Breaking News: Fedor Emelianenko’s First Strikeforce Fight Announced Today

Posted by Marc Middleton on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

- This afternoon at Fedor Emelianenko’s public workout session in New York City, Strikeforce CEO and founder Scott Coker announced that Fedor (30-1) will fight undefeated heavyweight contender Brett Rogers (10-0) in his Strikeforce debut this fall.

No date or venue has been announced for the fight, but its been discussed that Fedor’s first fight would take place in October or Nevember.

Emelianenko, widely regarded as the top heavyweight MMA fighter in the world, signed a three-fight deal with Strikeforce earlier this month.

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One Response to Breaking News: Fedor Emelianenko’s First Strikeforce Fight Announced Today:

  1. ninjawarriorbanzuke

    Date: Aug 27, 2009 at 10:33 PM

    This is awesome, I was hoping for this fight.

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