Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers Recap

[spencercarla1]

I am lloking forward to the fight between fedor vs werdum and will be watching it online free at mmaweekly org

[sk8man2009]

that fight invovling mayhem and miller. i know meyhem lost but that fight woke him up. he is coming back. i bet his goal is to knock shields out and then head over to the UFC and fuckin knock GSP. i fuckin hope so.

[SUBIESAMURAI07]

first round rogers>??? why he landed more punches than rogers! the first round is for fedor also i think

[SUBIESAMURAI07]

3:59 fucking hell

[WeaselHalfbreed]

The whole Fedor/Rogers

"rematch" idea came from the jackass interviewer. Why he said it, nobody knows.

[Noyjeetut]

Maybe because he only has so many opponents in SF at HW.

[bcmvp11]

@WeaselHalfbreed Yes, those are the Strikeforce announcing idiots (mainly Gus Johnson) who have no idea what their talking about. That guy was announcing when Kimbo lost to Petruzelli and the announcer said that it was the most incredible victory in the history of MMA. What an idiot.

[iulic78]

Ba da prost mai esti , Rogers nu a avut absolut nici o sansa . Fedor este un barbat adevarat si este numarul unu .Fedor is the best , Fedea luchshii boets v mire !

[cernij2]

good review

[Noyjeetut]

Thanks man.

[bcmvp11]

Aww, come on you seriously like the Strikeforce ring announcer over Bruce Buffer? In my opinion Buffer is way more exciting and gets you more pumped for the fight, while the other guy is kind of boring if you ask me. Great card, and great video though.

[fatsomamacheese]

I hate to repeat what everyone is saying Noyjeetut, but Rogers did not win round one.

Rogers reversed Fedor on the ground because Fedor went for a kimura. That was all. The nothing jab reopened an existing cut. Fedor had Rogers in trouble several times in the round. Fedor had more takedowns, more landed strikes, more octagon control, more submission attempts, and dealt more damage. There is no way to give Rogers that round unless you truly think surviving Fedor is worthy of winning the round.

[u8mylife47]

anyone who thinks Rogers beat Fedor in the first round doesn't know anything about MMA

[bcmvp11]

@u8mylife47 Once again, Brett Rogers had no business fighting Fedor, for what he did impressed me because I thought Fedor would win in a minute or so. The thing is Fedor isn't losing in Strikeforce no matter what. The only possible person I could see beating Fedor is Brock Lesnar. If Lesnar does what he did to Mir the second time, he might pose a threat to him. I still don't see Fedor as best pound-for-pound, but he's still one of the best in the world.

[Cessation3]

Rogers was gnp in fedors guard, its a neutral position. He threw like 8 shots and landed 2 glancing blows. Stalling, jabbing from outside, leaning on the cage and doing nothing is considered winning the round? lol Did you see rogers barelly get up after his gnp, he was already gassed midway threw first!! lol Fedor also held the edge in power strikes 9-1. Looked like the cage gave fedor more trouble than rogers, otherwise this would have ended in first.

[bcmvp11]

@Cessation3 Yeah, he freaking killed him because Brett Rogers isn't that good. I was expecting Fedor to win in about a minute or so, but Rogers did better than I expected. Fedor will kill the Strikeforce heavyweights. I don't see him losing with Strikeforce's line-up of heavyweights. The real test is in the UFC, and you have to agree with that.

[Cessation3]

What test?

lesnar is done

carwin has only one notable win vs gonzaga, who was 2-3 in his last 5 anyway.

Mir is overated, thats common knowledge, recently beating one dimensional congo and sick past his prime noguera is hardly impressive, and losing to a 3-1 lesnar lol.

velasquez, hes to small and inexperienced to give fedor a challenge, has only beaten congo, who as mentioned, is vastly lacking, and rothewell,

santos is alright, but one dimensional and has fought weak competition.

[bcmvp11]

If you've actually paid attention to MMA over the past few weeks, Lesnar isn't done. He may be a little slow at first on his comeback, but once he gets back into it I think he could pose a big threat to Fedor. I seriously doubt Overeem will ever fight in Strikeforce again, but he does cause kind of a threat (steroid pumper). I don't think Carwin poses a threat, Dos Santos could in the future, Mir does as well, his bjj is better and his striking is more technical, but Fedor has that power.

