In an exciting fight, the beast Fedor Emelianenko He showed once again why he is considered, by many, to be the best MMA fighter of all time. Facing the undefeated Brett Rogers, the Russian had difficulties in the first round, being severely punished with ground and pound, but with an arm-bar attempt he managed to get out of the choke and return to the fight on his feet, where he already showed better control of the octagon. At the end of the round, Fedor had a nose bleed, but at the beginning of the second round, the beast showed all his power in his striking, walking towards the American the entire time. With a strong cross applied two minutes into the fight, Rogers went to the canvas, being punished until the referee interrupted, declaring Emelianenko's victory by technical knockout.
If the main fight of the night was exciting, the duel between Brazilian heavyweights was no less. Antonio “Pezão” Silva e Fabricio Werdum They fought a fairly even battle in the three rounds. Werdum started the fight better, but was surprised with a straight shot, resulting in a knockdown in the first round. The chuteboxer, however, came back better in the following rounds, taking the fight to the ground and working on ground and pound. In the end, the three judges scored 29×28 for Fabricio Werdum, who wins his second victory in the organization. Check out the other results:
Main Card
- Fedor Emelianenko knocked out Brett Rogers in R2;
- Jake Shields defeated Jason Miller via unanimous decision;
- Gegard Mousasi defeated Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou via TKO in R1;
- Fabricio Werdum derrotou Antonio Pezão in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Preliminary Card
– Jeff Curran defeated Dustin Neace by forfeit (injury) in R1;
– Marloes Coenen submitted Roxanne Modafferi in R1;
– Mark Miller will face Deray Davis;
– Shamar Bailey defeated John Kolosci by unanimous decision of the judges;
– Nate Moore submitted Louis Taylor with punches in R2;
– Christian Uflacker defeated Jonatas Novaes via unanimous decision by the judges.
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