Check out a photo gallery from Friday’s Strikeforce Challengers 5 event, including Tyron Woodley’s main event win over Rudy Bears and Kerry Vera’s TKO of Kim Couture, after the jump…

Tyron Woodley submitted Rudy Bears in the first round of their matchup on Friday with arm triangle to maintain his undefeated record in the main event of Strikeforce Challengers 5, which took place at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas.

Also on the Showtime televised main card, Strikeforce newcomer Kerry Vera earned a first round TKO victory over Kim Couture, Bobby Voekler weathered an early storm to defeat Erik Apple with a second round TKO, Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante bounced back from his previous loss, defeating Aaron Rosa via second round TKO, and Kevin Casey submitted Chad Vance in the opening round.

Strikeforce announced on Thursday that 145-pound women’s champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos and newcomer Herschel Walker will both compete at a January 30 Showtime-televised event at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Strikeforce Challengers 5: Woodley vs. Bears, headlined by a matchup between welterweights Tyron Woodley and Rudy Bears and also featuring a 135-pound women’s bout between notables Kerry Vera and Kim Couture, takes place tomorrow at the Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas and airs live on Showtime at 11pm ET (delayed on west coast).

Check out a photo gallery from today’s weigh-ins after the jump…

All 22 fighters who will be in action at Friday’s Strikeforce Challengers 5: Woodley vs. Bears event hit the scales today to weigh-in for their bouts, with the entire Showtime-televised main card, including headliners Tyron Woodley and Rudy Bears and notables Kim Couture and Kerry Vera, successfully making weight.

The event takes place at the Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas and airs live on Showtime at 11pm ET (delayed on west coast).

A matchup between Strikeforce 145-pound women’s champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos and top contender Marloes Coenen is likely to take place at a January 30 Strikeforce event in Miami, Florida, according to MMA Weekly.

“Cyborg” (8-1) won the title with a first-round knockout of Gina Carano in August, her seventh-straight win, while Coenen (17-3) won her Strikeforce debut on Saturday with a first-round submission of Roxanne Modafferi.

Top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko, originally expected to be sidelined up to six months due to a hand injury suffered in his Saturday win over Brett Rogers, underwent surgery on Tuesday for a dislocated thumb and is now likely to return early next year, according to Sherdog.

“Emelianenko said he planned to return to training, sans striking, upon his return to Russia later this week. M-1 officials said Emelianenko could headline his second co-promoted Strikeforce card in the first quarter of 2010.”

Fedor EmelianenkoTop-ranked Strikeforce heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko could be out of action for up to six months due to a hand injury suffered in his second-round knockout of Brett Rogers on Saturday, according to Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker.

“[The hand injury] could’ve been from that blow when he had Brett on the mat at the end,” Coker today told the LA Times. “We’re hearing he could be out for four to six months.”

UFC President Dana White today commented to the LA Times about Strikeforce’s debut on CBS this past Saturday, which was headlined by Fedor Emelianenko’s second-round knockout of Brett Rogers: “CBS would be out of their mind to put that rinky-dink [Strikeforce] . . . on the air again . . . and without that backing, [promoters] won’t have the money to pay [Emelianenko].”

Light heavyweight Antwain Britt, a cast member on The Ultimate Fighter 8, will make his Strikeforce debut on December 19 at Strikeforce: Evolution against Scott Lighty, according to The Curtis and Kyle Show.

“Evolution,” which airs live on Showtime from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, features Cung Le vs. Scott Smith and Matt Lindland vs. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza as well as Robbie Lawler and the debut of Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal.

Strikeforce announced over the weekend that former middleweight champion Cung Le will return to action on December 19 against Scott Smith at Strikeforce: Evolution at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.

The Showtime-televised event also features Robbie Lawler, Matt Lindland, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, and Muhammed “King Mo”.

Top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko suffered a broken nose and injured his hand in his second-round knockout of Brett Rogers on Saturday in the main event of Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers, according to Sherdog.

The extent of Fedor’s injury is likely to affect the upcoming matchups for Strikeforce, as Fedor was likely to fight Fabricio Werdum, who also won on last night’s card, or heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem in his next fight, but Werdum and Overeem could instead square off if Emelianenko is sidelined.

Check out a handful of post-fight interviews from Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers after the jump, including Scott Coker reflecting on the promotion’s first CBS event and what’s in store for the future, as well as Gegard Mousasi, Fabricio Werdum, Jeff Curran, and Marloes Coenen discussing their wins.

Despite being bloodied in the opening seconds of the fight, top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko did what most predicted he would, scoring a second-round knockout of previously undefeated Brett Rogers on Saturday in the main event of Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers.

In the evening’s co-headliner, Jake Shields was crowned Strikeforce’s middleweight champion with a unanimous decision victory over Jason “Mayhem” Miller.

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers, which takes place tonight at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois just outside Chicago. The CBS-televised event is headlined by top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko vs. undefeated up-and-comer Brett Rogers.

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