Andrei Arlovski vs. Brett Rogers Set For Strikforce’s June 6th Event
Posted by Larry Csonka on 05.19.2009
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ST. LOUIS (May 19, 2009) - SHOWTIME announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr., announced today that top-10 ranked heavyweight and former UFC champion Andrei Arlovski will face unbeaten heavyweight sensation Brett "The Grim" Rogers on Saturday, June 6 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis and LIVE on SHOWTIME.
The announcement was made at a kick-off press conference for STRIKEFORCE: Lawler vs. Shields at the Atrium at Scottrade Center. The heavyweight showdown will precede the main event fight between two of the most highly regarded fighters in the world, "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler and Jake Shields.
The event will be televised live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
- Here is the updated Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields card, which takes place on June 6th at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis:
* Robbie Lawler vs. Jake Shields
* Andrei Arlovski vs. Brett Rogers
* Nick Diaz vs. Scott Smith
* Kevin Randleman vs. Mike Whitehead
* Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante vs. Jared Hamman
* Phil Baroni vs. Joe Riggs
* Josh Bumgarner vs. Jesse Finney
* Tyron Woodley vs. Sal Woods
* Lucas Lopes vs. Scott Ventimiglia
* Pat Benson vs. Dave Cochran
* Booker DeRousse vs. James Wade
Best News in weeks! Da Grim finally will get an opponent, that with a victory, catapults him into the spotlight. Arlovski is badass and Im a huge fan, but Im looking for a huge upset here. Rogers has never even been rocked let alone damaged, and we just saw Andrei get KO'd at Affliction. Brett throws bombs and Im gonna be the first one to say hes going to sleep again.
Posted By: Steeler Steve (Guest) on May 19, 2009 at 02:58 PM
Steeler Steve, are you nuts?
Arlovski got KO'd by Fedor! Fedor Emelianenko! Rogers wouldn't stand 10 seconds against Fedor.
Before Fedor, Arlosvki won 6 times in a row, in devastating fashion.
Arlovski will box the shit out of Rogers and will shut his mouth.
Posted By: Sparta! (Guest) on May 19, 2009 at 03:03 PM
I think this is a bad matchup for Arlovski. Rogers throws some good fists and Arlovski's got a bit of a glass chin. Arlovski's a great boxer (even giving Fedor trouble in their fight) but if he tries to get fancy Rogers might do the same thing Fedor did.
Posted By: NDN (Registered) on May 19, 2009 at 03:05 PM
Holy crap. This is turning into a hell of a card.
Posted By: Josh (Guest) on May 19, 2009 at 03:15 PM
Wasnt Arlovski supposed to start a boxing career after the Fedor fight?... What happened to that?
Posted By: Jorge (Guest) on May 19, 2009 at 03:22 PM
I have to agree with Steve on this one? Brett lands A punch on Arlovski I think its lights out. I can only see Arlovski winning buy wearing Brett down and submitting him?
Posted By: Scottyieoittie (Guest) on May 19, 2009 at 03:24 PM
I think this card is better than ufc 99. Good test for rogers, to see if he's legit or not. Doesnt even need a win, just a good showing
Posted By: condrab (Guest) on May 19, 2009 at 03:25 PM
After his loss to Fedor, I'm sure Andrei will be more cautious, take very few risks, and simply stand on the outside on out box.
Of course, if Rogers manages to win- it'll be a HUGE jump in his standings... and a very impressive addition to his already perfect record.
Posted By: cyks (Guest) on May 19, 2009 at 03:28 PM
Dam, this is a card! Arlovski is going to rip the ever-loving-SHIT outta Rogers. Thank god Arlovski knows his place MMA not boxing.
Posted By: fdf (Guest) on May 19, 2009 at 03:30 PM
So is this going to be for the belt? I know Alister has it, but is this going to be for an "interim" belt? Cuz that sux for Rodgers that he was getting a shot at the belt and then all of a sudden OverROID gets hurt.
War Arlovski winning by KO in the 2nd. Rodgers doesn't have the discipline nor the stamina to compete with AA.
Posted By: RobertMenn (Guest) on May 19, 2009 at 04:31 PM
The word was that Arlovski was only going to seriously consider boxing if he could beat Fedor.
After he lost, Freddie Roach said Arlovski still wants to box, but won't just stop MMA either. Really, I think all the talk of a boxing career was more out of the mouth of Roach; I never heard of Arlovski talking about laying down MMA and going into boxing for good, so I don't quite see where anyone got that impression.
Posted By: Guest#4715 (Guest) on May 19, 2009 at 04:50 PM
