Strikeforce Recap: Brett Rogers Demonstrates Upside and Inexperience

by Luke Thomas on Nov 8, 2009 12:41 PM EST in News Comment 74 comments

My expectation prior to this fight was that Fedor would win and do so devastatingly, but Rogers would turn in an effort that would go a long way towards negating some of the more ardent criticism of his ability:

Luke Thomas: It's borderline irrational to pick Rogers. One would have to make a highly specific, extremely compelling case based on thoroughly vetted evidence to even sniff reasonable territory where a Rogers pick makes sense. But I will say this: I think he'll lose, but earn himself some credibility with hardcores. I do tend to think Rogers is highly durable and packs a serious wallop in his punch. He is limited and that will be his undoing, but the idea that he is some also-ran that Fedor will clean out like Ogawa after he refused to touch the Russian's gloves doesn't ring true with me. It's MMA and either man could go to sleep within seconds, but I find that possibility on either end unlikely. I think Rogers will be overwhelmed, but not before proving he isn't a warm body for Fedor to sacrifice on the altar of keeping his number one ranking. Fedor by TKO, round 2.

Scott Coker also suggested he liked what he saw in the young heavyweight:

"Brett -- I think he surprised a lot of you," said Coker. "I think he was an underdog in this fight, and he came out and I think they had a couple of exchanges. I think the weight was an issue, but Fedor is Fedor and he does what he does."

If Rogers proved anything, it’s that the 28-year-old fighter has more to offer than just a puncher’s chance. To fight Emelianenko, Rogers said he had to make himself believe that.

"I put myself up there. I put myself on the pedestal," said Rogers. "I don’t see myself as a low-class fighter or however you want to see it. I feel I can fight with the best and that I will fight with the best."

In only his 11th career bout, taking on the king of the mountain, Rogers took away a lesson.

"I learned that I just need to trust in my instincts a little bit more," he said. "I definitely saw a lot of openings. I just didn’t take them."

Rogers did hesitate and it cost him, but when he pressed the action he looked dangerous. I particularly point to the moment Rogers was on top of Emelianenko unloading ground and pound. Realizing he had to not give Fedor an inch to breathe or a moment to spare, Rogers put heavy punches together in quick succession that damaged the Russian. The difference in grappling ability ultimately saved Emelianenko as he used the armbar to eventually sweep Rogers, but the Minnesota native never panicked or froze.

And while he did noticeably hesitate on the feet and a little in the clinch, he wasn't overwhelmed. I'd also say he made some effective use of the weight differential against the fence. Ultimately the speed and explosive attack of Emelianenko proved more than Rogers could be prepared for, particularly given his hesitation. But against the greatest heavyweight MMA has ever seen, we can be forgiving of Rogers and grant him more hard work in the gym and further tactical preparation could take him great distances in his career.

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Rogers’ stock just went with that fight. I was very impressed with how he performed, and how cool he stayed under pressure. He did far more damage than two former UFC champs did, and that’s saying something. It’s only up from here on in for Rogers. Who does he fight next? Big Foot? That would be a good fight.

I love me some Sexyama!

by pud333 on Nov 8, 2009 12:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Hong man Choi!

"Why am I here? Why does my mind have wings? Why do blue midgets hit me with fish?!" - The Tick

by mythbuster on Nov 8, 2009 1:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Rogers

I think Rogers stock went up honestly in the loss. He did last longer then AA and Tim Sylvia so thats something. I expected it to be over in a minute honestly . Good job on both ends really

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by MaZZacare on Nov 8, 2009 12:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Lukestradamus?

I’d throw some credit at Rogers’ trainers as well. They got the guy ready and coached him up for probably the toughest challenge he’s faced in his life, and he came out and performed.

While I don’t know if Rogers can ever be a champion, he has very fruitful career in front him. BTW, that GnP in the first round would’ve ended the night for many a heavyweight not named Fedor.

We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms, turning every good thing to rust.

by Robert Downey Sr. on Nov 8, 2009 12:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Sergio Cunha

If I’m not mistaken.

by pdl on Nov 8, 2009 3:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

He had Cunha?

