Fedor Emelianenko vs Antonio ''Big Foot'' Silva likely to be pushed back to February 2011 (updated)

Bout time we hear some news on Fedors next match.

And it would be great if Diaz vs Miller was on the same card.

i think is a good fight , then Alistar should fight Werdum for the title

and the winner of Fedor/Silva gets the next title shot!



im pretty sure it will be Overeem vs Fedor!

or Fedor vs Werdum rematch either way its great fights!



and Diaz vs Miller needs to happen!! pleaseeee!

fedor vs big foot, come on!!!! whats up with these bullshit match ups fedor management is really destroying fedors status. he needs to fight the best compition out there. big foot almost got his ass beat by a 205 ponder last strikforce event. fedor needs to fight alistair overeem and werdum again then he needs to get his ass in the ufc otherwise he aint gonna be in my top 10 or p4p list cause to me fedor is becoming iirelevent

Diaz vs Miller and Fedor/Silva on the same card.. 2much fun, would be friggin great to see this happen.

Im a huge fedor fan and i agree with you

No doubt, Fedor fighting a top 10 guys, how dare he. He should go to the ufc where you get a non top 10 guy fighting for the lightweight belt here after edgars/maynard.

This is definitely NOT the fight I was looking forward to.

It is going to be a good fight but I don´t think Fedor has many fights left son instead of figthing Silva he should try to get a rematch or a fight against the Reem. This is far from being a dream match and could posibly be the only time we see Fedor fighting in 2011 so it kinda sucks actually...



one more thing don´t count out Big Foot...

Fedor should win this one but he should hve won against Werdum also, so idk how Fedor is going to react coming from his first loss, I gonna pick Fedor to win but Silva could pull off another upset

typical m-1 shenanigans, coker needs to hire lawyers to get fedor to fight!! wtf!??!?!?

Damn I can't believe people are counting Fedor out against Big Foot!

This is decent match up. Actually this reminds me of pride match ups, lets see how Fedor handles a 270lb man with good BJJ. Did he learn his lesson from Werdum? Not saying Big Foot is as good of a grappler as Werdum but he's no slouch. Also Antonio's striking has improved. On the other hand he did get dropped by Pyle. If Pyle can drop you Fedor can knock you clean out. This is Fedor way back up top, Antonio is ranked in the top 10. This is the most logical fight in strikeforce for Fedor. Can't have him fight Overeem coming off a loss, Werdum is still out. You could have him fight Barnett, and i would love to see that fight. Barnett is still in the top 10 in my books.

Agree 100%

how is this fedor's way bck to the top when most ppl consider him #1 p4p already, if its his way of climbing back up that means he is not #1 and fighting big foot means your not even top 10

Top of the heavyweight division and top of the p4p rankings is totally different things.

if fedor is #1 p4p he should be #1 heavy weight Japanegro23

True, and skill wise I do consider being at the top of the heap for p4p. But he did lose his last fight. Logically Werdum is above Fedor in HW division, but all things combined Fedor is further ahead of Werdum when it comes to p4p (which i believe encompasses past performances rather then last fight).

That's disappointing. We're also going to see the complete outclassingnof Silva

Antonio Silva

Record: 15-2 (10 (T)KOs)

5-1 since 2008 (1 win against top 10 opponents)



Shane Carwin

Record: 12-1 (7 (T)KOs)

4-1 since 2008 (1 win against top 10 opponents)



Frank Mir

Record: 14-5 (3 (T)KOs)

4-2 since 2008 (1 win against top 10 opponents)



Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Record: 32-6 (2 (T)KOs)

2-2 since 2008 (2 wins against top 10 opponents)

take them to school kinosis. Cain's is about the same too.

Yup, Cain looks like he has some skills but he still only has 2 top 10 wins. One of them being Big Nog who Fedor beat twice and the other being to lesnar who pretty much everyone now sees was way over hyped. Yet Cain is ranked over Fedor? It makes no sense.

Dude rankings should be based on recent achievements. These guys are improving so fast that fights that happen 5 years ago really don't count anymore and they shouldn't.



I'm also not sure about your record reply? What was the point?

I am Mexican and I am a Cain fan, but I have him in # 2 in the HW and Fedor on the first, Cain has a lot to prove yet. IMO Fedor is the best ever but not the p4p king anymore, if he is going to fight 3 months after he fights Silva I am ok with this fight but if he is not going to fight for another 9 or 10 months, he should be getting a rematch, honestly in a perfect word, he should fight Silva 3 months later Werdum and in september Overeem, but since he is not fighting that often, he should fight someone a little bit more important than Silva...

