Showtime Sports tweeted on Friday that a planned fight between Brett Rogers and Alistair Overeem will be the main event of Strikeforce's May 15 show.What Showtime didn't say -- but what is implied, and what has been reported elsewhere -- is that Fedor Emelianenko is not expected to be on the card. If Fedor were fighting Fabricio Werdum, as had been previously discussed, that fight would be given main event status. Announcing Rogers vs. Overeem as the main event pretty much confirms that Showtime isn't expecting to have Fedor on the card.
Showtime also tweeted that Andrei Arlovski will be fighting Antonio Silva on the card, and that tickets will go on sale on March 26.
As for Fedor, there's no word on when, where or against whom we'll see him fight again. There was a rumor making the rounds that Fedor was going to fight Hidehiko Yoshida, of all people, although M-1 Global says that's not true. There's also been talk that he could fight in an exhibition of some kind on April 10. Werdum hasn't been given a new opponent, which suggests that Strikeforce still thinks that fight could happen, and Strikeforce boss Scott Coker says talks with Fedor are going well.
But at some point we're going to need to stop hearing talk about Fedor's next fight and start seeing some action. For now, it's all guesswork.
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and a sick sick sick ass main event thats gonna be. throw in a cung le vs frank shamrock rematch and herschel walker. this is gonna be another slamming good strikeforce show. maybe jacare vs mayhem. they have so many good fighters and people say their blowing their load with the 3 title fights. then another stacked card after with fedor headlining. this is their year. strikeforce up in dis biotch.
Are you actuallt Scott Coker
LOL you'd think so.
Coker is a lot more reasonable than piprocks. In piprocks world....everything and everyone involved with the UFC is bad. Everything else is perfect.
As for the article...seems like a bit of a leap in logic. If they end up putting the heavyweight belt on the line, it only makes sense for it to be in the main event even if Fedor is on the card. Plus, the interview with Coker (on this very site) has Coker saying they hope to get some info about Fedor by the end of the week.
ur kidding me right overoid vs rodgers really the guy that lost 2 the best h/w in the world gets a title shot what a joke ppl got on DW when he put vitor against anderson while vitor only won 1 fight in the ufc now strike force is pitting a guy who lost his last fight against the chump i mean champ...get outta here with that bull sh!t pip ur starting to look like a hypercrite with every post u make
lol I wouldn't be surprised at all. Pip you are an entertaining character, but bumping back fedor again is just frustrating the number #1 HW in the world is on the shelf gathering dust.
It'd be nice for you to show just a little disappointment at the miscues of your favorite organization, just so we know we are dealing with a human being, seriously you make me wonder sometimes.
i gave a thumbs up to all of my resonses :)
Strikeforce is such a joke. They just announced the overeem vs Rogers Fight and they still have no clue whether it's a title fight or not. One day Fedor is fighting got them the next day he isnt. Overeem their HW champ hasnt fought for them for over 2 years and God knows if he'll make it this time around. Strikeforce is bush league.
It's like CBS airing a local softball game instead of major league baseball.
if thats what it's like, then i find it very amusing that you're gonna be watching a local softball game on your sat night when the rest of us will be watching a great mma show with 3 title fights.
and your name is moola and usually sf haters like yourself are diehard ufc nuthuggers who are stupid enough to throw their moola away on anything ufc wants to charge them for. no doubt you're a retarded ass wannabe mma fan. who the f* cares if its a title fight or not, its not gonna go past 3 rounds anyways. when alot of top fighters are asked what they think about a title fight, most of them say they couldnt give a sh*t, its a fight and a fight is a fight. its mostly dumbass ufc nuthuggers and fanboys like this moola who make a big fuss over whether or not its for an object that goes around their waist.
pip, i know i just wrote a long dissertation....
but i gotta tell you,
BamBam....just summed up everything i've always felt and couldn't for some reason get out....."It'd be nice for you to show just a little disappointment at the miscues of your favorite organization, just so we know we are dealing with a human being, seriously you make me wonder sometimes"
BamBam you absolutely hit the nail on the head.
my thoughts have always been that hatred has blinded him. but, perhaps, you simply saying it, simply...will make sense.
kudos to BamBam!