Didn’t know that. But damn, having BTT’s muay thai coach in your camp can’t hurt anything…

We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms, turning every good thing to rust.

by Robert Downey Sr. on Nov 8, 2009 4:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I was impressed by Rogers

What I did see was things in both fighters as I describe as “holes”..

Rogers was more durable on the ground than I thought, however, he wasn’t fighting a big strong wrestler. Rogers gassed, that combined with his hesitation was his undoing, IMO. He showed good composure on the ground, but Fedor is not known as a dominate wrestler. He overwhlems guys by his activity and relentlessness, both standing and on the ground.

Fedor, I think showed a huge hole last night. That being the clinch. Fedor was a bit overwhelmed himself in the clinch. Rogers should have taken advantage at this point. Fedor was stuck against the cage and didn’t understand the proper way to fight for the underhooks and roll off. I would say if you gave a wrestler like a Lesnar or Couture that same position with their gas tanks and strength, Fedor might have been in more trouble.. Rogers was gassed at that point. He was merely leaning to save air.. But the key thing was that Fedor was essentially stuck too.. He had to wait for Rogers to give up position before he could move out.. Lesnar, at that same point in the fight would have been still fresh and able to really pound on Fedor..

I was more impressed with Rogers than Fedor. Fedor does what he always does.. Gets in a bad position and lands that haymaker to alter the outcome of the fight. But the key is that there was a major hole exposed in the armor of the Emporer.. Let’s just see if any wrestlers can learn to position and exploit it..

8-29-09

Keith Jardine is now known as "The Dean of Antihistamine" because he is always sleeping early in fights..

by MMAuthority on Nov 8, 2009 12:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Fedor looked fine in the clinch

He did not take damage and fought back:

His exposivity is also a huge advantage

by JackO on Nov 8, 2009 1:19 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

None of those gifs have anything to do with my point.

He was fine in the clinch, but simply because Rogers was gassed and made zero effort to mount any offense from his position at that point.

you last gif is the only one of relevance to my point. Rogers gave up position here.. That’s the only way Fedor got out… Rogers didn’t try to fight to stay in the clinch or mount any offense.. He let Fedor go, essentially..

Look closely at his underhooks and how deep they are on Fedor.. If he wanted to stay tight and keep Fedor there, he had the positioning to do so. Look closely at Fedor attempting a trip and how Rogers let’s him go rather than keep the upper body pressed against Fedors to press his weight and push Fedor back.

So the gif of the entire clinch and I will gladly walk you through how bad of a position that would have been if Fedor would have been fighting someone with a little better gas tank and good dirty boxing and clinch work..

8-29-09

Keith Jardine is now known as "The Dean of Antihistamine" because he is always sleeping early in fights..

by MMAuthority on Nov 8, 2009 1:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Rogers did not gave up the position, Fedor pushed him while making him lost his balance on his leading leg. It was too fast for Rogers to react, Fedor was already out.

Fedor is a very dynamic and explosive fighter, who is almost impossible to hold. Rogers held him only because he was just pushing him against the fence, and was not mounting any offense. It’s when you start trying something (dirty boxing, takedown) that Fedor will just push you off. It’s the same thing on the ground. You can hold Fedor on the ground à la Arona or Coleman, but it’s when you start trying to GnP or going for a submission that he sweeps you or get back to his feet or do his own submission attempt.

by JackO on Nov 8, 2009 1:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Rogers did give up position

Look how easily Fedor was able to get out.. Rogers didn’t try to control the postion with locked hands and using his weight to keep Fedor pressed up against the cage. Rogers had a size and strength advantage here.

If he would have used a tight body lock or greco clinch to fight to keep his position, he could have possibly been able to continue to keep Fedor up against the cage.. Regardless of what anyone say’s, Fedor was hurt and rocked.. Brett just didn’t have the gas to press it forward.. He gassed himself trying to finish Fedor when he had top position.. Brett was intimidated but his lack of cardio and wrestling is ultimately what cost him the fight IMO.

