Rashad Evans granted title shot after knocking out Chuck Liddell

This should be an interesting fight. Forrest had better work on his takedown defense.

MANIA,
Why doesn’t the box stating what comments have appeared where exist anymore?

Rashad got lucky Chucks my favorite fighter and all Rashad did was dance around like a little girl den landed a lucky punch.

Take it like a man Joe. Chuck got knocked the HELL OUT!!!! No one has ever knocked Chuck like that even the Rampage knockout wasn’t that clean. Luck or no luck he got beat. Take it like a man.

Rashad vs. Griffin for sure

What a way to answer one’s critics.

Good for Rashad. I guess he really is good enough. Just think – 3 of the top LHW in the UFC came from The Ultimate Fighter! Forrest Griffin, Keith Jardine and Rashad Evans. I guess there really is a changing of the guard underway.

If Chuck would have been patient and worked as a counter striker, he could have won.

First can i just say lol at idiot who said Hendo was going to be taken down at will……

As for this topic No WAY none that he deserves title shot over Machida I assumed that after this fight he would be fighting him guess not…..Then again the ufc as of lately has been giving title shots away, so i guess i shouldve expected this shit.

One more thing OMFG cant believe he KO’d chuck, i mean sure i was like wtf is chuck doing off the get go when he was being to damn aggressive but seriously i never thought id see chuck get KO’d so badly by Rashad of all people!

Only fair, Chuck would have got one if he would have won. Wonder what is next for Chuck as he is 1-3 in his last 4 fights.

and Chuck said he’d win against Fedor? what a clown…

WHAT IS NEXT FOR CHUCK? THE NEW CHUCKY NURSERY HOUSE IN VEGAS WITH TANK ABBOT AS CARETAKER.GOOD BYE MY LOVE GOOD BYE MY FRIEND

i’d rather see rashad v wanderlei. and it wasn’t a “lucky” punch. it was a perfect punch that would’ve ko’d any LHW. Chuck should move upto HW for a couple more paydays then retire. 38 isn’t young.

Bisping hasnt fought anybody? Ask Evans who gave him a tougher fight! Bisping or Chuck.

Rashad Evans doesn’t deserve a title shot. I find him the most annoying fighter around due to his nipple twisting, stupid dancing and idiotic fight antics. I’m a Chuck fan but he should retire and a win over him shouldn’t mean u get a title shot. Rashad needs to fight a top 5 LHW…so he get a beatdown that he deserves

Evans KO of Liddell reminded me of this drunken scotsman i saw in the high street one time hurling rasicts remarks at this stocky black gentlemen.

I’m a Chuck fan but I have to give Evans his props. He reversed roles with Chuck tonight and made it work. Chuck is a great counter striker but when Evans took that role he made Chuck become the aggressor and “BoomShackAlacka”!

Maybe if Randy gets past Brock and Nog, we will get to see Chuck vs Randy again. That fight would sell and don’t think it hasn’t crossed Dana White’s mind. I think at this point and time randy would win but I am fans of them both and I wouldn’t really care who won.

You would think, Evans would go up to check up on his opponent.

I see some whiners b**tching about Rashad doing the “Fred Sanford” move after the fight. Get over it. MOST fighters have victory celebrations after their fights, even when their opponents are crumpled up on the ground unconscious. Chuck himself has done his dance after crushing Randy, Tito, and Vernon White. Chuck didn’t “check on” any of those guys after he destroyed them. Even nice guys like Rich Franklin do a celebration after a great stoppage.

Being unhappy that Rashad won (if you are that) is fine. Whining about a standard fighter celebration that virtually all fighters do is ridiculous. Shut up about that.

Yes, Rashad deserves a title shot. It doesn’t matter if he lays and prays all over Forrest for the whole five rounds—-he deserves the shot based on this win and being undefeated against other tough opponents. People need to get over it. Guys like Lyoto and Rashad win fights, so they deserve title shots. Chuck should strongly consider retiring.

Chucks Hands Were Way Down, By His Waist. He Needs To Change His Game Plan. His Old Style Might Have Worked Before, But With The New Breed Of Fighters He Needs To Evolve As Well.
FACT:
1) Jardine dropped Chuck with a right for a sec.

2) Rampage knocked out Chuck with a looping Right.

3) Last night….Rashad knocked out Chuck with a overhand right.

See the pattern here….Chuck really needs to study his opponents, and what he’s doing
wrong.

“Hands Up, Chin Down”, Couldn’t Be More True For Chuck

Machida is more deserving.

Scary knockout! Rashad (and the camp) trained to beat Chuck perfectly. That being said, I know Rashad was excited, but show some class in your victory. I know his reaction and the way he was acting seemed like such a punk thing to do, dancing around, clowning and stuff. That isn’t going to make a fan like me (and others) become big Rashad fans. And that will prevent him from making even more money because he won’t be a fan favorite.

Look at the most popular fighters now, Forrest and Anderson Silva. Both are very gracious in victory and defeat. Their deminor and their fighting spirit makes people just want to like them. Rashad I don’t think has that in his personality. He may get his title shot, and one day be champion, but he won’t be as popular as other fighters because of the way he carries himself.