Thanks Neozoo, I try
retarded ass? what's with that? if you're not in 4th grade you should give up the word retarded already.
naw, he's just the most anti-dw dude on the planet.
then again, maybe your right.
seriously, he (pip) imagines sf as the panacea to all the percieved short-comings of the ufc. his illusion is that coker is an everyday humble guy with class and only looking out for the intergrity of the sport and only unselfishly for the benefit to the fans.
unfortunately, the truth is...scott coker is a promoter also. and to me, when you see him, he reminds me of a politician. his answere's are always very vanilla and always tempered. to me, whenever he says anything, i come away with nothing that i didn't already know. his answeres are always politically correct.
that leads me, maybe i'm stupid or too callous, but, that leads me to take everything he says with a grain of salt. a hint of distrust, if you will.
everything is always rosey with him. and i don't believe he really feels that way.
i would rather see honest emotion.....like....fedor and m-1 are di@kheads that have strapped me across a barrel and screwed me over. and i think it sucks that they haven't lived up to their end of our bargain. and are not living up to our contract we made together.
you see, that would be honesty. and you know for a fact, dana would have no problem being honest like that.
sure dw is crude, obnoxious, vulgar, etc.
and yes, as a promoter, i recognise dana has tried to bend the truth for his benefit and way.
and when i see it, if inclined i call it out.
ex: kimbo, toney, seniors circut, blackballing big john, crappy ppv's, trying to sell me (the public) that rua/machida 1, was a great fight, when the fact is, it was the worst championship match in history, etc...
but, you know what, that is real...that is everyday guy.
and the idea that coker is different is an illusion created by the fact that he is so politcally correct....fact is, he's just doing what he thinks he must do to survive. and if he could he would be trying to sell just as many percieved rip-off ppv's as zuffa.
his business model is a little different and it has it's ups and downs.
he still puts on his share of circus crap, too.
i don't like the lashley, le, shamwow, overoid, walker, things.
and i am not a fan of unrestricted free-agency.
however, i like free tv, but i also don't like that they don't show any pre-lims when they obviously have more than enough time.
i love their challenger series and am really jacked for april 17.
top it off with nick diaz is my favorite fighter.
so i do like sf.
i just don't see them as the great fix for everything that is percieved wrong with zuffa.
like how zuffa under-pays, well until someone does so differently and remains consistantly successful and able to pay better, then please...everyone that thinks that...please stfu.
it's weird, can't you just like and appreciate everyone. and with that understand as well. noone is perfect everyone has perceived faults.
but, the ufc, sf, wec, dream, etc..for the most part entertain us very well. i want to see them all succeed. except, m-1, that is.
they are agents masquerading as a legit credible hardworking mma organization.
oh, well, feedback anyone?
curious about anyones thoughts on my thoughts.
Everything you just said about pips is what you are just in the opposite towards the UFC.
moola, take your punkass back to junkie with all the other huggers.
this is for everyone. watch how this card shapes up, garaunteed its gonna have at least 2 more sick matchups plus maybe a herschel fight. watch and learn.
honestly, i'm not hanging on the edge of my seat waiting for the next fedor fight. he's one of my fav's sure, but as long as strikeforce continues to put on great fights, why get all bent out of shape over fedor. thats the honest to gods truth neo. thats why i'm not all, 'oh sf sucks cause of this fedor situation.' its not that big of a deal. he's already put his time in as far as i'm concerned and coker handles it like a well tempered individual. maybe i look up to him cause thats something i sometimes struggle with myself. may as well call it the dana white syndrome. scott coker isn't a crooked politician, and so far he hasn't done anything that should make you think he's trying to pull you in and rob you blind. like dana white succeeded in doing.
actually, pip, there is a few things that coker has said that does make me feel that way.
all politicians are crooked in my eyes.
like what?? the talks with fedor are going well?? its called optomism, looking at the glass half full. not being a total prick when you don't get exactly what you want when you say you want it. dana white is like a little baby when it comes to stuff like that.
I think the irony in this situation is the man you most despise is the one you most resemble, at least from the point of view of your rhetoric.
It's good to have role models in life, it's also good to know that your role models screw up because they are human and all humans screw up. You may see the similarities between my previous post and this one.
neo nice thread homie ur rant is 100 % correct i hate dana white he doesn't care about US the ones that pay for his ppv's so his fighters get paid thats the only reason i purchased couture vs coleman and anyother sh** ppv they've had in the past few months all though you do have to credit most of those cards to injuries u can't do much about that...
pip seems cool as hell i love reading his threads he's a great character and great informer with an amensense amount of mma knowledge same goes for tigre,bambam,neozoo just 2 name a few. i would just like to see him redicule his promotion sometimes for not manning up...Fedor should be fighting Overoid