lol rampage is gonna get schooled!

LOL Rampage by Brutal KO

I like Rampage a lot, I even predicted him beating Chuck but I see Machida submitting him in the first or second round. Rampage will get impatient, over persue, and make a mistake. Rampage is a brawler he needs someone to bang with and Lyoto is too smart for that.

rampage is scared.

I agree with BK 100% Bad style for rampage. Am I the only one that appreciates Machida? I really like watching him fight.

Just like everyone on here said Wandi would knock out Rampage, didn’t happen! Rampage would knock Machidas’s boring ass out! YEAH!

I definately have a lot of respect for Machida, I know he may have a “boring” style but it’s very effective. I’m interested to see what happens when he fights a guy like Rashad for the belt. You know Rashads mentality will be I got the belt, you want it, come take it. This will be the first time Machida will have to attack to win, and with Rashads quickness I can’t predict the outcome.

I’m rooting for Rampage but my money’s riding on Machida. I just don’t see rampage’s “technical” boxing doing damage to Machida’s world-class striking.

Nothing boring about knocking out formerly undefeated Thiago Silva at the bell, who by the way fights with a style similar to Rampage.

Its quite obvious Rampage is trying to douse the rising flame that is Machida. He should know how hard it is to do what Machida does effectively and to remain undefeated in this sport. He is probably just giving us the build up to a possible top contender match-up.

As much as I love Rampage he would get schooled by Machida as his style would fall directly into Machidas hands. People forget that machida has an excellent ground game and movement on the ground as well as takedowns and defense too.

I fear Rampage may eat these words.

agree nothing boring about not getting hit and you hitting your opponent… not only staying undefeated but not getting hit with a solid punch! If Rampage losses then he could just say he ran the whole time….I’m hoping either a sub or a ko for the Dragon.

BK:

I’m a BIG Rampage, Shad & Machida fan and I have to say you’ve got it wrong if you think Machida can sub Page. It just doesn’t happen. It’s been 9 years and 24 fights since his one and only submission loss which came when he was a baby in the game.

Syd:

Rampage’s technical boxing is the equalizer for Lyoto’s footwork & elusiveness. The combination’s and counter punches will be a lot for Machida to deal with. He’s never fought anyone with that combination of 1-punch KO power, granite chin and technical boxing that Page has.

RedDog:

No disrespect but it’s disrespectful to compare Thiago Silva to Rampage Jackson in any aspect of the game. Apples & Oranges.

Like I said, I’m a huge fan but Quinton’s comment might really be one made in ignorance. He’s a genius in the ring/cage but outside of it he’s definitely not the brightest bulb in the box. The fan part of me wants to believe that this is all some sort of mind game to sucker Lyoto into being more aggressive than usual or maybe its just some fight talk to help build anticipation like someone else said. It’s definitely NOT him trying to setup an excuse for a potential future loss to Lyoto.

Anyway, Look what happened when he made all of those comments during TUF. As a fan I really thought it was all mind games and that he was secretly taking Forrest seriously and training like nobodies business. Boy was I wrong about that. As evidenced by his performance he truly thought he was going to just run right through Griffin and KO him.

Now, I watched that fight several times from Forrest’s perspective and again from Page’s perspective and I have to say that Page won that fight by the skin of his teeth. Had he taken Forrest as seriously as he should have and given more respect to what Forrest brings to the cage he would have fought a slightly different fight and shown without a doubt that he really is the better fighter. But there’s no use for me crying over spilled milk.

My point is that when Rampage and the Dragon mix it up, and Page’s quote turns out to be truly what he believes, he’s in for a very rough night.

Great Post Machine! I agree with mostly your entire post!

I will tell you one thing, when they are on top of their games, Rampage and Lyoto are easily the best LHW’s in the world, with Rashad as a close third and skill wise, shogun would be 4th if he gets hjis cardio together!

Rampage is noT getting submitted by ANYONE!!! Believe that!

I also think Rampage should have been awarded the decision against Forrest but it was close. In a close fight like that I say that the Defending and 1st ever Unified champion should have gotten the benefit of the doubt and been awarded the close fight against Forrest.

