Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers – Strikeforce Tonight

Reminder: The Strikeforce MMA event is tonight for FREE on CBS. This entire card is stacked with major fights. Fedor vs. Brett Rogers is the main event. The show starts at 9EST. There is also a boxing event for FREE on HBO featuring Chad Dawson vs. Glen Johnson in the main event. That show starts at 9:30EST. Both the MMA and boxing should be good tonight and are definitely worth watching if you’re around. I know I’ll have a house full of people tonight. Lots of beers as well! :-)

The following is an article from MMAMemories.com:

If you’re reading this, odds are you already know who Fedor Emelianenko is. If you’ve watched a non-UFC fight show, Googled “best pound-for-pound fighter”, or even just scanned any MMA website out there, the Russian heavyweight’s name has had to have come up. Fedor is the best, the destroyer of top fighters, and regardless of whether he ever sets foot in the Octagon or not, his legacy is already carved out in the blood and bones of vanquished foe after vanquished foe. And on Saturday night, on CBS primetime television, he’s headlining Strikeforce’s biggest and most important card ever.

Yes, it’s time for the rest of the world to know what we know, to witness the full power and fury of the man responsible for defeating (and often crushing) such top-tier (at least, they were top-tier when he fought them) competitors as Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Tim Sylvia, Andrei Arlovski, Mark Coleman and Mirko CroCop among others. When heavyweights compete, it’s Fedor’s prowess they aspire to emulate. When they win, it’s his glory they hope to attain. He’s that good and that huge. The big question now is if the former Pride star is enough to drive ratings – is he? Can a Russian who speaks virtually no English make the transition from MMA superstar to mainstream superstar? Strikeforce certainly hopes so, and to make Saturday night’s contest interesting, they’ve paired Fedor up with big puncher Brett Rogers.

It goes without saying that, when their two resumes are compared, Rogers’ barely stacks up. But “the Grimm” has as good a chance as any at providing fireworks, and if his 22-second destruction of fallen UFC champ Arlovski is an indication, he has the legitimate ability to put people to sleep when his fist meets their face. Rogers is about as likely to land that one game-changing punch as anyone. Can he do that to Fedor? Not likely. Rogers will either be TKO’d or submitted by the end of the night. But he’s a viable opponent. Outside of Strikeforce champ Alistair Overeem, who’s either unwilling or unable to fight here in the States, who else among the non-UFC heavyweights is worthy? The answer to that one is “not very many.” Rogers could win, he’ll probably lose, but regardless, the main event for CBS’ latest primetime offering is a compelling one – and the perfect platform for casual viewers to acquaint themselves with “the Last Emperor”.

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