UFC 114 Was Packed With Drama Despite the Complaints From Whining Fans

I thought it was a really great event myself. It was the night of the underdogs, and there was some good MMA action going on as we got to see a little bit of everything.

I enjoyed watching Rashad control the fight the way he did, he played it smart and that won him the fight. Him surviving in the third to come back and, in my opinion, win that same round was highly exciting as well.

I ordered the card and thought it was a great night of fights. I really enjoyed the main event too.

lets just face the fact rashad got gsped my machida and will no longer be exciting fights. he will use standup to get takedowns and just fight with a safer style. look at his last 2 fights as soon as he stands for just a little while he gets in trouble dont think he doesnt see that to. pluse he know where near as popular as gsp so what few fans he does have will turn faster than a buffer 180.

Yep it sucked that there was hardly anyone in attendance to see Cane get KTFO’d. The prelims were awesome (Escudero/Lauzon notwithstanding) and we got Duffee getting Duffee’d as well as a crazy surprise from Brilz. I was in attendance for the event and loved it, it’s a shame that too many people accustomed to boxing’s “only the main event will be any good” mentality missed out on some great fights.

but we couldn’t really hear the commentary or the crowd, but the whole place was into it the whole night. i even might have made a new casual fan or two at the bar. the rogerio fight was an interesting turn of events, the duffee fight was hilariously predictable and another conversation starter and i felt the main event was full of tension. maybe this is one of those that let down some of the hardcores, but i liked it and i think a lot of casual fans liked it. even if they didn’t get to see b.a. barackus knock some dude out.

I don’t see how the Rashad/Rampage fight failed to live up to the hype. Two near TKOs, some dramatic take-downs, some dramatic take-down stuffs. I mean, what the hell did people want?

I’m tired of hearing that I’m not a “real” fan because I think one guy dry-humping another guy against the cage is boring. A great game plan doesn’t necessarily make a good fight, and I’d rather be entertained than see a boring win. Not that it didn’t have its moments, but on the whole, the main event was a snorefest. I thought the rest of the card was very good, even though I though Brilz should have won and I wanted fellow Jersey guy Miller to win.

I thoroughly enjoyed this card top to bottom. Everyone at the bar i was at was into it and seemed to enjoy the main event. I wasn’t that disappointed in the main event it’s pretty much how i thought it would go minus the two almost KO’s, the bar was totally into it and you could feel the tension.

I really enjoyed Stun Gun Kim just tooling Amir for 3 rounds. Holding someones arm around their own face and punching them! that was epic, One of my casual friends shouted out “stop choking yourself, stop choking yourself” lol.
I like Amir, but wow did Kim put some judo on him “Oh i grabbed a part of your body, now you’re going to hit the mat and there is nothing you can do to stop it” times 10.

Literally half the fight was a cage pinup! those same people who enjoyed this fight are the same people who would probably protested the 24 second clock in the nba

I personally enjoyed the fight and predicted that Rashad would win the way he did with quickness and take downs. Kudos to Rashad! Watching two guys slug it out is more entertaining for more people but when someone is as good at something as Rashad is at taking people down and being quick in the standup I enjoy seeing if the other guy cam stop him and Rampage couldn’t. For someone who has always been the underdog and who has only lost 1 time while fighting the top dudes, it’s interesting how much hate Rashad gets. Perhaps they would prefer him to be a dumber risky fighter who loses like Clay Guida??? I don’t buy the “in a real street fight” taking someone down doesn’t count. If a dude is neatralized agaisnt a wall or in the ground the street fight is over. Not as fun to watch perhaps but if someone can do it at will against top people it’s up to the opponent to stop him from instituting the game plan.

Watching the old Detroit pistons wasn’t as fun as the showtime lakers but winning and entertaining people aren’t the same. I tend to appreciate winners.

I almost understand people not enjoying the main event but really, people are even whining about the other main cards? WOW. Fights tell a story—who trained harder, who is smarter, who is more skilled, who has more heart. It’s not about fitting your personal preference as to what kind of fight you want to see. Like another has said, it takes two guys to fight, but not everyone shows up the way you want.

The intent to finish.

Last time I checked you can win by decision too right?, the whinning from alot of Rampage backers has gone overboard. I mean when you’re basic argument boils down to yeah Rampage couldn’t do anything to stop Rashad from doing what he wanted but he sucks is boring then you’ve lost all credibility to me. This is a sport 2 guys go out and try to impose their will on the other guy, there are many ways to win but in the end if no one is finished they go to a decision. You don’t like that pick another sport because all of this crying and complaining is only making you look bad because nothing is going to change unless guys start learning better tdd.

When you start a comment on the defensive “I don’t mind that I came out on the wrong end of the fight” it makes it hard to give you credability. As an unbias journalist your being right or wrong should be irrelivant, what was really on your mind was you were wrong, underwhelmed, and frustrated. Your better than that and it takes a cornerstone out of your credability. Evans Jackson was a decent fight and the kind of technical bout we should expect from the guys fighting to be #1 you can go to tough man competitions or you can watch MMA one of which is a sport and a running game in the NFL is not always exciting but no one plays to lose.