[Cessation3]

lesnar is already 33, time is against him, he has relied his whole 4-1 mma career, such as it is, on having a 50 pound advantage to get wins against terrible fighters

whats going to happen now? he'll have to recover from this serious illness and get all his size back, supposedly without relying on roids, train, fight and keep winning without losing once, lol, do you think that will happen? LOL!!! only delusional lesnar nuthugers believe that

the hype is over for the rest of us

[Cessation3]

Rogers is no different than your run of the mill ufc top hw, the division is as weak as ever, if anything overeem is the biggest challenge for fedor, and he's in strikeforce. It really doesn't matter where fedor fights, the result will be the same.

[Noyjeetut]

You think Overeem will ever fight in the states again though?

[Cessation3]

lesnar, fought, after pumping roids in his ass for 10 years, so why not? lol

[Noyjeetut]

That guy has always been big.

[Cessation3]

wwe is notrious for steroid use, thats where he worked for years. If you compare him in his first mma fight, vs kim, and then vs mir 2, the difference is obvious

it apperas they are wearing off, by all the flab hangin of him, lol

you should check out the youtube video where he(and white) gets asked if lesnar took roids, the reaction, is amusing to say the least,

and quite telling, for the ones, not all over the shrivelled lesnar nutsack :)))

[bcmvp11]

@Noyjeetut Yeah, I seriously doubt he will. Let me ask you a question, where do you think Fedor's biggest challenge is right now, the UFC or Strikeforce? Be honest.

[bcmvp11]

How is Rogers no different from top heavyweights in the UFC. He's 10-1 with only one significant win (which in my opinion was a fluke). He's almost exactly like Carwin, but Carwin would beat Rogers, he'd take him down and pound him out, plus Carwin has the heavier hands. The only thing he has is his striking, height, and weight. If Fedor was in the UFC, you'd probably say that Lesnar is his biggest challenge, but since he's in Strikeforce, you have to say Overeem, but it's really Lesnar.

[Cessation3]

I don't even know what you are babbling about, sounds like you got paid and smoking crack again. You are not making any sense. Lesnar is done its over, looks like it will take you a while to figure it out.

I'll humour you though. Overeem is 32-10 in his prime, well rounded more experienced has far better striking and groundgame than lesnar, and is just as big, pumps roids, what advantage does lesnar have over him? Dealing with facts, is definetly not your forte.

[bcmvp11]

You rely WAY TOO MUCH on facts to get you by. Have you not seen Lesnar lately functioning at 60% against top heavyweights. Overeem hasn't fought anyone lately but an old washed up Fujita and it looks like he's staying in Japan. Fedor will fight Werdum, beat him down, then they'll probably put him up against Lashley and he'll submit him in seconds. I am making sense, you aren't get it through your thick head, he's even older than Lesnar, he'll get punished by him, face it.

[Cessation3]

Maybe in your cracked out delusional world you're making sense, LOL way to accuse me of relying on facts LOL

lesnar has never fought anyone, 46 year old lhw couture, and 4-6 in his last ten past his prime herring, 2-5 kim, and vs his only descent competition he's 1-1 mir

fedor 31-1, is older than lesnar by 8 months, and he's already greatest ever fighter, and best p4p today

what has lesnar done at his age? get fucked up on roids and put together a pathetic 4-1 record vs garbage fighters, LOL

[mr3ggroll]

fedor land 5 punches ground and pound, big left hook that almost knock out rogers, two punches after that, two takedown, catch an armbarn but the cage was on the way, 1 punch land after reversing rogers. how did rogers win that round??? because rogers have crocodile skin? im glad fedor have a lot of fans now. but im worry because most of them dont know shit. i gotta admit, most of fedor fans are just nuthuggers. only some are true mma fans that knows whats going on

[tanglestrangle]

Miller survived Shields, just like Jacare. Look at the photos of the "near choke" in the 3rd. Miller is clamped down on Shields chin. Shields said it was painful but he had plenty air, was about to start fighting it saw 10 seconds and relaxed.

[Noyjeetut]

Interesting insight on it.

[grilop1492]

good thing u r not a judge , u r terrible jugging fight , Brett only good punch was the jab on the firts round the rest was all fedor control, submissions attempt, etc etc. and then just to finish the big punch. like nobody else.

[Noyjeetut]

Good thing you don't teach grammar.

[cremaster0]

LOL

[obeybosss]

Rogers did nothing special . IMO Fedor vs Crocop was a tougher fight for Fedor

[durin23]

hey i just realized this guy looks like spence from King of qeens

[Noyjeetut]

LOL, he does really good stand up comedy.

[durin23]

good actor too.

[chongleepalao]

Roger controlling the clinch?

You mean; pressing a patient Fedor against

the cage while holding onto the cage as well,

getting warned several times by big John.

No, that's not controlling the clinch, considering

Fedor pushed him off so easily.

Fedor won the first round, period.

