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June 30, 2010 Point Taken: Before the world exploded following a certain fighter tapping out last Saturday night, much of the talk of the MMA world surrounded two fights: Jardine-Hamill and Varner-Shalorus. Besides being pretty good fights overall and main events [+] June 30, 2010 The Fedor Effect: Before we conclude what might as well be called Fedor Week here at Fightmania, I want to take a look at one more thing. Something that I noticed that was even before the Werdum fight, a [+] June 30, 2010 Soszynski expects a ‘whole new fight’ against Bonnar: Polish fighter Krzyzstod Soszynski is expecting a ‘whole new fight’ when he faces Stephan Bonnar at UFC 116. The two will face off in a rematch at UFC 116 on Saturday, following their controversial fight at UFC [+] June 30, 2010 Ortiz insists Fedor is not among the best heavyweights: MMA star Tito Ortiz insists that Russian fighter Fedor Emelianenko is ‘not one of the top heavyweights in the world’, but admits he is a ‘decent fighter’. Fedor lost his fight with Fabricio Werdum at a Strikeforce [+] June 29, 2010 Fightmania Mailbag: Heavyweight Rankings Edition: Some situations just demand a mailbag, and when the top heavyweight who has reigned for seven years finally loses, it’s one of those situations. To commemorate the internet-breaking, jaw-dropping, fanboy-inciting event that was Fedor-Werdum, here is [+] June 29, 2010 UFC Cuts Don’t Always Make Sense: One angle that has gotten a bit of attention in the whole “Fedor finally loses” story is that the victor, Fabricio Werdum, was a UFC castoff not too long ago. Werdum was cut after posting a [+] June 28, 2010 Werdum earned less than Fedor: Fabricio Werdum, who submitted Fedor Emelianenko in 69 seconds, earned $100,000 from his win at Saturday night’s Strikeforce event. Russian MMA star Emelianenko earned $400,000 from his defeat against Werdum. The full payments were: Fabricio Werdum: $100,000 [+] June 28, 2010 M-1 targets Fedor vs. Werdum rematch: M-1 executive Vadim Finkelstein has admitted he wants a rematch between Fedor Emelianenko and Fabricio Werdum. Fedor was submitted by Werdum in just 69 seconds at a Strikeforce event on Saturday. “Fedor is a strong fighter and [+] June 28, 2010 Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum Parting Shots: The world may not have stopped when Fedor Emelianenko was finally truly beaten, but plenty of MMA forums did when the traffic was too much for their servers to bear. They, just like Fedor themselves, have [+] June 28, 2010 Strikeforce champ wants fight with Werdum, not Fedor: Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem has stated that he would like to fight Fabricio Werdum and not Fedor Emelianenko. Overeem watched Werdum beat Emelianenko at the Strikeforce event at the HP Pavilion on Saturday. “It’s about what [+]