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The answer to the question: "Can Fedor really make the transition from ring to cage?"

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Strikeforce: Emelianenko vs. Rogers coverage

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damn

I still feel bad for Arlovski!

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by Kid Nate on Nov 9, 2009 10:58 AM EST reply actions 1 recs

Nope. His shoulders are slouched more indicating uncomfortable body language.

Keep firing Assholes!

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by Ubernoober on Nov 9, 2009 11:02 AM EST reply actions 2 recs

Fedor really brought the house down with that shot. I was very impressed with Rogers, even thought maybe it was finally the night Fedor lost…

Fedor had other plans.

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by kyfm621 on Nov 9, 2009 11:56 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Only one word describes this:

Badass.

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by AboveThisFire on Nov 9, 2009 11:57 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Can walking away nonchalantly be a fighters trade mark?

Yes. Yes it can.

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by beery_pbr on Nov 9, 2009 12:01 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

I LOVE THE PHOTO COMPARISON

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by VeeisAnimated on Nov 9, 2009 12:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

can someone please assemble ALL the photos of fedor walking away from lifeless bodies?

because this is awesome.

by judonerd on Nov 9, 2009 12:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

hahahaha

by saaby on Nov 11, 2009 12:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

All thats left now is for Fedor to go drink some Stoli’s vodka and get on top of his wife.

by TennesseeTopTeam on Nov 9, 2009 12:47 PM EST reply actions 4 recs

Smirnoff not pay him enough?

by AboveThisFire on Nov 9, 2009 1:09 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs

Smirnoff is British, Stoli is 100% Russian.

by grein on Nov 12, 2009 6:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Unlike some fighters, Fedor is just as comfortable being on the bottom.

by nottheface on Nov 9, 2009 1:28 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs

I wish I could rec an entire thread of comments

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by CasualMMAFan on Nov 9, 2009 1:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Awesome!

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by mythbuster on Nov 9, 2009 1:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I'm sorry...

but if the ref stopped the fight when he did, then he should have in the first round when Fedor was getting GnPed. I don’t think either would be a good stoppage though. Brett was still defending himself and could have turned things around. I’m sorry but to me this fight is not settled.

by HighNoon on Nov 9, 2009 2:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

moving on…

by judonerd on Nov 9, 2009 2:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

lol

"Why am I here? Why does my mind have wings? Why do blue midgets hit me with fish?!" - The Tick

by mythbuster on Nov 9, 2009 3:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

if by defending himself you mean pretend to be dead i’m with you

by kovy on Nov 9, 2009 3:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Theres my point. He was still moving and blocking. None of the punches on the ground got through. I don’t see where that fight should be stopped. Thanks for posting that

by HighNoon on Nov 9, 2009 6:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Rogers had turtled up dude. He didn't want to fight no more... Look at the poor guy.

"Hello, Japan"

by rembrandt on Nov 9, 2009 7:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

fetal position = intelligent defense

???

Ricky Hatton came closer to beating Manny Pacquiao than Marquez did to beating Floyd.

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by The Lethal Haze on Nov 9, 2009 10:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

chickens run after their head is cut off, doesnt mean they still got a chance of winning

by judonerd on Nov 10, 2009 1:29 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Haha is this a joke ? Also the Arlovski stoppage was freaking bad Andrei could’ve gotten up and smashed Fedor if he was only given a few hours to slowly recover

by JoelMan on Nov 9, 2009 3:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Come on now, it's clear Rogers was ready to bounce right back up

"Why am I here? Why does my mind have wings? Why do blue midgets hit me with fish?!" - The Tick

by mythbuster on Nov 9, 2009 4:26 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

It was a good stoppage.. no doubt about it..

but bringing up that picture to prove that point, is just plain WRONG.. Every time a person get’s tko’d or stopped, they prevent the person from standing up (even if he can) right away for precautionary measures.

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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 10, 2009 4:09 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Every time, huh?

You may be right. I’m fairly positive I’ve seen many times that people got back up after a TKO or KO, especially if they believe it was an early stoppage. Guess all those times I saw people bounce back up and argue with the ref were WRONG. :(

"Why am I here? Why does my mind have wings? Why do blue midgets hit me with fish?!" - The Tick

by mythbuster on Nov 10, 2009 10:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Such as the remarkable Forrest incident of mid 2009.

"Hello, Japan"

by rembrandt on Nov 12, 2009 6:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yup

Apparently that never happened.

"Why am I here? Why does my mind have wings? Why do blue midgets hit me with fish?!" - The Tick

by mythbuster on Nov 12, 2009 11:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

by Nick Thomas on Nov 10, 2009 11:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Had Brett cracked Fedor so hard that it echoed in the arena and made his eyes roll back, sure, it would have been justified. But Fedor trapped Brett’s arms and rolled for a sub. Brett just cowered half-consciously with Fedor wailing on him unopposed.

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by themachiavellian on Nov 9, 2009 4:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

this is pretty awesome

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by ekc on Nov 9, 2009 2:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

The comparison is awsome

Fedor….wow. right when you think some one got the key to Fedor’s success ….BOOOM there goes the key down the drain.

by OnewayTiket on Nov 9, 2009 3:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

That is a seriously bad ass set of pictures.

A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.

by iiowyn on Nov 9, 2009 4:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Ring. Cage.

I’ll still walk away like nothing happened.

by Krimson on Nov 9, 2009 6:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Just like when he “walked away” from the UFC’s deal, right?

I hate this. Aside from Rogers and, maybe, Overeem, there is ZERO COMPETITION to give Fedro.

Had he been in the UFC, do you realize how many big-time matches we could have? Anderson Silva/ Fedro, Machida/Fedro, Lesnar/Fedro, Cecil Peoples/Fedro(only to see Cecil get his fat azz beatdown)….lol.

by BNTHIS on Nov 9, 2009 10:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Just like when he "walked away" from the UFC’s deal, right?

Yes. He walked away from the UFC’s deal and right into a better one. Can’t blame him for that (well, sane people can’t).

"Why am I here? Why does my mind have wings? Why do blue midgets hit me with fish?!" - The Tick

by mythbuster on Nov 9, 2009 11:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

we don't know for sure if it really is better..

If aleks is right, then M1 really whispers dumb shit to Fedor’s ear so they could get more money.. so that M1 could get the better deal for them..

IF Fedor’s brother is telling the truth..

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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 10, 2009 4:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, Aleks never lies – like when he told that he killed a bear with a fork, right? :)

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by mikser on Nov 10, 2009 7:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Let's not rehash this arguement, please.

It’s been fairly well established that the Strikeforce deal was more beneficial to Fedor than the UFCs deal, tho the UFCs deal had more (unguanteed) money over the long run.

"Why am I here? Why does my mind have wings? Why do blue midgets hit me with fish?!" - The Tick

by mythbuster on Nov 10, 2009 10:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs