MMA Quick Quote: Brett Rogers wants Alistair Overeem to defend the Strikeforce belt -- or surrender it
by Jesse Holland on Sep 30, 2009 11:09 AM EDT
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"I don't know what's been going on with [Overeem], he's kinda been hesitatin' on everybody. He's always complainin' about something ain't right, his hand is hurtin' and things like that. If I was anybody I would try to go in deep on why his hand is hurtin' and why everything else is hurtin' because maybe it might not just be hurt, it could be something else. I don't know, I ain't the one to say or start nothin' but he's definitely gonna have to give up that belt here real, real soon because I'm in it to win it, I want that belt. If you're a title holder, I'm sorry man but you should be fighting at least a couple of times a year. No excuses. If you can't get the job done then give it up. One, I say he's ducking me. He knows I'm gonna get him. I could care less who he is. Two, I don't think he can fight in the states right now. I don't think you can get that big in such a small amount of time. I don't know, who knows."
-- Strikeforce heavyweight wrecking ball Brett Rogers sounds off on Pro MMA Radio regarding the convoluted title picture in the Strikeforce 265 lb. division. While "The Grim" is frustrated that Alistair Overeem is holding the championship hostage while he dabbles in the Japanese kickboxing scene, he must first overcome "The Last Emperor" on Nov. 7 when he faces Fedor Emelianenko live on CBS. Is Rogers heir to the throne? Or will the WAMMA Heavyweight Champion make his complaints towards "Demolition Man" a moot point? We'll find out soon enough. For the complete interview click here.
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Overoids won’t be fighting in the US until he’s off the juice.
by Lester The Pimp on Sep 30, 2009 11:15 AM EDT reply actions
Does that belt even matter? If he beats Fedor, he is the champ. not Overeem. I’m sure everyone would agree with that.
by JRE on Sep 30, 2009 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Exactly! If he beats Fedor they might as well hand him the “I beat Fedor” belt, because in myself and many other peoples eyes..that title is much more prestigous then the UFC, or Strikeforce HW belts! lol, funny part is that I am dead serious!
by john G on Sep 30, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
very true, there is no higher accomplishment or belt that could compare to beating fedor.
by roy on Sep 30, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
when rogers squars off with Fedor in the stare down before the fight hes ganna wish he was in there with overeem instead
by dia mette on Sep 30, 2009 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
JOhn, we all know you’re always dead serious. Hehehe! And yeah, that title is more prestigious than all the UFC belts put together, except you can take out the “I beat Anderson Silva” belt out of the equation. ;)
by Syd on Sep 30, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Overeem is on Steroid’s and can’t compete in the US
by suck my nutz on Sep 30, 2009 11:17 AM EDT reply actions
Rogers what are you doing? Fedor is not someone you should lose focus on. I’m just saying Rogers is probably not going to want to step in the ring for awhile once Fedor stomps him. Alistar is a smaller fish, worry about him after Fedor. Once you ktfo Fedor out, you can just take any belt you want no questions asked. but until then, keep focusing on the Last Emperor because he’s destroyed many fighters that were much more skilled than Rogers.
by Cogito Ergo Sum on Sep 30, 2009 11:17 AM EDT reply actions
Brett Rogers is up and coming. This dude is for real. When he beat my guy Arlovski, he gained all my respect. I would have bet my house that the Pitbul was gonna smash Rogers, but I was 100% wrong. The Heavyweight Division is the most unpredictable Division in MMA and I am looking forward to Rogers fighting Fedor. If he makes it to the second round, it will be a big accomplishment. Fedor isn’t taking Rogers lightly and will look to take him apart.
by Red on Sep 30, 2009 11:18 AM EDT reply actions
I respect Rogers for beating Andrei, but I also think that there is no way in hell that Arlovski took that fight serious enough. He just got ko’d by Fedor, and was training for a boxing match that never took place. He took the Roger’s fight on short notice, probably thinking it was an easy win, which it obviously was not. Roger’s has a punchers chance against Fedor, but not much more.
