Can A Naive Brett Rogers Defeat Fedor Emelianenko?
From dictionary.com:
naive-having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information
Brett Rogers spoke on this once before when he communicated that he hadn't seen a lot of fight footage of Fedor and that he wasn't really familiar with him. He continues to sing that same tune with mmafanhouse:
How many of Fedor's fights have you seen?
I had never sat down to watch one of his fights until his last fight against Andrei Arlovski. Before that I had just seen clips here and there. I think it's good that I haven't been a big Fedor fan: A lot of the guys he's fought fall too deep into the hype.
But now that you're preparing to fight him, don't you need to study his fights to learn his tendencies?
Oh, yeah, definitely. He's almost too relaxed a fighter sometimes and I think I can do some damage when I pick my shots.
I think I spoke on this once before, as a cocky freshman playing college baseball coming from a very small high school in southeast North Carolina. I was the big fish in a small pond so to speak. I was cautioned to temper my expectations as a feared hitter once the season started, because I would face the best pitching I had ever faced up until that point. I didn't know any better, because I was a naive freshman that didn't know what to expect. I just knew I was good...very good by my own calculations and experiences up till that point. I had days where I would have my upper class teammates in awe, like going 6-7 with a triple, 3 doubles, and 2 singles while driving in four runs against the #2 team in the nation(division 2) while playing in a doubleheader on Saturday. Then the following day go 0-4 with two strikeouts against the same team(albeit different pitcher) as we finished up our three game series.
I said all that to say this. Brett Rogers seems to have the same mentality I had as a college freshman. Obviously he has some ability, is full of confidence, and has been the big fish in a small pond up until this point. He admittedly does not know a lot about Fedor, and hasn't watched much footage on the guy. In fact, the footage that he did see presented him with a Fedor that was getting beat by the guy that he just knocked out in less than a minute before Fedor landed that Bolo punch. I think being naive can be a blessing and a curse at the same time. It can either work for Brett Rogers, or reality will set in once he gets in the cage with the best heavyweight of all time in Fedor Emelianenko. The only thing is, if he goes 0-4 in the first game, there will not be a second game to make the necessary adjustments. Can a naive Brett Rogers defeat Fedor Emelianenko?
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I don’t see Brett winning this fight. However, I think being naive could work to his advantage in this case. He will not be intimidated, in my opinion, when that bell sounds.
Unlike someone like Wanderlei, Fedor does not depend on intimidation to get an edge on his opponent. He never looks anyone in the eye. Arlovski looked like the big bad wolf while Fedor looks like the Pillsbury Dough Boy but we all saw what happened in there. Fedor doesn’t need Brett to be afraid of him.
Also, Grim doesn’t have any pre-conceived notions about Fedor but will it remain like that come Saturday? Will he be able to handle the pressure of fighting the greatest heavyweight of all time on American soil, live on CBS? Its daunting just thinking about it.
I doubt it.
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by cauliflower_ears on Nov 2, 2009 11:56 AM EST reply actions
I dunno
But he’s already on a card that aired on CBS…albeit not live or the main event…
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nope
rogers to pick up where arlovski foolishly went awry and knock fedors head off. Rnd 1.
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by RearNakedPoke on Nov 2, 2009 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
I think it’s a bit of both, I mean Fedor has Chuck Norris-status online it seems and it wouldn’t be good to enter a fight with that mentality… at the same time an insane belief in yourself can affect your training and what your mental state in regard to training for a big fight like this one and what’s needed.
Bloody hell.
Rogers has the power to give Fedor a lot of problems. This fight will be closer than the odds indicate. I think Rogers has the right mindset going into this fight.
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Brett Rogers Can Win.
I can see it happening.
We know Fedor can take a punch or two. We know Brett can take a shot or two.
I think its smart not to get caught up into the whole “Fedor is the Baddest Man on the Planet” hype, nor his ranking status because none of it matters once he steps into the cage.
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by VeeisAnimated on Nov 2, 2009 4:10 PM EST up reply actions
Yo
The hype for this event slowly begins to build inside me.
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