Fedor Stops Rogers In the Second Round With A Right Hand

Fedor Emelianenko stopped undefeated Brett Rogers in the second round via TKO at 1: 48, handing him the first loss of his career in Chicago.

Fedor Emelianenko, the greatest mixed martial arts heavyweight of all time (and quite arguably the greatest mixed martial arts fighter of all time), stopped the undefeated rising star heavyweight Brett Rogers tonight in their CBS broadcasted Strikeforce/M-1 Global fight in his own backyard just outside of Chicago. Brett the "Grim" Rogers now with a record of 11(9)-1 had his moments in the fight. Rogers landed a jab right at the beginning of the fight that instantly cut Fedor's nose causing him to bleed profusely down. There was also a moment in the first round where Rogers ended up on top of Fedor on the ground and started to pound away at his face. Although Fedor was bested by these brief exchanges he utilized his far superior ring generalship and ground game to dominate any strengths that Rogers displayed. In the second round Fedor landed a big right hand cleanly on the chin of Rogers knocking him down hard just as the announcer called him the kid from Cabrini Green. Fedor then jumped on Rogers with a series of wild punches when the referee intervened to stop the fight at 1:48 seconds as a TKO. Fedor improves his record to 33(8)-1-1. In the post fight interview Fedor said he would be open to a rematch if Rogers would like one and dedicated his victory to all of his Russian people and fans. Rogers still very upset and shocked over the sudden tko loss and only loss expressed his strong interest in a rematch as well.