MMA Quick Quote: Brett Rogers ready to put Andrei Arlovski in check during Strikeforce fight

It would have been fun to see Rogers knock Kimbo silly, but Rogers’ only hope against Arlovski is a lucky punch.

AA is my favorite HW and i think this fight with Rogers just might be alittle tougher than some might predict. But you know i will always have the upmost confedence in him and im sure he will dominate Rogers and knock him out.

This fight will be similar to the Ben Rothwell scrap. AA via murder.

Rogers is huge, strong, and agile for the HW division. He has a solid wrestling base which he has thusfar only used to keep fights standing. He also has extensive training under some obscure form of martial arts (cant remember the name) that he has been wanting to use in an mma fight but hasnt had the opportunity.

Its going to be Arlovski’s hand speed vs Rogers hitting Arlovski’s suspect chin.

Brett Rogers has continued to impress since I’ve seen him progress since the fist EliteXC he was on, but this is a HUGE step up in competition. When this was first announced, I said Rogers. Of course, he will be a big underdog in this fight. Andre will probably be a -500 favorite in this fight. At +350, I’ll take anyone HW that can throw a punch at Arlovski’s suspect chin, ESPECIALLY Grimm.

VM pretty much said everything i came here to say. I would like to add Roger’s excellent use of the of clinch and his weight also as a factor if he can close in one the pitbull. He also throws in combinations unlike most other HWs so flurrying on andrei for the clinch is possible.

Lets be real Rogers has beat up a bunch of nobodys and Arlovski is out of his league.

Although Rogers is showing some promise amongst middle tier fighters he will be getting exposed rather quickly in this one.

Andrei’s chin isn’t the best but it doesn’t have to be if he fights smart. Rogers will need to be real aggressive to get inside and KO Arlovski.

If he does pull off the upset I doubt it will be pretty and will most likely be something stupid that Arlovski does to show off against someone he feels he will be able to dominate.

Arlovskis chin isn’t really suspect. I would expect if you fought the highest level of competition you would eventually get KO’d. Rogers hasn’t done that yet and Arlovski is about to show you how suspect Rogers chin is. This is Arlovskis fight to lose because Rogers wants to keep it standing. Thats perfect in all of Andrei’s bad fights he is gun shy because he’s fighting someone who wants to take him down. Here he is going to show Rogers what its like to use foot work and get hit in the face by a top ten HW.

Rogers On Overeem: “He wanted to act a fool”

Brett Rogers gives his input on how dumb it was for Alistair Overeem to get in a bar fight with a bunch of bouncers and ruin his chances for a title defense.

I personally agree, what does Overeem have to gain from sending 5 dudes to the hospital, getting an infection and probably jail time?

http://www.fiveknuckles.com/mma-news/Brett-Rogers-On-Alistair-Overeem-He-wanted-to-act-like-a-fool.html

Im not ready to say that Arlovski will walk through GRIMM> Grim is a very tough n sturdy guy with a TON of Power.. Andre will be light on his feet…Grimm will have to catch up to Andre, slow him down, and then clinch and then he will have a decent shot at an upset.

At +350, i have to wagers something on grimm, but I dont really expect him to lose. ya dig?

I think Roger’s statement will be, “Is Strikeforce covering my medical bill?”

Maybe.

yea you’re right Alex, he did it against Tim Sylvia and against Nelson when he for some reason decided to take him to the ground and ended up on the bottom almost getting submitted..

After his Sylvia losses he went on a huge 5 fight winning streak, broken by Fedor. AA usually wins, and should take this one unless something crazy happens. The only thing worrying me is he is still planning on boxing June 27th, and is still at Wildcard only training boxing. He will have to depend on his past training and boxing for this one.