Fedor post-fight: Brett Rogers and the damage done
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| Fedor Emilianenko, at the press conference after his fight vs. Brett Rogers |
The St. Paul native ultimately got knocked out in the second round, but not before putting on a much better than expected performance in the first. Fedor, who was widely favored, was left with a broken nose, a damaged hand, and a post-fight trip to the hospital.
Noting that he had dispatched two former UFC champions with greater ease and far less damage, Fedor declared Rogers one of the top two or three best heavyweights in the world and offered him a rematch down the road.
We took these pictures as the post-fight press conference was breaking up. Fedor had a large hematoma on his forehead reminiscent of Gorbachev; his broken nose was covered with a band-aid but still weeped puss. He returned from the hospital with a soft cast on his left hand.
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"The Last Emperor" looked wounded after his bout with Brett Rogers.  16 comment(s) / Post a Comment
Casey says:
"Rogers doesn't have a scratch on him"
Aleks says:
Informative, but this article is really over-emphasizing the damage Fedor took in this fight. It's a fact that Emelianenko's striking style often leaves his hands damaged due to the angle and velocity of his punch, this is common. The broken nose was the only SIGNIFICANT injury that he accumulated, and I doubt it was 'leaking puss'. It was broken, not infected. Posted On: Sunday, Nov. 8 2009 @ 9:05PM
Radislav says:
This is clearly City Pages attempting to cover their collective arses in the premature hype and ultimate jinx it was to put Brett Rogers on the front page.
Dre says:
Fedor's nose was not broken, it was old scartissue that was opened by a jab of Rogers in the first seconds of the fight. Fedor did an excellent job to finish the fight while have a bleeding nose. Posted On: Monday, Nov. 9 2009 @ 10:24AM
jontae says:
Rogers after the fight had internal bleeding. Fedor did a great knockout i wasn't expecting such power. Posted On: Monday, Nov. 9 2009 @ 1:56PM
Flav says:
Like Dre said, it was already reported in different publications that Fedor's nose was not broken. As for his hand, they believe he may have tore some ligaments in his thumb, the same one that was injured in previous fights. And since Rogers, at least to my knowledge, did not attack Fedor's thumb, it would seem the most likely scenario is that that Fedor hit Rogers so hard, he hurt his own hand. Posted On: Tuesday, Nov. 10 2009 @ 1:22PM
WhiteHawk says:
Make no mistake about this fight, both of these fighters will go on to do good for themselves after this. Brett is no walk in the park- young and hungry with a sledgehammer punch. He also put up a better match then both former UFC heavyweight champs prior to this fight who are known for their punching prowess. Fedor has always shown resilience in his fights and a calm cool demeanor about himself. I bet Brett would KO most of the heavyweights in the UFC, Fedor would smash them out without any hesistation. Most are too slow and could not take a donkey punch from Fedor. Rogers just needs to get some more experience and do a little more maturing...but he will be back. Posted On: Wednesday, Nov. 11 2009 @ 6:23PM
John says:
It was actualy just a cut that he had gotten earlier this year sparring with his brother Aleksander, and when Rogers clipped his nose it re-opened. His hand was only a dislocated thumb, so he will probably have to wear a cast for 4-6 weeks. He did that when he rocked Rogers with a left hook in the first round. Posted On: Saturday, Nov. 14 2009 @ 4:56PM
fightfan says:
Great fight, Great Knockout. What more can i say Fedor once again proves why he's the best. Dana White should of Co-Promoted with M-1 and got Fedor to fight in the UFC. Instead now he's probably biting his nails strikeforce out performed UFC 105. Posted On: Wednesday, Nov. 18 2009 @ 2:26PM
erik says:
If Fedor can knockout Brett Rogers with one punch he can knockout anyone. Crazy fight, great ending. Fedor owned the whole fight. Posted On: Saturday, Nov. 28 2009 @ 8:25PM
J.D. says:
Rogers lost as predicted. Fedor never jumps around like a gorilla after his wins i have much respect for that. He's a true champion, great idol. Posted On: Monday, Dec. 21 2009 @ 3:13AM
dave :P says:
I honestly didn't expect Rogers to get thrown around by Fedor. Rogers just looked awful and out classed i mean i think he realized that his chance of winning was when he was daydreaming. He jabbed fedor on the nose and re-cut his previous cut, big deal Rogers got handed end of story. Posted On: Monday, Dec. 21 2009 @ 3:19AM
joshua says:
What can i say Brett got his ass handed worse than i expecting, i was thinking more of in the line of submission rather than a brutal knockout. Definitely was a very exciting fight, it got me jumping out of my seat rarely that ever happens. Fedor seems very confident and powerful, very lethal fighter. Posted On: Thursday, Jan. 21 2010 @ 12:35AM
vick says:
hahahaha..i cant stop laughin after reading this article. i read somewhere brett claiming that Fedor cannot match Brett's punching power and ablity. Brett even went on to say that Fedor will be put to sleep. lolx..well, Brett got his ass handed. he got beat up by Fedor in a style that brett least expected. knock out punch to the chin. hahaha. Brett bragged before the fight that he'l do this and he'l do that and he is so ready. and after losing the fight his statement was that he did not throw enough punches. hahaha. i think after this fight both fighters have progressed in a way. Fedor has progressed as cage fighter and Brett has progressed as SORE LOSER to join losers club Posted On: Wednesday, Jan. 27 2010 @ 7:43PM
Justin says:
Rogers was very good, but Fedor always looks terrible after a fight. He's got a bit of doughy face that gets cut pretty easily. It's happened many times before in his longer fights and including that no contest against noguira Posted On: Friday, Jan. 29 2010 @ 7:04PM
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