All of those guys I listed are what they have done recently. The point is Bigfoot is a top 10 guy, nothing to be disappointed about.

he is one of 4 top 10 guys in strikeforce, everyone needs to stop crying

big foot IMO is not top 10 heavyweight overall in mma, no way. look at my top ten heavy weight and tell me, where does big foot fit iin? who would big foot take out to be in that spot?

would have liked to see Fedor vs Barnett

diaz v. miller isnt happening. they already said that its going to be miller v. kennedy III which is still a good fight. fedor will win too

Great fight, can't wait.

Agree! but let's give some props to Silva. Even though Kyle was the little man in that fight, he put everything behind that punch, and still couldn't take him out.



I just don't think that Bigfoot has a weak chin, rather than Kyle hits hard for a 205er.

Yup, GSP got KO'd by Serra and Anderson got rocked by Sonnen of all people, it happens.

this fight makes sense in strikeforce!!! and after that vs the winner of overrem vs werdum!!! cant wait to see fedor fight again

What the ****. Another can, another dude they know he'll beat. What a ****ing joke; does anyone want to see this shit more than overeem or werdum II? I am a huge old school Fedor fan but I'm starting to see there's some truth to what I thought was blind hate. He's letting his legacy go out with a fizzle instead of a bang.



I don't care how well he wins, BigFoot almost lost to a 205er in his last fight and one of the best fighters in the world (Overeem) wants nothing more than to fight Fedor. Fedor, I love you but don't be scared homie. This is ****ing ridiculous.



And don't dare give the excuse that it "makes sense" for Strikeforce to do this. They gave Rogers a title shot coming off a nasty loss and Fedor is possibly the greatest of all time. Strikeforce doesn't make sense in its decisions, and in this case, not making sense would have made more sense.

I agree!!!

Darn those cans ranked in the top 10 *insert eyeroll here*

You're the sort of guy that if he was in the UFC and was coming off a loss you'd be complaining he didn't deserve a top 5 opponent. Yo can't have everything you wish for so grow up and be thankful you will get to see the emperor fight. If you really that upset why are you posting and even interested? I bet you will watch that fight and enjoy it, same as we all do.

Reread my post, retard, and see that I tried to give as much respect to the Emporer as I could. I have been a Fedor fan for as long as I've been in love with this sport. Your arguement doesn't even make sense because at no point did I said anyone coming off a loss didn't deserve anyone. I said that Silva, who is coming off a win, isn't worthy of fighting Fedor, who is coming off a loss. Basically that is exact opposite of what you're pissing your pants about.



Fedor is the person who so many people still think is Pound for Pound champ, regardless of who holds the belt for which promotion. He has no belt now (discounting of course the invalid WAMMA belt) but I still consider Fedor top five fighters in the world regardless of weight class. One loss to Werdum doesn't change a decade long winstreak. Having said that, I expect someone who I consider to be the greatest fighter of all time and still in the top five pound for pound to be fighting some serious competition. When he has a rematch with Werdum or a fight with Overeem available, why would he choose Silva as his next opponent? Silva is only "top ten in the world" because the heavyweight division is, without arguement from anyone I'm certain, the weakest division in the sport (excepting the pseudo-class superheavyweight). The only reason he's top ten is because there are only nine heavyweights who are better than him. If he were in any other weight class with his skill set and attributes, he'd be fighting in the arena down the road from your house. Bigfoot Silva isn't top 100 pound for pound, nevermind worthy of fighting the greatest fighter in the history of the sport.



That's what I'm saying. Of COURSE I'm going to enjoy watching the fight, ie. watching the Champ knock that lanky Brazillian the **** out in the first round. He'll find a hole, see something Silva's doing and then FEDORSMASH, break his hand right on that giant jaw.



Any time Fedor fights I'm going to be excited, I get a boner watching him hit the pads. I'd just rather see him go to the end of his career fighting ACTUAL top competition. Not necessarily in the UFC, but they do have the biggest division in the sport and offer the most challenges. But even Strikeforce has two guys who are clearly and without a doubt top ten-rated fighters and seriously dangerous to his legacy.

get a boner watching fedor hitting the pads???? hes boxin is not even probally mastered.. LOL

I have re read your post and my response and I think it is you who should learn to read and then re read mine. You are complaining Silva is not worthy to fight Fedor. That was my complaint so I don't see why you reassert that point thereby justifying even further my original post. Whoever Fedor fights there's always some idiot complaining, when in fact the Werdum fight proved that he was a WORTHY opponent, as is Silva.



Whoever Fedor fights, a decent case could be made that they aren't worthy because there isn't a HW whos' resume compares. If you really think it's that bad I look forward to not seeing your posts on the articles about this post fight.

