strikeforce 2nd june event:

official for the event:


cung le vs scott smith

right now! no date for this fight!

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MR. WILLIE wrote:

strikeforce will have an mma event on april but fedor emelianenko-werdum showdown will not be part of it. the reports come from mmajunkie.com mmafighting.com and m-1. the show will be headline by dan henderson vs jake shields championship fight but the details if the event is in cbs or showtime are uncertain! scot coker says next week, we will have information on the april's card!

[quote="tokoro"]

tokoro wrote:

MR. WILLIE wrote: strikeforce will have an mma event on april but fedor emelianenko-werdum showdown will not be part of it. the reports come from mmajunkie.com mmafighting.com and m-1. the show will be headline by dan henderson vs jake shields championship fight but the details if the event is in cbs or showtime are uncertain! scot coker says next week, we will have information on the april's card!

FEDOR NEGOTIATIONS ONGOING, PENCILED FOR JUNE

The deal to bring Fedor Emelianenko back to Strikeforce isn’t a done deal yet, but the promotion is hopeful he'll be on board for a June fight against Fabricio Werdum.

Just last month the word was that Fedor was confirmed for the June card, and while Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker says they are hopeful to have him on the show in San Jose, Calif., it's an ongoing situation.

"We have a date in June on hold for him, and we're hoping we work things out where he can come fight that fight," said Coker when appearing on MMAWeekly Radio on Wednesday night.

"I wish I could give you more details, but I really can't talk about the minutia of the whole negotiation with M-1, but I'm hoping we can still do that."

Fedor's last fight was in November 2009, defeating Brett Rogers by TKO. Since then, his return to Strikeforce has been up in the air with M-1 negotiating a deal with the promotion to bring the Russian back to the United States.

Coker says things are headed in a positive direction with M-1, and he hopes to close a deal in the next several weeks.

"I still think there's plenty of time. If we can wrap this up in the next couple weeks, we could be announcing a big fight with Fedor fighting in San Jose in summer," he said. "We are working on it, and it's an important priority for our company and we've just got some buttons we've got to button up."

If the deal with Fedor gets done, the first fight back is slated to be against former UFC and Pride heavyweight Werdum. After that nothing is set in stone, but Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem has called for a fight with him, and there is still the elusive fight against Josh Barnett.

While Coker admits they've never really had a conversation with Barnett about fighting Fedor, it's something that definitely holds intrigue. Barnett is still undergoing an appeal with the California State Athletic Commission about a positive test for banned substances that canceled his fight with Fedor last year.

"I haven't had a conversation with the athletic commission. I'm not sure what they're position on that is, but Josh Barnett fighting Fedor is interesting to me. I'd love to see it," said Coker.

"If we could work it out with the commission, like you said there's some type of suspension for Josh, I don't even know when it ends, but we would definitely like to have that conversation with Josh and have him eventually fight Fedor if that opportunity does come up."

The first order of business, of course, is finalizing a deal with M-1 to bring Fedor back to Strikeforce.

Fedor Emelianenko: Fabricio Werdum is Plan A, Antonio Silva is Plan B

I have no intentions leaving M-1 Global. We have a very good partnership, so I don't see any reasons why I should break-up my current deal with that organization. My next opponent will be Fabricio Werdum. We are currently negotiating with his team, but if something goes wrong we will try to reach an agreement with Antonio Silva.


Why ?

Fedor's Camp Talking Up June 26 Bout With Fabricio Werdum

Everyone who follows mixed martial arts should know by now that any fight featuring Fedor Emelianenko is subject to being rescheduled, but Fedor's people in Russia are talking up June 26 as the date that he'll return to the cage to fight Fabricio Werdum in San Jose on a card promoted by Strikeforce and Fedor's M-1 Global.

Fedor himself doesn't say much publicly, instead letting his manager Vadim Finkelchtein do his negotiating for him. And Finkelchtein has indicated to the Russian media that the long-awaited fight with Werdum really will happen on June 26.

Emelianenko vs Fabricio

Fabricio Werdum was Training with Wanderlei Silva