Strikeforce: Fedor VS Werdum

[SPX]

Re: Strikeforce: Fedor VS Werdum

I'd say yes but Cung speaks english so I have no idea

I think I can decipher the meaning if I get out my decoder ring, and basically it sounds like Cung's not really interested in being the champ and not really interested in fighting the best. He's at the Randy Couture stage of his career and just wants to take individual fights rather than climbing the ladder.

[Luke]

Re: Strikeforce: Fedor VS Werdum

I'd say yes but Cung speaks english so I have no idea

I think I can decipher the meaning if I get out my decoder ring, and basically it sounds like Cung's not really interested in being the champ and not really interested in fighting the best. He's at the Randy Couture stage of his career and just wants to take individual fights rather than climbing the ladder.

Maybe it was just the writer for the site .This from a different site:

"You know tournaments, let those young guys do the tournaments. I'm 38 years old, and even though I looked 28 on Saturday, after I put that pizza, chocolate chips, and cookies in my stomach, I feel like a 38-year-old. I'm just happy that I'm with Strikeforce, and I'm happy that Scott Coker supported me in the 21 months that I had off.

I want to sit down with Scott Coker and see what he has in store for me, but I definitely didn't take that much wear and tear in this fight, and you go through that tournament and you're fighting a lot. There's going to be a lot of wear and tear, and I'm not sure exactly what I want to do at this point"

[SPX]

Re: Strikeforce: Fedor VS Werdum

Well that's certainly better. But my point stands: He's not really interested in being champ again and he doesn't want to fight the top guys.

[Luke]

Re: Strikeforce: Fedor VS Werdum

Werdum breaking down the Fedor fight on film. I thought it was neat



http://www.sherdog.com/videos/recent...ted-Fedor-2530

[Luke]

Re: Strikeforce: Fedor VS Werdum

Fabricio Werdum's Surgery Is No Guarantee; Neither is Fedor Rematch

Two things that seemed like definites in Fabricio Werdum's future just a week ago are no longer the locks they once seemed to be.

First, while Werdum does have an elbow problem that is soon to be addressed, surgery has not yet been recommended by any doctors.

And second, the rematch with Fedor Emelianenko that Werdum spoke of in the moments right after his stunning upset is no longer first and foremost on the Brazilian's mind.

News of Werdum's possible year-ending surgery broke about a week ago, but his manager Richard Wilner said his client may have spoken too soon. Surgery is certainly possible, but no guarantee.

"Dr. Fabricio Werdum is the one who said he needs surgery," he said. "But he hasn't yet been evaluated by a doctor. We have an appointment scheduled for next week, so we are still waiting to hear what the doctors have to say. If sugery is in fact necessary, it would be a very minor thing. It's not a traumatic injury."

Though Wilner said they're unaware of what exactly the injury is, its effect is more dysfunctional than painful. it doesn't allow Werdum to straighten his left arm, so it always appears in a bent angle.

"It happens to boxers a lot from repetitive motion," he said. "He's had it for a long time. He's just put off dealing with it for a while because he was training for fights."

If doctors determine surgery is in fact necessary, Wilner believes it will indeed be minor and only knock him out of action briefly. The next question, then, would be who Werdum might face in his Fedor follow-up.

In the moments right after the 69-second victory, Werdum said he'd graciously grant Emelianenko a rematch, and even do so on Russian soil. But once he had a chance to sit back and take in the entire situation, other thoughts came into play.

"That was with the emotions of the fight running high," Wilner said. "Once emotions subside and rationale thought prevails, Fabricio understands there's no upside to a rematch with Fedor unless M-1 puts a significant amount of money on the table. We have no rematch clause in our contract with Strikeforce."

Told that Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem recently voiced a desire to fight Werdum with the belief that he's "100 percent sure I'm going to beat him," Wilner laughed.

"He guarantees he'll win, just like the last time Fabricio kicked his ass," he said. (Werdum defeated Overeem by kimura in the 2006 PRIDE Open Weight Grand Prix.)

"While we're open to the possibility of fighting Fedor again, whatever opportunity that Strikeforce puts in front of us, as long as it makes sense, we'll consider it," Wilner said.

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[Mr. IWS]

Re: Strikeforce: Fedor VS Werdum

Wasnt everyone saying Overeem was ducking guys last year? Now he is the only one that wants to fight.

[Ludo]

Re: Strikeforce: Fedor VS Werdum

Honestly I think this is a little dose of turnabout being fair play in a sense. How many guys got to fight Fedor more than once, especially after getting embarrassed? Neither Coleman nor Minotauro got to rematch Fedor immediately except for the No Contest freak cut that ended the Grand Prix finals that they had to decide a real winner in. In All Fairness the way Fedor was beaten by Werdum should be enough that Fedor should have to fight at least one time between now and the time he rematches Werdum.