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[The Sensational One]

Well this confirms what i thought about Brett Rogers, getting ko'd by Fedor made him somehow become a legit fighter and now a first contender at the title, well since the titles a joke, Rogers is a joke, it is only reasonable that this collision happens. Strikeforce, i hope you turn around and become legit and if not, well, sometimes a need a good laugh and so far your comedy is the best.

[MMA4EVERRR]

Ehh not really shocking...this is strikeforce and Scott coker runs it. I mean if he can give Nick Diaz, a guy who repeatedly missed important fights/weigh-ins and gets rewarded with a title shot over a more deserving guy (heiron) and then tries to setup a fight with Diaz anda guy who is even more undeserving (sakurai), then y can't ge setup a title fight with AO and a guy who jus got knfo by fedor.

[snakebite]

i am getting just plain old sick and tired of all this MMA politics. Everyone in this whole thread has pretty much just gone ahead and spoke for SF in saying its all for promotional value. Fact is even the casual fan has heard of fedor before rogers. So you can pretty much count that out. werdum vs fedor is not nearly as marketable as AO vs fedor simpily because throw a picture of AO and his superhuman body up there and people are going to want to see what he is capable of. I think just bad management is responsible for this mess. It is complete Bullshit that you can lose and get a title shot next fight. I dont care if he lost via majority decision to fedor, he still lost.

[The Return Of......]

Originally Posted by v3xi

Why does everyone always hate on the dude that actually has some power over a multimillion dollar corporation? I say he milks the UFC or whoever for whatever he can. Fighters get exploited for profit on a monthly basis in MMA, Fedor is the best he can do wtf ever he wants.

actually fedor cant do what ever he wants. M1 see's to this as i believe we have all come to realize. as far as him or them having power over a multi million dollar company?????? come on, its not like strikeforce was top dog or even close to it. they were a b level company trying to step up to the next level and made what appears to be a bad deal.

as far as fighters getting exploited???? hey a company presents you with a contract. if you like it you sign if you dont you walk. its called business. fedor and M1 signed the contract. if they dont like it now too bad.

this is a good reason as to why you will never see fedor in the ufc. however, if you did see fedor in the ufc, and M1 was to pull this shit they would do to him like they did randy.

no coming off a lose, even to fedor does not mean you deserve a title shot. its a joke of a match up due to the fact that they could of let werdum have the title fight since he is coming off of a win and gave rogers a different fight to get back into the win column. has the ufc done this before??? yes they did, it was done on very short notice. i believe the fight is the AA vs justin eilers fight is an example of this. eilers was coming off of a loss to the head hunter. wasnt a good idea then either but the ufc wasnt as strong as it is today and was really just starting to gain steam.

i just cant seem to follow your logic here how this is good in anyway. care to further explain?

[GL Jeff]

I wonder how Fedor feels being dragged around by the balls like this?

Rogers loses and gets a title fight, wow. AO via standing choke.

I really wish Fedor would stand-up for himself, his days are numbered as a fighter. He and his trainers have all admitted hes getting slower. Is he back to only fighting 1 once a year? Dana must be loving this,and thas what we all need, Dana White happy.

[Pasha K]

Wow this is great. Rogers lost his last fight and now gets a title shot.

I hope Dana is going to talk shit about all this, for the first time I will agree with him.

[v3xi]

Originally Posted by The Return Of......

actually fedor cant do what ever he wants. M1 see's to this as i believe we have all come to realize. as far as him or them having power over a multi million dollar company?????? come on, its not like strikeforce was top dog or even close to it. they were a b level company trying to step up to the next level and made what appears to be a bad deal.

Fedor has huge stock in M1. This paragraph = void.

as far as fighters getting exploited???? hey a company presents you with a contract. if you like it you sign if you dont you walk. its called business. fedor and M1 signed the contract. if they dont like it now too bad.

Heresay and propaganda. Remember how Hendo was asking for $7 billion per fight via UFC. You did not personally read the contract, you have no idea what is going on therefor you are just debating gossip which is the exact same as having an intelligent debate about Angelina Jolie and that Racheal bitch.

this is a good reason as to why you will never see fedor in the ufc. however, if you did see fedor in the ufc, and M1 was to pull this shit they would do to him like they did randy.

I think M-1 would have to drop Fedor if he ever were to join the UFC, but Fedor would still have his share in the business. UFC would have to offer him a HUGE payday among other stipulations for him him to do this.

no coming off a lose, even to fedor does not mean you deserve a title shot. its a joke of a match up due to the fact that they could of let werdum have the title fight since he is coming off of a win and gave rogers a different fight to get back into the win column. has the ufc done this before??? yes they did, it was done on very short notice. i believe the fight is the AA vs justin eilers fight is an example of this. eilers was coming off of a loss to the head hunter. wasnt a good idea then either but the ufc wasnt as strong as it is today and was really just starting to gain steam.

No one knows who Werdum is. He is also viewed as a UFC leftover, which technically is true but he is still a good fighter that should not have been let go so soon.

UFC gives the most marketable match ups all the time. You gotta ditch the Dana White posters on your bedroom wall dude.

[The_Mab69]

Well obviously this was Fedor's fight originally, but now they can build up a big rematch with Rogers-Fedor granted Rogers wins this fight, which would be a big fight and very marketable, and I would love to see a rematch too.

[Chillzone]

In all honesty, I'm excited for the fight between AO and Rogers. Even though it's for the belt, I don't consider it a title fight. It's kind of sad when a more prestigeous bout in the Heavyweight division is against Fedor and not the champ. I totally agree with whoever said that if AO happens to KO Rogers, then it hypes up the potential bout with Fedor much more. However, I see Rogers landing a heavy wild shot and putting AO to sleep... but then Rogers would have earned another shot at Fedor rather than the other way around. It just makes the belt seem kind of pointless. The card looks to be pretty sick. I can't wait.

[KnowledgeKnown]

Well if anything positive comes out of this, it would be Rogers winning the belt, because he will be an active champion.

I read some SF defenders here, and they certainly need them, but no promotion, not the UFC, has ever let a champion, stay champion, who hasn't defended the belt for this long. It's silly.

The only thing AO is the all time champion of is the least amount of title defenses within the promotion that he won it. I mean when's the last time he fought in SF? 2007? c'mon. That is absolutely a record never to be beaten, except perhaps by him.