UFC 123 Preview: Lyoto Machida Says Rampage Jackson Is "a Bit Limited Standing"
by Nick Thomas on Sep 4, 2010 3:10 PM EDT
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"(Rampage Jackson) couldn’t be a better opponent and the date is great, too; it gives me time to prepare."-- Check out the full interview with Lyoto Machida at graciemag.com.
"I’m happy to be back and to prove I’m in the mix with the best of them. I’m working hard, I’m correcting a lot of things and putting a lot of effort in. I’m doing all aspects of fighting, the takedowns, ground fighting and striking."
"I feel (Rampage Jackson) is a bit limited standing, but he’s really strong and, although he may defend well on the ground, he’s not that good there, either."
"As I feel MMA is a sport in constant evolution, one tends to seek out all the possibilities, regardless of the facet of the fight that comes up. I’m going to exploit Rampage where he isn’t totally dominant. But I’m prepared for anything, whether it’s standing or on the ground."
"A fight between two former champions couldn’t be more fitting, two fighters who want their place in the sun."
Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida (16-1) -260
Loss Mauricio Rua - KO (Punches) UFC 113 R1
Win Mauricio Rua - Decision (Unanimous) UFC 104 R5
Win Rashad Evans - KO (Punches) UFC 98 R2
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (30-8) +215
Loss Rashad Evans - Decision (Unanimous) UFC 114 R3
Win Keith Jardine - Decision (Unanimous) UFC 96 R3
Win Wanderlei Silva - KO (Punch) UFC 92 R1 3:21
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Because Rampage doesn’t employ the same walking-his-opponent-down style that got Thiago Silva’s head caved in.
a little
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 4, 2010 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Really don't see how Rampage wins this.
Machida’s style is absolutely suited for guys like Rampage who just like to box and walk their opponents down.
Rampage win in the clinch.
The horror. The horror…
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by pdl on Sep 4, 2010 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Wands bloody knee disturbs/pleases me the most I think.
we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea
by Barack Lesnar on Sep 4, 2010 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, that shit is way worse than the corpse in the ropes
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 4, 2010 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Imagine being there live to have seen it. You’d think Rampage was dead
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by Barack Lesnar on Sep 4, 2010 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I am saddened/thankful that nobody took a picture of him from a foot away after he did a tree log right in front of them. I can see the picture in my mind and its disturbing.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 4, 2010 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
and Wanderlei looks like he just won the Lotto
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by Barack Lesnar on Sep 4, 2010 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I would have felt like the King of Japan at that point. Fully expecting women to be rushing the ring, tearing their clothes off along the way to conceive my children in the fastest manner possible, bloody knee and all.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 4, 2010 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions
How else would you get engaged?
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by Barack Lesnar on Sep 4, 2010 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Machida is the worst matchup for anyone at LHW,
Jon Jones possibly excepted – he may be an even worse matchup for all…
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer
Haters are gonna hate and bitches are gonna bitch...
by BigDNotDallas on Sep 4, 2010 5:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Shogun is currently Machida’s kryptonite, that’s for sure, but there are more guys who can give Shogun trouble with his weak TDD than can Machida with his elite (if unorthodox) TDD & clinch work.
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by BigDNotDallas on Sep 4, 2010 7:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
Some one
Is getting their head busted and unless Jackson has evolved (which won’t happen though i want it to) it will probably be him.
by silent.bisonte33 on Sep 4, 2010 3:30 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I'm hoping
that Rampage leaves wolfslair. He’s fooling himself if he thinks that its one of the best camps around.
Reminds me of Bisping talking shit about Hardy training in the states
Bisping might be something (better) if he took a page from Hardy’s book.
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton
Lyoto is spot on right here
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton
"Could you stand on that table so you don't look like the only gay guy in the shot?"
like this picture, this fight has no point to it.
Sure it does
The winner will get the winner of Lil Nog and Bader for #1 contender, maybe.
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton
I think Bones Jones is getting the winner of Lil Nog and Bader.
I hope Page knocks him out. Slim chance but Ill be rooting for Rampage.
Hey, are you guys saying Jones has that spot?
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton
I think it goes to the Bader/Nog winner???
Not sure, though. Anyone heard anything?
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by B.H. Farnsworth on Sep 4, 2010 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
- LHW fighting #4 LHW has no point to it? Respectfully disagree.
More importantly though, what’s the deal with that picture? It’s.. strange.
by Horselover Fat on Sep 4, 2010 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
That was supposed to read #2 LHW fighting #4 LHW
by Horselover Fat on Sep 4, 2010 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
So what does Dana do with Rampage if he wins? Give him winner of Nog/Bader vs Jones? Good luck with that.
by MrTechnique420 on Sep 4, 2010 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Win or lose
Rematch with Forrest.