To get this out of the way. I’ve been watching the UFC for 2-3 years, so I’m not necessarily a new follower of the UFC, but from a spectator’s point of view, the main event was a huge let down. I’ve seen people saying that they don’t wanna here what Quinton fans have to say due to the fact that they have nothing to back it up, but here’s the way I look at it. This was the most publicized fight probably in UFC history. Bigger than UFC 100 if you ask me. If you are new to watching the sport, and you caught all the primetimes, and commercials advertising the fight. You see all these things about Rashad saying he’s gonna knock Quinton out, and other things. My point being, if you were a new spectator, and you saw all this hype to watch an event where Rashad hardly actually through any punches standing, how would you view this fight? Action packed? I think not. But being an MMA fan for a few years, I was still disappointed. Rashad talked alot of shit, sent him a snuggie, saying he would do this, and that and I knew he wouldn’t even think about legitamately standing with Rampage. Listen, if you’re gonna talk a bunch of shit, then back it up. He didn’t do that for me. He went out and played the Greg Jackson way. If you lose a fight, then you go down another path. Wrestling, or pinning your opponent against the cage until the fight is over without inflicting much damage at all. On the other hand. Quinton trained to do exactly what he tried to do. Stand and bang. To be honest. Rashad wasn’t even that impressive in this fight. He tried probably 15-20 takedowns because that’s all he tried doing in the fight, and landed what? 5 or 6? Quinton stuffed the majority of them. If you ask me. Rashad’s first punch that “dazed” Quinton didn’t even really effect Rampage that much. It was more of like an “oh shit man, I’ve been out of the ring for over a year, and this dude hit me. Time to fight.” But realistically, Greg Jackson’s only fighter willing to fight is Carwin. And that’s probably until he loses his first fight. Then it’s off to the wrestling ways. Tactically, Rashad only did what it took to beat Quinton. Get him to the ground 5 or 6 times, and do absolutely 0 damage. If I have to watch this same shit against shogun for 5 rounds. I won’t be happy. GSP does it every fight, granted now he has at least attempted a submission along with lay and pray, but Greg Jackson’s pussies get old, and fast. Rashad and GSP are two great athletes, and this is Mixed Martial Arts, but when you’re only doing what it takes to win in a spectator’s sport where they pay to see blood. It’s not good enough.

If you’re going to talk shit, then back it up. Otherwise you come out with a boring game plan, and your fights won’t ever be hyped like that again. He got cash, but lost alot of respect, because of the fact that he talked a whole lot of shit, and came out to have a hugging contest. Nothing against rashad personally, because if he came out and knocked Quinton out or at least tried to stand and punch a little, then the hype would have lived up to the fight. The fight is hyped up, and then it’s a big let down when it turns into a hugging match. GSP… I know EVERYONE in this world defense GSP. Dan Hardy walked out of that fight saying it was like a training exercise, because he doesn’t think he took a single punch in the fight. I mean seriously? If 5 rounds of a championship fight goes without someone having even a mouse under their eye or something, and not just looking sweaty, that’s a poor fight. Nothing against Dan Hardy. He wanted to fight. Just like Thiago Alves, and everyone else. But GSP is afraid of fighting with anyone. He stated that himself. So he plays it safe and wrestles every single fight. Sometimes inflicting damage like against BJ Penn, and sometimes doing nothing except attempting 2 submissions in a 5 round fight against Dan Hardy. Yes GSP is a phenomen when it comes to athleticism, but he’s a champion. A champion who is afraid to actually fight… Well that pretty much speaks for itself. Nothing against him, as he respects all his opponents, but I hate the wrestle and just get the decision game plan. Nothing against wrestling either, but wrestling just to take up time and get a decision is weak.

Except Rashad did back it up with a great performance, maybe you should be mad at Rampage who talked even more shit and did almost nothing in the fight.

You can make all the excuses in the world for guys getting schooled on the ground and basically made to look worthless like GSP did to Hardy. But it doesn’t matter because in the end this is the sport of mma. Trash talk and other bs is for fools who get caught up in the hype, anyone who didn’t get caught up in it wasn’t surprised how the fight turned out if you were it’s on you.

You missed my original point. Rashad backed up that he was going to win the fight. By wrestling. Like it or not he won.
My point was…. How many times did rashad say he was gonna knock rampage out and yada yada? He sent him a snuggie to his training camp. Whether its part of the hype or not. If you’re gonna go that far as to saying you’re going to do that, then do it. Or at least attempt to. Never once did he do it. I knew he was going to go out and wrestle just like he did against thiago silva, and how much damage did he inflict on thiago… None? How much damage did he inflict on rampage? None… In both fights rashad was the only one to actually get hurt. Quinton was stumbled for 2 seconds. Rashad was almost out cold.
Point # 1: If you say you’re gonna knock someone out…. Do it, or attempt to. Don’t go out and wrestle and have all your fans stand up for you, because you were afraid to even attempt what you said you were going to do.
Point # 2: Wrestling is a part of MMA. No doubt. But don’t wrestle for a decision. Wrestle because it’s what you’re good at, and you’re going to beat the shit out of your opponent with ground and pound. Perfect example Jon Jones. Beats the shit out of his opponents.. Bad examples: GSP and Rashad. Wrestle to get decisions, and not to inflict any damage. That’s just my opinion.

1. The fact that you bought into the hype shows how gullible you are, it’s called hype for a reason.

2. The objective is to win you can do it by KO, sub or decision they all count the same.

3. If you have a problem with a guy wrestling his way to a decision stop him, if you can’t you deserve what you get.

With the exception of Nogueira/Brilz none of the fights were particularly exciting, but 114 had that crazy “anything can happen” energy, which was why I really enjoyed it.