A Humble Brett Rogers Talks Fedor, Cain Velasquez, And His Own Top 5 Heavyweight Rankings
by Kelvin Hunt on Nov 30, 2009 4:00 PM EST
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PrintA lot MMA fans felt that Brett Rogers was disrespectful after his KO loss to Fedor Emelianenko earlier this month. In a recent interview, a somewhat humble Brett Rogers talks about the Fedor fight. However, he also touches on his personal top 5 heavyweight fighters and mentions that Cain Velasquez is the future. Check it:
"Well he is certainly the best heavyweight in the world. But he does have weaknesses. We all do – isn’t that what makes champions great – they win even with weaknesses? They win even though they can be beat? He is not a machine. I was never worried about getting submitted. It was funny – people outside of myself and my trainers were so worried about that; but my Jujitsu is very solid. I felt I was close to getting him on the ground; but hey the guy is really good; he got out of danger."
Here is Brett talking about his own personal top 5 list when it comes to the heavyweights:
MM: What’s your personal top-5 heavyweight list? Where do you rank yourself among the best heavyweights?
Brett Rogers: Fedor, Me, Werdum, Cain, Barnett
MM: Someone stated boldly that Brock Lesnar, Frank Mir or Cain Velasquez would simply smash you. What’s your reaction to that? What would your strategy be against Brock Lesnar?
Brett Rogers: LOL. I have a great deal of respect for Cain. I understand why Brock does not want to fight him. I see Cain as a future world champion for sure. The rest of the question is frankly not worth answering. None of those guys will ever fight me.
HT: M-1 Global.com
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LOL
haha He would rank himself 2nd LOL…Cain, Carwin, Mir, NOG, Lesner, Dos Santos hell even Kongo would beat Rogers IMO
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nice Brett, nice...
pity you got hit in the head so hard, looks like the damage was serious :(
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First, I don’t think Rogers was disrespectful at all towards Fedor post fight.
Personally I think Rogers showed his mettle against Rogers. I think it is interesting that he ranks Werdum so high, but it is his opinion.
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i didn’t perceive rogers as disrespectful either. that’s precisely why a lot of us like Fedor….he gets suplexed and somehow miraculously lands punches into a fight finishing kimura…..it’s seeing him come back to cold cock Arlovski after losing most of that round….stuff like that that makes it even more entertaining now tahn when he would utterly dominate Nog or others…..those fights to me were the most amazing…seeing him wobble then still win in convincing fashion. we wouldn’t have talked nearly as much about the roger’s fight if we hadn’t seen what Rogers mentions or when Fedor got a bit of GNP/was on the receiving end.
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by theworldsoldestsport on Dec 1, 2009 11:28 AM EST reply actions
I think Rogers is the real deal if he can be so competent against Fedor, competitive even. Don’t assume the likes of Cain,Kongo,Mir or Carwin or anyone else are leagues ahead of Brett. I have no doubt he could KO any of them. Lesnar has just beat Mir and an old Couture…big whup. I think Brett is raw but has much potential,
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