Brett Rogers Leaves His Chin WIDE Open When Throwing Punches

by Kelvin Hunt on Nov 3, 2009 6:00 PM EST in News Comment 10 comments

I really was trying to give Brett Rogers ~~a shot~~ a punchers chance of beating Fedor Emelianenko this weekend. However, after watching the video above, I have to say it ain't happening at all. I had never really noticed just how bad Roger's throws his hands without bringing them back to his chin. His chin is WIDE OPEN the entire time he is throwing punches. So if his initial burst doesn't connect, he'll definitely be in trouble. Not only against Fedor, but all of the other top heavyweights out there. Then again, maybe he's been able to correct this mistake in his latest training camp? Maybe he'll read this and remember to cover that chin up on Saturday night?

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So you’re saying he’s the HW Chris Leben?

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Nov 3, 2009 6:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Son

It might be worse than Leben…I guess I just hadn’t really paid attention to how he comes forward with his punches like that…his chin is so exposed…lol…it ain’t even funny yo….if he connects with his punches…obviously he can win…but he’ll need to fix this mistake if he wants to continue fighting the best.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Nov 3, 2009 6:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

it leaves him open for takedowns as well and this is where i see fedor taking it and dominating the fight quickly. he doesn’t have to worry about elbows in SF either, so top or bottom, fedor has a huge edge on the ground. who knows though he might continue with his stand-up game like his last 2 fights, adn that’s where rogers MIGHT have a lucky shot.

by bdw on Nov 3, 2009 6:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The problem in the above video is that it’s a highlight video and therefore we’re not seeing him in 50/50 situations. Every one of these flurries is thrown after his opponent starts backing up after being hurt. He should show better technique in these situations but they’re not being thrown from a position where he is in any trouble. His technique is slightly better when he’s not going for the “closing flurry.” Clearly he does have defensive striking deficiencies…but you can throw with your hands down with some success when you’ve got guys going backward after hurting them with a punch.

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by Brent Brookhouse on Nov 3, 2009 6:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah the very same thought just struck me… Fedor is fantastic at capitalizing in situations where he is in trouble though.

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Nov 3, 2009 7:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Ehh

Highlight clip or not….he’s still just winging punches without bringing at least one hand back for his guard…it doesn’t matter if he has his opponent hurt or not…his opponent could always just throw a big shot to that exposed chin something serious…

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by Kelvin Hunt on Nov 3, 2009 9:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

In that case...

I submit these gifs:

Fedor v. Fujita finish (where during finishing flurry he doesn’t bring his hands back up)
Fedor v. Goodridge (where during his flurry he doesn’t bring his hands up)
Fedor v. Sylvia (same thing)

At the very least Fedor is doing the same thing. When he goes for the finishing flurry and has his opponent hurt and on his heels he wings punches with power and abandons the immediate return to defense. The reason these fighters can get away with this is that a fighter going backward is very rarely going to be able to generate any power to clip them with a knockout shot. Is it possible? Sure, but it isn’t likely.

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by Brent Brookhouse on Nov 4, 2009 2:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Roger's

does it even when he isn’t thowing a flurry…check out the 1-2 he throws against James Thompson at the 2:30 mark..

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by Kelvin Hunt on Nov 4, 2009 3:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Brett is fairly sloppy, from a technique standpoint. He’s heavy handed, though, and gets away with it. I see Fedor winning it, but it could be interesting.

by SlickRick00 on Nov 3, 2009 7:22 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

having seen Fedor punch up and still knock down guys the likes and heights of Zulu and Sylvia is impressive to behold….I don’t see the Grimm being tactical/precise enough to endanger Fedor the way Arlovski did. i’ve been baggin on this, but seeing Fedor brought to the primetime open access tv is starting to bring a smile to my face.

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by theworldsoldestsport on Nov 4, 2009 11:49 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

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