The fight was in the quarterfinals of the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix.
The Fight[]
Round 1 – Rogers looks serious and calm. I don’t give him much of a chance here. Maybe he can prove me wrong. Leg kick from Rogers and Barnett shoots with it. He grabs a single leg, then a double and slams him on his back, landing in side control. That was more of a body slam. Rogers puts his feet on the cage but it does him no good. Brett scrambles but Barnett catches him and gets in half guard, then full mount. Brett tries to scoot toward the cage, gets his feet on the cage. Rogers tries to push off the cage but Barnett maintains control in full mount. Barnett taking his time, softening him up with elbows and punches. Rogers with a big hip explosion and gets Barnett out of mount for about one second. Barnett is smothering him here with 30 seconds to go. Elbow from Barnett as Rogers holds on. Barnett with a couple punches before the bell. ProMMAnow.com scores the round 10-9 for Barnett.
Round 2 – Nice one two from Rogers. Barnett fires back and stuns Rogers then takes him down and immediately lands in full mount. Body shots from Barnett. Barnett puts on an arm triangle (side choke) and Rogers taps out just like that. One two three, easy as can be. And yes I did call this one as did most people not named Denny Hodge and Brian Furby (sorry Denny and Furb). Rogers needs to go train with Barnett. That would be a good guy for him to align himself with.