Courtsey of mmaweekly.com Marloes Coenen on Saturday night avenged a split decision loss that has been taking a place in the back of her mind for two-and-a-half years. In 1:05, she erased memories of that fight with an armbar submission of Roxanne Modafferi at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers. It didn’t go quite as expected, “I [...]

Courtesy of cagepotato.com Though the entire broadcast of “Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers” averaged 4.04 million viewers — placing it behind Kimbo-headlined CBS cards like “EliteXC: Primetime” (4.85 million viewers) and “EliteXC: Heat” (4.56 million viewers) — the ratings for Saturday night’s card shot up during the main event. MMA Weekly reports that 5.46 million home [...]

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Courtsey of mmaweekly.com Mike Reilly is proud of the way Brett Rogers fought Saturday, even if he came up short. Rogers took a hard right hand to the chin from Fedor Emelianenko in the second round of their Strikeforce headliner on CBS and was unable to recover. Reilly, Rogers’ chief trainer, on Sunday told MMAWeekly.com [...]

Courtesy of cagepotato.com Unsurprisingly, Fedor Emelianenko insisted that he was never hurt, scared, or even just a tad bit concerned during his fight with Brett Rogers, which must really make “The Grimm” feel great about himself as he listens from a few feet away.  Fedor’s ability to downplay everything with his flippant phrases may be intact, but [...]

Courtsey of mmaweekly.com Early ratings for the CBS broadcast of Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers fell short of a home run, but showed strong numbers in demographics where the sport has historically fared well. In the event’s headliner, Fedor Emelianenko knocked out Brett Rogers in the second round, while co-headliners Jake Shields and Jason “Mayhem” Miller [...]