[thephilmyster]

fedor won the first round..end of story

[Noyjeetut]

Ya, and Rogers only hit 3 punches the whole fight and never controlled Fedor in the clinch.

[supralee]

rogers win 1 round!what a joke!fedor punched him almost to the ground 3 times and take him ti the ground!he dominated all 1 round!the punches you see near the cage are same as hong man did fedor and fedor jsut subbmite him, so here too fedor begans to subbmit rogers takeing his leg and his hand that stop rogers punching momentarily!so rogers has in stund up one landed punch and no take downs!no ademts of subbmission!keep real man!

[GamingSpot]

hehehe wtf guys ? u guys didn't say that rogers going to beat fedor and know say that he was in dangerous hahaha... that guys are just too newbies... learn to lose he lose... "Win is a win... lose is a lose" - Mike Tyson

[zheka1780]

hey I totally disagree with you. Watch the first round one more time and then think again. Fedor won the round

[imhatepie]

I dont think Rogers took the 1st.

He controlled the round landed punches, throws and sub attempts, while rogers had about 4 good strikes including his Gnp(which was the only dangerous moment for Fedor).

[hornetpalooza]

Thing is, he hit Fedor's nose so he looked like the guy taking more punishment. People go with impressions rather than statistics most of the time. Haven't checked the stats myself so I have no idea who won the round on the scorecard.

[imhatepie]

But anyone who knows Fedor should also know that he cuts like butter. I know that most American fans wouldnt know this though.

His camp confirmed that Rogers re-opened a cut given to him by Aleks recently during training.

[emeh10]

Great night of fights, and great recap. Thanks!

[Noyjeetut]

Glad you liked it man.

[hornetpalooza]

Man, you should have a channel dedicated only to fight events. I'd subscribe.

[Noyjeetut]

LOL, you can't just ignore the stuff you don't like?

[hornetpalooza]

No, I've adapted to the fast (i.e lazy) lifestyle of random surfing.

[mrsmithy2006]

Thanks for taking the time to put in video clips. I always enjoy your recaps and reviews. Keep up the good work.

[Noyjeetut]

Thanks man. That means a lot.

[iTravelHD]

I don't think there is gona be rematch with Rogers. Who gets more than 1 chance to beat Fedor. He had his moment. And what he did - 1 jab! No kicks, no submisions, no clinch work.. This is not boxing, Fedor will win eevn with his head off. Arlovski was also wining before the KO. He wants rematch too.

[onedollarjuggalo]

thanks

[KneebarBuffet]

my recap shall be up soon enuff.

[magician234]

I actually gave the first round to Fedor. He did more throughout the fight.

[Noyjeetut]

It was close man. Really it comes to opinions, I do think Fedor landed more but Rogers put him against the cage for longer than a minute.

[woteva666666]

yes Fedor did win the first round go to the strikeforce website they have the CompuStrike Round-by-Round Stats

[Soulgotha]

Excellent night of fights! Great recap. I was wondering during the first round of the Shields/Miller fight just how long it would take for the audience to start booing.

[whitewoody7]

WOW what a night of fights.

What a punch by Fedor.

Rogers did some good work in da first round.

Wanted Miller to win and was choked the bell rang.

3.79 million is the numbers it drew. But Kimbo drew in so much more and he sucks.

Overall great night of fights good recap.

[Noyjeetut]

That's too bad, it deserved more. Hopefully they can build on this.

[RacMan93]

i think rogers is getting too much credit. fedor still won the first round 10-9 in my opinion and the people at mma weekly agree.

[TheWylde0ne]

I think people were booing the fight because they thought (like me) Shield never wanted to finish the fight he was content to grind out a decision with lay n pray, when Miller actually wanted to fight and finish.

If Shields at least went to finish the fight it would have been interesting but he knew he was beat in stand up and didn't want to risk Mayhem standing up.

[coolnerd2736]

I have to trust in Fedor Hands lol

[sakurabastheman]

I liked the diego sanchez v clay guida free card better this was definitely number 2 tho.

hope strikeforce fits zaromskis in their next card, could be the next crocop....

[MrDvDFREAK1]

It was a good night of fights.

I jumped out of my seat when Fedor landed that Rght Hand.

Cool video man

[McEvoy2006]

Jeeez thats one painful lookin sport

[Noyjeetut]

They all seemed okay at the press conference. You and your mini me should parody a fight. :P

[idz135]

Fedor lost the 1st round?!

This is what happens with some ppls lone and unreal standard for Fedor. Do ppl think escapes, a cutting jab and some ground flurry (2 clean shots landed) are > than sub attempts, takedowns and legit (standup) punch rockin (left hook) ?

