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Strikeforce Vet Brett Rogers Reportedly Homeless; Charged with Sexual Misconduct

Rogers, who is believed to be homeless, allegedly groped an employee while on the elevator at the George Latimer Central Library in St. Paul, Minn., this past November. According to the complaint, the man slapped Rogers’ hand away and asked what he was doing. The ex-fighter left the elevator without saying anything.
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On Jan. 4, Rogers reportedly asked a man next to him in a urinal in a St. Paul skyway if he wanted to engage in a sexual act in one of the bathroom stalls. When the man said no, Rogers grabbed his buttocks. The man then left the restroom and reported the incident to police.
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The third incident allegedly took place after Rogers was in Ramsey County Jail on the prior charges, as a cellmate accused Rogers of fondling him while he was sleeping. According to the court documents, Rogers had been causing “many problems” in the downtown St. Paul area in recent months.
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I just go tickets for UFC 209: Woodley vs Thompson 2


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jayrebb

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Ryanz said:
Awesome judges on this FS1 shit lol
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Doesn't just seem to be limited to one event. The FS1 show marks the second major incident where takedowns/control/point strikes haven't accounted for the same amount of points as it would have in the previous years (especially the GSP era).

People are leaning towards it not being a coincidence after the FS1 show. Something has changed. The Hendricks decision, now the FS1 decisions-- Its looking like new ownership and new judges making an impact on the surface. But that might just be the conspiracy theorist in me talking.

Keep watching, we'll see...
 
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Promotions do not provide judges or refs. They are employees, and licensed, of the state that the fight takes place in.

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However, a promotion can submit to what state athletic commission they are having their fight in, a list of judges/refs that they prefer and not prefer. The state can do whatever it wants to do and assign judges/refs as they please. See Cecil Peoples and Steve Mazzagatti.
 
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Lenas

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After the majority draw he just got...

Kevin Casey's past seven fights: 1-2-2 with 2 no-contests. Doesn't get much stranger than that.

If he gets a win on his next fight I hope he retires at 2-2-2-2.
 
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Ameraves said:
Holy shit. jayrebb is back...
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It took some time to recover from the Gilbert Yvel warwagon crash but after a lot of surgeries I'm walking around again. ;)

With Joe Silva gone, I might even be able to jog again-- sky is the limit. I'll be back in the MMA Thread gym in no time.

Wrap your hands.

Muurloen said:
Promotions do not provide judges or refs. They are employees, and licensed, of the state that the fight takes place in.


However, a promotion can submit to what state athletic commission they are having their fight in, a list of judges/refs that they prefer and not prefer. The state can do whatever it wants to do and assign judges/refs as they please. See Cecil Peoples and Steve Mazzagatti.
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I think it goes deeper than that. I haven't looked into it all that much, but do you really believe its up to each Athletic Commission to determine their own interpretation of the Unified Rules without any guidance, or assistance whatsoever, from a 3rd party?

I would find that a little naive that there is absolutely no input whatsoever by a 3rd party advisor (a trainer of the rules so-to-speak) who assists the commissions in understanding the definitions of the rules.

Just keep watching. If this trend goes steady we will have our answer without needing any technical details on how Commissions decide how to interpret the text manuals they are given and how they train new judges and who has a say in their training and who distributes training materials to the Commission.

I'm leaning towards a change, but two events are hardly enough anecdotal evidence.
 
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People are leaning towards it not being a coincidence after the FS1 show. Something has changed.
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Classic 'rebb!

The something that changed is the actual rules. Along with the new rules for in ring stuff that were just adopted recently there were scoring changes as well. Judges are no longer supposed to award Octagon Control and Aggression unless everything else is considered tied. Judges are now instructed to only consider Effective Striking and Grappling. So takedowns that lead to nothing and do no damage and spastic charging forward like Diego Sanchez are no longer to be rewarded.

Big John gotchu fam.

 
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So Chael or Tito? Like 10ish years ago I liked Tito & hated Chael, now my opinions/feelings have reversed on both of them so I am rooting for Chael. I think Tito is the bigger stronger fighter & I think his striking is probably better, but Chael's conditioning should be better & even though he gives up some pounds to Tito I think Chael has superior wrestling. What are your guys thoughts?
 
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