MMA Quick Quote: Brett Rogers is living the American success story
by Jesse Holland on Oct 29, 2009 1:36 PM EDT
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"The hardest part has been having someone (camera persons) on the mat during training that I CAN’T hit. Normally, the rule is, if you’re on the mat, you’re fair game to get some. It’s been fun to share my story. I feel that I am living the American success story. And I hope that others can take some level of inspiration from it. I am really looking forward to seeing the show, but to be honest, I won’t be in the right frame of mind next week to really enjoy it. I’ll have to go back and watch it in a couple of weeks to digest it all. The film crew has been here for more than five days. I tell you, it is a surreal experience to have the world watching you, watching me do what my fight team and I have been doing for five years in relative obscurity day in and day out. All of a sudden, to have my life become worthy of this attention is amazing, shocking almost. But we are having fun with it. We’ve had various training partners roll through the past few days and it’s been odd to explain what the cameras are doing here. They aren’t expecting it. The first few days the crew was here, it was a bit suffocating. To have them shadow me through my every move, not just in training, but at home with my family, during meals, everywhere. After a few days, though, I kind of got used to it."
-- Undefeated heavy-handed heavyweight, Brett Rogers, isn’t going to let his new-found fame (and a few cameras) get in the way of what he has to do at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois on Nov. 7. "The Grim" has taken a serious step up in competition after knocking out Andrei Arlovski at the "Lawler vs. Shields" event back in June. And he’s apparently unfazed about now taking on Fedor Emelianenko, who is widely regarded as the most talented and dominant mixed martial artist ever, at the next major Strikeforce event that will air on national television (CBS). To get a behind the scenes look at the Rogers training camp, be sure to check out FIGHT CAMP 360: "Fedor vs. Rogers" via Showtime on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 9:30 p.m. ET.
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Rogers and Rampage should have a Mr. T-off to see who has the better mohawk.
by Cole on Oct 29, 2009 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha mr. t was the first thing that popped in my head when i saw this picture
by doubleglock on Oct 29, 2009 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
dream on who? Rogers can throw a powerful punch, but if thats the only trick he has up his sleeve then he is screwed. we’ve seen 1 dimensional fighters get destroyed by Fedor time and time again. I see an armbar coming.
by Spinning Fat Kick on Oct 30, 2009 5:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think there are two types of athletes where this is concerned: those who can handle the media pressure, and those who can not. After turning in a poor performance in a big fight, you always here athletes say “there was too much media hype, I had to do too many interviews, etc.” There are athletes that don’t let that get in the way of their abilities in the cage, and there are athletes that let it affect their performance.
I guess the question is: what kind of athlete is Brett Rogers? Will he be able to handle the PR onslaught, or will it TKO him before the fight?
by Collin on Oct 29, 2009 1:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It wont matter PR or not…He is fighting Fedor….the pound for pound MMA king…this will end quickly
by Robert(1) on Oct 29, 2009 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s fighting Fedor not Anderson Silva
by Nick J on Oct 29, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good one Nick but the Leites fight changed my mind for this reason….would Fedor do that? No he went after Nog on the ground, even though Nog was dangerous on the ground….
by Robert(1) on Oct 29, 2009 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
As if Anderson Silva faced tougher competition than Fedor, let’s not forget submission losses to Ryo Chonan and Daiju Takase.
by Gleb on Oct 29, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those fights were years ago, Pacman is seen as the p4p king of boxing and he’s had past defeats, p4p is based on form and right now Andy is performing better than anyone else. So what if he lost to a couple of Japanese fighters in Pride, GSP lost to Serra that doesn’t mean he’s not top 3 p4p and both of them are challenging themselves more than Fedor.
Right now Fedor has the best record and was the greatest of all time in his Pride peak but after Grim he has limited competition compared to the likes of Andy and GSP and that has to be a factor in p4p rankings not defeats from years ago when these guys weren’t half the fighters they are now.
