Comments on: Why Rampage Jackson will finish Forrest Griffin early

By: The Stinky Hindu

The Stinky Hindu — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:09:59 +0000

as stated… Stinky calls it… wobbles Jackson a number of times and Griffin took a beating very well when hit and wins decision. You suck Sam, Stinky knows best and remember it.

By: The Stinky Hindu

The Stinky Hindu — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:08:14 +0000

Dude you keep going one way and then the other, you obviously don’t know these two fighters and change your damn title if you want anything of what you said to make sense:

Why Rampage Jackson will finish Forrest Griffin early As such, I see this fight going at least four rounds and possibly five. Because both are able to take a beating

Ya… that really explains the summory of your prediction which all it is at best. Jackson does not have a big chin like you claim either, when he gets clocked good, he buckles up. Forrest on the other hand takes a beating and able to keep going strong.

By: sved

sved — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:23:24 +0000

I think Griffin will showcase some new strategies and techniques that will surprise or befuddle Quinton’s Jacksons best laid plans

In other words…my heart is w/ Rampage

but my Bets w/ Forrest!

expect the unexpected

and hope that both are injury free after the match is done!

By: Rich S.

Rich S. — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:22:37 +0000

Forrest KNOWS he doesn’t want to strike with Rampage.. rephrase: he doesn’t want to BRAWL with Rampage.. if he can pull off a Forrest/Ramirez [In which Forrest basically went all Muhammid Ali on Hector Ramirez] on Rampage, he can win the stand-up.. and i have no doubt that if he’s not just getting totally battered on the ground.. he can pull out the sub.. but he better be ready to get slammed.. he’ll have to choke out Rampage.. cause i don’t that he’s going to tap from some [sarcasm] measly arm-break [/sarcasm]. There’s certain guys in this business that just won’t tap.. and i know Rampage has tapped before.. but.. now, he has a belt.. and he’ll do WHATEVER HE HAS TO DO to keep it.. even if that means fighting with broken limbs..

i want Forrest to win SOOOOO BADLY.. but everytime i think about Rampage in the ring with Forrest, i just cringed.. i mean, Rampage just dismantled the UFC’s #1 striker [Chuck Liddell] in 2 minutes.. and dominated Dan Freakin’ Henderson.. and that’s ASIDE FROM all the crazy crap he did in Japan with PRIDE.. when you just take the time to watch a Rampage HL or something.. you start to feel that it’s IMPOSSIBLE for Forrest to win.. but.. i’m just praying..

Forrest via Submission [RNC] 3r

By: mike wolfe

mike wolfe — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:02:04 +0000

Griffin has a legendary chin. Take that, ttt.

By: MMA SKOOL™

MMA SKOOL™ — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:40:49 +0000

“very little anticipation” …perhaps because its a weak card.

Tyson Griffin vs. Marcus Aurelio is the 2nd best fight on the card?

This event is also sandwiched in-between UFC 84, which was stacked with interesting fights, and Affliction “Banned” and Fight Night 14.

By: Kelvin

Kelvin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:53:39 +0000

Forrest does not have a world class chin…

By: MoreThanUFC

MoreThanUFC — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:48:18 +0000

Saying Forrest has a world class chin… come on. And submissions? The only person to sub Rampage was Saku, and that was forever ago, and that was when they made Rampage cut an additional 5 lbs after he had already dropped 20. And cardio? Wasnt Rampage still peaking in the fifth vs Henderson?

By: HexRei

HexRei — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:19:52 +0000

# 31 Nate Says:
When was the last time you saw more than 3 fighters with previous UFC or Pride title holders in one night?

I believe that would be UFC 82 which featured Arlovski, Tanner, Silva, and Henderson. About three months ago. However, I see your point and I am definitely planning on watching both shows that night. We live in the digital age folks, if you are a true MMA fan you have no excuse to not watch both events!

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:44:08 +0000

bleh Scotty.
You got me. I spell Emelianenko, Babalu, Nogueria, Buentello, etc. correctly, but not the easy one. It is 1am.

He does deserve respect tho, so Vitor Belfort it is.

By: Scotty

Scotty — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:20:47 +0000

lol @ Nate acting like he’s a hardcore fan and then calling him “Victor” Belfort.

There’s nothing wrong with being a noob, so you can stop pretending you aren’t.

By: Scotty

Scotty — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:14:59 +0000

“what clearly is the UFC’s biggest main event thus far into 2008.”

Silva vs Henderson was bigger than this. Sylvia vs Nogueira too.

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:22:49 +0000

I am not sure why the Affliction fight was brought up on this article.. but I dont see how any hard core fan is going to miss that fight.
When was the last time you saw more than 3 fighters with previous UFC or Pride title holders in one night?

