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Interview With MMA Fighter Marloes Coenen - Watch more Funny Videos

Two days after we were introduced to the new-hotness that is Marloes Coenen, I had the opportunity to be charmed by her in person. The Golden Glory veteran's domination of Roxanne Modafferi at Fedor vs. Rogers secured her shot at Cris Cyborg's 145-pound Strikeforce title, though Coenen was pretty much the last to find out. In the above quickie-interview, Coenen discusses how she matches up with Cyborg, and her eerily focused demeanor before a fight. (You kind of had to be there — hopefully the video will emerge at some point.) Will Marloes be able to exploit her grappling advantage over Cristiane Santos when they meet up in January?

Interview With Scott Coker After Fedor vs. Rogers - Watch more Funny Videos

Following the Fedor vs. Rogers press conference on Saturday night (more on that later), I was one of several MMA scribblers to corner Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker for a family-style follow-up interview. Some highlights are above: Coker revealed that Marloes Coenen will be the next challenger to Cris Cyborg's 145-pound women's title, threatened that he would be Strikeforce's heavyweight champion if Alistair Overeem continues his shucking and ducking, and gave his generally positive analysis of Strikeforce's first CBS show. Regarding his rivalry with the UFC, Coker says "Every day when I wake up, I'm thinking about what Strikeforce needs to do, not what somebody else needs to do, or another company's doing" — which seems a lot more pleasant than Dana White's morning routine. More viddys to come...

You can always count on "Mayhem" Miller to provide a healthy amount of flair with his entrances, but at last night's Strikeforce event there was a little miscommunication that almost caused him to get backfisted in the face by one of his own dancers.  Things went more smoothly in the rehearsal, as you can see, but, like James Hetfield once learned the hard way, things get real in a hurry when the pyrotechnics start popping off.  Miller was obviously disappointed with the fight, and though he came within a few seconds of submitting Jake Shields he apologized to his fans on Twitter, saying he "didn't train hard enough, wasn't prepared to grapple that much." 

Dammit Mayhem, you got nothing to be sorry for.  You fought hard against a tough opponent.  It's just too bad you didn't get to show off your chosen discipline of "slap boxing" a little more.  Those of you who still haven't seen the fight can check it out here.

Here's the video of last night's Strikeforce main event on CBS for those of you who, like me, relied on your DVR to record the entirety of last night's event, only to become enraged when the recording cut out early in the first round.  Or if you just couldn't tear yourself away from another gripping episode of "America's Most Wanted," that's cool too.  Who knows?  One of these days you might see your neighbor on there.  Then won't you be glad you missed things like awesome fights and the weddings of family members in order to stay home and stare at fugitives on TV.

(Props: shosports via Bloody Elbow)

Behold, the opening video for tonight's broadcast of Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers (CBS, 9 p.m. ET/PT). As Strikeforce doesn't have the rights to show clips from Emelianenko's last two Affliction fights, we have to settle for a montage of Sherdog photos soundtracked by Mauro Ranallo's high-pitched re-enactments. But we do dig the Citizen Kane-esque shots of Fedor perched in this throne in the middle of a broken-down warehouse. Is Rogers ready to take the crown. Or will his coup attempt end in a humiliating public execution?

Not that it matters much, but Emelianenko/Rogers will in fact be contested for Emelianenko's WAMMA heavyweight title. Said Vadim Finkelchtein: “Recognizing Fedor as the undisputed WAMMA heavyweight champion means that Fedor is the world champion wherever and whenever he fights.” Suck it, Overeem.

After the jump: Footage from yesterday's Fedor vs. Rogers weigh-ins, courtesy of MMA Fanhouse.