Brett Charles Rogers was born on February 17,1981 and is an American former mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Heavyweight division.
32 Facts About Brett Rogers
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Brett Rogers was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in the south and west sides of the city, living in the Cabrini Green housing project, a notoriously dangerous and gang-infested neighborhood.
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Brett Rogers grew up in this area during the crack cocaine epidemic, which made the neighborhood especially dangerous.
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When he was twelve years old, Brett Rogers moved to Minnesota with his grandmother.
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Brett Rogers attended Harding High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota where he played football and basketball.
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Brett Rogers then went on to attend a junior college and began practicing Tae Kwon Do during this time.
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Brett Rogers had fifteen "Tough Man" bouts before going into professional mixed martial arts.
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Brett Rogers began his MMA training with Team Bison in Bloomington, MN, in the garage of head trainer Mike Reilly.
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Brett Rogers continues to train on a daily basis with Reilly.
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Brett Rogers was charged in early 2011 with third degree assault on his wife and was immediately released from his Strikeforce contract.
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Brett Rogers was scheduled to face Alistair Overeem on May 15,2010 at Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery.
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On May 15,2010, Brett Rogers lost to Overeem via TKO at 3:40 of round one, landing only one punch in the entire fight according to CompuStrike.
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Brett Rogers picked up a win against Ruben Villareal by decision in the W-1 promotion.
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Brett Rogers was defeated via a one arm triangle choke submission by Josh Barnett on June 18,2011 at Strikeforce: Dallas as part of an eight-man heavyweight tournament.
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Brett Rogers made his return to MMA at Titan Fighting Championships 20 against UFC veteran Eddie Sanchez.
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Brett Rogers was expected to fight Dave Keeley at M-1 Global - Korea on August 17,2013.
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On June 5,2012 it was announced that Brett Rogers had signed a deal with Bellator Fighting Championships.
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Brett Rogers made his debut on June 22,2012 at Bellator 71 against Kevin Asplund and won the bout by TKO after Asplund's eye closed up between rounds, prompting the referee to stop the fight.
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Brett Rogers competed in the Bellator season seven heavyweight tournament and faced Alexander Volkov in the quarter finals at Bellator 75.
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Brett Rogers won by knockout to become the SFE Heavyweight Champion, the first championship of his career.
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Brett Rogers won the bout via knockout in just 28 seconds.
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On May 17,2014, Brett Rogers faced Evgeny Erokhin in a rematch at FEFoMP- Mayor Cup 2014.
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Brett Rogers was knocked out with a right hook to the chin in the later stages of round two.
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Brett Rogers won via TKO when Malikov broke his leg while attempting a right low kick in the second round.
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Brett Rogers faced Denis Goltsov on September 19,2014, at Tech-Krep FC: PRIME 3.
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Brett Rogers faced Aslambek Musaev on October 4,2014, at ACB 10: Coliseum Time.
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In September 2011, Brett Rogers pleaded guilty to domestic abuse for choking his wife and repeatedly punching her to unconsciousness in June 2011.
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Brett Rogers received 60 days and nights in jail, three years' probation and a $500 fine.
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On November 15,2016 at the George Latimer Central Library, Brett Rogers grabbed the crotch area of a library employee's pants and penis while riding the elevator.
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Brett Rogers said nothing to the man and left the elevator as soon as the door opened.
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Brett Rogers allegedly groped his cellmate's penis through the prison uniform pants twice while the cellmate slept.
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Brett Rogers told jail officers that he tapped the cellmate's leg, but he did not fondle him.