As for the Leites fight, Andy would have been stupid to go to the ground with Leites, especially when he was killing him in the striking and all Thales did in response was drop to the floor. Big Nog never lay on the floor expecting someone to go on top of him, that is the actions of a guy who knows he’s beaten. You can’t blame Andy for being booked to fight substandard competition in the UFC.
by David W-S on Oct 29, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
At least Silva fights top five fighters whens the last time Fedor has Gleb and don’t even say AA or Tim we all know they were going down hill and thats why the UFC let them go Dana said he didn’t want to lose AA but AA had dreams of being a boxer and Dana knows you can’t train to box and MMA at the same time so he gave AA a choice and AA went with boxing funny though Fedor stopped those dreams with one punch but anyway even Fedor is not dumb enough to say he can’t be beat one mistake against anyone your night can be over.
by Beaver on Oct 29, 2009 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
well he was gonna fight that cheating twat barnett, who was No2 2 at the time,
and if fedor and andy fought i reckon fedor would rip his arm off imo
by CoNr on Oct 30, 2009 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i cant w8 for fedor to flatten this bozo out like he did to Zuluzhino!!!
by d*locc on Oct 29, 2009 2:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What makes him a bozo? You’d be a fool not to take this fight if you were on any level of competition. He’ll have a story for his kids, what will yours be?
by Michael on Oct 29, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he thinks hes skilled at the same things fedor is that makes him a bozo! sorry to inform u michal but yur hero grim rogers is going down in the 1st round u bozo!
by d*locc on Oct 29, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doesnt have to be a hero. doesnt matter if he loses either the point is if you have the opportunity take maybe you didnt grow up that way. which is why you need an alias.
by Michael on Oct 29, 2009 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with Michael, if I have the oppurtunity to play golf with tiger Woods, knowing i am going to lose, i would still play at my best and take the experience for what its worth.
by James S on Oct 29, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can’t wait. Fedor for the take down, side mount, gnp then sub.
by Talk About MMA on Oct 29, 2009 2:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Did I mention that Brett Rogers should have received the role of B.A. Barracus in the new A-Team movie?
by Bruce Leroy on Oct 29, 2009 2:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I will concede that Fedor is probably the pound for pound king but this is the classic “Cinderella Story” type of setting that ends in an upset.
by Bruce Leroy on Oct 29, 2009 3:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The only upset will be the bozo rogers getting tko’d or sub’d in the first round..Fedor will destroy him easily I say 2 minutes 45 of first round and that’s being nice to rogers…
by jdiddy on Oct 29, 2009 4:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
ROGERS COULD’NT PUT OUT A FUCKING MATCH.
by poppa-woodhead on Oct 29, 2009 5:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
“I feel that I am living the American success story. "
I don’t think he understands what “success” means. Neither does anyone else who calls him a “success” story.
He has an opportunity to become a success story. We’ll see how it goes after he’s taken out a few big names and starts pulling down 6 figures per fight.
by Dissenter on Oct 29, 2009 6:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Success is in the eye of the beholder.
by OJR Is King (formerly Introvert) on Oct 29, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Getting a main event fight against the greatest HW of all time on network TV in the US, after having KO’d a former UFC HW champion in 30s when he came in as the underdog, all in the same year that he still had a rubbish job on the side makes him a success story. Good for Grim, I’m looking forward to this fight and think that he could be a threat to Fedor, he’s got a puncher’s chance and in this sort of fight there is always the chance of an upset.
by David W-S on Oct 29, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
WAR ROGERS!!! I hope Fedor underestimates him and gets caught. It seems unlikely but anything is possible.
by Dman08 on Oct 29, 2009 6:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I can’t wait for fedor to get flattened! War rogers!
by standupguy152 on Oct 29, 2009 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Don’t see Fedor losing, but if some how he does. Great..then we can just enjoy his fights and this almost perfect record thing die.
by DolFan on Oct 29, 2009 11:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Funny to see Roders practicing his GnP from top/mount, as if that will ever happen aginst Fedor. I DO, however, think that most ppl here are sleeping on Rogers BIG TIME! Isn’t it obvious by now that Rogers is an extremely dangerous striker? Fedor is playing with fire on his feet and will have to clinch early. Rogers obviously knows this and will be looking to keep his distance but look for any opporitunity to land. I think it is very possible, and I’ll even predict “likely”, if this fight is on the feet for a total of more than 4 minutes. Fedor might be discounting the difference between the ring and the cage to his own deteriment. Just a prediction but i think the upset is pretty ripe if this fight stays up.
by naturalist on Oct 29, 2009 11:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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