joe went 4-1 on his winner predictions, adding in the fight in which Marloes Coenen defeated Roxanne Modafferi, which ended up not being televised. Coenen secured an arm bar for the victory 65 seconds into the match, avenging her loss to Modafferi in 2007.
On the undercard,Jeff Curran won his Strikeforce debut in 99 seconds against Dustin Neace, who submitted with an injured rib. Shamar Bailey won a unanimous decision against John Kolosci, as did Christian Uflacker over Jonatas Novaes. Nate Moore used punches to earn a submission win over Louis Taylor in the second round.
According to ChicagoNow.com and , the fight between Mark Miller and Deray Davis was canceled moments before the fighters were about to walk out to the cage. On BloodyElbow.com, Brent Brookhouse explained the timing from the standpoint of attending media:
It’s a massive ball drop, especially considering that the Jeff Curran / Dustin Neace and Marloes Coenen / Roxanne Modafferi fights both ended in under three minutes. It isn’t as though every fight went to the judges and time just became completely unavailable.
