Snapshot of the Day: Fedor Emelianenko Drops a Bomb on Brett Rogers' Face

by Luke Thomas on Nov 8, 2009 3:00 PM EST in News Comment 16 comments

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For one second I remembered what watching Pride was like.

by cyke on Nov 8, 2009 4:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I wish they offered these in higher quality. Would make great wallpaper.

by BrandonC on Nov 8, 2009 4:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

the showtime flickr photos are available larger

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shosports/

just click on the photo, and then “all sizes”. i love this one:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2607/4086206612_5b7cea2a32_o.jpg

by woooburn on Nov 8, 2009 5:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i’d expect that if rogers gets ko’d or tko’d in his next fight we will hear all about how he has a weak chin

by kanodogg on Nov 8, 2009 4:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Rogers chin is still in orbit

by EnsignFrog on Nov 8, 2009 4:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

thats just the Fedor Effect

no way though. that shot was BIG. im surprised Rogers wasnt out cold from that shot. it was LOUD

by fedorade on Nov 8, 2009 4:45 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

I’ve seen it about 20 times now. That was a huge punch and the impact was loud as hell.

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by xFenixKnightx on Nov 8, 2009 4:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yep. I kept rewinding that punch so everyone could hear that shit.

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by poundnground on Nov 8, 2009 5:10 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

BROCKLESNARRR?

Keep firing Assholes!

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by Ubernoober on Nov 8, 2009 5:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, that stopped being funny a long time ago.

Mauricio Shogun Rua #1 LHW in the World. The TRUE Champion.

Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."

by xFenixKnightx on Nov 8, 2009 5:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Looks like Fedor KOed your sense of humor.

Keep firing Assholes!

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by Ubernoober on Nov 8, 2009 5:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

lol! Nah, just telling you the truth. =)

Mauricio Shogun Rua #1 LHW in the World. The TRUE Champion.

Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."

by xFenixKnightx on Nov 8, 2009 6:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Anybody notice the punishment rogers was able to rain down on Fedor when he had him on the ground and pinned against the cage. With the cage, a heavier man has a real advantage in that he is able to better use his weight to “bully” a lighter opponent. Fedor handled it, but he took some big shots, and these shots would have never happened in the ring.

Notice the successful heavyweights in the cage are essentially super heavyweights. I congratulate Fedor, but I can’t help he was wishing it was a Pride ring and old pride rules. First the cage, and now you can’t even kick a guy on the ground. Life sucks for us little guys.

by goodvitas on Nov 8, 2009 8:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I don’t think the cage played a huge part in this fight but maybe Im wrong. I think Fedor just made a mistake with that submission attempt and underestimated the danger of having Rogers on top of you . We could see the same armbar attempt by Fedor in the Mark Hunt fight and that landed Hunt in side control.
Fedor is always trying to finish fights , sometimes it costs him his position …against Rogers it definitely was a bad move – yet he won anyway , broken nose and hand…this shows you need to fight Fedor with a shotgun if you want to win

by JoelMan on Nov 9, 2009 2:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

My mistake – just watched the fight again and it was a kimura attempt by Fedor , not an armbar.
The way Rogers swept him was impressive . Rogers definitely earned his place in the top 5 imo. Don’t think Frank Mir , Couture or Nogueira can handle him.

by JoelMan on Nov 9, 2009 3:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Let’s not get crazy here Joel. I’m the biggest Rogers fan here probably, but I don’t guarantee Brett any of those wins. That was a hell of a knock out though. Not even ten seconds before that happened I was like, “Brett, what are you doing?” right after telling my girlfriend “I hope Fedor doesn’t KO him. Armbar him, take him down and GNP, but please, don’t drop him….Holy shit!” It’s like he caught Rogers pissing on his favorite sweater and just let loose with all the fury of all the is good and decent.

by black dragon on Nov 9, 2009 8:45 AM EST reply actions 0 recs