Brett Rogers feels disrespected by ZUFFA, says Dana White needs to "Man Up"

I got Dana White via 1st round sub

bye bye Brett I doubt Zuffa is shaking in their boots with you threatening to fight else where. Have fun in East Asia where you might not even get paid.

...I'm sure he was thinking of his family when he was beating the crap out of his wife, huh?

Why fight in East Asia when you can fight at home?

If white can completely ignore chaels charges don't see why he can't even pick up the phone for this guy.

dude sonnen ****ed up sure,but this asshole beat his wife.zuffa did right by not contacting him. a fighter who beats their wife yea thats really something that should be rewarded with a contract to zuffa

@Nemesis - the answer to your question about ignoring Chaels charges is an easy one.



Chael did not put his fists on another person. Considering they are in the FIGHT business, that's horrible promotion. The last thing MMA needs going for it is a reputation of UFC fighters beating their wives.



It's best to distance as much as possible, no contact at all.

BTW, I'm not defending Chael. I've said my part about him in the past as well. It's silly that so many people defend what he did.



Just clarifying that the choice to cut all contact with Brett Rogers was an easy decision for obvious reasons by Zuffa

@spyridon



I appreciate an intelligent response believe me. I can see where you're coming from, i just say treat the criminals equally. MMA sortof has a smash -em bash-em beer-drinker reputation and i don't think it does alot when majority of people can't even understand the magnitude of a white collar crime versus "bobby punched sue in da fayce"



I don't like double standards is all.

...you know that if white collar crime didn't exist there would be FAR less blue collar crime right? You know that what chael did is supposed to be what caused the global economic plunge??



Yea i don't think you realize how serious white collar crime is, but you're hardly alone in that regard.

Explain how what Chael did caused the collapse, he was just a lowly real estate agent for christ's sake it 's wall street and the banks and people who can command millions or billions of dollars that led to that. Everyone likes to make that association but I've yet to see anyone back up that claim. As much as Chael likes to talk like it he really isn't that important, sorry folks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subprime_mortgage_crisis



Yea he himself didn't do it, but subprime mortgages and fraudulent banking operations are definitely to blame.



If you just said wallstreet and banks and people who control millions of dollars cause an economic collapse, why oh why are you acting like saying white collar crime is worse is wrong?



Because of bad financial situations someone can easily turn to drug/alcohol abuse etc etc that are definitive factors in household/domestic violence so why act like the effect is worse than the cause?

lol wow are you trying to say that Rogers beat his wife because of the economy? dude the economy effects everyone you don't see all the men going out and beating there wife because of some shitty economy.. this is a professional FIGHTER who Made the CHOICE to Hit his Wife..

Michael if you can't understand something don't make a stnap judgement. Crimes are crimes, PERIOD, and white collar crimes have a more causal effect on blue collar crimes, therefore noone should have the attitude that the blue collar crime is worse.



Blue collar crime effects a small amount of people usually, white collar crime effects a FAR greater amount of people, and can easily lead to more crime. Understand yet?



"lol"

Crimes are Crimes? PERIOD"



This is a moronic statement. Crimes have varying degrees of seriousness and appropriate sentences to fit each crime.



Violent crimes are always viewed as more serious than non-violent crimes. Nobody gives a shit about the color of your collar when a violent crime is committed. When a defensless female is beaten by a professional fighter--this is viewed as anathema by most for a number of reasons--one of which is that cowardly men are still regularly beating their 'loved ones' every day. It is a serious problem still, and now elicits a strongly negative response socially and legally. And rightly so.



From a marketing POV wife-beating is highly radioactive plutonium.



I do not understand your blue collar/white collar take on this issue. It still sounds as if you are justifying wife-beating.

dude the man BEAT his WIFE. i don't give a shit how you look at it if it came down to the two i would give Sonnen a Job over Rogers any day of the week. i have no Respect for anyone who Hits women.

I don't understand how people who clearly can't even understand what's going on, are making such strong opinions as though they are informed.



If you can't understand basic concepts such as cause and effect, or blind justice, how can you possibly judge what's stupid and what isn't?



i'm starting to notice that i simply can't expect much out of people who have their rankings a certain way. If you're goign to condemn on criminal why not both.

snob ^^^

I hate to pass judgement when I am not privy to all of the facts but based on what info is available it looks like this guy did it. If he did then I say Dana and Zuffa owe him nothing. What Chael did was low but beating on a women is a lot worse in my book.