8-29-09

Keith Jardine is now known as "The Dean of Antihistamine" because he is always sleeping early in fights..

by MMAuthority on Nov 8, 2009 1:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, clearly it was all Rogers deciding to give up position. He so clearly imposed his will time and time again.

Nothing to do with the skill of his opponent, a guy with tons of experience and skills.

Basically last night was Rogers fighting a broomstick, pounding the hell out of it of course – total, total domination – and then of course, gassing out and giving up consciousness to Fedor.

CASE CLOSED.

I love how the haters love to revise history after every fight. Without fail.

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by The_Gaijin on Nov 8, 2009 11:45 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Rogers didn’t give up position here by choice, Fedor was tripping him with what looks like Kosoto Gake or something similar, so he was forced to step back or get taken down.

by Cliff Speed on Nov 8, 2009 3:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Nice gifs. Thanks.

"Why am I here? Why does my mind have wings? Why do blue midgets hit me with fish?!" - The Tick

by mythbuster on Nov 8, 2009 1:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I needed to be specific..

I was referring to being clinched up against the cage.. Fedor was stuck, pressed up against the cage.. He had no intent to force or fight for underhooks and roll off.. He was stuck… A good wrestler with good stamina could have pinned him up against that cage the same way and dirty box or throw knees to wear on Fedor..

8-29-09

Keith Jardine is now known as "The Dean of Antihistamine" because he is always sleeping early in fights..

by MMAuthority on Nov 8, 2009 1:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think maybe he was just waiting, conserving energy, until rogers made a move.

by verloc on Nov 8, 2009 1:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It’s possible, too.

But generally, when nothing happen against the cage, the referee restarts himself the fighters in the center of the cage.

It happenned in the Arlovski fight as well.

by JackO on Nov 8, 2009 1:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think he was hurt from the broken nose

And didn’t know enough about the cage to know how to properly get out..

Fedor is explosive and that is a huge part of his game. All I’m saying is that I think if that had been a fighter with a little more cage savvy and better cardio, he could have been in deeper trouble..

There is no argument from me. I was making a statement as to an observation as to what I noticed in the fight. If I were coaching, I would be coaching to exploit his lack of cage knowledge and how to control him against the cage and apply pressure there.. That takes away the space he needs to be really effective. Sure he has awesome judo, sweeps, and trips.. All I’m saying is Brett had a major advantageous position in the fight but was too gassed to take advantage of it.. Brett showed that his size and strength is enough to make it competitive against Fedor.. His lack of cardio and wrestling is what got him in trouble.. We was getting good exchanges in. Fedor only had him in 1 bad position for about 2 seconds in that first round.. Brett was right.. He started to doubt himself and then that adrenaline dump caused him to gas.. Had he had a little more experience and patience he could have very easily went on to take Fedor out.. The hole in Fedor’s game is he doesn’t know the intricacies of positioning in the cage yet. There needs to be a good wreslter with a lot of strength to take advantage of this now before he gets a few fights under his belt in the cage and learns to use them himself is all I’m saying..

8-29-09

Keith Jardine is now known as "The Dean of Antihistamine" because he is always sleeping early in fights..

by MMAuthority on Nov 8, 2009 1:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I agree that Fedor’s lack of cage experience is a liability; look at last night’s armbar attempt. That would have been more successful if there wasn’t a cage in the way.

But I also think this is something he can work on in the future; he’s too smart not to notice that he was taken out of his element a little bit against the cage, and that a smart wrestler could exploit that.

I like Fedor, he’s the greatest heavyweight fighter ever, but he’s not unbeatable. He could lose to a wrestler, sure, but I think it’s more likely that he’ll lose to a powerful, technical striker. I know that if he had BROCKLESNAR in his half guard like mir he could get TKO’d, but I think fedor’s speed and hips would prevent him from getting to that point. Fedor has said that his Cro-Cop fight was the toughest so far (I think he said that before Arlovski? don’t know if that matters though.), and the least technical part of Fedor’s game is his striking, even with his power.