GR8 video overall.

[Eigh8Thechosenone]

Great Review! Much respect for your knowledge of MMA. I also loved this CARD! When Miller got that Choke I hit the roof. As far as FEDOR...OMG! What can you say? The RIGHT HAND FROM THE MMA GODS!!! Go STRIKEFORCE!!!

[Noyjeetut]

Thanks man. I was going crazy with that choke too... so close. I can't think of a KO that has been that impressive this year.

[jitsmonster]

Hell yeah it was a pretty good night of fights for sure!! I was impressed by most of it. Rogers definitely had Fedor in the first round. I was shocked. He could've finished him with perhaps one or two more clean shots with the ground and pound. But, Fedor is a "crafty" veteran! lol Thanks dude for the review, and I'll holler back later.

[Noyjeetut]

Just one of those great fights like Bonnat/Griffin that kinda leaves both fighters looking stronger because of it. Like they say, the winners were the viewers.

[familyvalues07]

the announcers were saying it wrong! i swear its MOO-SOWI. the s' are silent

[Noyjeetut]

LOL, I'll try that. How about first name, is it Gayguard, Gayhart, Gaygerd?

[familyvalues07]

i'm pretty sure its gay-guard.

[Noyjeetut]

Thanks man, that helps.

[DocDTFO]

I really liked the show, i hear Bobby Lashley is fighting soon i think in december. I've become a fan of Mayhem which is good haha. this marks my second Strike Force event on tv second being Shamrock V Diaz. Anway great review glad you reivewed the even hope you review all of them.

[Noyjeetut]

Thanks man. I hope to cover the free ones when I can.

[ajorton34]

This was an awesome fight card good recap cody.

[Noyjeetut]

Thanks man. I really hope they stay around.

[mswolter]

Man I hope Strikeforce goes strong with this one. After seeing this, first I was proud of the guys for putting on such a great card. Second, I just wanted to give Dana the finger for all the bashing and discrediting he gives Strikeforce. Free or PPV, this show easily was in the top 5 of the year.

Lately, I've been getting tired of all the backpeddling Dana does at his post fight pressers over boring fights.  I'm glad every fighter brought it here and show there is another outlet.

[Noyjeetut]

Ya, also notice how they weren't afraid to say "UFC," compared to how the UFC never would mention Pride until they bought it.

[starsoldier1]

Fedor is just awesome! I was kinda with the crowd on booing Shields too since he was just holding Miller down.

[Noyjeetut]

Ya, but I enjoyed portions of that fight.

[narox]

Excellent show from Cody

[Noyjeetut]

Thanks Narox... didn't know you watched MMA.

[ATMirror]

man Fedor clearly won first round.

Rogers one jab, 3 Gnp punches

Fedor 1 hook that slightly rocked Rogers, 2 takedowns, 2 sub attempts, combination of blocked punches, controled standup tempo.

About equal ground control.

1st round clearly Fedor.

[Noyjeetut]

You aren't giving him enough credit on clinch control. Fight has 3 dimensions; stand up: I would give Fedor the slight edge here, but say that hook is almost equaled by Rogers busting his nose, clinch: All Rogers, ground: I say Rogers because he escaped, reversed, and held dominate position. Fedor went for subs that did not work but Rogers landed punches. But it doesn't matter, Fedor came back in the 2nd and did what he does.

[hexilum]

The only major damage Fedor received in round 1 was from the jab at the beginning of the round to his nose, and from the ground-and-pound by Rogers later in the round. Upon closer inspection, a lot of those punches didn't even connect. Fedor, on the other hand, landed a nice clean shot to Rogers, causing him to stumble momentarily, and took him down a couple times. For the most part, he controlled the fight in round 1.

[Noyjeetut]

I'd say control was about even when you count that Rogers made up for losing the stand up by holding Fedor against the cage. But hey, it can be argued either way and was a fun fight.

[PoppinBalls]

8:20

[Noyjeetut]

So you saw the hesitation too. Good to know man.

[serbianprince]

Rogers is a biggest piece of shit ref shouldnt have stopped it fedor should have kept going fuck him up some more!!!

[Noyjeetut]

Seems like a lot of hate on a guy for no reason, is this because of what he said in his post fight interview?

[serbianprince]

Thats right he has no respect! Fedor never says nothing bad about his opponents and respects them even after he whoops their ass!

[hussain3075]

i couldnt beleive rogers got out of the arm bar

[Noyjeetut]

It was amazing... no one escapes Fedor's armbars... until now. 0_o

[fox23vang]

Hmmm have you seen all of Fedors fights?. Brett isn't the first to escape Fedors armbar attempt.