I do believe that the best possible LHW title fight is Machida and Rampage. If I were an odds maker I would make the odds virtually even. Rampage has never faced anyone like Machida, and Machida has never faced anyone like Rampage.

I will say that Rampage has faced better opposition, and is more seasoned than Lyoto in HUge fights against top level opponents, so I have to give a slight edge to SlamPAGE!!!!!

I just finished disagreeing with you in the Dan Hardy thread but I’m with you 100% on this one. What you pointed out about Rampage being the more seasoned who’s faced better comp is what will cause the oddsmakers to give him the betting edge. They should definitely keep the odds razor thin either way.

Rashad is the best LHW In the world,let’s not forget who holds the coveted 205 belt. Long live sugar

Rashad sux IMO! But I would place my money on him. what an irony!

Not that it counted but C.B. Dollaway got Rampage in a peruvian necktie twice. Rampage just hasn’t fought that great of a submission specialist in awhile. I guess we will have to wait a good while to find out since a match between Rampage & Lyoto doesnt appear to be happening anytime soon.

i think machida might hit a little harder than foorest, definately has better jits too. machida all the way. exempting rampage doesnt live up to his monicher and run him over with his truck

true, Machida kinda runs, but he also engages during the right moments. It’s an art that he has perfected, but he should perfect it more to make it appear to us that he’s mostly engaging and not running.

he does what he’s supposed to. he evades and strikes when the opening is there. instead of wasting energy on strikes he knows probably won’t land, he waits until they will. This is mixed MARTIAL ARTS and last i checked the point of learning martial arts is to NOT get hit and strike your opponent where it hurts.

a few quotes from a martial arts master.

“When you must fight evade all attacks, seek the most vulnerable place and strike like a tiger rushing out of a cave or a Dragon suddenly appearing from behind a cloud.” – Li, Longdao

“Be simple and natural in your actions. Move like lightning, hit like thunder and disappear like clouds.” – Li, Longdao

“The goal of true combat is to avoid combat if at all possible.” – Li, Longdao

Great post “kistunex”. It’s nice to see another person who truly understands the essence of Martial Arts.

What we fans have seen in the ring/cage with MMA is only a grain of sand on the beach of Martial Arts. Compared to some key things I’ve seen in person along with a lot of studying I’ve done on the subject, the sky is the limit. As long as guys like Machida, Bones, Genki Sudo and others continue to emerge we will be seeing some amazing things now and in the future.

I had a chance to see Sifu Shi Yan Ming (shaolin monk) demonstrate live about 10 feet from me (I also got to speak with him very briefly afterward). I’ll tell you all 1st hand that the human body can generate unbelievable amounts of speed and power with the right physical and mental training. It’s really one of those things that I encourage anyone to observe and research. Truly amazing stuff that’s hard to believe until you witness it in person!

yeah bluepit when you lose a close decision and you were the champ you should only need one convincing fight to get another shot at the belt, and rampage is going for 2.

WAR RAMPAGE & FUCK MACHIDA :D

I actually like Rampage more, but I don’t let emotions get in front of logic. Rampage CLEARLY lost to Forrest and Wandy is the man, but was not in number one contender status. Plus Machida has 6 wins in the UFC, has the highest percentage of strikes landed, has the least amount of damage taken in the UFC, and KO’ed one of the best strikers in the UFC. What else does the guy need to do to get a title shot.

i agree bluepit, he may not have a tantalizing style of fighting, but it is interesting in that he is the smartest fighter. randy’s great at game plans, but he still wants an exiting fight and will take risks, lyoto seems to be willing to do whatever to make the fight better while not damaging his chances

IT WASNT RAZOR THIN

how many times did you watch it connor? I can understand if you got the impression that Forrest won while you were looking the 1st time. the crowd was cheering Forrest on, and Joe Rogan was all over his balls saying that he was winning the fight when it was dead even, or Rampage being ahead.. I’ve rewatched it and Rampage should have gotten the dec.

Hey Machine, I was going for Rampage. Nothing pissed me off more when he lost. To me Forrest isn’t at a level of champ yet. Also I believe the same with Rashad. I have watched it a couple times and yes I am familiar on what the judge on.

if by world class defense you mean moving completely ouf of striking range than ok.. Rampage has better defense than Lyoto has

C-mon Punch, “destroy?” Lyoto would run from Page worse than he did against Tito!

