'Rampage' Jackson vs Rashad Evans grudge match official for UFC 114 on May 29

Now it’s official.

The long anticipated bout between The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10 coaches Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and “Suga” Rashad Evans was formally announced by the UFC today as the headlining contest for UFC 114, which is set to go down on May 29 from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

About time!! Should be a good one!!

He’s guna say ring rust is the reason Rashad beat the piss out of him! & his record is really 26-11. Ninja, linland, bustamonte, & hendog won 3 out of the 5 rounds they fought!

But after seeing him struggle and look bad against Thiago i see no way for him to take this one. He is much smaller than Rampage and is weaker so there won’t be any takedowns here from his side.

both are going to be super motivated, no question.

I go with Rampage Jackson. I think he has the tools to outstrike “Sugar” Evans.

Wow, in May we have Machida vs Shogun II and now confirmed match-up Rashad Evans vs Quinton Jackson. Great month for us.

well so are we…sigh

is its true and he is going to start an amazing training camp then Rashad will have his hands full. Machida exploited Rashads pocket defense pretty well and Rampage has some serious hands. Maybe the X factor will be wrestling. Rashad has great wrestling at 205 and Rampage hasnt shown alot of his in a long while.

We argued over it and this is the fight.. Rashad will be KO what is the bet

However, he is one funny dude. I like how chilled Rashad is, though I want Rampage to win, love Pride, and love Page. This has KO written all over it. No hype needed, already there

Rampage will win

Ya these are useless. I posted countless posts when this fight was on what feels like 5 years ago now. Ill be skimming and reading the rampage/Evans threads cause we still got months of nonsense threads for this fight. I seriously think ill hate the threads coming within a month of this fight. Geez.

Im not knocking rampage by saying he’s on the downside of his career. He is smart for realizing that after 37 professional fights (7 losses) he is closer to the end of his career then the begining. Im not saying he isnt still one of the best in his division but i am saying he is past his peak and imo he gains a lot of weight between fights (you saw his fat ass down under) and that weight is becoming harder and harder to lose. He also has landed his first major film role and is smart enough to recognize opportunity when he see’s it (this is why the fight was delayed) he knows that the promotion of this movie is key to his future, so forgive me when i beleived him when he said he was hoping to crossover to acting. this is his chance and i beleive it will interfere with his camp. All he has going for him is his hate for rashaad which i beleive is canceled out by rashads hate for him….

he hasnt had a big win since henderson in 07, the win over wandi is suspect in my eyes as the punch had a little luck with it, i beleive someone pointed out up top on this thread that he threw it while looking at his feet, also i beleive wandi is on the downside of his great career. the win over jardine means nothing and the loss to forrest is embarrasing.

If you are both rampage fans then you probably appreciate his humor and acting ability from the old pride days and like me you beleive he had a good shot at making money in hollywood, beleive me he beleives it and imo he is going to be distracted going into a fight 2 weeks before the biggest movie of his life premiers…

…… its just a matter of how and when . Rampage has the advantage in the stand up game , a huge advantage . His punching power and precise shots will catch Rashad at some point . Thiago almost got him in the third round when he was gassed out so really whats Rampage gonna do when he catches square ?! And you guys thought the Lyoto KO of Rashad was bad , just wait Page will pound this fool out .

As for many saying Rashads wrestling is better have you ever watched a PRIDE fight ? Page won fights with his wrestling early on in his career . But is his wrestling better than Rashads …. no their about even in that category . Rashad nor Rampage will submit anyone but I think Rampage has proven his wrestling skills aginest better competition , like say Dan Henderson , one of the best Greco Roman wrestlers in MMA . So the ground game is a wash .

And one final point to DREWMONEY$$$ , Rashad has only lost once in 19 tries yes , but Rampage has won 30 and dropped only 7 ( really 6 the Forrest fight was a horrid judging mistake ) . Page has had more fights and has had to fight some of the worlds best with only weeks to prepare ( Shogun fight in Pride 2 weeks training , both Wandy fights 2 weeks to prep ) and did he turn the fights down ….. hell no ! Rashad is just like the rest of the TUF fighters overhyped and overrated , a product of the Dana White good ole boy hype machine . Just like Forrest , Diego , Florian and others . They all have talent just not enough to go toe to toe with the best of their weight class .

I met Sugar at UFC110.

I was at a a really quiet 110 after party where there were no UFC fans except for myself, my bro Zman, and my buddy Benny; & a UFC entourage of Sugar, Joe Rogan and Gray Maynard and a few other guys. We were so stoked and we’re hoping for a hello & a handshake. Gray actually came up to us and was really great. We all walked up to Joe & Sugar on the night hoping for a handshake a smile and literally 2 words/2 seconds. We were really not crowding them just taking a rare opportunity to shake hands with some guys that we really respect. Long story short, Joe and Sugar were both so overly dismissive it was pathetic. They were litterally standing at the bar too, so we weren’t crowding them having a meal or with their family or anything like that. They were just mad rude. All three of us, me my brother and Benny are all solid fit guys too, well presented and no odd, groupie weirdos.

Never rated Rogan at all and saw the deranged Machida Rua call coming from a mile off. Loved Sugar and the dude has crushed me :-). Rooting for Rampage now and I never thought i’d do that. Gray Maynard is a really good guy. He chatted about the Diaz fight and he was so dam impressive with his insights, i’ve got him all the way.

Any way, just thought i’d share that with you, have been waiting to get it off my chest for a while.

With Brock Lesnar’s return?