"If the commission would sanction it and Dana would move, I’d fighter Anderson right now."
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True! That one is very strange (also very good).
by Horselover Fat on Sep 4, 2010 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
One of my favorites, along with Martian Time Slip, Maze of Death & Divine Invasion…among others, of course.
Nice. Yeah Palmer Eldritch is definitely one of the best.. I’m also fond of Ubik, Do androids, Flow my tears the policeman said, A scanner darkly, and such.
by Horselover Fat on Sep 4, 2010 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
A scanner darkly didn’t do it for me. It felt like I was watching Johnny Mnemonic on a movie channel I don’t subscribe to.
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by Barack Lesnar on Sep 4, 2010 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Same with Starship Troopers even though when I was 12 I was a huge mark for anything space, bugs, and titties.
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by Barack Lesnar on Sep 4, 2010 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
i could be 112
and still be a mark for anything space, bugs and tittays
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 4, 2010 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m just more of a critical prick about the quality of my Space, Bugs and Titties. We should really start a radio show title Space Bugs and Titties just because it’s fun to type and say Space Bugs and Titties. I feel like a conquering hero after typing Space Bugs and Titties.
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by Barack Lesnar on Sep 4, 2010 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think i am going to have to find a way to work "Space Bugs and Titties" into my wedding invitations
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 4, 2010 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
You mean wedding vows right?
we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea
by Barack Lesnar on Sep 4, 2010 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
well, we are considering writing our own……
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 4, 2010 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I promise to protect yo titties from space and bugs till death do us part.
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by Barack Lesnar on Sep 4, 2010 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
nailed it.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 4, 2010 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
According to the other half that’s the most romantic thing I’ve said. Not sure if that’s good or bad.
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by Barack Lesnar on Sep 4, 2010 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Definitely good. Way better than some cheesy shit out of The Notebook
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 4, 2010 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I have only heard about that movie one friend told me “Like 8mm that movie burnt a hole in my soul”
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by Barack Lesnar on Sep 4, 2010 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
An ex of mine had me watch it with her. She then fell asleep laying on me and drooled a puddle onto my chest. I just laid there wain for the movie to end. I look at that as a low point of not only my existence, but human existence.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 4, 2010 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s one of the saddest things I’ve ever read in my life and I’ve read pretty much all of crimelibrary . com
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by Barack Lesnar on Sep 4, 2010 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Watching you guys talk is cute.
Serious bromance going on right now.
And yeah, I’m totally jealous. I mean, who wouldn’t want to get in on “Space Bugs and Titties?”
And then God created Saturn... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
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by James Brady on Sep 4, 2010 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh I think someone just did
pound it?
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by Barack Lesnar on Sep 4, 2010 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep :) Just finished reading “The transmigration of Timothy Archer” the other night.. think I’ll might have to go dig up one of these other classics for a re-read!
by Horselover Fat on Sep 4, 2010 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Machida has one more huge advantage that nobody’s even mentioned. As much as Rampage talks about the “stanky breath” of others, what’s he going to do when he’s face-to-face with a guy who regularly drinks his own urine? Could be the first time anyone has ever tapped to halitosis.
by Velcro on Sep 4, 2010 4:13 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 13 recs
Well played
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton
You motherfucker
I’ve been planning that article for MONTHS. MONTHS. I set it up by writing that Rampage was retiring the “your breath stink” from his trash talking gameplan. I was gonna follow it up with a satirical interview with Rampage being upset that no one told him Machida drank piss and he was unretiring the putdowns.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 4, 2010 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Then let me be the first to thank Velcro for sparing us all from another one of Black Lesnar’s shitty satire articles.
by ufc4 on Sep 4, 2010 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions 11 recs
Yet, you're always around. I've heard this song before.
MMA’s not on I’m wondering why I?
Got out of bed at all
The morning rain clouds up my window
And I can’t see at all
And even if I could it’d all be gray
But then I read your article
It reminds me that it’s not so bad
It’s not so bad
Dear UFC4, I meant to write you sooner
But I’ve just been busy
I know you don’t have a girlfriend
Man, you must keep that left hand busy
Look I’m really flattered
You would call your dog “Lil’ Black”
And here’s an autograph for your mother
wrote on the garter belt I’m givin back,
I didn’t see your comments on my post
I must have missed you
But I still would’ve done that shit intentionally
Just to diss you
And what’s this shit you said about
You like to drink your piss too?
Machida say that shit just clownin’ dawg
C’mon, how fucked up is you?
You got some issues man
I think you need some counselin’’
To help your ass from bouncin’ off the walls
When you get down some
And what’s this shit about us
Meant to be together?
