By MIKE JOHNSTONFor over ten years, Fedor Emelianenko was thought to be unbeatable. However, the widely considered best heavyweight in the world, and arguably the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet, was submitted by Fabricio Werdum at 1:09 of the first round in their Strikeforce main event fight.
Just seconds into the bout, Fedor dropped Werdum with a left hook that caught the top of the Brazilian’s head. As the Russian was looking to ground-and-pound his way to victory, Werdum sunk in a triangle choke from the bottom. Fedor did his best to escape, but Werdum is a two-time Abu Dhabi world champion and forced Fedor to tap.
This upset has sent shockwaves throughout the MMA community (even though I predicted this outcome) and will undoubtedly shake up the heavyweight rankings. Fans in Canada expressed shock and awe on Facebook and Twitter. Fedor is extremely popular in certain parts of Canada. Those fans may wish to help themselves to a big plate Beef Stroganoff to help with the mourning process.
In other action, Cung Le did what he was unable to do in his first meeting with Scott Smith, finish him. Le came out with a smart, patient game plan and picked Smith apart. In the second round, Le landed a spinning heel kick to Smith’s solar plexus that put him away.
Also, the female edition of “Cyborg” Santos continued her destruction though the competition, defeating Jan Finney by second round TKO. The fight was a shellacking from start to finish.
In the first bout of the night, Josh Thomson displayed some impressive submission skills in his fight with Pat Healy. Thomson was well on his way to a decision victory when he sunk in a rear-naked choke that forced Healy to tap with less than one minute remaining in their fight.
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