[peacenlove4every1]

Choi escaped Fedor's first armbar attempt against him. He got him on the second attempt though. If that cage wasn't there, Fedor would have had a good chance. If a roided Coleman couldn't stop it, Rogers probably couldn't either.

[Noyjeetut]

Thanks, I never caught the freakshow fights.

[phrek75]

Ye the cage actually got a role in Fedors ground-game. You can see as he trys to get the armbar, he cant get his leg far enough out and around Rogers neck due to the cage.

[Noyjeetut]

Does he train in one now or not?

[rchin99]

Great fights and great recap ! I hope CBS finds fights like this a winning combination !

[Noyjeetut]

Thanks man... I really hope they did big numbers.

[ivienthol]

You're blind if you think Rogers won the first. He had a jab and a little GnP. Fedor threw him down a couple times like a ragdoll, sub attempts, rocked him with the left.

[Noyjeetut]

He controlled the clinch and arguably took the ground by inflicting more damage, also reversed out of trouble. I still had Fedor taking the stand up, but not by much since I do give rogers credit for breaking his nose in the first exchange. You are stupid if you think that was one sided.

[phrek75]

Guess i im an idiot as well, i think Fedor vs Rogers was very 1 sided.

Fedor was owning the stand-up and the ground game.

Rogers didt impress me much, other than he is strong as hell and can take some serious shots to his chin. All he did was press Fedor against the cage, hitting nothing in stand-up and only 2-3 hits actually got in when he tried to GnP Fedor.

Worst of all, him being such a bad loser and showing no sportsmanship at all after the fight, fucking disgrace if you ask me.

[fox23vang]

i totally agree, he does not deserve a rematch. The only person that i think shoulda rematch is Mirko Crocop.

[peacenlove4every1]

I'm with you. Fedor pretty much controlled the fight. Roger did very little outside of the jab. Fedor could take him down at will and hit him standing easily.

[Noyjeetut]

I think a lot of people here are being blinded by their love of Fedor. Nothing against him, but no way that first round was 1 sided. And it actually showed some holes Fedor has.

[MMAharaja]

I think Johnson mentioning the rematch was just to keep the casuals interested. If he mentioned Overeem, people would have scratched their heads and said, "who?" If he'd said Werdum, I don't think that would have gotten anyone excited either.

As far as Mauro Ranallo, he's been annoying since PRIDE fell. He used to be much more serious, but now he's dropping horrible one-liners all the time.

[Noyjeetut]

Is that the guy CroCop scared?

[phrek75]

Rogers doesnt even deserve a rematch, the way he acted out after losing, second i think Fedor would beat him again, no doubt in my heart.

[Steadno]

shields lost that fight w/20 more secs. looks like he kinda tapped too.

[thephilmyster]

looks like brett has to go back to working at sam's club again.

[Noyjeetut]

Because he lost to the best? That seems like a petty knock on someone who brought it and made something everyone thought would be one sided competitive.

[thephilmyster]

i was just kidding around..rogers was a good opponent for fedor...but fedor has alot of heart.

[Noyjeetut]

Then it's all good.

[thephilmyster]

cool......now i wonder who is next on fedor's list.

[howcynicalofme]

rogers did not hesitate. there's reason why fighters hesitate, it's because the other fighter reads their move. if they understand that the other fighter readstheir move, they can't attack, because it's pointless. don't degrade fedor's ability, because fedor is not a lucky man, he is a technical fighter.

[Noyjeetut]

Nah, he totally flinched before because he was gonna throw then decided not to do it. Fedor could have still hit him and ended but we'll never know. I was not taking anything away from Fedor.

[Blindedbythelight]

best free card of the year?

wtf?

more like BEST CARD PERIOD!

[Noyjeetut]

Ya, I rethought that afterwards, but we have some more MMA before year end.

[thehilitereel]

Eat your heart out Dana! They stole your superstar!

[bjpennmvt]

Right up there fo me on card of da year. Dat punch Fedor landed was loud and he almost fell but luckily Rogers was still there to keep him up.

[Noyjeetut]

Ya, Roger ate a good many.

[WeirdoWithABeirdo84]

Wow Fedor must be one lucky man.

[WillMillion15]

you're a fuckin idiot if you think that is luck. I am so sick of people hopeing Fedor loses..

[christalkshowrule]

Strikeforce>UFC

Strikeforce,Strikeforce,Strike­force!!!!!!!!!!

[Noyjeetut]

Did you watch man?

[christalkshowrule]

Yes I'm not usually into mma but I've been getting into strikeforce I'm not into ufc I got bored of them :/