Rampage is not the smartest? that sounds pretty smart to me.. him and i share the same opinion, and you know what you wouldn’t be able to drive a company with every guy being like that cause he’s not a draw he’s like the worlds best Jardine, and it takes two to make a fight and everytime Machida comes in he always fights on his opponents aggression and this time happened to get a KO over a fat out of shape Thiago Silva that showed off horrible striking.. Rampage is custom made to beat Machida, he’s a counterpuncher with better defense, power and boxing that he would expose him with..

Yeah I don’t see what’s so absurd about this statement. He says Machida is very good, but a boring fighter. Isn’t that the general concensus? Isn’t that why many of you think he hasn’t gotten a title shot yet? Apparantely Rampage said what Dana and Joe Silva were thinking. And everyone jumping on the Machida bandwagon saying Machida’s going to kill Rampage are in for a rude awakening.

Everybody is jumping on Machidas “destroy wagon” cause of the way he beat Thiago. But the truth is that Thiago was really untested himself. Thiago hasnt even fought a top ten guy. Dont get me wrong, it was a good win. I cant believe Im defending Rampage.

I agree with the ovarie puncher, Lyoto will beat Rampage and take no damage, Boom on to the next fight.

JRE, I think Lyoto could win, but there will be alot of running away.

So what as long as he can hit champion caliber fighters over and over again while not being hit, he remains one of the greatest of all time. I dont know why people hate on him for that.

no you see Tito, Rampage and all of those guys are some of the greatest of all time, Machida’s not and will never be..

Hopefully we see them fight so that I can say “I told you so” yet again. I’m ten for ten on calling mismatches so we’ll see if I can continue the streak. I will go on the record now to call this a lopsided victory in Machida’s favor.

I’m not willing to make a similar prediction for the Jardine fight, but I will not be surprised if Jardine wins. I guess I’ll say this: If Jardine doesnt go to sleep, he wins.

one of the best yes, but not one of the greatest..

and what i can’t get is that he’s not to hard to figuer out, he’s always looking to counter with a single left hand every goddamn time.. block that and break his nose.. he’s finished two UFC rookies that were clearly in over their heads Silva in the striking and just looked like he was overwhelmed by the whole experience, and Soko that lacked experience/ground game/cardio.. I’ll be the one telling everyone i told you so!

Machida is a true Martial arts, the way he throws his punches are very different to your typical boxer…
the way he generate his power is from the hips and both of the shoulders are square facing he’s opponent. I think Machida uses some Wing Chun technique-Chain punches, straight punch from the center-line and his arms and elbow act as an wedge…I just don’t understand some people, just do some research before u opening ur mouth.

Machida is a nobody in the entertainment/sports business and Rampage is right on!.. not many cares to buy a PPV to watch someone with McDonalds eyebrows that has a style like he does.. someone like him is as a champ or anything like that is bad business! he could go on and be the champ like Sylvia was, but he’d still be the loser he’s always been.. didn’t you all notice how that fight was a total failure as a co-main event at UFC 94? nobdody barely asked a single question to any of the 2 fighters..

Machida is a Tim Sylvia that is what he is..

Rob, that’s bull, are U fxxkin blind?Machida and Silva was the most exciting fight of the night(UFC94)…To all you Fxxkin Haters, Machida will kick anyone ass include Fedor…only time will tell..Rob you are just one dimensional, narrow minded jealous P..k!!!

Machida all the WAY…

Rob’s just bitter that Machida kicked Tito’s ass . . .

Your Rob your just trolling now, which decision fight at 94 did you like better than Machida’s 1st rd ko? “Hi i’m Rob and I dont watch the fights, I just talk about them”.

MaChida….I was gonna say I totally agree with you until I saw the Fedor comment…..ROFLMAO

But seriously to all the people who underestimate Machida will see he is for real in his next fights. I am a big fan of Machida and his style and find him REALLY interesting as he brings something very different and effective to the octagon.

