MMA has some really scary-looking dudes. Before a fight, you have to stand across the cage, looking at a guy who wants to rip your head off.Some fighters don’t have a great staredown, and generally aren’t all that terrifying.But then there are oth…
Bleacher Report’s Cody Slovensky:Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has had one of the greatest careers in MMA history.He burst on to the Pride scene and took it by storm, starting his career with an impressive 19-3 record. Rampage is best known for his “pow…
Bleacher Report’s Cody Slovensky:
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has had one of the greatest careers in MMA history.
He burst on to the Pride scene and took it by storm, starting his career with an impressive 19-3 record. Rampage is best known for his “powerbomb” slam against Ricardo Arona at Pride Critical Countdown 2004.
Rampage defeated Chuck Liddell at UFC 71 for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. He has posted a 6-2 record inside the UFC.
However, to many observers, Jackson hasn’t been “Rampage” since defeating The Iceman.
In the past couple of years, Rampage has been a very marketable person. His personality is very likable and this has led to endorsement and movie deals.
As his showbiz career was taking off, Rampage faced Rashad Evans and put on arguably the worst performance of his career in a decision loss.
Weeks after that, it was announced that he would face Lyoto Machida at UFC 123. Leading up to that fight, Rampage stated that he was going to be the old Rampage. When it came time for the fight, he walked out to the Pride promotion’s old theme song, and you could see the hunger in his eyes. For the first two rounds, Rampage controlled the pace and out-struck Machida, as well as scoring a couple of takedowns. In the end, Rampage received the split-decision win.
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has had one of the greatest careers in MMA history.He burst on to the Pride scene and took it by storm, starting his career with an impressive 19-3 record. Rampage is best known for his “powerbomb” slam against Ricardo Arona a…
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has had one of the greatest careers in MMA history.
He burst on to the Pride scene and took it by storm, starting his career with an impressive 19-3 record. Rampage is best known for his “powerbomb” slam against Ricardo Arona at Pride Critical Countdown 2004.
Rampage defeated Chuck Liddell at UFC 71 for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. He has posted a 6-2 record inside the UFC.
However, to many observers, Jackson hasn’t been “Rampage” since defeating The Iceman.
In the past couple of years, Rampage has been a very marketable person. His personality is very likable and this has led to endorsement and movie deals.
As his showbiz career was taking off, Rampage faced Rashad Evans and put on arguably the worst performance of his career in a decision loss.
Weeks after that, it was announced that he would face Lyoto Machida at UFC 123. Leading up to that fight, Rampage stated that he was going to be the old Rampage. When it came time for the fight, he walked out to the Pride promotion’s old theme song, and you could see the hunger in his eyes. For the first two rounds, Rampage controlled the pace and out-struck Machida, as well as scoring a couple of takedowns. In the end, Rampage received the split-decision win.
At UFC 130, Rampage will meet up-and-coming Matt “The Hammer” Hamill. This fight has a lot riding on it. With a win, Rampage will be one step closer to facing Jon Jones for the light heavyweight championship. If he loses, Hamill would move into that role, and Rampage might never receive another title shot under the UFC banner.
Hamill has the opportunity to not only defeat a legend, but break into the top 10 and be taken seriously as a title contender. With a loss, Rampage would start to take the path of many Pride veterans, but a win will keep him going.
Originally this list was supposed to be The Worst Main Events in UFC History, but as soon as I started going back and doing some research I realized that the quality of main events has gotten worse and worse.To be honest, none of these fights was quite…
Originally this list was supposed to be The Worst Main Events in UFC History, but as soon as I started going back and doing some research I realized that the quality of main events has gotten worse and worse.
To be honest, none of these fights was quite as bad as Arlovski-Sylvia 3 or Shamrock-Severn 2, but the percentage of big fights that are underperforming is astounding.
So before we get into the list, I’m going to ask the million-dollar question: Is MMA less entertaining than it used to be?
Bleacher Report’s Dale De Souza:UFC 130 is only a few weeks away, but already the card is shaping up to be one of the most solid nights of fights in recent history–only another great card to add on to what the UFC has already put on in 2011.On the …
Bleacher Report’s Dale De Souza:
UFC 130 is only a few weeks away, but already the card is shaping up to be one of the most solid nights of fights in recent history–only another great card to add on to what the UFC has already put on in 2011.
On the Spike TV card, which also features Rick Story facing Thiago Alves, Miguel Angel Torres will look to extend his streak in the UFC to 2-0 at Demetrious Johnson, who has a great Wrestling base and has been known to be very explosive when he lays in some shots.
Torres is a former WEC Bantamweight Champion with great striking, long limbs, and some very good Jiu-Jitsu, but without question Johnson poses one of the toughest threats to date for Torres.
Bleacher Report’s Sal DeRose:UFC 130 is the unfortunate card that gets to follow the great UFC 129 event. UFC 130 features a lot of good fighters, including some on the undercard like Thiago Alves.UFC 130 will showcase the rematch between Gray Mayn…
Bleacher Report’s Sal DeRose:
UFC 130 is the unfortunate card that gets to follow the great UFC 129 event. UFC 130 features a lot of good fighters, including some on the undercard like Thiago Alves.
UFC 130 will showcase the rematch between Gray Maynard and Frankie Edgar. At UFC 125 these two fighters fought valiantly to a draw and now Maynard will get yet another shot at the lightweight title.
So with all the great matchups and fighters on the UFC 130 card, who wins and who loses?