But I’m not worried ‘bout that cuz I know
we won’t meet each other
I’m glad I inspire you
But man, why are you so mad?
Try to understand
That I do want you as a fan
I just don’t want you to do some crazy shit
I seen this one thing on BE
A couple days ago that made me sick
Some dude was posting and talking major shit
thought that he was roastin
all while riding B.Lesnar’s dick
And in the post they found a name
But didn’t want to give a clue
Come to think about it
His name was, it was you! Damn!
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 4, 2010 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I know you don’t have a girlfriend
Man, you must keep that left hand busy
Said the guy with 3,600 comments in 2 1/2 months.
Posts in bunches, mostly around big MMA events
but thanks for noticing. I said that because you certainly follow me around. I don’t swing that way.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 4, 2010 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL, don’t flatter yourself, it’s not me following you, it’s the fact that you make 50 comments on each article, like the other day when you made the first comment then replied to yourself twice.
But I had only made ONE in here
And it’s called adding more to my original thought If there was an edit button, you’d see maybe 40% less posts.
However, you’re always around to respond. It’s OK though. Nice of you to remember my posts, I will come to you when I need to remember something I wrote. :)
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 4, 2010 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Not even a parody.. it’s a parody of a parody which is booooring
And then God created Saturn... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
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no offense of course. You’re alright.
And then God created Saturn... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
Twitter me and what not.
None taken. LOL.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 4, 2010 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I really hope somebody does a breakdown of Rampage’s boxing in the lead up to this fight. He’s been so ineffective on his feet recently and I see Machida picking him apart.
Really?
He’s lost one fight in his last four. The only reason his boxing was ineffective in the last fight was because Rashad did nothing but hold him on the ground for three rounds.
Machida will stay out of range that whole fight. Rampage doesn’t move in and out enough to get into his preferred striking range.
I know this is a fucked up thing to say about Page but
I think Machida might clown him for 3 round like he did Tito.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 4, 2010 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
It would be funny if Rampage went for a triangle choke at the end of round 3. And by funny I mean the universe would explode.
"You hear people say, 'You're the greatest,' and all this stuff. It's BS. It's fake, it's all fake. You've just got to keep training as hard as you can. The only thing real is the fight, everything else is fake." - BJ Penn
Perhaps, if the A-Team movie wasn’t 10lbs of shit in a 5lb bag.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 4, 2010 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Speaking of bags of shit, anyone else excited for 6 months of Dbags quoting the Hangover 2? I’m not.
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by Barack Lesnar on Sep 4, 2010 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I liked The Hangover (duck under flying folding chairs) but I am always thrilled to hear the douchers quoting everything.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 4, 2010 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
When my girlfriends little sister uses a Hangover quote in better context then half the people I talk to my hope for the Mayans to be right grows by leaps and bounds.
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by Barack Lesnar on Sep 4, 2010 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
“Not at the table, Carlos”
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 4, 2010 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Tito almost choked him out though.
Gotta give Tito his props where due.
by Polyhedron on Sep 4, 2010 10:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
No, he is 2-2 over his last 4...
L-Griffin, Evans; W-Jardine, Wandy
Machida is right, Page gets pwned in this one…
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by BigDNotDallas on Sep 4, 2010 4:42 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
As was pointed out, he’s 2-2 in his last four. And the only impressive performance there was against Wanderlei Silva.
Are you really going to say his boxing was particularly effective in his fights against Rashad, Jardine and even Forrest? He connect at least once on all of them and knocked them down but we all know he has power in his hands. That doesn’t mean he was effective for the other 95% of those fights were he was plodding along letting others dictate the pace and not getting punches off.
It wasn't impressive in the Silva fight either
Wand was doing the same 1-2-hook combo that he had been doing since coming to the UFC and Rampage had it scouted. All he did was “block-block” and then beat Wand to tyhe punch.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 4, 2010 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I will :D
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 4, 2010 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m hoping most are wrong and Rampage wins this with a big bang …….. can’t stand Machida.
Fear is temporary regret is for ever.
I agree. I can't stand his fans
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 4, 2010 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't stand the "haters" of any fighter
And I should say all of his fans, just the unreasonable ones.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 4, 2010 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
"fans, just the unreasonable ones."
I think, by definition, there can be no such thing as a “reasonable fan”, just saying.
I like Fedor, it’s just his fans that are intolerable...and his management.
There can be
I am a reasonable fan of the Texans. I don’t think they are unbeatable.
Yes I know fan came from “fanatic”.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 4, 2010 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't hate Carwin the fighter
Don’t even hate Carwin the person. I hate hypocrites.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 4, 2010 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
How about Carwin the lying, stuck-up cheater? Can we hate that guy?
by ufc4 on Sep 4, 2010 11:40 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
If I dislike Carwin for getting caught with roids
That means I can’t like Kurt Angle and I dig me some Kurt Angle.