BTW RoB….you just sound like a bitter hater.

haha no, i watch every single UFC and all of the fights without blinking.. the Machida fight was good and all, but me personally do not get excited watching him perform even if it’s the best fight of the night, can’t you understand that?.. don’t you know what being a star means? to make a long story short, I agree with what Rampage said.

Damn Rob, you went and got everyone upset now :(
MACHIDA ALL THE WAY!!!

Rob:

I find him very fun to watch so it will be fun for me when he’s champ and maybe even more fun knowing that he’s hated by you and some others. I could give a shit less how much he appeals to the dumb masses (not calling fans of this site the dumb masses).

Machida is the man and has the most unique style in the UFC. He will be the UFC 205lb champion.

Agreed Scissorsweep.

Not really beaten but I know Thiago Silva got his ass kicked by Mendes before winning.

i don`t cause see bulgin i speak my mind and lyoto sucks .and this america i can boo if i want .and i don`t go cause i`m still a fan and don`t need to . everyone .GSP sucks

Well argued point tz swanger. Now that it was so well argued, with proper logic and all, I should hope you don’t have anything more to say on the topic.

LMAO DUFF!

now then instead of moaning on a forum maybe you should get off your ass and go and see a live event before you claim anyone is boring etc..i would never boo someone who fights in MMA or Boxing,i have alot of respect for anyone who fights in a ring or cage..i bet you dont even pay for PPV and just watch the free ones on spike.. i from the UK and pay £12($18)a month just for UFC and have been to 75,85 and 95 hell i even went to see weigh ins and q and a’s on all of them except 75 because im a FAN so my point is stop complaining that everyone is boring or sucks if you dont even part with any of your money to follow your sport!!

hahaha, like he said, “this is america” so he doesn’t need to speak proper english. Or use punctuation correctly. Or write in coherent sentences. Gotta love this country.

We also have the right to make a mental note of these people and completely ignore all their future comments too…which is what I always do.

I usually forget[short term memory loss due to weed usage]. Now let me write down his name instead]…

ok so he beat bonnar a middle of the pack lhw at best, he did beat rich while he is one of the top middleweights in the world and a middle of the pack lhw, and bj penn wow how impressive, dont you expect a top lhw to beat a top lw? i sure do, and that fight could have arguablly went to bj penn.

Maybe if it was a split decision you could argue the outcome but it was Unanimous over a top p4p fighter. You stated he hasn’t beat the best but his record says different.

your not the brightest person around are you? Lyoto is a top pound for pound fighter and he fights at 205, penn is also a top pound for pound fight and he fights at 155 and just got dominated at 170, beating a top 155 when your a top 205 means nothing.

Have you ever seen the fight? it was extremely close.

I have seen the fight and it wasn’t that close. At the time they were both fighting 170 so their current weight classes have nothing to do with that fight which took place in 2005. Maybe you’re the one thats not that bright.

i dont recall lyoto ever fighting at 170, so he gained a solid 30 pounds of muscle?

Thats what the weight class of that fight was, it might of been 175. it was almost exactly 4 years ago, that fight happend in March of 05’.

also before his fight against penn he had fought franklin who at the time fought at 205 and bonnar a 205er so i doubt somebody as successful as him would drop 35 pounds to fight penn and also in japan where this fight took place there are no rules on weight classes. so once again your not the brightest guy around.

it was 4 years ago, I don’t see whats so unbelievable about that. I’m not sure if the fight was 170 or 175.

most likely an open weight fight, it was in japan where those occur often.

look it up if you don’t believe me, just keep saying I’m not bright to win the conversation I don’t care. You make yourself look stupid by trying to make your opinion fact.

BJ fought at 205 after defeating Rodrigo Gracie at k1 in Hawaii at 185lbs. The Lyoto fight was his 1st and last fight at 205.

I just read that BJ and Lyoto fought that fight at 185. BJ actually weighed in at 173.

i still think it was an open weight fight and if you wanna prove to me that it was at 170 like you keep saying post a link. and even if it was at 185 now that you are changing your story bj would still be at a big weight dis advantage as he is a natural 155.

yeah bro and even so, rampage has only been knocked out cold once when wandy sent him through the ropes. the other wandy fight and shogun fight he wasn’t even totally out. he was done but not out

no, Rampage has the best footwork at LHW sry..

