Dana White’s reaction to Strikeforce’s big CBS debut is in, and to no one’s surprise, it wasn’t exactly a glowing commendation.
“CBS would be out of their mind to put that rinky-dink [Strikeforce] . . . on the air again . . . and without that backing, [promoters] won’t have the money to pay [Emelianenko].”
“The guy just got his face smashed in by Brett Rogers. Do you know what Brock or [UFC heavyweights] Frank Mir and Cain Velasquez would do to Brett Rogers?” White said. “It’s time to bring this guy [Fedor] in, to see Brock Lesnar smash his head.”
With that out of the way, on to the real news — Fedor’s injuries. Unfortunately, it looks like his injured left hand may keep him out of action for four-six months.
Emelianenko, 33, also is dealing with health issues. He suffered a fracture and tendon damage in his left thumb, and a fractured nose in the Rogers fight, Coker said. Emelianenko stopped in Los Angeles on Monday to be treated for the injuries.
“[The hand injury] could’ve been from that blow when he had Brett on the mat at the end,” Coker said. “We’re hearing he could be out for four to six months.”
I know I’ve mentioned it a few times before, but Alistair Overeem last said he wanted Fedor in April 2010. If he keeps his word, the timing definitely works out now for a spring showdown. Coker says he’s expecting Alistair to headline a card in early 2010, so the question is, will they give him an non-title tune-up fight to build him up for Fedor, or give someone like Werdum a title shot and effectively eliminate one of Fedor’s 2010 opponents?
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Dana White is a dick-head. The show was great and Brock Lesnar would be knocked out by Rogers. Fact is that Strikeforce is rising to the expense of the UFC.
the show was great i was more excited for this show than UFC 100 and 101
dana is right brock would smash fedor look what he did to mir and your wanting to say that rogers would knock brock out so your saying he would do that to mir,couture;and herring when tose guys have a chance against fedor fedor still hasnt impressed me when he starts fighting top contenders like brock,congo,carwin,even mir but he wants to stay on small shows with ok competition and say hes the best.
Sorry…Fedor is unbeatable. I love MMA and like the UFC, but no one can hang with Fedor…period! Fedor!!!!!!!!
I hope Strikeforce gets Josh Barnett when he is cleared, so they can finish the Affliction 3 fight too!
eat a fat one Dana u zealous pig. fedor vs rogers was a sick fight
right, why can’t people live with competition? it was a great fight and a great show. I hate people who cannot admit that the other side deserves to live as well, don’t be dick dana.
yea that was a good show but fedor hasnt impressed me he needs better competition all he has fought lately were joke brett rogers is a one sided fighter he stands and bangs while fedor is pretty well rounded he needs to fight brock or better yet a guy that looks a lot like a young fedor cain velasquez that would be a good fight but instead of everyone talking shit they could do a show like what was supposed to happen with liddell and silva send brock to a strike force show or vice versa make brock and fedor happen i dont care what show its on i want the fedor shit done strike force and dana can make it happen if there both serious and it would get fedor more known in america the only way that fight couldnt happen is if one of the shows pulled a pride.
[...] hours after having his hand operated on earlier this week. In the interview, Fedor responded to comments Dana White made earlier this week about him and Brett Rogers following their fight. Well, what can I tell you? The first thing that I saw was Brett Rogers had his way very quickly in [...]