Alistair Overeem vs Brett Rogers
I think the guys on Inside MMA said it best. The early part of the fight puts the advantage into Alistair’s hands due to his strength, experience, and overall skill. However, remember his fight against Badr Hari in K-1?
This is how I see this fight going. Brett Rogers is absolutely no joke when it comes to his stand up. He KO’d a technically superior Andrei Arlovski, cut and gave fits to Fedor in the first round of their fight, and just has that “reach out and knock you out power.” He is one of the few that have that even in the heavy weight division. Probably, Fedor Emelianenko, Alistair Overeem, Shane Carwin, possibly Roy Nelson, and of course Rogers are the few heavy weights that have that 1 punch lights out cold, big ass arm power.
The difference between Overeem and Rogers is that the stand up of Rogers is probably better. However, Overeem can win more ways. His knees, kicks, and hooks are excellent. However, as the fight goes even into the late 1st round, he will likely be defending more than striking. The winner of this fight will have the best cardio not the best striking.
If Overeem fights against superior strikers he usually loses. He lost to Chuck Lidell, Little Nog twice, Shogun Rua twice. However, he beat Paul Buentello. Buentello though barely makes the heavyweight division. He was overpowered into the cage and frankly Overeem fought a smart fight.
Rogers is arguably one of more powerful fighters Overeem has fought against. A smart fight for Overeem would probably be to take Rogers down.
I don’t think it happens. I like Rogers in an upset.
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