Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers

Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers
Information
Promotion Strikeforce
Date November 7, 2009
Venue Sears Centre[1]
City Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA[1]
Event chronology

Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers Strikeforce: Evolution

Strikeforce/M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Rogers was a mixed martial arts event held on November 7, 2009 promoted by Strikeforce in association with M-1 Global. It was the first MMA event on network television since the now-defunct EliteXC promotion broadcast its final event, EliteXC: Heat, on CBS on October 4, 2008. The event had a four-fight main card with a broadcasting team of Gus Johnson, Frank Shamrock and Mauro Ranallo.[2] The event drew an estimated 4,040,000 viewers, with a peak at 5,460,000 on CBS.[3]

Results

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko def Brett Rogers KO (punch) 2 1:48
Middleweight Jake Shields def Jason Miller unanimous decision (49–46, 49–46, 48–47) 5 5:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Light Heavyweight Gegard Mousasi def Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou TKO (punches) 2 3:43
Heavyweight Fabrício Werdum def Antônio Silva unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Preliminary card
Women's Featherweight Marloes Coenen def Roxanne Modafferi submission (armbar) 1 1:05
Catchweight (150 lb) Jeff Curran def Dustin Neace verbal submission (rib injury) 1 1:39
Middleweight Nate Moore def Louis Taylor submission (punches) 2 3:24
Middleweight Shamar Bailey def John Kolosci unanimous decision (29–27, 29–27, 29–27) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Welterweight Christian Uflacker def Jonatas Novaes unanimous decision (30–25, 30–25, 29–26) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 3]
  1. For the Middleweight Championship.
  2. Bailey was docked one point in round two for holding the shorts of Kolosci.
  3. Novaes was docked two points in round three for two illegal kicks to the head of a downed opponent.

Notes

Gegard Mousasi was originally slated to defend his Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship, but eventually competed in a non-title bout.[4]

A previously announced bout between Bobby Lashley and Ron Waterman was announced to have moved to a later date, though it never officially took place.[4]

A women's bout between Marloes Coenen and Erin Toughill was set to serve as a reserve fight,[5] but was cancelled when Toughill withdrew due to an undisclosed medical condition.[6] Roxanne Modafferi stepped in to fight Coenen on this show.[7]

EA Sports showed a preview trailer for the new EA Sports MMA game coming out in 2010 during the event.

A welterweight bout between Mark Miller and Deray Davis was scheduled for the undercard, but was canceled due to time issues.[8]

Television ratings

In terms of ratings, the show averaged 3.79 million viewers for the allotted 9-11pm running time. The main event, which took place after 11pm, peaked at 5.46 million viewers. Overall, the two-hour-plus broadcast averaged 4.04 million viewers and a 2.5 household rating.[9]

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