Official: Fedor Emelianenko Versus Brett Rogers At Strikeforce
By: Fighters.com Staff Posted On: August 26, 2009 at 5:01pmFighters.com’s Heavyweight Champion “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (29-1) and fourth-ranked “Grim” Brett Rogers (8-0) will fight at a yet-to-be-determined Strikeforce event, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker announced in New York City Wednesday.
Rogers knocked out tenth-ranked “Pitbull” Andrei Arlovski (14-7) in 22 seconds in Strikeforce 6 June in St. Louis after Emelianenko knocked out Arlovski at Affliction 24 January.
Emelianenko called out Rogers 23 July after Emelianenko’s intended opponent, ninth-ranked heavyweight “Babyface Assassin” Josh Barnett (20-5), was denied a license to fight at Affliction Trilogy by the California State Athletic Commission after testing positive for 2a-methyl-5a-androstan-3a-ol-17-one, an anabolic steroid.
Barnett denies using steroids.
At the time, Rogers’s manager, Mike Reilly, told Fighters.com, “It is an honor to be called out by the big dog.”
The Strikeforce heavyweight title is held by “Demolition Man” Alistair Overeem (27-10).
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brett has nothing to lose and everything to gain, like the arvloski fight, Fedor needs to be in that fight every second if he blinks this kid brett could steal his title
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