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02 Jun

Rampage loses- pregnant pedestrians avoid outdoor activity in the greater O.C. area!

I should have put some money on Rampage vs. Evans! In all seriousness this really wasn’t hard to call Rampage has gone from the #1 GnP/anti-wrestler, wrestler at LHW to the most 1 dimensional mixed martial artist in the LHW division. Jackson is the guy who finished at least 3 fights I can think of with body shots on the ground. Other than Randy he is the only fighter ever able to make GnP work on Chuck Liddell. Now he is a head hunting boxer who will, if forced to, use knee strikes. Pure head hunting isn’t that great of a strategy in boxing and it is only useful in MMA when used to set up your real game.

Rampage will slide into irrelevance faster than Tito Ortiz at this rate. That sucks too because he is still one of my favorite fighters. It’s time for a change Rampage. Start with a new gym ( like AKA) and get back to your roots.

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28 May

Ok See--This Makes Me Nervous for Rampage

Here is a slightly bias but still fairly accurate reflection of the training we saw on the 3 part Primetime show. This kind of stuff really makes me wonder about Rampage’s trainers and his choice in camps. At one time Jackson was a top notch GnP fighter who happen to have smart, effective stand up. Now he is a stand up fighter who is pretty tough to take down. Most of his fights now go to decision instead of ending early due to stoppage. Personally, I see that training video (linked at the start of the story) as proof one fighter is training to go the distance and one fighter expects a 1 punch KO in the first round. Rashad’s coaches are taking a smart approach here based on Rampage’s recent history (last 5 years). Rampage on the other hand seems to be training to replicate Machida’s victory over Rashad without doing anything that Machida does. I expect this fight to go the way of Evans vs. Silva where Rashad plays the smart game and get’s his win. If he tries to stand and trade Rampage will put him to sleep quickly.

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