Dismissing reports that he suffered a broken nose and a serious hand injury in beating Brett Rogers on Saturday, Fedor Emelianenko said in an interview this week that neither injury was serious and he'll be back soon.Speaking to Loretta Hunt of Sherdog.com, Fedor said he didn't break his nose and that his hand injury is much less serious than has been reported, and that he won't be out four to six months as was feared. Video below.
"No, I didn't break my nose -- rather, Brett Rogers didn't break my nose," Fedor said. "It was just a blow that actually opened up an existing cut that I had for a while. When I was training for the Josh Barnett fight, my brother Aleksander came to Russia to train and spar with me, and he ... made a cut on the bridge of my nose. It was there for a while and then in the fight Brett connected and it re-opened. ... The nose is fine."
Fedor said he dislocated his left thumb when punching Rogers in the first round, but that it will only be in a cast for four to six weeks and that it's not a significant injury.
"I'll get back into training, actually, fairly quickly," he said. "I can run and I can work with my right hand, I just can't do any striking with my left hand."
Hunt asked Fedor about UFC President Dana White's claims that the elite heavyweights in the UFC would easily beat Rogers, but Fedor shrugged it off.
"What can I tell you?" Fedor said. "The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly -- in 20 seconds -- with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski. In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation. As far as the UFC, if they offer us a fair deal, then we would be open to fighting in the UFC."
M-1 Global CEO Joost Raimond said Fedor will be back with Strikeforce "100 percent, for sure," for "a minimum of two" co-promotions with M-1 Global.
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people, please ignore exp. do not get into any heated arguments with him. he is officially banned from using this site and interacting with the fans here.
this is awesome, i don't know anything about loretta hunt, and don't visit sherdog. all i know is the things dana has said about her, and from my experience with dana and what i see here, she's ok. funny fedor saying all dana does is insult. this guy is amazing. what a gentleman. and a humble warrior. i like what i see coming from m-1 also. and look forward to more great co-promotions. good to know the show was a success world-wide. things are looking great after one show.
i come from a multi-cultured background. i was born in france, my dad was from tunisia north africa, his family came from italy, and my mom is american and her family came from ukraine. i guess it's safe to say that the ufc groupies are people who have no interest whatsover in anything that happens outside of america. ufc seems to have lots of americanized style brute wrestlers. i for one am open to all things and have to say that i feel ufc will fall behind in the next few years. as long as dana is the main man, i don't see things getting better for them. he made a fortune in america. now he can retire wealthy and do whatever he wants. mma will continue to grow and prosper with or without his influence.
i hope fedor never fights for dana, i don't think dana deserves to make a dollar off of fedor's success.
I do encourage everyone to compare my posts to this guy's posts. He has insulted, used racists and sexist terms, and a lot more. And he thinks I am 10 people on this site. Compare and be the judge.
Of course, it is. The incompetent ref didn't even give Rogers a chance. He stopped the fight before Fedor throw any serious shots. The nose. I don't know. He was bleeding severely. I like to see him in action against Overeem though. Not Werdum.
When Fedor's hand was raised by Big John where was Rogers? Sitting on a stool wondering what happened. The stoppage was good. Can you please move on to other topics.
exp you are an attention whore, you know that statement is ridiculous but you just had to post up something unture to take away from fedor's first US tv fight, I gave you the benefit of the doubt before but you are obviously very uneducated in mma, I train in kickboxing and BJJ (or submission wrestling) and Brett Rogers was down and in a position that prompted big John to stop it, it was perfect stoppage, Brett Rogers didn't get up for a few minutes later, exp you are a troll plain and simple
Of course, Joe Rogan and all these professional fighters who thought it was premature are wrong and you are right Mr. Know It All. John messed up big time and I hope he punished for his mental and (ethical?) error.
EXPee
You can't pick and choose when you want to use someones opinion. What I mean is that you can't cite Joe Rogan in this interview after you've already said he was biased against Machida, has no credibility and doesn't deserve to watch MMA.
Whether the fight got stopped when it did or not Rogers was finished. The fight was over.
We have enough fake controvery in the world without creating new ones. In fact, one of the camera angles they had showed Rogers astral traveling with his eyes rolling back in his head.
No need for him to take unnecessary damage and I think it was a good stoppage. He wasn't defending himself he just got rocked and rolled over on his side. When John McCarthy asked what his name was Rogers replied "Tuesday."
@EXP
Did those fighters opinions mean anything to you when they all said Rua beat Machida? No, and in fact you insulted all of them (including Rogan) so quit with the double standards.
If the judges decision in the Machida fight is the final verdict then so is the stoppage in the Fedor fight. You don't have to agree with it but you have to accept it.
Stop trying to always cause drama. Move on from the Fedor stuff already. No one wants to hear you rehash the same talking points day after day.
But it doesn't change the fact that John made a big mistake. I think Joe Rogan was wrong in both occasions. Not only Machida won 3 rounds, but Fedor fight was stopped WAY too early. So he was wrong on both accounts. I don't need anybody's word to see the incompetence of the ref.
c'mon guys, the best way to stop this exp is to stop responding to him. he obviously is from the middle of nowhere. leave him to be.
The fight was stopped at just the right time, if you rewatch the fight you will see that Rogers didnt get back up for several mins after the knockout, He was unable to continue. He was down for at least 3-5 min after the fight ended. Rewatch the fight online here on aol and you will see the existing cut on his nose as well.
Not many opponents can continue the match once Fedor connects with his overhand-right. His striking skills set a new standard for MMA, not to mention his other skills. I had watched the UFC from the beginning, pre-Dana White, but once I had discovered PRIDE and other MMA events, it put a whole new perspective on things. The UFC under Dana is a poor diplomat for the sport of MMA.
mmorpgcook-Great youtube clip!I heard about that interview around the gym the other day but never looked it up.Good stuff!Thanks!Off to the store damn propane tank ran out in the middle of cooking my fillet!FML!
@ Exp. Are you going to watch the Pacquiao Cotto fight on Saturday? What are your thoughts? Too tough for me to call a winner. But they'll be much more action and no premature stoppages such as in StinkFart.
For sure. I don't know about Cotto. he kind of quit in his last fight against Margarito. Pacman might have too much speed for him. I don't think it will be as easy as it was against Hatton or De La. I think it'll probably be a decision. You?
True about the speed. But, Cotto as faced speed in Mosley and won. Pac is also the smaller man. They're both great warriors who also both love the United States of America unlike other "gods" who don't even try to speak English. Anyway I know there'll be much more action and no stopping the fight over a so-called K.O. when the fighter is obviously able to continue. I'm sure real fight fans will watch and see real mastery. The others, well unfortunately their heads are still in the StinkFart clouds with the Almigty Zeus. It's always refreshing and a pleasure to talk with someone with a free thinking non-zombified mind such as yourself.
Dan, Exp, Sheeple ... whatever - I can't decide if you're schizophrenic or just plain pathetic?
Please, save us the arguement that you are different people.
It's going to be a fun fight. I think boxing is far from dead. The heavyweight is boring a bit but the smaller fighters are capable. I do want to see Pac vs. Mayweather so that's why I am pulling for him.
Also, somebody please ban Eric. He is now plain trolling. For the love of god. Me and Dan are not the same person. Just ask the site operator you douche.
Haha ... gonna go down swinging, huh?
why can't I post