I’d rather not see him lose, but after watching Machida-Shogun I’ve learned to be a little more realistic.

by verloc on Nov 8, 2009 2:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think you just wanted to show off how good your prediction was. :P

by loboplata on Nov 8, 2009 12:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I’ve had enough bad ones, so I gotta zero in on this.

But I said it on the Jordan Breen Show: I have a soft spot for blue collar guys made good and Rogers gave me some reason to have optimism for him. I can’t sleep on that.

by Luke Thomas on Nov 8, 2009 12:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Your prediction could have been play-by-play commentary, dude

by judonerd on Nov 8, 2009 2:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

My pick

Was exactly the same. And I’m going to say it again, Overeem will beat Fedor. Laugh all you want. I don’t care. It’s going to happen.

"I will do nothing lightly. When I walk, I will walk heavily. When I fight, I will fight with conviction. When I speak, I will speak strongly. When I love, I will love with everything"

by dedstrk316 on Nov 8, 2009 12:58 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

How
many people said that about Rogers?

by ufc4 on Nov 8, 2009 1:07 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

I have no clue

How many said it?

"I will do nothing lightly. When I walk, I will walk heavily. When I fight, I will fight with conviction. When I speak, I will speak strongly. When I love, I will love with everything"

by dedstrk316 on Nov 8, 2009 1:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

A lot

Take a look at the poll they ran yesterday.

by ufc4 on Nov 8, 2009 1:35 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

So

What does that have to do with anything?

"I will do nothing lightly. When I walk, I will walk heavily. When I fight, I will fight with conviction. When I speak, I will speak strongly. When I love, I will love with everything"

by dedstrk316 on Nov 8, 2009 3:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

There’s gonna be a ton of people saying they “have a feeling” about Overeem beating Fedor and when he doesn’t you won’t be able to find them anywhere.

by ufc4 on Nov 8, 2009 10:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

alastair icecream

defeats fedor, ill post pictures of me eating my own fucking hat, and when i say eatingm i mean with side dish as well

its not happening

"he's the best punchy face man in the buisness"

by blubber_guard on Nov 8, 2009 6:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think asking both fighters about a rematch after a KO loss shows strikeforce is in a flux with who they will have Fedor fight. Werdum is there but after that it is a toss up. The champ Oveerem hasnt beat a top 10 HW and may find it hard to be at 100% in the US for reasons im not going into but im sure we all know. Barnett same as Oveerem. Strikeforce has the #1 HW but nobody to face him.

"Frank Mir had a horseshoe up his ass. I told him a year ago. I pulled it out of him and I beat him over the head with it." Brock Lesnar

by pitbull187 on Nov 8, 2009 1:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

There’s plenty of time between now and his next fight to find someone.

"Why am I here? Why does my mind have wings? Why do blue midgets hit me with fish?!" - The Tick

by mythbuster on Nov 8, 2009 1:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The Last Emporer has no foes.

by ufc4 on Nov 8, 2009 1:09 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

top 2 pound4pound foes of fedro

ben and jerry

"he's the best punchy face man in the buisness"

by blubber_guard on Nov 8, 2009 6:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

HAHA

If they don’t sell that Ice Cream in the US of A no-one else will get that joke.

'He built his whole reputation as a waffle house chef. They’ve been serving him up ham and eggs with a side of canned tomatoes' - Don Frye on Fedor Emelianenko

by Well Read Idiot on Nov 9, 2009 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think the whole rematch thing has more to do with Gus Johnson being a moron. There’s no reason to ask that question to Fedor right out of the gate.

No one wants to see that rematch.

