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Unfortunately, CBS didn’t have time to show the Marloes Coenen vs. Roxanne Modafferi fight that earned Coenen a title shot against Cris Cyborg, but thanks to Showtime we get to see it now.

25 million people worldwide watched Fedor Emelianenko knock Brett Rogers out earlier this month according to a press release M-1 sent out this morning.

Fedor may claim he’s more famous in America than he is Russia, but nearly three times as many more Russians than Americans tuned in to watch the fight (16 million vs 5.46 million).

M-1 didn’t provide any actual data to support it, but they also said, “all early accounts and indications tell us that “Fedor vs. Rogers” delivered worldwide more than any other MMA show in the history of the sport.” I don’t know what the UFC’s international numbers look like, but if they’re bigger than M-1/Strikeforce’s I’m sure we’ll hear about it soon.

Full press release after the jump.

Spike has released the ratings for UFC 105. The event drew an average 2.9 million viewers and peaked at 3.7 million viewers during the Couture-Vera main event. MMA Payout has more:

UFC 105 on Spike TV drew a 1.9 HH rating for an average 2.9 million viewers last Saturday night. The event also fared well in the M18-34 and M18-49 demographics with a 3.45 and 2.84, respectively.

While Strikeforce/CBS outperformed UFC 105/Spike in average and total viewership, Spike wasn’t shy about letting everyone know they beat CBS in the younger male demographics, especially the rarely-mentioned-but-we’re-going-to-include-it-to-say-we-smoked-them-in-something 18-24 male demo.

• P 18-34 by 30%  (UFC 105 2.37, CBS Saturday Night Fights 1.82)
• M 18-34 by 49%  (UFC 105 3.45, CBS Saturday Night Fights 2.32)
• M 18-24 by 73%  (UFC 105 2.99, CBS Saturday Night Fights 1.73)
• M 25-34 by 37%  (UFC 105 3.78, CBS Saturday Night Fights 2.76)
• M 18-49 by 16%  (UFC 105 2.84, CBS Saturday Night Fights 2.45)

The funny, yet kinda sad thing is the TUF 10 Finale in a couple weeks is probably going to blow both events out of the water with Kimbo on the card.

The CBS Saturday Night Fights ratings are in, but we don’t know yet if they were good enough to convince CBS to give Strikeforce and potentially Fedor Emelianenko another shot on their network.

Josh Gross and Ariel Helwani join Mike Straka and the usual suspects on this week’s edition of Fox Fight Game to discuss Fedor Emelianenko’s win over Brett Rogers and preview UFC 105.

On this week’s edition of ESPN MMA Live, Jon Anik and crew recap the Strikeforce ‘Fedor vs Rogers’ event and preview UFC 105.

Sherdog’s Loretta Hunt nabbed an interview with Fedor Emelianenko only 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.

CBS has released fight clips from the Strikeforce “Fedor vs Rogers” event. Fanhouse has video of the full event.

The ratings for the Strikeforce “Fedor vs. Rogers” main event on CBS are in, and guess what? They’re pretty darn good all things considered.

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?

Image via Esther Lin for Showtime