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Originally Posted by Profits of Doom
I gotta give Rogers a pass on his post fight comments. I am no Brett Rogers fan, but the guy was essentially a MMA part-timer until recently. He went from changing tires at Sam's Club to fighting the best fighter in MMA, and who knows what would have happened if he actually followed his game plan.
I really think Rogers went in there with the intention of slugging it out with Fedor, but when the bell rang he suddenly realized "Holy shit, that's fucking Fedor across the cage from me!" and his nerves went to shit. I can't blame him for that, because if I was in a suit of armor carrying a baseball bat I would still try and climb over the top of the cage and run for my life.
Brett Rogers is a guy that has one notable win on his record against a guy that might never be the same again, and he was thrown to the wolves. He probably thought about what happened and realized that the outcome could have been different if he had let his hands go, since he did significant damage even though he was fighting like a deer in the headlights. I think he was just mad at himself for coming so far and not giving his best effort, and the emotion of that carried over to the post fight interview...
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I know he was mad at himself, but he was also saying how he'd beat his ass and throw him around in the next fight (if there is ever going to be one). They just aren't words you say when you get ko'd and someone graciously offers you a rematch. Look at what Randy did when they announced the Minatauro descision. He nodded his head in agreement. 100% class. That's how Rogers should have been like. I understand he was mad, but there is no need to start talking about what he is going to do after the fight.
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