I specializes in grammar fail.

by a tommy point on Nov 8, 2009 2:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Rogers was winning

I know I’m gonna get a lot of heat for this but i thought Rogers GNP scored the most points… fedor saying he was never in danger is bs, but it was only a matter of time before fedor connected

by cagefightonacid on Nov 8, 2009 1:09 PM EST via mobile reply actions 0 recs

I thought the fight was over when Fedor was getting GnPed. I think Rogers was winning that fight also and I’m now convinced he would win a rematch

by HighNoon on Nov 8, 2009 1:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Rematch

Rogers sure as hell wouldn’t be +400 in a rematch.

by JTho on Nov 8, 2009 1:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Good

That means even more money to be made on Fedor.

by ufc4 on Nov 8, 2009 1:50 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

I thought for a brief moment that Fedor was in trouble when getting GnPed, and that the fight might get stopped, but then I saw he was working for an armbar and he wasn’t really in trouble, although it looked like it from the tight camera shot. The guy can take a lot of punishment. I love it when guys like him and Big Nog take a pounding and then come from behind and finish the fight.

by Cliff Speed on Nov 8, 2009 3:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

How Rogers was winning?

Fedor scored 3 takedowns, controlled the first round, had submission attempts and rocked Rogers as well with a hard left hook.

Rogers had 5 seconds of good GnP but this is not enough to win a round.

by JackO on Nov 8, 2009 1:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I had him taking it

Based off the GNP, breaking Fedor’s nose, and controlling the clinch against the cage. Fedor was probably in control for slightly more of the round, but Rogers did more with his control.

by Tedd Welch on Nov 8, 2009 1:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Against the cage nothing happened. It was stalling.

Fedor rocked Rogers standing up, took him down 3 times , attempted subs and landed some punchs on top as well. Fedor was way more active.

by JackO on Nov 8, 2009 1:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

That's reasonable

I can see it going either way, honestly. I was just more impressed with the damage Rogers inflicted than Fedor’s control, punching and sub attempts.

Part of that is probably Rogers doing better than I thought he would, and my being impressed influencing me, but I’m not a ref and I’ll score rounds emotionally if I want to, dammit! :)

by Tedd Welch on Nov 8, 2009 1:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

are you related to Cecil Peoples?

by slblair on Nov 8, 2009 1:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It’s usually a pretty safe bet that if someone has an opinion you disagree with, they’re related to a niche-famous person you also tend to disagree with

by Tedd Welch on Nov 8, 2009 2:37 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

My point exactly.

by slblair on Nov 8, 2009 3:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

if attempting subs is point scoring

then so is escaping, no matter how sloppy some of them looked
he still avoided an arm bar and kimura few others have

"he's the best punchy face man in the buisness"

by blubber_guard on Nov 8, 2009 6:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You don’t win fights taking a guy down, rocking him standing or attempting subs…just like leg kicks.

You win by landing one jab, some good g’n’p that gets reversed and leaning on a guy against the cage.

I am the bastard love child of Junie Browning and Diamond Dave Kaplan.

by The_Gaijin on Nov 8, 2009 11:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t think it’s hard to see, it could have gone either way and fedor was closer to being ‘finished’

by cagefightonacid on Nov 8, 2009 1:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

Was Fedor more rocked than Rogers? I don’t think. The left hook seems to have rocked Rogers while Fedor went for an armbar.

I was suprised as well by Roger’s ground game and GnP, but it did not seem that he was close to finish the fight.

by JackO on Nov 8, 2009 1:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

let it go

how many times have you said the same thing in ten different posts? if we dont agree with you, you aren’t going to debate us into submission

by judonerd on Nov 8, 2009 2:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

sigh as much as i hate myself for saying thid

everytime a big show comes around, with big views and more publicity
the ammount of people who somehow find there way online and believe they hold the answer to everything is sad

more mainstream = more idiocy and retarded opinions being PUSHED on people

i don’t want my mma to be accepted by the masses, i dont want them to take it away :(

"he's the best punchy face man in the buisness"

by blubber_guard on Nov 8, 2009 6:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

unlike you of course that will just make delusional claims with no basis and refuse to see any other perspective than you are right…k thanks.

I am the bastard love child of Junie Browning and Diamond Dave Kaplan.

by The_Gaijin on Nov 8, 2009 11:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

wow

people agree with me more than i thought would…..nevertheless i rewatched the fight and from the ref cam on the replay i could see fedor working for the arm at the start of Rogers GnP, and even though he did land more solid shots, i can’t measure who was ‘rocked’ more in any way…. still probably wouldve given it to rogers

by cagefightonacid on Nov 10, 2009 9:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

For a split second I thought it was over. I don’t know how hurt Fedor was but for me that was the closest anyone came to ending the fight in that round.