Check out the interview Dana White gave to to MMA Live on ESPN. This isn’t boxing, it’s MMA, so they don’t need to give anyone a title shot. Unlike boxing, there is not official ranking system, so Dana puts the fight together that people want to see. His words directly from the interview. So Rashad may not get the title shot, because people like me just don’t like watching him fight. He’s a great fighter and scored a scary knock out of a very dangerous fighter. I just don’t like him very much.

Rashad hit him with a punch that was telegraphed while Chuck made another dumb mistake putting his hands down. MMA is evolving every day and the days of the stand up one punch fighters are disappearing. Rashad beat a guy who’s one dimensional game plan had been exposed a long time ago. Unfortunately Chuck may be done after this because there are no legit fighters in that division for him to fight without destroying his legacy with a couple losses. Maybe a fight against H. Alexander to finish it off???

Evans is gonna have big problems with technical all around fighters like Forrest and will get destroyed if he can’t dodge fights with Machida or Thiago Silva. Keep dancing around and rubbing your nipples Rashad – your days are numbered.

You almost have to question whether Chuck’s hands down fighting style is still prudent in the modern UFC where the boxing/kickboxing talent of its fighters is continually increasing.

i would of liked to see chuck win .that said rashad beat him ,i believe mma fighters are always getting better at every aspect of fighting .chuck looks very one dementional more so in the last year then ever ,maybe its time to step down for chuck before he starts looking like some other great fighters that just wont quit and or evolve with the sport .kudos to chuck for great and very entertaining career,please dont change the memories with a continued losing streak against opponents that 3 years ago you would have stopped in the first round.

A lot of people underestimated Rashad, myself included. I should have known Jackson (king of game planning) would have devised a great game plan to beat Chuck. Also I didn’t know Rashad was a nipple twister, guys who do that just plain win (GSP), lol. Does anyone know why they do that?

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Mark me in the very surprised column as well as the underestimated Rashad Evans column. Wow, I love this sport. Wondering who Chuck will face next though.

Rashad is a boring ass fighter. Why was he twisting his nipples during the introduction? And then the guy gloats while Chuck is unconscious. How would his screaming bitch like it if Chuck’s lady was screaming while he was unconscious.

I’m not sure but I think the UFC has doctors come in the ring after the fight to take care of the fighters. Why does Rashad Evans who last time I checked wasn’t a doctor need to go check on Chuck’s condition. By the way all you Chuck fans, have you ever watched Chuck after he wins. After he knocked out Renato Babalu in the first fight he was running around the ring bouncing up and down, so he does the same thing as well. I mean was Rashad suppose to pull a BJ Penn and just run to the locker room right away. Give me a break, the man just knocked out one of the greatest fighters of all time let him celebrate.

As I live in the UK and have several children of a young age I did not stay up til 3am to watch UFC 88 but decided to watch it our time tonight. These are my thoughts (and my thoughts alone) per fight:-

1.) I thought Matt Brown won quite easily, now I am no judge but he was far more aggresive and was striking at will, but they are my thoughts and my thoughts alone.

2.) Nate Marquadt outta fight Dan Henderson next to see who fights the winner of Silva vs Cote (probably Silva), that would be an awesome matchup I take Henderson, he has shown (unlike Liddell, more later) to adapt his game.

3.) Dan Henderson’s gameplan was absolutely spot on, f!*k the booers he did what he needed to do, I love you Dan. You might have to move up to LHW if you don’t beat Silva again though.

4.) I am gobsmacked to have read somewhere, that Franklin will not cut it at LHW after that performance. Rubbish, he was superb, you are forgetting who he fought, a very strong wrestler with great strikes who looked extremely normal tonight. Franklin picked him apart, and should fight someone like Thiago Alves or Rashad Evans next to cement his position, very good performance Rich and I love AC\DC.

5.) Chuck oh Chuck. I’ll explain a little bit of the history with me and the UFC before I start. I got into it here in the UK by watching a show on Bravo channel called UFC one late Sunday night after having a few drinks. It was Liddell vs Horn 2 and after Chuck’s victory I thought who the hell is this guy. I was lucky I caught him in the beginning of a good run and I fell in love with the guy, he was everything Boxing wasn’t.

Well I was in Malta last May and I emailed a friend of mine to let me know the result of the Rampage vs Liddell 2 fight and I was traumatised I couldn’t believe it my Chuck lost. I won’t even go into the Jardine fight, but after Wanderlei I thought he was back.

Well all I can say after tonights performance is Chuck you looked slow, predictable, and, as much as I hate to say it, old school. You now belong in the same era as Shamrock, Tito and so on. MMA has evolved and Chuck hasn’t.

One thing I couldn’t get was how slow he looked and predictable even I knew what he was about to do. Which brings me on to Rashad. I am sorry to all the Rashad lovers but I can’t stand the guy. Whats with licking your fingers and rubbing your nipples before the fight, the showboating, the silly pr!*k dances and the stupid screaming wife after the fight. This just reminds me of the bad days of boxing.

