Brett Rogers Says Half Of Fedor's Wins Are Not Under MMA Rules
by Kelvin Hunt on Oct 17, 2009 8:00 PM EDT
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PrintOh man, Brett Rogers is really doing a great job of talking smack as his chance at catching lighting in a bottle against Fedor Emelianenko draws near. Rogers had this to say in regards to how training is going and his thoughts on Fedor's ground game:
"I've been working hard on my wrestling and ground skills so even if it does end up on the ground, I'll just scramble to my feet and continue to pick him apart"
"The main difference between me and him is that he will come out looking for a quick submission where as I'm going to be looking to knock his head into the 8th row. Don't get me wrong I respect him as a fighter, but he'll respect me even more when I lay it on him and knock him out."
"He can't afford to get sloppy with me like he did in the Arlovski fight, if he comes in looking like that again it's going to be a short night for him, I don't play around when I'm in there"
Actually, Fedor has been more willing to stand and trade lately as evident in the Tim Syliva and Andrei Arlovski fights. So I doubt he'll try to come out and instantly take the fight to the ground. When asked about Fedor's huge edge in experience, Rogers had this to say:
"He might be 30-1 but half those wins weren't even under MMA rules, if you only count his MMA fights our records would look about the same."
HT: CageReport.net
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If he said “Unified Rules” I can understand where he is coming fro…Ahh..what the fuck is this fool talking about. lol
by The Bronzeville Bully on Oct 17, 2009 9:49 PM EDT reply actions
That
might be what he’s referring to….I can’t think of anything else…unless he’s talking about all the freakshow match ups.
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by Kelvin Hunt on Oct 17, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s probably referring to the rules in his fights in Rings which had different rules because of the no ground & pound.
But if that’s the case he’d be saying Fedor’s undefeated because his loss was in Rings.
Has nothing to do with the unified rules, which a lot of the MMA world doesn’t use and even Strikeforce doesn’t follow the unified rules to a T. No elbows on the ground.
by scrambledeggs on Oct 17, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea
Forgot about Rings…Fedor did have 12 fights in the Rings organization…which if you subtract them from his overall total…he still have double the amount of fights that Rogers has.
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by Kelvin Hunt on Oct 17, 2009 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
i would be great if kimbo slice and randy couture could be in his corner.
add dana white too. i can dream and imagine the faces of fedor’s close knit/greedy mangement team.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Oct 17, 2009 9:57 PM EDT reply actions
fedor’s last 7 fights were against all guys on the downslide or guys that were never on an uptick in mma – hong man choi, zulu. beating coleman for the 2nd time by armbar…..spare me. whatever they’re paying fedor, then assuming the cost of marketing him (he is virtually unknown to the average fan of the sport)…fedor is a bad investment.
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by theworldsoldestsport on Oct 18, 2009 7:51 PM EDT reply actions
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