Brett Rogers Says He'll KO Fedor Because Fedor Gets Sloppy When Striking
by Kelvin Hunt on Sep 4, 2009 10:18 AM EDT
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There’s loopholes in everybody’s game, and in his game, the way I see it, he can sometimes get a little sloppy. He is a patient guy, but when he feels that he has to give, he kind of rushes it a little bit. Just on that, I can kinda set him up for a knockout just by faking an injury or something, just jump in and out his offense a little more than not. Hit and move. Hit and move
Brett Rogers is touching on something that's factual, yet no one has really been able to capitalize on. I don't know if faking an injury will work either, but it's not beyond the realm of possiblity that Rogers could send a big right hand right down the shoot and beat Fedor to the punch. Fedor has shown the propensity to stand as of late, but in case he does try to take it to the ground Rogers says he'll be prepared:
I’ve been working mostly with the defense, because that’s one of his offenses,” said Rogers. “Everybody’s questioning my ground game. I’ve been working the ground just as well as I’ve been working (the striking).
Check out the .gifs below in regards to Fedor and his striking when he smells blood in the water:
You see how almost all of his punches are looping like Chuck Liddell used to do? Another angle of the above and more comparison .gifs are after the jump.
Here's Rogers swarming against Andrei Arlovski:
If you'll notice, Rogers throws very straight punches, however, his footwork was horrible here which resulted in the follow up punches being 'arm' punches with none of his weight behind them. So it's quite possible that he could catch Fedor in an exchange. The only thing is, although Fedor loops his punches, they are deadly accurate as evident in the Tim Sylvia fight and the Arlovski KO below:
Props: MMA-Core for the .gifs
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Love those gifs. If Fedor comes in and moves back while keeping his head straight a la Arlovski, he could suffer. And if my aunt had balls, she’d be my uncle.
Anyway, I’m a Fedor guy but I do like Rogers. What’s he supposed to say? Ya know.
by The Real T-Bone on Sep 4, 2009 11:21 AM EDT reply actions
Yea
I think it’s worth noting though that Rogers and his camp have identified something they might be able to take advantage of…I like his confidence…it reminds me of myself as a freshman baseball player in college playing against some of the best players in the country…sometimes you are so naive that it’s actually good…it allows you to do things you wouldn’t be able to do otherwise because you don’t know any better….lol
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Jeez
Well, props to Rogers for his confidence. If you’re going to fight one of the top fighters in the world (note I didn’t say THE top fighter – I dropped that after he signed w./ Strikeforce – and I like Strikeforce but clearly isn’t the place for his level of talent), then I guess you ought to have the mindset that you can and will beat him.
And also let me say that I think an upset isn’t exactly impossible, but very improbable. Rogers isn’t that quick. He’s got power, but if/when that fight hits the ground, Rogers has, in my estimation, ZERO recourse. Rogers has only that puncher’s chance against a guy like Fedor. He’s shocked the mma world before, and he’s definitely a hungry up-and-comer, so anything could happen… but probably won’t.
Arlovski is a much better striker than Rogers but if the Grim can keep Fedor engaged on the feet and land a couple of huge blows before he gets taken down, I think he’ll knock Fedor out. Thats just about the only way he’ll win.
If the fight hits the ground, he’ll get subbed pretty quick. If it goes to a decison, he’ll lose unanimously. His only chance is an early KO.
by cauliflower_ears on Sep 4, 2009 3:13 PM EDT reply actions
Lets be real here, Fedor is one of if not the best tacticians in mma history. Rogers is being blown way out of proportion in order to make this fight seem legit. The fact is that Rogers is way out of his league and doesn’t even have a prayer of lasting through the first round. I don’t even like Fedor but pretending that this fight is anything other than a freakshow is ridiculous.
lol
Come on now…at least give Rogers some respect man. The guy is undefeated and destroyed a top ten opponent in Andrei Arlovski…the same Arlovski that was giving Fedor all he could handle until he thought he was a bantamweight and attempted a flying knee.
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