The Mayan Calendar only gives until 2012 before the world ends, and if indeed we only have that long left on this Earth we will know that June 26th 2010 started off the chain of events that inevitably lead to our demise. Febricio Werdum became the first man to legitimately defeat The Last Emporer last night when he submitted Fedor just seconds into their contest. The world was shocked and the Fedor haters and UFC fanboys will undoubtedly have a field day with the talk of Fedor being overrated in the fight game.
The truth however is much less glamorous and fantastic than the world ending because Fedor lost. The simple fact is that everyone loses if they fight long enough, and Fedor just does't love the fight game like so many other hungry fighters out their. He lost because of his overzelous urge to go for the knockout victory and finish his work quickly and go home. He has been KOing so many of his opponenets lately that it seems he had forgotten the other aspects of his game come fight time.
No direspect to Werdum, but I give this fight to Fedor in a rematch hands down. Werdum barely squeeked by Antonio Silva, lost to Arlovski, and JDS gave him permanent brain damage. Not that those fights have to define Werdum's career, but anyone that can avoid the ground, or compete with him there, can KO him if the can connect solidly. He does not take the top spot in the Heavyweight division because he beat Fedor in my book, he simply met up with Emelienenko at the right time in his career.
After Werdum won he and his team were elated, and rightfully so. It was funny to me that the Strikeforce title means so little to the fighter that he wasn't even concerned about the title shot he just won by beating Fedor, but rather wanted to rematch Fedor immediately even in Russia if Emelianenko so pleased. That just goes to show how much respect Fedor garners from not only fans and the media, but from fighters as well as his legend has grown to near mythical status amongst the MMA community.
Below are the rest of the fight results from San Jose:
Fabricio Werdum def. Fedor Emelianenko via submission (Arm-triangle choke) - Round 1, 1:09
Cung Le def. Scott Smith via KO (strikes) - Round 1, 1:46
Champ Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos def. Jan Finney via TKO (strikes) - Round 2, 2:56 (remains women's middleweight championship)
Josh Thomson def. Pat Healy via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 3, 4:27
PRELIMINARY CARD
Chris Cope def. Ron Keslar via TKO (strikes) - Round 2, 4:32
Bret Bergmark def. Vagner Rocha via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-26)
Yancey Medeiros def. Gareth Joseph via knockout (punches) - Round 2, 1:19
Bobby Stack def. Derrick Burnsed via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)
Chris Cope def. Ron Keslar via TKO (strikes) - Round 2, 4:32
Bret Bergmark def. Vagner Rocha via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-26)
Yancey Medeiros def. Gareth Joseph via knockout (punches) - Round 2, 1:19
Bobby Stack def. Derrick Burnsed via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)
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