by naturalshadow on Sep 30, 2009 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
That fight has nothing to do with taking anything serious. Andrei even half asleep is technical superior to a lot of HWs. But Two words sum up his rogers fight (which i predicted btw – glass chin. Arlovski is a talented fighter with a glass chin so he will continue to post up inconsistent results against heavy hitters.
by NameNotRequired on Sep 30, 2009 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
glass chin? that has nothing to do with it. Horrible defense (no head movement) just walking straight back with hands too low is why he lost. Funny thing in his losses to Fedor and Rogers is that they came when he tried to legkick and go for a flying knee, all he should do is use his boxing..
by RoBerto on Sep 30, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s a technical error once he got clocked. He folded as soon as he got hit. The man can’t take a shot. You’re not gonna tell me that you don’t see all the mistakes that rogers makes in his fights are you? Arlovski is clearly a better fighter and if he had a half decent chin- he would have had a way better shot.
by NameNotRequired on Oct 1, 2009 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m glad someone finally had the balls to come out and say what needed to be said. Overeem has had one fight with SF two years ago and has been sitting on the belt ever since.
by PW on Sep 30, 2009 11:22 AM EDT reply actions
Alistair Overoid vs. Brock Lesnoid.
I’d almost pay to see the Battle of the Chemically Enhanced.
by KS on Sep 30, 2009 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Lesnoid really doesnt work at all, you fail.
by mma guru on Sep 30, 2009 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
how bout if he fought josh “the maybe laced assain”.
by roy on Sep 30, 2009 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions
We’ll be hearing a lot less from Rogers after Fedor makes his arm bend the wrong way
by ScissorSweep on Sep 30, 2009 11:49 AM EDT reply actions
Rogers should STFU. Overeem is a finalist in the K-1 GP, and Rogers only “strengh” is stand up. Make the conections.
by fonx on Sep 30, 2009 11:53 AM EDT reply actions
How long do you think Overroid should be allowed to hold onto the belt without defending it?
by PW on Sep 30, 2009 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
He doesn’t have a contract with Strikeforce so why the f would he fight for the title? They never drew up one coz they figured Vitor would win that 4 man tourney.
by NameNotRequired on Sep 30, 2009 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Regardless of how/why this happened, Overeem is the HW champ and has been for the last two years with nary a title defense. He needs to either get a championship contract with SF or vacate the title.
by PW on Sep 30, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s up to Coker not him! To him that’s just one more promotion on his record. He gets paid a sh!t ton more by FEG in dream or K-1 where he fights often.
by NameNotRequired on Sep 30, 2009 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Then let him stay in Europe or Japan or whatever non-testing country/continent he wants, but give the damn belt back to Strikeforce if he isn’t going to defend it. I bet Coker would even pay for the shipping.
by PW on Sep 30, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Don’t think am defending his actions but i am blaming Coker. He’s been getting a pass for far too long now. Before they were just a good show with a non-retarded business sense. Now that they wanna compete with the UFC, they have to step their sh!t up and so far Coker hasn’t. From the M-1 fiasco, to the japan style 1 week fight announcement/bookings to all kinds of other non sense. If Coker was anything like dana when making decisions, sh!t would fall in line. Cut the bs, no waivering or asking guys like fn Cung Le – “hey, i know you’re only 6-0, and not even top 30 but would you mind just thinking about defending your title for me?” I blame Strikeforce for not stepping up to the plate and doing what a good promotion does. Fighters only fight for money and their fans. Overeem is doing both just somewhere else.
