UFC 114 - Rashad vs. Rampage

[LingeringRegime]

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I should have put money on the main event. It played out exactly how I expected it to.

That Todd Duffee fight was crazy though. Lightning in a bottle.

[nyj721]

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If I were Dana, I would demand Rampage's car keys.

If I were Dana, I would get Rashad some bigger shorts.

[DTX3]

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I thought the fight was good. Most people just bought into all the HYPE and expected the F.O.T.Y.

[Parasight]

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Really liked the fight. Happy Rashad won. Ended up getting into a big argument about it over at another forum (omg LnP!), so I'll just leave it at that over here.

Shogun/Rashad will be an interesting matchup. For sure Rashad will takedown Shogun, but Shogun is world-class on his back and in terms of striking and clinch he's elite. Rashad's weakness as we've all seen is his inability to deal with hard strikes; he goes limp. Excited for it!

[Acedeck]

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Really liked the fight. Happy Rashad won. Ended up getting into a big argument about it over at another forum (omg LnP!), so I'll just leave it at that over here.

Shogun/Rashad will be an interesting matchup. For sure Rashad will takedown Shogun, but Shogun is world-class on his back and in terms of striking and clinch he's elite. Rashad's weakness as we've all seen is his inability to deal with hard strikes; he goes limp. Excited for it!

Rashaad's fight strategy reminds me of "the trap," NHL teams used to play defensively to win games. They'd score one goal, and then essentially shutdown and wait for the buzzer to go off.

[goh]

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It did look like Rampage had him on the ground, not gonna say it should of been called; but there's other ref's who would of called that.

And that's why it was Herb Dean refing it.

Sanchez/Hathaway wasn't as good as I thought it'd be. Still pretty decent and while I picked Hathaway suprisingly one sided.

I can see giving round 1 to Lil Nog. Rounds 2 and 3 were definitive but it's not that much of a reach that Lil Nog won round 1.

Well I was right that KO of the night would be from the Duffee/Russow fight.

Good performance by Bisping. I'm a Bisping fan so there's more than 2 here. Suprised Miller didn't attempt more takedowns.

Evans is no fool and did exactly what he needed to do to win. Maybe not a great fight overall but it's nice to see a plan come together so well.

[Phillmattic]

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Although I'm a bit disappointed, I guess I should come to expect the "that fight was boring" cries from the internet mma "fans".

I wish people would respect everything that goes on in the ring, and not just want to see two guys knock each other's brains out.

[Gibbz]

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Maybe not a great fight overall but it's nice to see a plan come together so well.

In Shad's post-fight interview he should've said "I love it when a plan comes together," to mock Page's A-Team role.

[The Chef]

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Although I'm a bit disappointed, I guess I should come to expect the "that fight was boring" cries from the internet mma "fans".

I wish people would respect everything that goes on in the ring, and not just want to see two guys knock each other's brains out.

And as is the norm for a UFC PPV, someone comes out with their holier then thou attitude as if they are the only ones who can truly appreciate the sport and the rest of us are just bar room brawl fans who have no idea what were watching. I guess the fact that Ive been watching UFC since UFC 1 isnt good enough for you. The fight was boring because Evans did very little damage even when he did have Rampage against the cage, or on the ground for that matter. Ohh, and since your the only expert here who can appreciate what happened tonight and are therefore the only true MMA fan, its actually a cage not a ring.

[Acedeck]

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Although I'm a bit disappointed, I guess I should come to expect the "that fight was boring" cries from the internet mma "fans".

I wish people would respect everything that goes on in the ring, and not just want to see two guys knock each other's brains out.

I enjoy seeing a fight where guys work each other over systematically. GSP is my favorite fighter. This one, in particular, just wasn't interesting. I don't need to see them knock each other out. They were both just WAY too timid.

[UNC_Pete]

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Although I'm a bit disappointed, I guess I should come to expect the "that fight was boring" cries from the internet mma "fans".

I wish people would respect everything that goes on in the ring, and not just want to see two guys knock each other's brains out.

I think the boring complaints stem from rampage not showing enough aggressiveness rd 3..

