"Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Silva" took place at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J., just outside Newark and New York City. With the start of the Showtime-televised Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix and the return of Fedor Emelianenko, the event was one of the organization's most anticipated in recent years.
Fedor couldn't overcome the massive Antonio "Big Foot" Silva and lost via TKO on a doctor's stoppage at the end of two rounds. Silva had Fedor mounted for most of the second round. His repeated blows closed Fedor's right eye. The ringside doctor and referee Dan Mirgaliotta stopped the fight before the third began.
Emelianenko loss was the second consecutive time. Fabricio Werdum, a very accomplished practitioner of jiu-jitsu, Emelianenko submitted in June
Emelianenko loss Saturday left searching for answers and return to the ideas of retirement, he sometimes wondered in recent years.
He was the second and last heavyweight champion of Pride Fighting Championships and has assembled a series of 29 unbeaten fight that lasted more than nine years before the loss to Werdum. It was number one heavyweight for several years.
This was the first fight back in the cage of Russia since the loss of June 2009. There were lengthy negotiations on his contract and the inclusion in the Great Prix of Strikeforce. Fedor has been on the same side of the bracket as a heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem Strikeforce. It was a rare alignment with both fighters thought to be the No. 1 and 2 seeds. Now we see why. Anything can happen in MMA.
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