What's Next For Brett Rogers After Loss To Fedor?

by Kelvin Hunt on Nov 9, 2009 9:11 AM EST in News Comment 8 comments

Mike Reilly(Manager) tells MMAWeekly what they would like to happen:

"We would love the experience of going to fight in Japan," he said. "And we’re on Overeem’s heels, so wherever he goes. He sets foot on American soil; we’re on him. We were supposed to fight him in September. It grates on our nerves that the champion that’s been holding his belt for the last two years hasn’t defended his belt.

"If we’ve got to go through Antonio (Silva) or Fabricio (Werdum), then that’s what we’ve got to do." "Whoever Brett’s fighting next, they should make their peace with God."

I think a fight with Antonio Silva makes the most sense, considering they both they lost while fighting on the same card. I doubt they'll get the Overeem fight, considering he just lost and Overeem is technically the Strikeforce champion. Silva proved that he's a legitimate top 20 heavyweight in his close loss to Werdum, so a win for Rogers over him would be big in working back to a re-match with Emelianenko. Also, a fight between Rogers and Silva would be fireworks with somebody going to sleep more than likely. Who would you like to see Rogers face next?

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Antonio Silva

Antonio better make sure his cardio is there because he looked really bad against Werdum.

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by VeeisAnimated on Nov 9, 2009 9:20 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yea

Rogers looked gassed a bit too against Fedor….only thing is…it won’t goto the judges….

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by Kelvin Hunt on Nov 9, 2009 9:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Agree

Agree 100%. I think this is the most logical thing to do. Plus, it’s not like Strikeforce has many other options given the limited pool of HWs they have :-)

by aman on Nov 9, 2009 10:12 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

fedor proved nothing to me..the guy looked bad with a guy thats not even on his level. as for rogers the guy showed no class after the loss great balls by the interviewer telling him like it is. best hope for strike force is to sign all the ufc wash ups. sho mma was better in my mind.

by valtheguy on Nov 9, 2009 10:15 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

as for rogers the guy showed no class

While he could have chosen better words, I can’t argue with the guy because he was performing MUCH better than anyone thought he would…and he legitimately had Fedor in trouble at least once…

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by Kelvin Hunt on Nov 9, 2009 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Shane Del Rosario would be pretty intusting style match-up for Rogers or Silva

by EVeezy on Nov 9, 2009 10:46 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Bigfoot would be an intriguing and logical match-up to get back on track – there’s always the issue of setting up fighters valuable to the promotion for a situation where one of them will have 2 losses in a row, but then again that doesn’t have to mean the end of the world based on performance (and I for one was impressed by Rogers’ effort against Fedor). When Overeem returns there’s only one logical opponent for him and that’s a certain chubby little Russian who also happens to be the best heavyweight on the planet right now.

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Nov 9, 2009 11:08 AM EST reply actions 0 recs