Brian Rogers (fighter)

Brian Rogers
Born	(1984-02-15) February 15, 1984 Kent, Ohio
Other names	The Predator
Nationality	American
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Division	Middleweight
Fighting out of	Independence, Ohio
Team	Strong Style Fight Team
Rank	Brown belt in Isshin-ryū Karate
Years active	2008–present
Mixed martial arts record
Total	16
Wins	10
By knockout	8
By submission	1
By decision	1
Losses	6
By knockout	2
By decision	4
University	Walsh University
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Brian Rogers (born February 15, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist who currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.

Background

Rogers was a 4-year letter winner and a 3-year starter as inside linebacker for the Walsh University Cavaliers between 2002 and 2005. He was named All-Conference by the Mid States Football Association twice and left Walsh University second all time in career tackles.^[1]

Rogers works as an associate special education teacher for the Leap program in his hometown of Kent, Ohio.^[2]

MMA career

Rogers started his professional MMA career at 1-2 with both losses coming by decision. He followed the slow start to his professional MMA career with 7 consecutive victories, all by first round KO/TKO which included wins in both his Strikeforce and Bellator debuts.^[3]

Strikeforce

Rogers made his Strikeforce debut on March 5, 2011 at Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson where he defeated Ian Rammel by TKO in the first round.^[4]

Bellator Fighting Championships

On May 21, 2011 it was announced that Rogers will be taking part in the Bellator Season Five Middleweight Tournament which begins on September 17, 2011.^[5] Rogers defeated Victor O'Donnell via TKO in the quarterfinal round at Bellator 50. In the semifinal round, Rogers lost to Alexander Shlemenko via TKO in the second round at Bellator 54.

On January 9, 2012 Rogers was announced as the first of eight participants in Bellator's Season 6 Middleweight Tournament. In the opening round, he faced Vitor Vianna on March 16, 2012 at Bellator 61 and won via KO in the first round. The knockout received incredible media and fan attention and has since had over 400,000 views on YouTube as one of Bellator's most popular videos in the promotion's short history.

Rogers was scheduled to face Bruno Santos in the semifinal round of the Middleweight Tournament at Bellator 66. However, on April 16, 2012, it was revealed that Santos had to withdraw due to a shoulder injury and was replaced by Bellator newcomer Andreas Spang.^[6] After dominating most of the first two rounds, he was caught by a counter left hook which resulted in a KO loss.

In January 2013, Bellator announced Rogers as a competitor in the Season Eight Middleweight tournament. His Quarterfinal fight took place at Bellator 89 against Dan Cramer. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Mixed martial arts record

References

External links

• Professional MMA record for Brian Rogers (fighter) from Sherdog