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A long-anticipated matchup between Fighters.com Heavyweight Champion “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (31-1) and ninth-ranked “Vai Cavalo” Fabricio Werdum (12-4-1) has been rescheduled from the original April date to May, according to MMA Fighting.

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Fighters.com Heavyweight Champion “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (31-1) might fight next for Strikefore in Nashville on April 17, according to an MMA Junkie Report.

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Brazilian heavyweight “Cigano” Junior dos Santos (10-1) climbed to the fifth spot in Fighters.com’s December Heavyweight Rankings after knocking out “Hurricane” Gilbert Yvel (33-14-1) at UFC 108 in Las Vegas January second.  He’s now just beneath his sensei, fourth-ranked “Minotauro” Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-5-1), and just out of the UFC’s big three champions, one of whom has held a portion of the UFC title for the last two years.

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Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker told Sherdog Saturday in San Jose, “I think Fedor will fight [in April on CBS].  Looks like he’ll fight Fabricio Werdum.”

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Both Fighters.com Heavyweight Champion “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (31-1) and ninth-ranked “Vai Cavalo” Fabricio Werdum (12-4-1) won at M-1 Global/Strikeforce in Chicago November 7 and now the top ten heavyweights seem on a collision course for a matchup versus each other.  But will it be for the Strikeforce title or not?

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As the promotional horses leave the stable on a potential matchup between Fighters.com’s Heavyweight Champion ”Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (31-1) and ninth-ranked “Vai Cavalo” Fabricio Werdum (13-4-1), Strikeforce heavyweight champion “Demolition Man” Alistair Overeem (29-10) seems as disinterested as ever.

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Scott Coker, CEO of Strikeforce, stated to the media before Strikeforce in Chicago November 7 that the winners of that night’s two key heavyweight bouts could meet at a future fight for the Strikeforce title, now held by “Demolition Man” Alistair Overeem (29-10).

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The first televised fight of the evening featuring “Bigfoot” Antonio Silva (12-2) against Fabricio Werdum (13-4-1) was a competitive back-and-forth war. Werdum, although challenged at times, won the fight via unanimous decision at Strikeforce in Chicago Saturday night.

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Fighters.com Heavyweight Champion “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (30-1) and fifth-ranked heavyweight “Grim” Brett Rogers (10-0) both made weight Friday before their matchup at Strikeforce at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates northwest of Chicago November 7.

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As anticipation builds among MMA fans for Saturday night’s M-1 Global/Strikeforce main event between Fighters.com Heavyweight Champion “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (30-1) and fifth-ranked heavyweight “Grim” Brett Rogers (10-0), CBS continues its vigorous media push to make the primetime network broadcast a success.

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