Sorry but it does make sense for him to fight Big Foot. Fedor is coming off a LOSS! Sure Rogers got a title shot but that didn't make sense.

I meant your mom's pads. As in he ****s your mom while she's on her period.

Neither is your adeptness of the verbose.

sick fight, a monster in silva vs a legend in fedor. they both got killer ground games, and they can both bang, this really should be a good fight, strikeforce is still trying to preserve fedor for as long as they can, by not throwing him vs overeem, cuz if he was to beat overeerm, he beat the best strikeforce's best heavyweight. after that, maybe werdum once more then who? strikeforce is getting up there, and I really like their heavyweight division, but they have to get duffee and other free agents to make it a bit more interesting.

Fedor is coming off of a loss. Having him fight the champ doesn't make sense. The only reason Rogers fought for the title after a loss was because Fedor hurt his hand.

he's still strikeforce's prized possession and arguably their best heavyweight.

To me this matchup makes sense.

@GeorgeRuetiger : The reem faced Rogers because Fedor simply ducked the fight with Reem.

No disrespect thow.

Fedor had a broken hand. I don't care about the supposed controversy, Fedor breaks his hand in every other fight because of that casting punch.

Fedor didn't fight Overeem at that time because he was already signed to fight Werdum. Overeem hadn't defended his title in 2 years then shows up after Fedor is signed to fight Werdum and starts crying because Fedor won't fight him.

I think Fedor will be a little too fast for Bigfoot. I predict Fedor will KO him round 1 or 2

i don't know what to think to be honest. on the one hand he can not fight overeem coming of a loss. I don't even want to see him fight werdum again. Werdum clearly won. so whats the point of a rematch? it was a bullshit match up the first time and letting them fight again won't make it better. the reem would be the only interesting opponent for fedor in strikeforce or mma as a whole. But on the other hand, if he wants to make a title run this (the big foot fight) is a logical match up. but still unatractive. And the diaz miller fight will never happen. who wants to see diaz vs. kennedy when there is miller who is waiting? I'm not a strikeforce hater or a UFC fanatic but strikeforce sometimes has trouble giving the people the fights they want to see. really annoying.

Big Foot is top ten, Werdum is injured and Overeem makes no sense. What is your problem?

I don't think SF wants to risk their champion having a loss to mayhem. Mayhem has little to lose as he is still climbing but Nick will lose out on his champ appeal if he loses. SF are probably wondering what will happen having guys like fedor and overeem fight and mayhem and nick fight. Will they lose out? Will they have a winning situation? They probably have sat on the fence for a while now trying to decide if it will weaken or strengthen their promotion by risking their most well known fighters. But mind ya, Dana does the same thing. AS and GSP should have already fought according to Danas promises but after 112 Dana took the fight away from AS who asked for the fight. I still think it was to protect the new promotional interest of thew new UFC favourite GSP. Dana wanted that fight until AS lost his fans and GSP became the favourite. Dana did not want to risk losing the promotional possabilities of GSP while AS was now hated.

If you weak me then explain why Dana didn't allow the promised fight? Also why did GSP then say after the Maia fight that he did no l;onger want to face AS until he was ready to retire? I am waiting.

WHERE WAS BRETT ROGERS TITLERUN AFTER LOSiNG 2 FEDOR n FIGHTING THE REEM SHORT AFTER BIAAATCH

I'm pretty sure its Miller who is likely to face Kennedy, not Nick.

Werdum is recovering/training and should fight Overeem.

Haha miller would not beat diaz.

or Werdum or Overeem, no one else. This is bad for Fedor, im a big fan of him, and i starting to thing that his manager is keeping him away of real contenders.

Yeah, I agree, this is Fedor's 5th top 10 opponent in a row, they are really ducking top guys.......

are you new here kinosis? Nice to see an educated fan.

Yeah, I signed up maybe a month ago or so, I don't really remember exactly. Been watching MMA since pretty much the beginning. I like your posts as well, unfortunately the average MMA...scratch that, the average UFC fan isn't very educated.

Although we all expected a fight against Overeem, I can't help but feel relieved that Strikeforce decided to follow the logical order for their match-ups.



As a someone said already Alistair vs Werdum for the title, Fedor vs Bigfoot and the winner of that gets a shot at whoever is champion then.

Also Miller vs Diaz on the same card? Man, that would be soooo great! I hope Strikeforce makes it happen!

I agree completely. I really don't get why people are whining about this.

Someone called this a while back. Can't remember who it was but props to them for calling it.

Because they are stupid.

fedor could fight a bear and they'd say he was ducking competition. Some are just juvenile haters who are too far up Dana White's arse to actually know MMA resides outside of UFC and always has.

