Fedor really misses PRIDE rules. There were times where he wanted to throw soccer kicks when Rogers was on the ground.
Haha, I noticed that too, he almost wound up for a kick at one point but stopped himself.
My thoughts on everything...
-Miller won the fight. I wasnt scoring round by round, and probably should go back and do that before I say he won, but he definately won rounds 1 & 3. Shields scored a bunch of takedows, then proceeded to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, and never came close to finsihing. Miller had two slams in Round 1, nearly finished Shields in Round 3 with the rear naked choke, and repeatedly reversed and stood up following the takedowns. If takedows score, then reversals and stand ups should score as well, especially when the fighter executing the takedows does NOTHING in terms of strikes or meaningful sub attempts. The brief standups were in Miller's favor. He was never in serious danger the entire fight.
-All four losers impressed me. Soko looked really good vs. one of the best on the planet. I was a matter of time before Mousasi wore him down, but Soko hung in and looked much improved on the ground. Silva looked crisp and sharp, and was simply bested by the better ground fighter. I already talked about Miller. Which brings me to...
-Rogers shocked the hell out of me, but then again, how many times have we seen Fedor seemingly "in trouble", yet manages to still make it look easy? He's impossible to finish. The only way you are beating that guy is if you can cut him...his biggest weakness, is he's an easy bleeder. Fedor has the quickest hands ive ever seen, and age has not slowed that one bit. It was a great fight, and I wouldnt mind a rematch one bit if Overeem is still busy with his psuedo bodybuilding career and enlarging his heart. Strip his anabolic ass already.
Overall, this was a great show, even with Jake Sheilds playing wet blanket for 5 rounds, because Miller makes
anything entertaining. And for those complaining, they did the right thing showing the Miller ring walk, because you need to create stars, and Miller is the most charasmatic man on the Strikeforce roster. This is an entertainment business first, sport second. Hard to swallow fro some, but true. Plus, it's something different than UFC does, you need to differentiate yourselves.