sidenote~

i have been reading up some of the comments and i must say~

why are some peeps saying that jardine should have won that fight??

imo~ i had it scored 30-27 for page..

if jardine won any round it would be the 1st.. but i still dont see it..

jardine won about 45 seconds of the entire fight[thats it]..

say word~

WORD!! everything Jardine threw in that first round was just a way to keep Rampage off of him, he threw it while he was moving backwards and that means it had no power as you all could see if you just opened your eyes..

2nd round Rampage almost finished him, and 3d round the same with the knockdown he scored, he was winning that third round anyways!

Tito wasa in Columbus and hew said that he will be fighting In August…my guess is on the 3rd affliction card.

Matt Hughes is smoking crack again! He is considering moving up to middleweight…..I really hope he is stupid/cocky enough to do that…I want to see him get crushed by Middleweights like Leben or let Maia show him what ground game is all about!

If Page doesnt want to fight in May…Machida will step in and face Shad at UFC 98. page has a few days to decide but Machida has already been put on notice!

If Rampage comes to fight Rashad like he came out and fought last night…he’s going to have to throw his afterparty in the hospital cause he’s getting knocked out cold…believe it. That wasn’t a very impressive win at all for Page. Jardine was gassed in the 1st round and Page couldn’t finish him…props to Jardine on showing he has a decent chin despite the losses to Wandy and Alexander.

It was 29-28. Peoples was on some of that Marion Barry shit last night.

There is no way Rampage beats Rashad. He couldnt even finish Jardine. I say Rashad KO 2nd or 3rd round.

If I was Jardine, I would want to fight Wandy again.

I think Jardine and Thiago Silva need to throw down.

F off! Jardine is a tough guy! Do you guys honestly believe that Rashad would have steam rolled Jardine last night? Jardine had a good gameplan and he came to fight! NO shame in Page’s performance if you ask me. Considering he has been steadily in camp preparing for fights since this past January. The man admitted to being a little over trained, and NO one even knew that his Jaw was messed up going into the wandy fight. guy is NOW a Dedicated WARRIOR and he should be praised instead of all the fickle nit-picking!

Let me tell you guys something about Rashad vs. Rampage match up!
Rampage has been hit way Harder then what Rashad will bring to the table, and I have seen Page’ weather those types of shots!

Can any of you actually honestly say that Rashad has EVER been hit as hard as Page has the potential of hitting him! If you say that he has then you guys are just fooling yourselves!

Not saying Page will walk through Rashad, but Page has fought much better fighters than shad Evans….and beat most of them!
And he has proven to have a granite chin that can take the most powerful strikes that the sport has to offer. I am sorry but I cant see that about Suga!

Thats actually a great idea RyanHobbs!

However, I would prefer THiago vs. Banha, after Banha destroys Cantwell at UFC 97. Banha and tHiago have legit BAD Blood between those 2, and I want to see them go at it!

If they dont want to match up Banha vs. THaigo I say book:
Thiago vs. Jardine
Banha vs. Vera

forrest is fighting Jardine at 101 in portland

serious?

He was waiting to fight the loser of last night’s fight. Also ufc asked Ken-flo if he wanted to fight Diego while he waited for bj and he said no. Cote is trying to fight at the end of the summer and wants to fight Belcher or the winner of the Silva/Ace fight.

john, much agreement. page has fought alot better competition than shad. rashad has only fought two good fighters in liddel and griffin. bisping is alright i guess but hammill kicked his ass worse than shad did.
  
i know i’m gonna get some good comments on this so let’s hear it.

Rampage is a legend, Rashad is a rookie in the spotlight that doesn’t know how to handle the business side of things, he takes everything way to personal.. disrespecting a legend is a big no-no!

In my opinion, going into last night the UFC had 4 stand out fighters in the heavyweight division . Carwin, Gonzaga, Valasquez, Dos Santos. And what I would have enjoyed would have been another mini tournament for the title shot. Carwin vs Gonzaga and Valasquez vs Dos Santos (even though I know the Herring fight is booked). If that had played out, then Gonzaga would likely fight the loser of Valasquez vs Dos Santos. However maybe he now fight the loser of Valasquez vs Herring.

dos santos is a monster, carwin vs cigano would be nice

Hw isn’t so bad anymore in fact I’d put Carwin, Cane, Kongo, Lesner against anyone and give them a good shot in Affliction

I am pissed that I never got to see Kongo Maul Tim Sylvia!

Haha Kevin I know exactly what you mean. And Yes GSP is the sole reason guys like Rashad and Cote have been seen in suits lately but Come ON Rashad who they hell tied your tie??? damn it was loose, That was a weak suit too, You can tell that Rashad has not been wearing a Suit and Tie very long.