@azzkika; I don't think anyone called Fedor V Big Foot. Fedor was on record as wanting that fight. As to the bear, spot on man. It is unbelievable how these "fans" perform mental gymnastics to believe that Fedor is ducking top guys. Tim Sylvia, Arlovski and Brett Rogers were all top ten when Fedor fought them and the only one that you could argue shouldn't have been at the time was Sylvia. Werdum was clearly not a walk in the park for Fedor. I just don't think he can do anything right in some people's eyes.

First round KO. Fedor's gonna get his range, find a hole and SMASH. Kyle almost did it and Fedor punches approximately 1.2 million times harder than him.

Come on! Don't complain. For now, it is a good as it gets. With M-1 negotiations any, i will take any Fedor's fight.

wtf man, big foot silva? Guess thats where were at now...

How dare Fedor fight a top 10 guys!

if fedor gets past silva and overeem fights werdum and beats him we may very well see a fedor vs overeem card... and strikeforce might actually make a profit! :o

Fedor by submission round 2

Message to the haters... You all complained about Werdum being unfit as an opponent and look what happened!! Werdum is one of the best practicioners of jiu jitsu of all the HW's. MMA anything can happen. Funnily enough you the haters actually assume Fedor will beat whoever it is more than the fans. real ans expect Fedor to win but know in MMA anything can happen. Might I suggest you haters actually go train MMA and learn some respect.

Hey guys,



Sure Big Foot got caught by Pile but if you look at it... he took a shot that might have put some guys to sleep and instead his over-sized jaw absorbed the blow to the point where he was in no danger of truly being finished. He defended almost immediately when he hit the ground. I think it is harder to truly hurt Big Foot than some people here seem to think.



I think that Big Foot Siva has as much right to be considered low top 10 as any up can coming UFC heavy or guys like Big Country. Keep in mind that Big Foot beat Arlovski who not that long ago TKOed both Big Country and Ben Rothwell. Come to think of it, Brett Rogers deserves the same respect.



The way I see it, Fedor beats/finishes Big Foot but Boot Foot gives Fedor a good/entertaining tough fight not unlike the fight Brett Rogers gave him.

Notice how quickly Fedor decided to fight again and hand pick his opponent after seeing what Kyle did to bigfoot early on in that fight. Cherry picker cherry picker

Fedor has wanted to fight Big Foot for years. Big Foot got caught by a smaller, more explosive fighter who only recently dropped to LHW from HW. He managed to come back and destroy him. How do you extrapolate your position?

extrapolate... lmao nice. I extrapolate my position by speaking the truth. C,mon dude open your eyes. I never said Fedor wasn't the greatest of all time. I believe he is. But at this point in his career he is handpicking his opponents. that's why he's afraid of the UFC. He's more concerned with keeping an amazing record than actually fighting the best of the best. He saw what Kyle did to Bigfoot Silva, he said to himself "I can surely do that and actually finish" so suddenly after months of indecisiveness and inactivity HE"S READY TO FIGHT again. Not the UFC God forbid, not Overeem... but A fighter who just 2 weeks ago showed a MAJOR hole in his game. Don't be so blind with nuthuggery

You should look at my past posts. I have been pointing out holes in Fedor's game for a long time. Is he the goat in MMA? Probably, but I have never been a nuthugger. Perhaps you should look at a lot of past posts and articles on this site. You would also see that I am absolutely correct in stating that Fedor has wanted to fight Big Foot for a while.

For now Fedor's unbeaten run against top opponents has yet to be matched, but there are emerging fighters like Jones, Cain, Maynard, Edgar and Aldo and a few others who seem to be as well rounded as Fedor was at an early age.



I think one of the reasons Fedor was so successful was due to him being years ahead of the majority of other HW's. Any fighter who from now can put on a similar streak I would put ahead of Fedor because they will not be years ahead of the rest of their division as the competition is constantly improving and evolving.



Until someone does match Fedor's acheivements (and a few are close) he is the GOAT. He is may favourite ever fighter, but from the quality that now resides across most divisions in MMA, it could well just a matter of time before that mantle belongs deservedly to another.

It is reasonable for someone to think that Fedor is gonna bull-rush Silva and make this a quick fight, but having seen all of Fedor's fights many times over the years...I just don't see that happening.



Remember that Fedor doesn't change his training camp or habits according to his opponents, so in his words "I think it's good to spend the first round "feeling" your opponent and look for his weaknesses".



That's his style , period... he takes it easy in the begining of the and then finishes his opponents in a dramatic fashion.



