MMA Strikeforce

MMA Twitter universe is getting excited for Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers Saturday night on CBS, and that's reflected in the latest installment of our MMA Twitter mailbag.

But what's particualrly interesting is how many fans I'm hearing from who are concerned about whether this CBS show will be a success: Below we address fans' questions about how strong a rating CBS needs and what kinds of ads CBS has sold.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. -- Dan Henderson is in town to corner Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou in his fight against Gegard Mousasi on Saturday night, but the free agent told FanHouse on Friday that he will also talk to Strikeforce officials about possibly fighting for their organization in the near future.

Henderson refuted a recent Yahoo! Sports report which stated he had already signed with Strikeforce and also said that he has not closed the door on re-signing with the UFC. Check out the video interview below.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. -- DREAM lightweight champion Shinya Aoki made a special appearance at the Strikeforce weigh-ins on Friday, and FanHouse spoke to "Tobikan Judan" about the possibility of fighting in the United States in the near future.

Aoki also talked about unifying the DREAM and Strikeforce lightweight titles and when he expects to fight again. The full video interview is below.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. -- Bojan Elezovic, an artist from the former Yugoslavia who now resides in Canada, traveled to this weekend's Strikeforce event with one goal in mind: get his latest MMA masterpiece in the hands of Fedor Emelianenko.

FanHouse spoke to Elezovic, who spent months painting a portrait of Emelianenko, about the artwork and his plan to award it to Emelianenko after Saturday night's fight against Brett Rogers. The video interview is below.

Billy Evangelista beat Jorge Gurgel by unanimous decision in the main event of the Strikeforce Challengers Series event in Fresno Friday night, running his professional MMA record to 10-0.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. - Fedor Emelianenko and Brett Rogers tipped the scales on Friday night, just 24 hours before their highly anticipated heavyweight showdown on CBS.

FanHouse was on hand at the Strikeforce weigh-ins, which also featured Jake Shields, Jason "Mayhem" Miller, Gegard Mousasi and Fabricio Werdum. Full results here. Check out the video below.

Shane del Rosario improved to 9-0 with a first-round submission win over Brandon Cash Friday night at the Strikeforce Challengers Series card in Fresno, and that's not a big surprise, as del Rosario has had nothing but quick wins in his MMA career.

But it was a surprise that Cash actually had del Rosario in big trouble early in the fight: Cash dropped del Rosario with a hard right cross just seconds into the bout, and for a moment it looked like the referee was going to stop the fight. And even after del Rosario recovered, Cash was in the dominant position on the ground, had del Rosario mounted, and looked like he should have been able to finish him.

Jesse Taylor, the former Ultimate Fighter cast member who was kicked off the show for misbehavior and dropped by the UFC after a loss in the Octagon, suffered another setback in losing to Luke Rockhold on a Strikeforce Challengers Series card in Fresno Friday night.

Taylor, a former wrestler, immediately shot for a takedown and kept working for it until he finally got Rockhold on his back a little over a minute into the first round. But going to the ground turned out to be a mistake: Rockhold showed superior Brazilian jiu jitsu skills, getting Taylor's back, controlling him with a body triangle, and making him tap with a rear-naked choke.

All 20 fighters will step on the scales on Friday evening in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, for Saturday night's Strikeforce/M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Rogers fight card. And if you can't be there at the Sears Centre, you can get all the results right here at FanHouse.

The first fighters will step on the scales at 6 PM ET, and the results are below.