That said I really wish he hadn't because I think his heavy hands would make a lot of people realize that the UFC's HW division isn't any different from the other orgs HW divisions. I think that the top guys in the UFC (like those in SF) can beat him but I think that a few would get KOd before they got to.

Regardless of what he did a good business man would have had his assistant call and say "I'm sorry, we can't use you right now". Common courtesy. I'm generally a Dana fan but he could do a lot of things better and personal relations and communication is one of them. I'm not a Brett fan, especially if allegations are true but he deserves basic human decency.

Screw that, if there was a call at all it should have been "We're not sorry that we're never, ever, going to have any interest in using you."



It's more than just allegations, look it up before you come to conclusions

what I don't like about this decision is the same thing that a few others have pointed to - Brett's crime in comparison to Chael's yet one gets their contract terminated and the other is in talks of either a title shot or at least a fight with a top contender.



Now, while its understood that violence women won't be tolerated, it obvious that the only reason Dana kept Chael around is his mouth and ability to sell fights. It would be good to see a little bit of consistency in some of the decisions Zuffa make, instead of keeping certain guys around just because they have a big mouth and can stir it up

and I'm not defending Rogers in any way either, I agree he should be punished, but the degree to which the punishment is set seems to vary depending on if Dana like them or not

How dare does this BUM of Rogers says Dana needs to man up? he's right when he says Dana needs to man up,but you are not the one that should be saying it you BUM,you SUCK!

He doesn't deserve respect. If anything, props to Dana and Zuffa for ignoring this clown.

if he doesnt show his Wife respect why would dana show Him respect???? his a mma HW for christ sake, he should be ashamed of himself......

Maybe you shouldnt beat your wife, you piece of ****ing trash.... I forgot thats what "manning up" actually meant. I hope he never fights for Zuffa again.

All you have to do is read the report on what he did to know why Dana isnt going to call him....



"A neighbor reported that he had looked out his residence window and saw Rogers standing over his wife, punching her multiple times in the head and face as she lay on the ground. Another neighbour stated he saw Rogers' wife with blood streaming from her face and mouth, and what looked like a missing tooth. The victim blacked out from being choked, suffered a golf ball sized wound on her face among smaller wounds. The couples' daughter had tried to intervene after she saw Rogers strike her mother. "



That POS doesnt deserve to be hired by Zuffa or any big name MMA promotion, he gives fighters a bad name

Dana beats his wife when she doesn't listen. Hyprocite.

by "Man Up" you mean dana should beat his wife as well?

Lol.



"Very good, but chick no hit back."

To be honest Brett, even if you didn't have a criminal record (one which makes you very unmarketable).....you would have been lucky to survive the Strikeforce clearout when comes anyway

Not to mention he lost his last 3 Strike Force fights so unless his name is Dan Hardy I dont see the reason they would give him a contract even if this situation didnt happen

Didn't Tito slap up Jenna? The UFC has double standards when it comes to fighters.

So Rogers is 1-4 in his last 4 fights?

Dana should "man-up"? this piece of steaming poo with ZERO MMA skills and only lucky ass punches deserved to be completely ignored by Dana/Zuffa. Come on Brett? You couldn't do JACK SH IT in MMA, you fat piece of cowdung and contacting Dana after you beat your wife into a bloody pulp? I bet your good at one thing though.. painting your croc-like toes. You make me sick, I'm gonna watch Reem beat your ass again and have a laugh. What a loser Brett Rogers is.

Hey everyone knows you don't need the best accolades to be a HW champ in the UFC currently. I.E. Brock.

Seems to me like a real bad business move to hire rogers, the guy is an disgrace for mma and the world.



Don't judge before you know the story, ..... then there's only one conclusion, he's a peace of shit and yes a one demansional fighter !



I'll avoid every rogers fight and organization that gives him fights !

There is a law that applies to all MMA fighters and Boxers that doesn't apply to the average guy on the street, and that is that their hands are considered to be offensive weapons because of how they are trained to use them, which is a sensible law when you think about it. Fighters are really supposed to think twice about using voilence outside of the ring/cage unless in self defense. Using their fists on a guy they are liable to prosecution but to hit a woman, partner or not, is seen as a lot worse in the eyes of the law, as well as by everyone else. Even though his wife doesn't want to testify they may still continue with the prosecution anyway. I doubt we'll ever see him fighting under the Zuffa umberella again and i'm quite suprised Bellator took him on, looks like it's Japan after that, or find a new career......