Alistair Overeem Announces May 15 Strikeforce Non Title Heavyweight Fight Against Brett Rogers

March 1, 2010 by admin
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Alistair Overeem plans on making his Strikeforce return since acquiring the heavyweight title after defeating Paul Buentello back in November of 2007. In a recent radio interview, Overeem tells us that he’s scheduled to fight on the Strikeforce May 15 card against Brett Rogers.

Rogers is coming off his first MMA loss to Fedor Emelianenko back in November 2009. The 265-pound Minnesota fighter is eager to bounce back strong by adding a victory over former PrideFC fighter Overeem. Rogers continues to be one of the biggest threats in the Strikeforce heavyweight division so expect a strong comeback.

As for Overeem, he seemed pretty content with his overall K-1 performance in the past few events he participated in. He told media that now he hopes to focus solely on MMA, targeting a possible bout against no.1 title heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko sometime later this year. That’s if Fedor is successful against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighter Fabricio Werdum, expected to take place on an undetermined future card.

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Brett Rogers Shows Respect For Fedor, Wants To Take Strikeforce Belt From Alistair Overeem

December 4, 2009 by admin
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Brett Rogers is back at the gym training for any future opponent Strikeforce gives him. He is coming off a KO loss to Fedor Emelianenko, but seems pretty eager to step in the cage as soon as possible. In a recent interview, Rogers finally admits that Fedor is the “best heavyweight in the world” and shares his thoughts on current Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem.

From Brett Rogers:

“[Fedor Emelianenko] 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 want to fight soon, and I want to fight Alistair. I’m 100% healthy and took zero damage in the fight; so I’m ready to go right now. As I said Strikeforce is my home; I love Strikeforce and in my opinion Alistair holding the title belt is an insult to every fighter in this organization, every fan and to Scott Coker. Champions defend their titles. And either Scott strips him and real fighters battle for it; or I will take it off him the hard way.”

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Brett Rogers Suffered No Damage Against Fedor, Prepared To Fight Anyone In Strikeforce

December 1, 2009 by admin
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Brett ‘The Grim’ Rogers is coming off his first MMA career loss to no. 1 heavyweight fighter Fedor Emelianenko. Despite suffering a huge right-handed knockout from the Russian Sambo expert, his head trainer Mike Reilly tells us that Rogers is pretty much ready to step back in the cage and take on anyone in the Strikeforce heavyweight division. Rogers took a week off after losing to Fedor, but has stepped back into training since then.

From Brett Rogers’ head trainer Mike Reilly:

“[Brett Rogers] took about a week off but that’s it. We are already making preparations for his next fight and have started his training program. Brett didn’t suffer any injuries during that fight so there is no reason not to get him right back in the cage training again. That was another frustrating thing about the fight in that Brett suffered no damage. I remember being in the locker room and telling him that I should hit him with something so it looks like he was actually in a fight. If we were able to round up 10,000 more people on short notice Brett would be able to have a rematch today. His puppy does more damage to him than he sustained in the fight … Whoever Strikeforce decides to give us whether it is Fabricio Werdum, (Antonio) Silva or (Alistair) Overeem we will take it.”