Fedor Emelianenko will fight Fabricio Werdum – eventually

Strikeforce continues to baffle with its scheduling skills. The heavyweight bout between Fedor Emelianenko and Fabricio Werdum thought to be on tap for the promotion’s April 17 card airing on CBS has been moved to a yet to be scheduled May event (that will likely air on Showtime, considering there’s little chance CBS will air back-to-back cards).

That leaves Jake Shields to defend his middleweight belt against Dan Henderson and a still-rumoured bout between light heavyweight champ Gegard Mousasi and Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal to entertain on CBS. While it makes sense not to put all their eggs in one basket, having Fedor on that card with Henderson, Shields and Mousasi would have been must-see TV. Oh, and still no sign of heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem. Maybe Strikeforce should put out an APB.