Then again, Angle never went around claiming to be Mr. Morals
Then again, Angle’s character was big on the “Three Is: Intelligence, Intensity and Integrity”.
Oh shit I’m so confused.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 5, 2010 2:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Did Angle ever actually hurt people with his roided up self?
Sorry, I’m stuck in this ProWrestling vs. MMA loop. Carry on with the light amusement.
He broke (oddly enough, a man named in the same steroid case) Bob Holly’s arm with a moonsault.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 5, 2010 2:49 AM EDT up reply actions
six degrees of PED’s
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 5, 2010 2:57 AM EDT up reply actions
The only way to beat Machida is to be faster or take away his speed...
Rampage is definitely not the former, and as far as I know, doesn’t even know how to throw a leg kick. So barring that ever present punchers-chance, Machida wins this fight. I’m going to wager that it’ll happen on the ground though.
Rampage knows how to throw a leg kick
I seem to remember Forrest giving him a 25 minute lesson on it once.
by ufc4 on Sep 4, 2010 11:42 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
If Rampage gets KO'd with a twitching leg...
it will be my happiest moment in all of MMA…and I’m not even a Rashad fan.
I like Fedor, it’s just his fans that are intolerable...and his management.
The only problem I see here for Rampage is
Shotokan Karate.
If he couldn’t chase Rashad down, there is no way he will get a sniff of Machida. His footwork is obviously 10 levels above Rampage’s. Lyoto’s gonna pivot out of the way, then round kick the holy fuck out of Rampage. He just manipulates the angles too well for someone as limited as Rampage to every really find him and connect.
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by B.H. Farnsworth on Sep 4, 2010 7:44 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
i think the UFC want rid of Rampage and are feeding him to the wolves here,mainly because of the sh*t he caused them with the A Team movie and alsoi because he is likely nearing the end of his career.
Could he really have a harder come back from a loss fight at 205 than this?
I hope i’m wrong as i would like to see him get back in the mix but i have to ? if his heart is really there for fighting anymore.
You could be right, and...
I could care less. Let Machida give him the stanky leg treatment then feed him to Jones. Send him on his way in style and with no credibility left.
I like Fedor, it’s just his fans that are intolerable...and his management.
I hate this match up. Rampage has and always will be my favorite fighter, so the fact that they gave him the worst match up they could? There’s something fishy here.
Fishy?
How is there anything fishy? These guys need fights.
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Plus they're up there in the consensus ranking
Griffin had previously “abdicated” from the idea of fighting Machida, while Shogun and Evans’ bout has to wait, and the Jones-Bader-Lil’-Nog situation is already set, so they might as well give Machida and Rampage something that can help give them a big visibly boost.
Yea there isn't anyone else for him to fight
He’s the number 4 fighter at that class (according to most rankings) and number 1 is out, number 2 is waiting for 1 and just beat Rampage, number 5 is recovering from injury, and the rest have fights lined up. You couldn’t make it Bader vs Machida and Nog vs Rampage as that’s too big a step for Bader IMO. And Nog and Machida aren’t fighting each other.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 4, 2010 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Lyoto is correct in his assessment.
Lyoto owns Rampage on the feet and the ground. On paper, Page can’t win. I am hoping and praying that he does, but don’t see bow it’s possible.
by Polyhedron on Sep 4, 2010 9:52 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
IMO, the only way for Rampage to win
is to turn into RAMPAGE and not Quinton like he’s been fighting. He needs to be aggressive and get Lyoto backing up. He has the best chin at LHW and can take much more than Rashad can and it took a lot of punches for Machida to drop Rashad.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 4, 2010 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Need I remind you of the Jackson/Silva fight.
by Polyhedron on Sep 4, 2010 10:52 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
How many knees did it take to kill Rampage?
A lot. Wand would’ve KO’d anybody else much earlier.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 4, 2010 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
and the Shogun fight?
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by Barack Lesnar on Sep 4, 2010 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn't he break his rib?
He took a LOT of shots trying to protect his body, leaving his chin wide open.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 4, 2010 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
And I'd say Shogun can lay claim to the best chin at 205.
Dude took some Lil Nog haymakers square on the chin and still won.
by Polyhedron on Sep 4, 2010 10:54 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Sorry,
He hasn’t been that Rampage in far too many years.
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer
Haters are gonna hate and bitches are gonna bitch...
by BigDNotDallas on Sep 4, 2010 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I know, I know
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 4, 2010 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Machida says "Rampage a big limited standing"
“Also, in my opinion, spaghetti is long thing noodles.”
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