Of course there are have been times he went for the kill early, sometimes it worked (Tim Sylvia), one time it didn't (Werdum).



I personally want to see a 2nd or even a 3rd round because I enjoy watching him fight, plus I always like fights that look like struggles. But I'm 99% sure it would end in the 2nd round via TKO.

hopefully it'll go like this:



reem fights in new year dynamite show to get warmed up with mma again, blasts the competition away with 1st round ko's and werdum vs reem fight is organised for early spring



fedor knocks silva out with one perfectly timed overhand right :P



reem and werdum have a close enough fight but then reem tko's him in the 2nd



reem and fedor have a showdown in summer thus creating the greatest heavyweight bout of all time..well i suppose a guy can always dream



...on a side note, i'm, just happy the fedor fight is happening so soon :D

I'd love to see Fedor vs Overeem like you say, but I seriously doubt it'll ever happen. Overeem poses a very serious threat to Fedor and these days Fedor avoids serious threats at all costs.

i'd have thought that now he's finally been beat this conspiracy about them protecting his record would go away. he fought the best he could have fought outside the ufc. everytime a good heavyweight got cut from the ufc, fedor fought him and destroyed him. werdum beat fedor so he's the no.1 contender, and if strikeforce are finally doing there fights logically, then the winner of silva vs fedor will fight for the belt next.

That's why he fought and LOST to one of the best HW Jiu Jitsu practicioners. Werdum was a threat and proved to be. I can't stand these immature dribbles of ducking poisoning these mma threads, written by people who would duck a fight against pretty much anyone.

hopefully it'll go like this:



reem fights in new year dynamite show to get warmed up with mma again, blasts the competition away with 1st round ko's and werdum vs reem fight is organised for early spring



fedor knocks silva out with one perfectly timed overhand right :P



reem and werdum have a close enough fight but then reem tko's him in the 2nd



reem and fedor have a showdown in summer thus creating the greatest heavyweight bout of all time..well i suppose a guy can always dream



...on a side note, i'm, just happy the fedor fight is happening so soon :D

Fedor vs. Bigfoot is fine with me

so long as the winner either gets a title shot or Barnett next.

Mr. Can't Pass a Whiz test

deservews no easy bouts.

so if SF can't get him in with the winner of Fedor-Silva

or Overeem-Werdum

then at least Rogers Arlovksi somebody like a real challenge

a real challenge. How a bout Fedor vs Cain velasquez... oh ya oops forgot Fedor no longer accepts real challenges. in fact he makes every excuse immaginable to avoid them. He'd probaly fight Kimbo, Shamrock or even couture though. OK I doubt he'd fight Couture nevermind

how can he fight any of them when cain is ufc heavyweight champ and won't be allowed leave the ufc to fight, randy is pretty much retired, kimbo is practically finished in mma and shamrock seems to have disappeared off the scene. this isn't boxing, once you're in a promotion on contract you're stuck with fighting the best there and right now silva is the best opponent for fedor coming off his loss to werdum.

I think that rank-wise ,Barnett will get to fight the looser of Overeem vs Werdum (if that fight happens)

yes yes i agree. as opposed to Barnett fighting the tighter of the two.

You are a Doberman, just clinching onto Fedor's neck and won't let go will you? Hopefully this rumor is true and it goes down. I don't care if Fedor loses, I've seen him lose and now i just want to see him fight.

Thank you TRD.

listen up guys.. right now fedors management are r hoping that werdum beats overeem so they can have a REMATCH.. BUT IF REEM WINS THEY WILL PUSS OUT, so the fight will NEVER HAPPEN.. TRUST ME

bingo

People keep talking about Fedors Manegment Fedor is his own boss he owns M1 and he called Overeem just befor Oveerem run to Japann not to fight Fedor

typical, another twist or schedule change in a Fedor fight, I know it's just one month back, but I really don't recall something to go as once planned with a Fedor fight in recent history.

Id rather see Fedor vs Hendo

what are you guys braindead?

Fedor is a top commodity

and a top fighter

so why the endless ordeals of getting him into the cage?

Ring-rust no doubt had a lot to do with his loss to Werdum

and now you 2 are wallowing around like fat girls on ice

instead of getting a living legend into a match with anyone



The only answer can be that neither of you is worthy to be handling this fighter

It can be a title shot

an eliminator bout (say Barnett)

just a run-through with a journeyman (say Johnson)

or even a freak show (ala Walker or Lashly)

BUT FOR PETE'S SAKE GET FEDOR IN THE CAGE IN OUR LIFETIMES

YEAH BUT IT'S THE UFC'S FAULT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO WORK OUT A DEAL.



Give me a ****ing break.