Main Bout Staff Picks For Strikeforce Fedor vs Rogers This Saturday

November 6, 2009

By Whitey Hudson

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			Fedor Emelianenko NICKNAME: THE LAST EMPEROR FIGHTING OUT OF: RED DEVIL SPORT CLUB – STARY OSKOL, BELGOROD, RUSSIA HEIGHT: 6 FT 0 IN WEIGHT: 231 LBS AGE: 33 RECORD: 30-1-1
			Brett Rogers NICKNAME: THE GRIM FIGHTING OUT OF: TEAM BISON; AMBITION MMA – ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA HEIGHT: 6 FT 5 IN WEIGHT: 265 LBS AGE: 28 RECORD: 10-0
Brett Rogers is younger, hungry, bigger and likely stronger than Fedor. We give him no chance at all…
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			GEGARD MOUSASI – LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION NICKNAME: THE DREAMCATCHER FIGHTING OUT OF: RED DEVIL INTERNATIONAL; TEAM JUROJIN – LEIDIN, NETHERLANDS HEIGHT: 6 FT 1 IN WEIGHT: 205 LBS AGE: 24 RECORD: 26-2-1
			Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou NICKNAME: The African Assassin FIGHTING OUT OF: TEAM QUEST; TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA HEIGHT: 6 FT 0 IN WEIGHT: 205 LBS AGE: 25 RECORD: 7-4
Sokoudjou may well be the nastiest looking fighter in the history of MMA, that said, looks aren’t everything. Mousasi in round two – once he chases Sokoudjou down…
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			Antonio Silva NICKNAME: BIGFOOT FIGHTING OUT OF:AMERICAN TOP TEAM HEIGHT: 6 FT 4 IN WEIGHT: 265 LBS AGE: 30 RECORD: 14-1
			Fabricio Werdum NICKNAME: VAI CAVALO FIGHTING OUT OF:CHUTE BOXE ACADEMY – PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL HEIGHT: 6 FT 4 IN WEIGHT: 228 LBS AGE: 32 RECORD: 17-4
We’d really like to take Bigfoot in this one, but the Squabbles Athletic Commission would DQ us for using illegal performance enhancers…
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			Jason Miller NICKNAME: Mayhem FIGHTING OUT OF: Team Mayhem – Las Vegas, Nevada HEIGHT: 6 FT 1 IN WEIGHT: 185 LBS AGE: 28 RECORD: 22-6
			Jake Shields FIGHTING OUT OF: Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu – San Francisco, California HEIGHT: 5 FT 11 IN WEIGHT: 170/185 LBS AGE: 30 RECORD: 23-4-1
Mayhem is a complete gas and one of the most entertaining guys around. He’s tough, works hard, makes an entrance like Elvis and has a huge Q-rating. Shields is just a fighter, and he’ll pick Mayhem apart.
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			Marloes Coenen FIGHTING OUT OF: Golden Glory – Holland HEIGHT: 5 FT 9 IN WEIGHT: 145 LBS AGE: 33 RECORD: 16-3
			Roxanne Modafferi FIGHTING OUT OF: Wajitsu Keishukai Honbu (Tokyo, Japan) HEIGHT: 5 FT 7 IN WEIGHT: 145 LBS AGE: 24 RECORD: 13-4
Coenen is an experienced, wily European with a lot to gain with a win here. We should pick her. We won’t. We want Roxanne because she’s just so, well, nice…
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