forrest not being able to “bust a grape” and having little ko power is more of a blessing for him than a detriment imo. it forces him to concentrate on all aspects of the fightgame. he has to be in the best condition, he has to have the biggest heart, he has to work on and have excellent leg strikes. look how 1 deminsional chuck and rampage have become, only looking for the 1 punch ko. if forrest had great ko power, he would probably fall into that catagory too. bottom line is that forrest isnt great at any 1 thing, but is good at alot of things. i dont know that i agree that he has a suspect chin either. he’s been tkoed once and that was from an accumulation of punches, not just 1 punch.

Rashad’s wrestling is going the key here. If he can take down Forrest at an effective pace, I say Rashad wins this fight. I think Rashad has many more ways to win, but his cardio is going to be in question. Pus have we ever seen Rashad’s submission defense? Forrest could pull off a submission, but I think Rashad’s wrestling will determine if he wins this fight or not.

Going to be close, but I think Rashad’s movements, odd duck and punch and wrestling will defeat Forrest.

I think Rashad’s conditioning is just a huge factor. We saw Shogun badly gas trying to take Forrest down and then working his ass off to pass guard with no luck. Rashad gassed badly against Bisping and it wasn’t the first time, and that was just dealing with a guy that has an ability to get up.

Rashad also almost got submitted by Ortiz.

I think Forrest’s size is going to be a big factor here. He’s much bigger, should be able to defend takedowns, and is in much better shape.

He’s also shown a tremendous ability in his last two fights to handle bottom position against two guys that were once well known for inflicting damage from the top. I think Forrest is a big submission threat from guard against Evans, I don’t think Evans will pass his guard.

Is Forrest disciplined enough standing to track down Evans? Will he be able to land anything? It was like Liddell was swinging at a ghost and Forrest doesn’t have the fastest hands either (though he has more reach).

If Forrest can’t damage Rashad, Rashad will dance around in circles for the entire fight picking his spots. And I think he will eventually rock Forrest from the inside if they do exchange. Rashad was in the best shape of his life vs. Liddell, I expect the same or better for this title fight which means Forrest will be in the line of fire.

I won’t go so far to say it is the best boxing I’ve ever seen, but it is better than many established fighters’ and should be very effective unless Forrest can get him off balance which should prove to be difficult. He has great head movement, footwork, switches up his stances/rhythm often (like Mayweather), and his left hand is extremely distracting. I have a feeling we’ve only seen a fraction of Rashad’s boxing, he really didn’t open up until round 2, and Chuck was wise to back off when Rashad threw some hard combos with his back to the cage.

Rashad is still finding his range on his feet, but I think his handspeed, power, and elusiveness should carry him to the victory. Rashad was a very smart fighter even before he hooked up with the mad genius. Forrest has alot going for him, but Rashad has too much momentum (catch-all) in my eyes.

i see this fight going the whole five rounds with evans winnig on points by ground and pound.the question is will evans gassed as he did in the past. looking at rampages interview’s as of late has sent a chill down my spine,he looks lost and that is not a good thing fighting the ax murderer. frank mir has a 50/50 chance to beat big nog. but with nog’s better standup he might cruise to a decision while mir has to k.o him asap.

When you talk about “chin”, shouldn`t it sort of count what you do after you get knocked down? Seems to me that Forrest has a decent ability to keep on fighting while dazed?