To my recollection, Arlovski has been wearing a suit for a while.

Kevin: yOU either GOt it…or you dont!

pimpin aint easy! hahaha

IMO, I think he just loosened his tie due to the stress of watching Jardine lose. But I can’t wait for the Rampage/Rashad fight. I got Rashad in that all the way. All Rampage does is throw power into his strikes and scores a takedown every now and then. Rashad throws all his power into kicks, strikes, and goes for the takedown more often than not. Evans, TKO, Round 3.

Rashad was dressed like that because he was going to be on camera alot more than usual (and co-comentate the fight). End of discussion.

Why would you doubt that? GSP is the first guy to show up to the press conferences with a suit on. Then others started to do it. The only other guys that do that now are Patrick Cote, who is a friend of GSP, and Rashad, who is in is camp. Rashad just recently started to dress well. It’s not for sure that he is “copying” GSP’s style, but he could have been influenced by GSP.

It’s one thing to be entertaining, and try to hype a fight with some laidback smacktalk and it’s another thing to come off as an aggressive Jacka$$ like Rashad did, calling him a motherf*cker is a little out of line.. I’m starting to wonder what they’re eating at Greg Jackson’s, Nate, Rashad and GSP are all so fast and explosive, i say go down there and do some tests.. Rashad just made himself look like a complete idiot last night! Mike Whitehead warning on that guy,

so it’s ok for “hundreds of young kids who envy MMA with their parents at the event” to watch men beat the shit out of each other, as long as they don’t hear the word shit? what kind of convoluted nonsense is that? So violence is OK, but naughty words are taboo? you must be a christian.

jaileer, thats rediculous!!! Its a violent yes but it is what it is…that smack talk was a test of wits lost by Rashad who couldn’t keep up and resotred to swearing…that shows weakness of mind

resorted*

jaileer, i’m far from being a christian homeboy. But going out of line and calling someone a M’F’r is a little out of line. Yes indeed, they are beating on each other, but going as to far as calling M’F’rs and all that business is B.S. You must be a Rashad nuthugger!

Rampage just beat his friend and started the smack talking. Rashad lost his composure, he also did that when Tito was talking smack’. Guy has to learn to control himself better.

This is in response to McArthur.
Saying that Rashad resorting to swearing showed weakness of mind…Actually all it showed was Quinton is better at being witty off the top of his head. Nothing more nothing less. So when did trash talking start dictating a fighters mind set??

WTF are you talking about? he was biased and it wrong to have him there commentating..

nothing worse than a douchebag wearing a suit..

Yeah and Rashad was a HUGE underdog in that fight. I bet you even thought he was going to get knocked out in that fight. You probably even bet against him when he fought Forest.

I thin he meant Forrest, who was holding the belt when Rashad KO’d him ( with one leg up in the air)

“barely holding the fence”

1st: I wouldn’t classify clutching the fence for dear life as “barely”.

2nd: The Tito lovers &/or Rashad haters never acknowledge that the fence grab stopped a clean take-down. That would have greatly influenced the scoring of that round as well as the overall fight. Sure it wasn’t Rashad’s best performance but we’ll never know whether or not that particular take-down could have led to Rashad ending that fight either.

3rd: As far as Bisping vs Evans. It was somewhat of a close fight but Rashad did out-point Bisping. There’s really no disputing that if you watch it over a few times and score it properly.

That’s completely false. Rampage might get the belt back, but regardless of who wins this fight, Machida is gettin that belt, and he’s gonna hold it for a long time. Who the frick in that division is gonna beat him? He’s technically better than every fighter in the division in just about every aspect of the game.

Craig, I love your comment bro!! I’m really sick of people calling him boring, Machida is one of the most exciting fighter in MMA to watch…he has unique style and went he throws a kick or a punch it lands 90% of time..Machida should be the next in line not Page, Page just fought so he should just take a nice break, come back and train harder for the next fight…what’s point of fighting back to back, he won’t show up 100% and he probably will lose to Rashad..

Yeah but they dont put on a front like there class acts either. Rashad tries to act like he has class, but is really a punk. The word for that is poser.

one dimensional? How the hell do you figure that 2 fights ago against Dan Henderson he was all over the place and ever reversed Henderson on the ground a couple times. Rampage has excellent ground skills; but his hands have come a long way since pride and he’s using the boxing more now.

