didnt know what to expect of his opponent but i was impressed. that's a big ol boy that wasn't scared and was really strong.

anyway, fedor is teh f-ing man. gets his nose busted on the first action and keeps sticking it right back in there. crazy fast hands for a guy that size. too often the word explosive is thrown around. but it totally applies when he's throwing

Fedor is the best.

I hope Dana White is licking his wounds tonight. He lost no matter what way you spin it with this network TV event. Hopefully for everyone's sake we get a co-promotional event

i love free fights on tv. it takes me back to the wide world of sports on ABC

DVR cut off. Should've guessed CBS would find a way to screw up the main event.

he actually was pretty scared drey. rogers is a very aggressive fighter and he was pretty much counter-punching and circling the whole fight. he even admitted he just couldn't let his hands go.

chalk it up to inexperience on the big stage. he still needs to get in better shape if he expects to be a true elite HW fighter.

Rogers went the way of Kimbo. Just because you are a big puncher doesn't mean you can play with the big boys. They call it MMA for a reason. You have to be an all around fighter - punching, kicking, grappling and submissions.

Yeah, I had to watch it this morning on Youtube because the DVR didn't record the entire fight. There were 20mins of commercial between the penultimate fight and the Fedor fight.

Rant over. Great fight.

mm98, i get that. i haven't seen him fight before, but i read up on him and his post fight commentary echoed it.

i just put myself in his shoes...looking across the ring at fedor, i would either climb out of the ring or curl up into a ball. guy scares the crap out of me...he hands are too fast

the amount of force fedor puts into every move is scary.

Even when he looks to be in the worst positions, I am never worried about what will happen. I just sit there and know he's going to do something insane and either submit the guy or khtfo.

Fedor is one tough SOB. I didnt even know that he got punched at first until the blood started pouring from his nose. Besides the blood it didnt even seem like it phased him. He took a big shot from rogers and just kept comming forward.

fedor looks the same before, during, and after fights. he has that expression like he just woke up and needs a cup of coffee.

he's an amazing fighter and it is sad he will probably never fight any of the UFC's top guys.

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Same here. Didn't even see the punch land, just the blood coming out of nowhere. Good fight and knockout.

Fedor is incredible. When Rogers had him on his back, Fedor almost got him in an arm bar. Then that punch in the 2nd round - WOW.

Agree - Dana White should've paid him the big bucks. He could really clean up with a Fedor pay per view. Imagine the $$$ gate if Fedor vs. Lesnar ever happens.

It wasn’t the amount of $$$ Dana offered. M1 Global wants other considerations…mainly the right to “co-promote” with the UFC for a sharing of the earnings and the rights for Fedor to compete outside the UFC as they see fit (sambo tourneys or other mma promotions.). I don’t particularly like Dana’s ego and behavior at times, but I don’t think he can be blamed for not doing everything to sign Fedor.

Fedor's manager is the owner of M1, and yeah...Fedor was basically his pawn to try and get co-promotion and revenue/sponsorship shares...something Dana was never going to allow.

However, signing Fedor to a 2 or 3 fight contract with only those events being co-promoted(and no true permanent partnership with M1) could have happened, but Dana wanted no part. They argued about idiotic stuff like if M1 Global would be allowed to put their name up next to UFC when Fedor would fight.

I see both sides of it. On one hand, you have Fedor, who's heavily invested into M1 himself, and his manager is the owner, being asked to basically not make any money on your investment of M1 and fight in UFC just based on the fighter's contract. The only other concessions were M1 on his shorts, and he could still fight sambo tourneys. I don't see how Fedor's group could have accepted it.

On the other hand, you had Fedor's manager over-stepping his limit by a LONG shot. I don't see how Dana/UFC could have accepted that.

In the end, we're all screwed.

However, that still doesn't change that the other night was not a good one for Dana or UFC. After the embarrassment that was Elite XC on network TV...CBS and Strikeforce/M1 saved any future of MMA on network TV with that fight.

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But unfortunately they have no real roster other than a bunch of UFC ex-veterans. A few big names, but not many guys that can headline a card.

I think the best they can do is just put the best matchups on TV that will lend to good fights and use that for their marketing edge…not necessarily worry about the fighter’s names. I’m a big Randy fan but tired of seeing him headline or co-headline a ppv.

agree completely.

Hard to believe that Fedor is only 5'11. He was dwarfed by Rogers. Interesting tidbit Tyson was only 5'11 too.