Strikeforce Event Planned for July
Posted On Friday, March 25th, 2011 By admin
At a Strikeforce event planned for July, Fedor Emelianenko is supposed to fight an as-yet-unnamed challenger. The co-promotional stamp of Strikeforce partner M-1 Global will bear the event. Following the sale of Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker’s California-based promotion to the UFC, he is yet to talk with company officials.
According Coker, Emelianenko is improbable to fight current Strikeforce light-heavyweight winner Dan Henderson. Since the challenger is yet to be pronounced, the betting odds for the Strikeforce event planned for July has not yet released.
After knocking out Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante, Henderson got his hands on the light-heavyweight belt. Strikeforce chief Coker feels Henderson might be “a little bit small” to face the heavyweight, although he has made frequent calls to take on Emelianenko.
In the last fight Antonio Silva, Emelianenko weighed in at 230 pounds, while Henderson cuts hardly any weight to make his 205-pound divisional limit.
At “Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Silva”, Emelianenko (31-3 MMA, 1-2 SF) most recently competed this past month and endured the second true loss of his virtually unblemished career. He was ruled out to fight a third round with Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva by the doctors. At “Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Werdum”, the upset came against Fabricio Werdum, who jammed Emelianenko in a triangle choke and forced him to tap in 69 seconds.
With notable wins over Mirko Cro Cop, Mark Coleman, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (twice), and Kevin Randleman, Emelianenko amassed a remarkable 14-0 record under the now redundant PRIDE Fighting Championship banner between 2002 and 2006. At that time, many saw Emelianenko as a relentless force and as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.