I say one dimensional because he just wants to brawl. To me he’s not fighting smart anymore. He’s not mixing it up with punches and kicks. Take downs and submissions. Yeah, he was great at take downs (slams were incredible) and his gnp was phenomenal but he’s not doing any of it. He’s too much of a boxer now. He’s too predictable. He’d rather eat leg kicks instead of check them so he can have both feet on the ground so he can throw his bombs. I do appreciate his power and his stand up skills, but if that’s all you do, it makes you one dimensional. I think Rampage will be picked apart by Evans unless Rampage knocks him out first.

The guy’s a professional fighter. It’s just silly to to comment on whether or not the neighborhood he grew up in justifies him somehow. These guys are from ALL walks of life. Some grew up in million dollar homes while others were raised by the streets. What difference does it make when you’re talking about the elite fighters of the sport who have already established themselves?

I do agree with your point about Rampage becoming one-dimensional. I’m worried he’s making the same mistakes Chuck did. One-punch KO power is good but when you mix in an arsenal of kicks, take-downs and ground-game that’s what makes good become great. And being great is what it takes to stay at the top of this sport today. Good just isn’t good enough anymore.

To O damn’s point, he’s gotta get back to the Rampage we saw against Hendo. THat’s the Rampage that can potentially dominate the division.

Machine, I agree to your point the neighborhood doesn’t matter. I just get tired of showboating and trash talking of that sort. I don’t mind competitiveness and some clean smack talk but when you’re champion and you set that kind of an example I think it’s wrong. Yes, I know that should be irrelevant too but you know he’s a hero to some 12 year old kid out there that thinks that’s how he should act too. I think the class and respect 99% of these fighters show is what sets this sport apart from other sports.
I would love to see Rampage combine his greatly improved stand up and KO power to his old fighting style. I think doing that would make him an unstoppable beast.

One dimensional huh Chief? Submissions is just an easy way out of a fight. Stand there and brawl like some grown mean. Look at Maia for an example.. He isn’t worth the flip standing so, he always looks for the submissions since he is world class jiu jitsu. Get in the middle and bang it out and stop being scared to trade. And also, what does you being stationed in Memphis have to do with anything? It’s not like you were born in Memphis and lived right next door to Page when you were growing up.

I definitely wouldn’t say submissions is an easy way out of a fight. Sometimes you eat a lot of punches to get the submission. Damian Maia is a world class jiu jitsu artist so he plays to his strengths. I don’t blame him. Does that make him one dimensional? Yes, I think it does. The thing is no one can overcome that one dimension right now. I think Evans will overcome the one dimension that Rampage is showing right now. Although if Rampage mixes it up like I know he can then he could definitely handle anyone at 205. If you want to see just a stand up slug fest watch boxing or K-1. Then you won’t have to worry about submissions or wrestling or anything that make for a MMA fight! As for me being only stationed in Memphis you’re right. I’ve only been stationed here for 4years. I’ve also grew up an hour from here in Arkansas where there is nothing to do but go to Memphis. So yeah, I grew up hearing about Jackson and I’ve even brought him a drink at a bar on Beale street here. I don’t understand the comments on me being stationed in Memphis… Does that make me unable to comment on a blog?

You don’t understand the comments on you being stationed in Memphis? You’re the one that commented it on the blog. I was just wondering what that had to do it with bro, that’s all. No hard feelings or anything like that bro, just wondering.

You don’t understand the comments on you being stationed in Memphis? You’re the one that commented it on the blog. I was just wondering what that had to do it with bro, that’s all. No hard feelings or anything like that bro, just wondering.

The only reason I mentioned being in Memphis is Rampage being from Memphis is a big deal here. That’s all they ever talk about here for MMA. Even some of the local gyms and trainers here are on Rampages nuts. I like him don’t get me wrong I just think he could be so much better. But as you said, no hard feelings and none taken.

Anyone that says submissions are the easy way out of the fight obviously have no clue what it takes to get a submission. Also, to stand there and brawl until one of the two of you fall is dumb. It doesn’t make you tough, just a dumbass that likes to flip a coin in a fight.

This is for SoCal.
So you think less of a fighter like Demain Maia because he doesn’t stand and bang in the middle of the octagon? He uses the standup he has to get in close and do what he does.Sorta sounds like you’d rather watch a toughman contest than MMA. As far as Quinton, he’s got real good wrestling and real good hands, Zip for kicks, zip for subs. I can’t wait to see Quinton / Rashad fight…Fairly close with the hands, but I believe Rashad is the better wrestler and just by a hair…the more complete fighter. JMO.

Machine what are you talking about?.. Rashad came off as a d-bag against Tito too, that was Rashad’s version of what went down which anybody can tell wasn’t true, by just looking at the way Rashad acts, he takes things too far and too personal, he’s a rookie in the business compared to Tito and Rampage, and soon both of those will hold wins over his a$$ when Rampage knocks him out, he kept saying that Tito was grabbing the fence all the time, when the only two times he did it was in the 2nd round that ended up with Tito getting a point deduction.. and please Rampage’s standup is wayy better than Chuck Liddell’s he blocked every single one of Jardine’s punches his boxing defense is off the chain!