How appropriate, You fight like a cow.

by MaturdayNight on Nov 8, 2009 8:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think the biggest problem Rogers faced wasn’t his hesitation, but…I’m not sure what to call it; that lead left hook that led to the Tsar Bomb was absurdly wide, especially after seeing Fedor’s reaction times in the Arlovski fight. I seriously think if Brett had kept his composure a bit more and thrown straight punches, he could’ve stopped Fedor on cuts at minimum or possibly by TKO. That’s assuming his gas held up, too, which I know is a lot to assume :)

My biggest thought was that Overeem stands a better chance now than I thought he did. He’s not as amazing a fighter as Fedor, but he’s also not going to throw a big sloppy hook right in front of him.

by Tedd Welch on Nov 8, 2009 1:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Eh

I was pretty unimpressed with Fedor’s performance. Rogers has absolutely no ground game, and Fedor was taking serious damage. Looking at his busted face after the fight, I laughed when he said he wasn’t in any danger.

I’m probably going to take a lot of heat for this, but I can’t help but think that Fedor got lucky in both of his fights against AA and Rogers. Fedor was losing both, until he landed that absurd over hand right. But then again, that’s what Fedor does: win.

by JTho on Nov 8, 2009 1:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Rogers has absolutely no ground game, and Fedor was taking serious damage.

Doesn’t the fact that Rogers used a sub attempt to reverse, gain top position, and throw strikes on Fedor Emelianenko suggest that he actually does have a ground game?

Ranking MMA

by JRN on Nov 8, 2009 1:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

serisouly, bretts ground work was awesome. he escaped all the submissions and saw them coming early, escaped from the bottom like a champ, nullified fedors GnP (something that even Nog couldn’t do)

what more do you want? just because you aren’t pulling triangles out of your ass doesn’t mean you dont have a ground game, it means you have priorities

by judonerd on Nov 8, 2009 2:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

This might be the most outrageously bad comment I’ve read in quite some time.

by Luke Thomas on Nov 8, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs

The only part of it that makes any sense is the last 5 words.

by ufc4 on Nov 8, 2009 1:52 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

JRN sums it up pretty well.

You need to come here more often, and educate yourself about the sport. I’m not trying to be an ass, but I just think you missed a lot due to being ill informed on the ground game and you can learn many things here, like I did.

10/24

by spectaa on Nov 8, 2009 2:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Looking at his busted face after the fight, I laughed when he said he wasn’t in any danger.

Uh, you realize that Fedor’s face has looked that way after most of his fights, right? He cuts and bruises easily; tissue paper for skin. It doesn’t imply that he was taking massive damage.

I specializes in grammar fail.

by a tommy point on Nov 8, 2009 2:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

People have been saying “Fedor got lucky” after every fight hes had for as long as I can remember.

by MauiPimpin on Nov 8, 2009 3:36 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

lol

is an acronym

of laughing out loud

its what you made me do.. just now

"he's the best punchy face man in the buisness"

by blubber_guard on Nov 8, 2009 6:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Brett Rogers was as good, if not better, than advertised. The problem for him was, so was Emelianenko.

Until his timing and instincts begin to erode, no one will beat him. That unequivocally includes BROCKLESNAR.

"Mindwarp earthlings seek to change our path" - Nick Blinko

by Skoobs on Nov 8, 2009 1:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

yeaaahh..right....

If Fedor got put in Half-Guard by Brock, he’d get pounded into oblivion AND he won’t escape. Brock has way better cardio than Rogers…heck, Dana White has better cardio than Rogers.

Fedor must have adamantium in his fist or something(that, or someone better check his gloves) ‘cause such a devastating punch I’ve never seen since the heyday of Mike Tyson.

by BNTHIS on Nov 9, 2009 2:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs