Fedor Emelianenko suffered a broken nose and injured his left hand during his heavyweight bout with Brett Rogers Saturday at Strikeforce/M-1 Global "Fedor vs. Rogers," Sherdog.com has learned from a source close to the fighter's camp.
The nose break isn't an issue worth much concern but the hand breaks remain a major problem for Fedor. In combat sports hand breaks tend to repeat often due to repeated stress to the same bones that have already broken once and have weakened. Fedor's style of punching which involves a lot of landing with the thumb and index finger rather than the knuckles of the index/middle finger leads to a lot more injuries.
There is no word yet on how long this will keep Fedor on the shelf but he has been out up to ten months in the past for similar injuries.
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Fedor is sidelined months with a broken hand...
Rogers is sidelined with a broken spirit for the rest of his life.
by Koob on Nov 8, 2009 7:10 PM EST reply actions
Seriously?
How would you have a broken spirit. He faught great against the best in the world. He got paid and is still great young talent. He is a serious threat to alot of heavy weights.
by Remix. on Nov 9, 2009 9:08 AM EST reply actions
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