Here is what you need to know for this exciting fight night coming to Hoffman Estates' Sears Center. Strikeforce/CBS/M-1 Global will present a card packed with Worldwide names like Fedor Emelianenko and local Chicago MMA favorite Mark Miller. Check out who has been confirmed for this fight and a little bit about the event overall. Make sure you get your tickets as soon as possible.
"We're looking forward to delivering an explosive night of world class MMA action on CBS," said Scott Coker, Founder and CEO of Strikeforce. "We have the world's # 1 fighter, Fedor, making his network primetime debut against an undefeated powerhouse in Brett Rogers and, with the stars lined up for the remainder of the card, it is bound to be an exciting night of television." The following four primetime matchups are confirmed for CBS/ STRIKEFORCE/ M-1 GLOBAL SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS on Nov. 7: (All bouts are pending approval by the Illinois Athletic Commission.) FEDOR "THE LAST EMPEROR" EMELIANENKO vs. BRETT "THE GRIM" Simply referred to as "Fedor" by fans around the world, the 6-foot, 235-pound Russian is one of the most dominant fighters in the sport. A master of the Russian military combat system, Sambo, he boasts a record of 30 wins, one loss, no draws with 16 wins by submission, seven knockouts and seven decisions. His opponent, undefeated American, 28-year-old Brett Rogers (10-0) stands 6-feet, 5-inches tall, weighs 265 pounds and brings two of the heaviest hands in the sport to the cage. Both Fedor and Jake Shields JAKE SHIELDS vs. JASON "MAYHEM" MILLER In the night's middleweight title fight (185 pounds), Jake Shields (23-4-1) squares off against Jason "Mayhem" Miller (22-6). Shields, widely considered one of the best fighters in the world, brings an impressive 12-fight win streak to the cage, six of his last seven coming by way of first round submission. Most recently, he defeated world-ranked middleweight "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler in his Strikeforce debut on June 6. His opponent, Miller, a fellow submission expert, is one of MMA's most exciting fighters. The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai specialist is the host of MTV's reality series "Bully Beatdown" and trains with two of the sport's most recognizable fighters, Randy "The Natural" Couture and Quinton "Rampage" GEGARD "THE DREAMCATCHER" MOUSASI vs. RAMEAU THIERRY "THE AFRICAN ASSASSIN" SOKOUDJOU Gegard Mousasi and Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou will face one another in the night's light heavyweight (205 pounds) bout. Mousasi (26-2-1) of FABRICIO "VAI CAVALO" WERDUM vs. ANTONIO "JUNIOR" SILVA Fabricio "Vai Cavalo" Werdum will face Antonio "Junior" Silva in a matchup of two promising Brazilian heavyweights. Werdum is a two-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion and a submission expert while Silva has nine SHOWTIME Sports will produce the four-fight event with host Gus Johnson calling the action and MMA legend Frank Shamrock and Mauro Ranallo serving as color analysts. The executive producer is David Dinkins, Jr. About STRIKEFORCE STRIKEFORCE (www.strikeforce.com) is a world-class mixed martial arts cage fight promotion which, on Friday, March 10, 2006, made history with its "Shamrock vs. Gracie" event, the first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight card in About M-1 Global M-1 Global (www.m-1global.com) has been one of the leading Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) organizations in the world for over a decade. M-1 has promoted over 150 shows worldwide since 1995. Billed as the "World Cup of Mixed Martial Arts," the M-1 Challenge is a full season of MMA events that showcases some of the best up and coming MMA fighters in the world. Broadcast to over 90 countries around the world, including HDNet in the
Please check out the link below to a new, short CBS video featuring the world's No. 1 ranked MMA heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko. See what some of the most respected names in the business have to say about the man that has dominated the MMA rankings for years. Fedor will be seen for the first time by a broadcast television audience on Saturday, Nov. 7 when he squares off against undefeated American Brett Rogers on CBS/ STRIKEFORCE/M-1 GLOBAL SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS at the Sears Centre in Chicago on the CBS Television Network (9:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT).
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