Bleacher Report’s Michael Evans:Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is preparing for a UFC 130 clash with Matt Hamill this Saturday, May 30, 2011 in Las Vegas. As he nears the bout, he has included some brief glimpses into his life via some videos.Rampage is o…
Bleacher Report’s Michael Evans:
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is preparing for a UFC 130 clash with Matt Hamill this Saturday, May 30, 2011 in Las Vegas. As he nears the bout, he has included some brief glimpses into his life via some videos.
Rampage is often funny, cordial and fun-loving and is rarely serious unless he is competing in the UFC. He has voiced recently that he plans to only compete in mixed martial arts for a few more years and then he will step away from the fight game.
Jackson had a change of opponents in the months leading up the fight, and now he will square off against Matt “Hammer” Hamill on Saturday.
Jackson seemed to be less than excited when he has spoken about the bout. In the past, he has been known for gaining large amounts of weight in between fights.
Will he be in great shape for UFC 130? The world will know on fight night.
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is scheduled to fight Matt Hamill at UFC 130 on Saturday, May 28. The two light heavyweights will face off in the main event on the card.A recently released commercial that Jackson did for one of his sponsors, Boost Mobile, ha…
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is scheduled to fight Matt Hamill at UFC 130 on Saturday, May 28. The two light heavyweights will face off in the main event on the card.
A recently released commercial that Jackson did for one of his sponsors, Boost Mobile, has been making the rounds as of late. In the two-minute video, Jackson uses his BS detection skills to figure out, when he is being fed a line of BS.
In the video Jackson is faced with an investor, a healer, an oil company representative and a illusionist, all of whom trigger an “Involuntary physical response” from the former UFC light heavyweight champion. As Rampage says, “some people are just simply full of ****”
Bleacher Report’s Mike Hodges:Over his past couple fights, UFC bantamweight Miguel Torres has learned a lot about himself.Since training with Firas Zahabi, the head trainer of TriStar Gym in Montreal, Quebec, the former WEC standout has quickly trani…
Bleacher Report’s Mike Hodges:
Over his past couple fights, UFC bantamweight Miguel Torres has learned a lot about himself.
Since training with Firas Zahabi, the head trainer of TriStar Gym in Montreal, Quebec, the former WEC standout has quickly tranistioned into a different fighter. Prior to making several visits to Zahabi, Torres was on a two-fight losng streak. The losses taught him a lesson about himself and Torres knew he needed to make a change.
“When I first met Firas, within the first ten minutes, he told me exactly what my problem was. He’s like, `You look like the kind of guy that is trying to take care of too many people and not taking care of yourself,’” Torres said to Heavy.com.
The former WEC bantamweight champion said he saw the weaknesses in his own game not too long after training with Zahabi, a choice he decided to make following his knockout loss to Brian Bowles at WEC 42 that saw him relenquish the title to his opponent. Ever since his loss to Bowles, Torres switched camps and hasn’t looked back.
The co-main event of UFC 130 features a heavyweight bout between the former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir and the winner of The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights, Roy “Big Country” Nelson.Sitting down to speak with Affliction, Randy “The Natural” Cou…
The co-main event of UFC 130 features a heavyweight bout between the former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir and the winner of The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights, Roy “Big Country” Nelson.
Sitting down to speak with Affliction, Randy “The Natural” Couture, a three-time UFC heavyweight champion and current hall-of-fame retiree, voiced his thoughts and analysis regarding this matchup.
Speaking about both fighters excellent ground games, Couture said, “Mir is remarkable on the ground. We saw him break (Tim) Sylvia’s arm and he has a great submission game.”
Like Frank Mir, Roy Nelson is tremendously talented in the jiu-jitsu department. “Roy is no slouch either,” Couture said. Earning a black belt under Renzo Gracie, Nelson is more than well-equipped to battle off of his back.
With both fighters equally strong on the ground, Couture believes that the “jiu-jitsu negates each other. Even for big guys, they are both good on the ground.”
Solid ground games leaves only the opportunity to stand and trade in the center of the Octagon to determine a victor.
However, one variable exists that concerns “The Natural.” And that variable is Frank Mir’s questionable mindset coming into this fight.
“It’s interesting to see how serious Mir is taking this (fight),” he said. “Is he going to come in in great shape and try to make another run with the top guys? Or is he just punching a card?”
Athletically, Frank Mir holds the advantage. “I would say that Mir is the better athlete,” Couture said. “He is probably the stronger guy. He’s got more experience and he was the heavyweight champion.”
With that said, however, Nelson possesses excellent boxing skills to be able to stand and trade with Mir.
“He (Roy Nelson) has a tremendous right hand. He has finished a lot of fights that way. He’s like a Timex, he takes an amazing, amazing beating.”
Additionally, unlike Mir’s variable which can serve as a negative, Couture is convinced that Nelson’s variable is a positive.
“Roy has this unknown deal. He ain’t fun to look at, but he’s effective. He gets the job done,” Couture said.
According to Randy Couture, the game-plan for this co-main event between Frank Mir and Roy Nelson will be stand and exchange strikes in the center of the cage.
Falling in line with my prediction posted last week, Couture questions Mir’s mental focus and his ability to maintain a high level of competition against “Big Country.”
Like me, “The Natural” believes that Roy Nelson will be the victor of this heavyweight duel.
“I’m gonna go with the upset and go with Roy Nelson in this fight.”
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Bleacher Report’s Dwight Wakabayashi:Predicting what could possibly happen at a UFC event is a slippery undertaking as there are so many different things that can make or shape the story that is the UFC these days. Whether it be injury replacements, …
Bleacher Report’s Dwight Wakabayashi:
Predicting what could possibly happen at a UFC event is a slippery undertaking as there are so many different things that can make or shape the story that is the UFC these days.
Whether it be injury replacements, or main event fighters who don’t care UFC 130 is on tap and you can be sure people will be tuning in.
Here are “5 Predictions You Can Take To The Bank” for UFC 130 coming up on May 28th.
Bleacher Report’s Todd Seyler:UFC 130 will take place this Saturday, May 28th, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.Preliminary card action includes the bantamweight debut of the highly regarded and extremely talented Brazilian, Renan B…
Bleacher Report’s Todd Seyler:
UFC 130 will take place this Saturday, May 28th, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Preliminary card action includes the bantamweight debut of the highly regarded and extremely talented Brazilian, Renan Barao.
Spike TV will air a tremendous bantamweight matchup between Miguel Torres and Demetrious Johnson.
Main card action includes a middleweight bout between the hard-hitting ex-Marine, Brian Stann scheduled to square off against the former Sengoku middleweight champion, Jorge Santiago.
Additional pay-per-view fights include a barn-burner between Thiago Alves and Rick Story in the welterweight division.
The co-main event of the evening is a heavyweight duel between the former UFC heavyweight champion, Frank Mir, and the up-and-coming Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights winner, Roy Nelson.
In the main event, the former UFC light heavyweight champion, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, will enter the Octagon against Matt “The Hammer” Hamill.
With questions looming regarding both main events, experts and pundits do not seem to share a common viewpoint as to who will be the victor for both fights.
To provide more clarification, UFC hall-of-fame fighter, and recent retired MMA superstar, Randy Couture, sat down with Affliction to analyze and predict the outcome of “Rampage” versus “The Hammer.”
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is preparing for a UFC 130 clash with Matt Hamill this Saturday, May 30, 2011 in Las Vegas. As he nears the bout, he has included some brief glimpses into his life via some videos.