Fedor vs. Werdum: 
Seen-n-Heard at the Strikeforce Post-Fight Press Conference

By:  Jeff Townsend, Boxing writer
Bayareasportsdrive.com
06-27-10

The post-fight press conference that took place immediately after last night’s Strikeforce main event at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California had a strange vibe to it.  Everyone there knew that they had just witnessed something very surprising.  The fighter widely considered to be the best pound-for-pound MMA fighter in the world, Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko (31-2), had just lost.  Not only that, he had tapped out at just 1:09 of the first round.  His opponent, Fabricio Werdum (14-4-1), was able to secure a triangle choke with an armbar that forced Fedor to submit.  To put it into perspective, Fedor landed just 5 out of 12 strikes in the match while Werdum did not have a chance to land any strikes of any sort. 

Fedor first came into the media room with his interpreter and spoke in his very calm and quiet manner.  There was an interesting moment when Fedor was talking to the media and Werdum could be heard singing and celebrating with his crew right outside the media room.  Check out Fedor, and the rest of the fighters, addressing the media at the link below.

Next, Scott Smith and Cung Le made their way to the press conference.  Scott Coker, CEO of Strikeforce, compared the two Le-Smith fights to Gatti-Ward and said there was a possibility that there would be a third match-up.  However, it does not sound like this fight will happen anytime soon. 

Fabricio Werdum was in a great mood and barely needed the services of Babalu who was serving as a quasi-interpreter.   Werdum was quite witty and brought about chuckles from the media in attendance.   Josh Thomson answered a few questions and elicited a gasp from the audience when he stated that he had cracked two ribs in the first round.

 See footage from the post-fight press conference as well as footage from the weigh-in.

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