Best footwork…. HOW? you tell me bro, he just stood there and Forrest kicks the shit out of him…
does anyone ever see Rampage throw kicks or knees in the fight???
Rampage is old school, he can’t complete in the new generation of MMA..watch he’ll lose to Jardine…

not a very impressive win for Machida..

lyoto threw him around like a rag doll. Also machida beats jardine and wandy, and he just destroyed thiago silva

yea, but he ran away from Tito for the most part of that fight, and it wasn’t exactly the beating ppl are making it out to be.. he defended Tito’s takedowns and landed a good knee and then almost got caught in a triangle.. all im saying is that when he fought someone as good as Tito he goes back to being extremely boring..

and if he were to fight someone even better he would lose i hope!

Rampage would kill Tito, He stomped on chuck and Chuck stomped on Tito. Rampage will show all the band wagon Machida’s out there what the 205 division is all about. Every fighter Machida has faced, Rampage would destroy!!

That’s true beaver, but MMA math doesn’t work nowadays. MMA IMO is the sport with the most upsets.

for sure they would be but lyoto just fought at the end of january so who knows if he would be ready or willing to take a fight that quickly, I dont even think he got hit in that fight though so who knows. I would have loved to see that fight. And the loser of that fight would not even fall that far down the ladder as 2 or 3 wins would put them right back in contention for the title

That was my thinking Machida didn’t take any damage against Silva. If he really wants the belt he needs to step up and demand that fight with Rampage at 96.

look at kos for example he took alot of hits from thiago alves and came back two months later and put on the best performance of his career.

I’m not saying Kos would of beat Alves with a little more time to train for that fight, but he would of had a much better chance

i thought the same thing then i saw koschecks last fight againt paulo. and kos is one of my favorite fighters.

Yeah Kos is one of my favorites too although a lot of people hate on him due to his personality on TUF. I think he’s just a tuff dude that likes to fight, its a shame what happend to him last weekend.

yea but when u get over confident that is what happens, plus that it was a sloppy puch that put him in that situation, he leaped into a jab with his head down, thats asking to get knocked out at this level. I hope they still allow him to fight in may like he was going to before he lost. would love to see him fight karo but karo might be suspended, maybe a fight against a marcus davis or someone where a win would put him back up there, i think he could beat davis with ease if he used his wrestling.

i was upset when i seen kos go down like that. i figured that hed fight paulo than another ww and than hed either get a rematch with alves or st. pierre. to see him get ko’d by a submission artist was a sad sight, oh well hell be back, just needs to actually study his opponents

he will be back sooner rather than later to, he is fighting at ufc 98

Yeah Anderson doesn’t take real fights

Slam?? More like Machida will kick his head off, knock him out cold and Rampage will landed backward and damaged the knees…or something…RCtrue don’t pretend you have respect for the Dragon…

To all the HATERs, you guys are just JEALOUS!!!one word jealous, you just can’t stand for someone to be great…

LYOTO MACHIDA = NEW modern day BRUCE LEE = the GREAT DRAGON!!!

Dont be childish, Ive seen every one of his fights and I do respect his talent. You are delusional and are obviously on his nuts. If you want to talk about greatness talk about Fedor.

Rampage will put an end to the dragons undefeated status.

Machida will beat Fedor in the future..wait and see mate..You’re the childish here not me.

If you think that Machida will beat Fedor then your completely stupid and dont bother commenting back.

you’re a Loser!!!

Get off his nuts

Compared to Bruce Lee, Machida is just a lizard!~

is this the same machida who was supposed to lose against silva, ortiz, penn and franklin??

yeah it’s the same one, he just has alot of Fans.

Rampage would murder Tito. Dont be silly

in tito’s prime he would win against rampage.. plus tito would cause problems for rampage as that was the answer to the question lol

Tito was in his prime when he lost to Chuck and Rampage destroyed Chuck. Tito’s problem is he was only great at ground and pound as the UFC fighters evolved and their takedown defences and ground defence improved Tito no longer was a contender. Tito will do well if he fights at Affliction I hope the rumors are true about him and Belfort?