Courtesy of Sherdog.com :
It looks like Brett Rogers (Pictures) will get his wish.
EliteXC Live Events President Gary Shaw told Sherdog.com on Friday that a heavyweight tilt between Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson and burgeoning nemesis Rogers is a likelihood for October.
"Kimbo says he wants Rogers. Rogers says he wants Kimbo. If that's what they want, we'll make it happen," said Shaw.
Rogers, also victorious during EliteXC's "Primetime" live CBS telecast on May 31, confronted "Slice" during a post-fight press conference, describing the headliner's third-round TKO of James Thompson (Pictures) as "garbage."
Rogers, 27, dispatched local draw Jon Murphy (Pictures) in a minute and one second at the Prudential Center event in Newark, New Jersey. A tire repairman from Minneapolis, Minn., Rogers recently left his day job to train full time.
Shaw was uncertain if October's proposed event would be telecast on CBS. A venue has not been selected yet.
"Slice" first announced the potential bout on Thursday during a radio interview with The Dan Le Batard Show on Sports Talk 790 AM "The Ticket."
"His corner needs to tell him there's ways to do things, and this just isn't the way to do it. Now it's personal," Ferguson told Le Batard. "But I guess they did their part. They called me out and got the fight."
Ferguson, 34, said his bout with Thompson will force him to focus on his ground game more, as future opponents will try and expose him on the mats.
"I'm going to change up my training from this fight on. It's going to be ground, ground, ground," said the feared brawler famous for his legendary Internet backyard battles.
Ferguson noted that the sabbatical till October will allow him time to heal both his thumbs, which were injured in the bout.
Do you see a loss for Kimbo in tis fight???
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