UFC 130: Quinton Jackson and the Factors Affecting the Chances of a Finish

It takes two to tango in the ballroom, same number required to finish inside the octagon. Before Quinton “Rampage” Jackson gets showered with more “tough love” regarding another decision win, this time over Matt Hamill last Satu…

It takes two to tango in the ballroom, same number required to finish inside the octagon.

Before Quinton “Rampage” Jackson gets showered with more “tough love” regarding another decision win, this time over Matt Hamill last Saturday night–as if a decision victory comes in cheap nowadays and any fighter who fails to finish is unworthy of respect–here are the factors going for and against the much coveted F.

The factors going for the the stoppage are attributed to the party intending to finish (in a perfect MMA world, it should be both contending fighters), of course. For this article, he shall be called “predator.”

Conversely, the factors going against the finish are ascribed to the survivor, whom I shall call “prey.”

Needless to mention, we know that all fighters assume the dual and opposite roles of prey and predator each time they step inside the octagon.

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