The legend continues to become unraveled. Roughly eight months after his surprise loss to Fabricio Werdum, Fedor Emelianenko again saw his opponent’s hand raised in the Strikeforce cage.<\/p>\n
Fighting in the main event of Saturday’s Strikeforce card, Fedor Emelianenko was using his position in the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix as a launching pad for a return to the top. But Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva, his quarterfinals opponent, had other plans. Using his clear size and strength advantage, Silva pounded away on Fedor and secured a doctor’s stoppage victory.<\/p>\n
The stoppage came after a second round clinic from Silva, who dominated the legendary Fedor on the ground. Silva, who at various points in the round advanced to mount, delivered vicious ground-and-pound, locked on a tight arm triangle and attempted a kneebar submission, was simply too much for Fedor to handle. Fedor’s face showed the impact of Silva’s dominance–his eye was closed shut–and the call was made to stop the fight.<\/p>\n
Following the victory, Silva moves to a semifinals matchup against the winner of the upcoming Fabricio Werdum vs. Alistair Overeem fight.<\/p>\n
Fedor, meanwhile, teased this was “maybe” the last time he will fight.<\/p>\n
— In another quarterfinal bout, Sergei Kharitonov became the latest heavyweight to take advantage of Andrei Arlovski’s suspect chin. The back-and-forth first round ended with Kharitonov teeing-off on his opponent’s face before securing a knockout victory on the ground.<\/p>\n
Full results:
\nJason McLean b. Kevin Roddy via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
\nJosh LaBerge b. Anthony Leone via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) after Round One
\nSam Oropeza b. Don Carlo-Clauss via submission (strikes) at 4:10 of Round One
\nIgor Gracie b. John Salgado via technical submission (arm triangle) at 3:04 of Round Two
\nJohn Cholish b. Marc Stevens via submission (kneebar) at 3:57 of Round Two
\nValentijn Overeem b. Ray Sefo via submission (neck crank) at 1:37 of Round One
\nChad Griggs b. Gianpiero Villante via TKO (strikes) at 2:49 of Round One
\nShane Del Rosario b. Lavar Johnson via submission (armbar) at 4:31 of Round One
\nSergei Kharitonov b. Andrei Arlovski via KO (punches) at 2:49 of Round One
\nAntonio “Bigfoot” Silva b. Fedor Emelianenko via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) after Round Two<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[18,21,22,64,65,133,141],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n