by NameNotRequired on Sep 30, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions
So he’s in K-1 fighting overseas back on the roids when he should be defending a title he hasn’t done so for a year? Yet you criticize a guy who just wants to be in the championship fight to feed his family. Maybe you should STFU
by Crackbaby on Sep 30, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Rogers should be focused on his fight. That being said he may have been pushed into answering the question. Wow Overeem is in K1 because he wont fight in the US because Japan doesnt test. Yes He has KO power but he is no world class stand up fighter. He has been Ko’d by Kharitonov, Rua (twice), Liddell, Arona, Little Nog and others. He fights in them now because he so juiced up and wants to prove something. He would have no chance to stand with Rogers. He may could take him down but I doubt he could withstand the punching flurries to make that happen.
by Lance on Sep 30, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think that Rogers is the 1st person to question why Overeem “can’t” fight in the U.S is he!?
by Neil on Sep 30, 2009 11:56 AM EDT reply actions
Brett just jealous coz he wants a physique like Overeem’s. Anyway the only realistic way the two will face eachother is if they both lose to Fedor
by Ermac on Sep 30, 2009 12:00 PM EDT reply actions
Lets see the comparison pic that Mania posted a few months ago. What was the title of that post again?
by JimmieGreens on Sep 30, 2009 12:04 PM EDT reply actions
Grims always one to call bullshit. If you see what Im gettin at.
by RichT on Sep 30, 2009 12:54 PM EDT reply actions
cant stand Roger’s stance everytiem i see that pic!
by manalito on Sep 30, 2009 1:19 PM EDT reply actions
…Grimm’s skills are not all that but I wish every fighter had his blend of tenacity & humility. He really doesn’t talk trash as much as he just talks of really wanting to fight, which he does. Overeem is a mmot point. Everyone knows why he can’t & won’t fight in the states…
by erba on Sep 30, 2009 1:53 PM EDT reply actions
After reveiwing the above posted photograph of Brett “The Grim” Rogers it is apparent to me that whoever did the casting for the upcoming A-Team movie made a horrible mistake. It is obvious that Brett should have been the number one candidate for the part of B.A. Baracus. It would have also been a more cost effective decision as I’m sure that Mr. Rogers would have demanded far less in the form of a paycheck.
by Bruce Leroy on Sep 30, 2009 2:01 PM EDT reply actions
Spot on from Grim here, Overroids (great name Lester) sums up everything wrong with SF and he should have been stripped of the belt ages ago, it’s a joke that someone can hold onto a belt for 2 years without defending it. Fedor-Grim should be for the title, I’d have offered Overroids to Fedor first and when he refused stripped him of the belt and put it on the line for this fight, though considering Coker admitted that he offered Buentello a fight with Fedor and that he wants to wait a while before giving Fedor a title fight, as well as allowed an injured Thomson and a D list actor Cung Le to keep their belts, it shows to me that the man has no clue how to make his company’s titles meaningful.
by David W-S on Sep 30, 2009 2:37 PM EDT reply actions
Aren’t most of these guys on ‘roids? Like a "if you’re not cheating, you’re not trying" kind of mentality with “greasing” and peppering gloves and for every new steroid that hits the streets 25 masking agents hit as well. GSP? Shamrock? Barnett? Lesnar? All UFC title holders or former title holders all accused of cheating just in the past 6 months. Anyway, I thought Overeem had potential. Aside from hitting Cro Cop in the nuts like 4 times I thought he could have won that fight in Dream. They don’t test in Japan? You’d think those Jaanese fighters would be bigger then.
Fedor shouldn’t get a title fight for his first fight in Strikeforce, regardless of who it’s against. That’s some Dana White shit. At least beat the number 1 contender first.
by JoePlumber on Sep 30, 2009 3:10 PM EDT reply actions
Dude, it’s STRIKEFORCE…what’s a “contender”!?! Strikeforce champions are never more than one fight away from “cleaning out their division”…that’s why they don’t push their champions to defend.
by shonuff on Sep 30, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Man Rogers does talk a lot of shit eh? Cant wait for Fedor to shut this dude up. Overoid should defend that belt soon though. Its been 2 years man.
by big_evil on Sep 30, 2009 5:47 PM EDT reply actions
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