RoB:

Mania actually posted the video of it on this website when it happened. So I’m not repeating either of their “versions” of what happened. There’s a couple extended video’s of it floating around the web too. Forrest and a few others were sitting with Rashad when it happened and I think there’s a clip of Forrest somewhere online with him sharing his thoughts on it too.

You’ve been posting on here long enough to know I don’t fudge the facts. You don’t need to agree with my perspective all the time but I never make things up.

Here’s the link to the short version Mania posted here:

http://mmamania.com/2007/04/09/video-ufc-73-opponents-ortiz-and-evans-exchange-words/………..

type the web address in your browser minus all the periods after the forward-slash (/).

I’ve seen those clip many times.. not too big of a deal it was good hype for the fight, i’ve heard Rashads story on that too, i was just so fired up when i came on here to see all the comments about the Rampage vs Jardine fight.. I Tito’s all business, but Rashad takes everything personal and gets out of control.. calling a legend of the sport (Rampage) a motherf*cker won’t do you any good at all!

Fair point.

“1-0 Rampage. He definitely got Rashad wound up.”

Truth.

He’s becoming like Chuck lol…I kid.

im not blinded by anything. just because a fighter choses to pass on subs and looks for a ko or tko does’nt mean they are one dimesional. that statment is just igorant! And for someone to compare Leben to Jackson….THEN someone defend that statement is just funny… Its guy like you that probably voted for Obama!!!

WTF!!!

lol, you guys are so stupid. He’s not one-dimensional at all. Did you not watch him dominate Dan Henderson on the ground for five rounds? Nobody has been able to threaten Rampage on the feet so he keeps it standing but when the fight goes to the mat he’s been able to dominate both Forrest and Hendo there. There isn’t a 205’er in the world that can control ‘Page on the ground so don’t tell me he’s one dimensional. Come back to me when he gets his ass submitted or loses a decision in a ground war.

Dude, I have to lol at you. “dominate forrest (on the ground)” “isn’t a 205er.. can control Page on the ground”

check out the 2nd round of the Forrest fight buddy, then retract that statement

when you’re leg is busted up that happens.. Rampage is a fighter, that’s why he doesn’t look for subs and stuff like that, and to become like Chuck he has to be 40 years old with his hands down his waist looking for a right hand everytime.. Rampage’s game is way more diverse than that

yeah not to mention forest was laying on him for the whole second and did no damage just rubed his elbow on him, and before you tell me to watch that fight again i have i have it recorded. page beat forest i’ll never think differnt.

The fact that you felt the need to throw politics into your Page argument means arguing with you is a waste of valuable blog space on this site.

Guess you didn’t see his fight with Dan Henderson where he reversed Dan on the ground, fought well from the clinch and off his back. If you think Rampage is 1 dimensional then you’re BLIND

i did reply to this but mania aint posting it. thanks o damn he got caught for seeing what these guys dont see.

Sorry Ladies, you’re selling caa-caa and I’m not buying.

hahahah wow, some people.

Thanks for the translation.

mmafanatic thats not really a grammar correction. I also wonder why people type weird “nicknames” like Page, Shad (both very lame sounding) and my least fav. “Hendo” which is also hella lame. Anyway I know what your saying Ja. and Bollacks to your face Fanatic fanboy

Seriously, you both have waaaaaaay too much time on your hands to be concerned with HOW people write comments on a freakin blog site.

Why don’t both of you clowns get together and critique each other’s comments and leave all of us the hell alone.

If your so busy why did you even respond Fanboy? Your just a little red in the face because Ja pointed out how silly your post was. Page and Shad? You sound either very young and immature or like you have a big old crush on these guys’ , either way its kinda funny.

JRE are you really ja434650? If not are you her lover? Just wondering because you both sound gay.

haha he’s not saying he’s too busy all he’s saying is he’s actually talking about mma and you guys are talking about names and how people say them. who gives a shit? you know what he meant.

oh and people call dan henderson hendo because its his actual nickname! he has it on his shorts, shirts, and bruce buffer even announces him dan “hendo” henderson.

Funny I seem to remember it being Dangerous Dan Henderson, or Hollywood Henderson back in pride but whatever. And what do you care if this guy is annoyed by the stupid ways people come up with to talk about there favorite fighters? It is kind of annoying sometimes! Does it waste too much of your precious blog space? If you ask me off the wall comments sometimes keep a discussion page interesting.

Ah very true.

agreed