Affliction has —> 6 previous title holders!! six!
Fedor “Cyborg” Emelianenko
Tim Sylvia
Victor Belfort
Andrei Arlovski
Josh Barnett (he beat Randy Couture to get it.. though it was stripped later)
honorable title: Matt “the LAW” Lindland (he has a freaking Olympic silver medal)
(and none of them are washed up over 40 guys, like Ken Shamrock… he needs to retire)

PLUS, it has these other names that everyone knows.
Antônio Rogério Nogueira (only 1 loss to knockout, the guy is a machine)
Aleksander Emelianenko (I love when he KO’d Josh “idiot” Thompson)
Renato “Babalu” Sobral
Pedro Rizzo

ANYONE calling themselves fans.. who has watched mma on youtube, online, and old Pride FC videos… would know all those guys. If you like the fighters is personal, but you would have to respect their skills.

Even the less popular fighters on the card are known. Vernon White (lost to many good fighters), Matt Whitehead, and Paul Buentello.

It is just crazy talk to say you are going to miss it. CRAZY I say.

NOTE: Newbies excluded from all logic, I dont see how they can appreciate this card.

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:49:20 +0000

Rampage needs to win for 1 reason: He is the funniest guy in the sport, and Forrest cant beat his humor. So until someone more entertaining comes along, he is going to be king.

The man is hilarious. Have you seen his quotes online?
Interview before his rematch against Chuck Liddell:
Question: “Chuck said in his pre-fight interview it’s gonna be a first round knockout. What do you have to say about that?”
Rampage: “If he plans on getting knocked out in the first round that’s his business.”

On the MMA crowds in Japan:
“In Japan, the crowd is quiet, this one time I heard a cute girl fart in the second row.”

As far as who is going to win.. I dont think either has an advantage. Forrest does have 7 sub wins vs 3 TKO, and he has only lost by knockout. So his JJ is better than his standup. It’s either forrest by submission or Rampage Jackson by “ass whoppin”

By: jeff the drunk

jeff the drunk — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:34:37 +0000

“perhaps the economy has finally reached a point that casual MMA fans are cutting back on luxuries, starting with pay-per-view.”
actually, i started with ufc 85. when $44.95 can just about fill up my car, i unfortunately had to opt for the fill up instead of ufc85 & now 86. had to choose between ufc86 & affliction because there’s no way i can afford both this month. the economy is circling the drain, ppv buys will suffer if they haven’t already.

By: Stephen Rhodes

Stephen Rhodes — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:21:08 +0000

I like Forrest’s chances against Quinton. What will work in his favor is the fact that he has trained with Wanderlei Silva – who has beaten Quinton not once, but twice. So you know Wanderlei’s spilling the beans…giving up the trade secrets, so to speak. No prediction here except to say that Griffin willl have the title after his fight at UFC 86.

By: HexRei

HexRei — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:14:45 +0000

lol, correction, sonnen and horn the same night.

By: HexRei

HexRei — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:14:17 +0000

@# 26 joe Says:
July 1st, 2008 at 8:04 pm

since when does Forrest have good BJJ? I never seen him submit anyone? And he has absolutly no chin. Did anyone see him get KTFO’d by Jeremy Horn’s leg kick besides to Mr Clean Jardean? And cardio? he never went 5. Rampage looked like he could do 7 rounds with Hendo

I’m kinda surprised you brought up his KO from Horn in IFC but ignored his beautiful triangle choke on Chael Sonnen in the same org just a few months apart. As a matter of fact he has over twice as many subs wins as KO’s and subs account for ~50% of his wins including decisions.

Griffin’s jitz has always been one of his major strengths, he’s just played it down since the TUF show, I think because it became so obvious that the unwashed masses wanted a sprawl n brawl.

By: joe

joe — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:04:57 +0000

By: Guy Gaduois

Guy Gaduois — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:55:29 +0000

#14, King James . . . we’ll have to agree to disagree, and I disagree with you and history and most of the boxing world, because I don’t believe Leonard beat Hagler; I think it was the worst scoring in the history of boxing. (Now that’s a bold statement.)
But you did a great job on that post. Good read.

I stand by Forrest; 2nd round victory, via choke.
Q will wear Forrest like a sweater for the first 7 minutes of the fight and will get frustrated, put himself in a bad spot, Forrest will capitalize instantly and the man who beat the man who beat Q will get Q and that nice belt.

Query – is Forrest still with Extreme Couture? He wasn’t in the EC gym on that preview video that was posted here last week? I know Randy picked Forrest to win, but is he training at Couture’s?