[Phillmattic]

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And as is the norm for a UFC PPV, someone comes out with their holier then thou attitude as if they are the only ones who can truly appreciate the sport and the rest of us are just bar room brawl fans who have no idea what were watching. I guess the fact that Ive been watching UFC since UFC 1 isnt good enough for you. The fight was boring because Evans did very little damage even when he did have Rampage against the cage, or on the ground for that matter. Ohh, and since your the only expert here who can appreciate what happened tonight and are therefore the only true MMA fan, its actually a cage not a ring.

Evans surely would have done damage after the takedowns but Rampage's defense was too good. Just as I'm sure that Rampage wanted to knock out Evans but he was just way too quick. There were suspenseful moments throughout the fight and both guys got rocked. Evans because he isn't the fan favorite takes the blame for putting on a boring fight, even though Rampage played it safe for his style and stayed defensive waiting for counters.


After every event the cries of boring fight are all over the net when fans expect entirely way too much out of these fights. Its treated more like pro wrestling than an actual sport, its as if no one cares who wins as long as something crazy happens. These guys aren't working together to entertain the crowd, this is real competition.

Jake Shields gets called boring even while putting on a grappling clinic against Henderson, same for GSP who displayed some beautiful jitsu against Hardy.

Its always the same, but you are entitled to your own opinion.

[Acedeck]

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Comparing this to GSP is ridiculous. GSP is meticulous because that's his game. Evans was meticulous because he was scared, and felt he was ahead on the scorecard after that first punch.

[The Chef]

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Evans surely would have done damage after the takedowns but Rampage's defense was too good. Just as I'm sure that Rampage wanted to knock out Evans but he was just way too quick. There were suspenseful moments throughout the fight and both guys got rocked. Evans because he isn't the fan favorite takes the blame for putting on a boring fight, even though Rampage played it safe for his style and stayed defensive waiting for counters.


After every event the cries of boring fight are all over the net when fans expect entirely way too much out of these fights. Its treated more like pro wrestling than an actual sport, its as if no one cares who wins as long as something crazy happens. These guys aren't working together to entertain the crowd, this is real competition.

Jake Shields gets called boring even while putting on a grappling clinic against Henderson, same for GSP who displayed some beautiful jitsu against Hardy.

Its always the same, but you are entitled to your own opinion.

There in lies the problem, you bring up all these things here but yet I dont remember much of anybody saying those things here. If your argument is based on what other people are saying on other message boards then I dont know what to tell you. I didnt complain about what GSP did in his fight with Hardy. I didnt complain about Shields working Hendo. I didnt find tonights fight entertaining in the least as no damage was even done when Evans did get the takedown. I dont like guys leaning on a fighter against the cage while doing no damage, Couture did it againt Vera and won so clearly it works, but its just not something Im into watching.

Im not a Rampage nor Evans fan so I have no problem sharing the blame between them both. Rampage should have had a tune up fight anyways as I find it hard to believe that you can take 14 months off from MMA and training and then suddenly step in against a top contender like Evans and hold your own with him. Rampage looked a step slow, he looked like he couldnt find his range and he paid for it. Evans had a solid gameplan for a win, hats off to him, but for me he needs to actually do some damage when he gets a guy down instead of just throwing little pillow punches from in close doing next to no damage in the process.

[Phillmattic]

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Comparing this to GSP is ridiculous. GSP is meticulous because that's his game. Evans was meticulous because he was scared, and felt he was ahead on the scorecard after that first punch.

Actually not comparing this to GSP is ridiculous. Before the Hardy fight GSP stated many times that he felt his striking was superior to Hardy's, and even though he felt he could beat him standing up that there was that fear that Hardy could catch him, so there is no reason to keep the fight where your opponent is most comfortable. Why reward these one dimensional fighters when you have the tools to beat them?

Same for Evans, he probably could have chose to keep the fight standing and utilize his quickness. But why give Rampage that chance to catch you with one of those bombs?

Rashad was working after the takedowns, he was trying to posture up and land big shots when he had Rampage up against the fence, and he was working to advance positions, Rampage just did a great job avoiding taking too much damage. Rampage had just as much of a chance to dictate the pace of the fight and win as Evans did, he just got outclassed tonight.