Comments on: Video: Fedor Emelianenko Talks Brett Rogers Matchup

By: windmiller

windmiller — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:17:29 +0000

when i watch his face, when his translater is talking it looks like is looking up to see if anyone believes him? So i think he is full of it

By: surfingk5

surfingk5 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:29:42 +0000

Absolutely agree about his lack of interest in MMA. Well put.

By: Jaymz

Jaymz — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:43:54 +0000

The guy seems very grounded and humble which is part of the reason why I respect the guy.Then again I don’t know russian so who knows what he is really saying.Keep waiting for him to break out the Dolph Lundgren ‘I fight for myself’ speech though.

By: vasya

vasya — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:49:32 +0000

Hes name sounds in Russian as {FYODOR}

By: chrisl

chrisl — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:49:08 +0000

Right on Kris… my Russian is limited but the pronunciations of things are completely different. Similar to how most people always pronounce Volkswagen with a V rather than an F sound. Stuff is always lost in translation.

By: chrisl

chrisl — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:40:08 +0000

Kinda feels like in Clerks 2 when you are expecting some big revealing insight from Silent Bob and all you get is a “Uh I got nothing.”

By: jcohl

jcohl — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:37:16 +0000

And now we know, and knowing is half the battle!
Thanks Kris…

By: Kris Karkoski

Kris Karkoski — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:20:33 +0000

That’s actually a more correct pronunciation of his name than what is commonly said, but most just go the easy route.

By: jcohl

jcohl — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:13:42 +0000

Yeah Gar, the guy holding the mic was trying to be fancy, like when people call spaghetti pasta, or cars automobiles…

By: jcohl

jcohl — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:11:49 +0000

Well, at least we’ve learned from this interview that Fedor actually KNOWS that there is an Internet out there, and that the MMA community is still talking about him.
Although each time I see Fedor, I become more and more convinced that the guy cares little for MMA, and sees the sport as simply a moneymaking venture to underwrite his and his handlers lifestyles and stay in shape for SAMBO, the sport he actually cares about, and in which he routinely faces and beats the best.

And yeah, Fedor has 3 times the experience and ten times the skill level of Brett “BA Barachus” Rogers, so I would expect an easy night for him, and an opening round submission victory over another outclassed opponent…