Jake Shields and Jason 'Mayhem' Miller had a 25-minute technical battle, spent mostly wrestling on the ground. A plethora of innovative grappling maneuvers and escapes were displayed in a bout that required an appreciation of the nuances of the incredible skill level being presented by these two veteran fighters. By the end of the fight, there were significant boos coming from the crowd for Jake Shields, but he's the Strikeforce Middleweight Champion now and we're not. Kudos to both fighters for a very entertaining fight.
Gegard 'the Dreamcatcher' Mousasi calmly put away Rameau Thierry 'the African Assassin' Sokoudjou in the second round. Sokoudjou used his judo to dominate Mousasi in takedowns, but was never able to really get anything going against Mousasi, and ended up appearing emotionally beat before the Dreamcatcher was finally able to land enough strikes to get the contest called.
In the opening televised bout, Fabricio Werdum was mauled by Antonio 'Bigfoot' Silva in the first round, but survived his initial encounter with the sasquatchian fighter. Werdum came back to win the second and third stanzas and was awarded a unanimous decision victory.
In untelevised action, Marloes Coenen made quick work of Roxanne Modafferi, securing an armbar just over a minute into the first round of their fight. Modafferi took the fight on short notice and stepped up a weight class. Coenen weighed in 5 pounds heavier than Modafferi and her size advantage proved to be too much for Roxy. With the victory, Coenen becomes the number one contender for Cristiane Cyborg's Strikeforce Women's Lightweight Championship. We should be seeing Cyborg vs Coenen sometime in the first quarter of 2010.
A knee to the ribs of Dustin Neace caused him to submit to Jeff 'the Big Frog' Curran, who was making his Strikeforce debut after losing 4-straight fights in the WEC. In other action, UFC TUF 6 participant John Kolosci lost a unanimous decision to Shamar Bailey. Nate Moore and Christian Uflacker also picked up preliminary card wins. TUF 9 participant and Chicago native Mark 'the Meat Missile' Miller was supposed to face Deray Davis, but their fight was cancelled due to time constraints, as Miller described on a Facebook update. Sounds more like time mismanagement.
All-in-all, an awesome night of fights on CBS, and an amazing weekend full of MMA with Strikeforce Challengers 4 yesterday, and Sengoku 11 live from Japan overnight. The 3 shows made for a total of around 9 hours worth of MMA in a 24-hour period. The MMAmadman never tires of fights, though, bring on another 9 hours!
Complete Results and Awards After the Break
STRIKEFORCE: FEDOR VS. ROGERS
Fedor Emelianenko (31-1) won by TKO over Brett Rogers (10-1) in R2. [6:48]
Jake Shields (24-4) won by UD over Jason Miller (22-7). [25:00] {Middleweight Title}
Gegard Mousasi (27-2) won by TKO over Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (7-5) in R2. [8:43]
Fabricio Werdum (13-4) won by UD over Antonio Silva (13-2). [15:00]
Marloes Coenen (17-3) won by SUB over Roxanne Modafferi (13-5) in R1. [1:05]
Jeff Curran (30-12) won by SUB over Dustin Neace (17-14) in R1. [1:39]
Shamar Bailey (10-1) won by UD over John Kolosci (10-6). [15:00]
Nate Moore (4-0) won by SUB over Louis Taylor (4-1) in R2. [8:24]
Christian Uflacker (2-0) won by UD over Jonatas Novaes (4-3). [15:00]
Updated MMA win-loss records with total fight time in brackets.
MADMAN AWARDS
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Jake Shields vs. Jason Miller
KO OF THE NIGHT: Fedor Emelianenko (over Brett Rogers)
SUB OF THE NIGHT: Marloes Coenen (armbar over Roxanne Modafferi)
QUICKEST WIN: Marloes Coenen (over Roxanne Modafferi) in 65 seconds
GOAT OF THE NIGHT: Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
MMAmadman Prediction Results: 4-1
Finished #349 out of 1340 at MMAPlayground for combined Strikeforce events.
Madman Logic correctly predicted 3 out of 5 fight outcomes.
MMAmadman wagered 3.4 units at STRIKEFORCE: FEDOR VS. ROGERS. Here's the payout sheet:
Fabricio Werdum (-150) ~ 3 units won 2 units = 5 units paid out
Brett Rogers (+425) ~ .4 units LOST
Total Payout = 5 units (+1.6 units)