Amd before people say I am either racist or too much of a Chuck lover, I actually am a massive fan of Rampage Jackson and I think he will win his title back soon. As for Chuck, I think he should retire or go to Extreme Couture and let him coach you and I think you will get back on that ladder again.

Rant over.

Rashad deserves that title shot. bottom line

Reasons Why?

1) He just knocked out the face of UFC, Chuck Liddell and he did it in exciting fashion
2) He has won 7 of his last 8 UFC fights, the other was a draw
3) Rampage jackson is scheduled for November I heard, so a fight with Rashad and Forrest sounds more reasonable considering it gives him 4 months to prepare.
4) Machida is a great fighter, very technical, and he’s won 5 straight in the UFC but 4 of his fights were all decisions with lots of countering. Though I know it is his style but sometimes its more exciting to see a finisher than a person who wins by the point system.

I think after that fight with Chuck, Rashad is more than worthy of a title shot than Machida.

C’mon be honest What would you rather see?

Ultimate Fighter Season 1 Winner vs. Ultimate Fighter Winner Season 2
GRIFFIN vs EVANS “Battle of the Ultimate Fighters”

and they could definitely market it by showing a highlight reel of Griffin beating Rampage & Evans knocking out Liddell and since both fights were pretty recent. Fans have this fresh in their minds.

or MACHIDA vs. GRIFFIN
The casual fan won’t know who Machida is and Griffin doesn’t have enough star power to sell PPV’s fighting Machida. The fight wont sell.

Does anyone remember BJ Penn licking blood off of his gloves? Or Chuck doing laps around the octagon after his knock outs? How about Tito’s grave digging or GSP’s break dancing? Besides you don’t need to be a gentleman to sell tix. Tito Ortiz was one of the biggest pricks ever, but he sold tix.

As for Machida getting a title shot? Man screw him. I HATE watching him fight because I know I will most likely get bored. 62% of his wins are by decisions. Boring ones. Rashad has improved immensely from his TUF days. He trains his stand up with one of the greatest Muay Thai fighters of all time and just gets better and better. I’d rather see that rumored Joe Rogan/Wesley Snipes fight than Machida vs Forrest.

im a big machida fan, but Rashad is way more deserving then lyoto, i think lyoto needs one big win or two more convincing wins before he gets a title shot.

hummmmmmmmmm

I never said don’t celebrate. And I’m not complaining. I am just surprised. Not always, but depending on some knock outs and the factor of time they are “out” opponents just give a little duck into the doctors reviewing of their lifeless opponent just to show the respect and what not. Thats all. Ex: Rampage hit Liddell and his lights clearly went out for a moment. That fight was over. But Chuck came too and regardless didn’t know what planet he was on… He got up. Of course you won’t go over in that situation. But certain fights you know. Ha damn guys. I was just SAYING! I’m not mad or anything!

And absolutely… the arrogance sells tickets. No doubt. I’ve argued that point with a lot of my friends. People love to hate these guys and thats what works. Trust me… I’m one of them. Fucking hate Tito and some but thats what made the fights with him more fun and exciting. But that doesn’t make it right, is all. (If that were the point I’m arguing) Again… I’m not saying don’t do it. I just said, I am simply a little surprised he just didn’t go over. Thats all. Damn guys! I’m sorry! :(

The question has come up about Chucks future. I think 1 of 2 things should happen.
1) Retire Gracefully
or
2) If he really wants to start the road to the title over. Have a rematch with Jardine (providing Jardine beats Vera) It would have worked out much better, if the fight with Vera was not set yet. Chuck comes off a vicious KO loss, and Jardine as well (from Wandy). Last time they fought it was the same case (Chuck from Rampage, and Jardine from Houston Alexander) Chuck has always wanted to revenge this loss, and i think it would have some draw (not a main event).

Awesome Forrest vs Rashad is gunna be an awesome fight.. both will definitly have a good showing, as for chuck losing thats what happens when you come with an uppercut from the outside, its basic boxing knowledge that the uppercut is a clinching punch b/c when you throw it the mechanics of it force you to lower your other hand. Chuck hasnt ko’ed anyone in a long time he definitly has lost the ko power… RETIREMENT OLD DOG.

Rashad Evan/Greg Jackson 08

alot of u need 2 just accept that rashad is a top notch undefeated fighter..and the nonsense about his showboating is ridiculous..hes very humble(did u see the interview?)…when was the last time chuck checked on a ko victim…theres a double standard…everybody has there own style, if tito can talk crap excessively and patronize his opponents after fights why cant rashad, and kept it 2 minimum, maybe he should of worn a shirt about.lol…if u guys dont like rashad maybe u should start watching elite xc or somethng, cause hes part of the future of the ufc…

alot of u need 2 just accept that rashad is a top notch undefeated fighter..and the nonsense about his showboating is ridiculous..hes very humble(did u see the interview?)…when was the last time chuck checked on a ko victim…theres a double standard…everybody has there own style, if tito can talk crap excessively and patronize his opponents after fights why cant rashad, and kept it 2 minimum, maybe he should of worn a shirt about.lol…if u guys dont like rashad maybe u should start watching elite xc or somethng, cause hes a big part of the future of the ufc…