What now? Obviously Mir/Lesnar Nog/Randy? Maybe Nog should retire. He looked HORRIBLE out there. Those beatings have caught up with him. Rampage/Rashad is a no brainer, IMO. The winner of the Machida fight can fight the winner of the Rampage/Rashad fight. Who does Forrest get to fight? Do we get a Forrest/Rampage II? Liddell/Silva II?
I know I dont follow it as much as you guys but yeah...he was HORRIBLE. He almost literally didnt do anything at all. Obviously Mir respected his ground game or he wouldnt have let him up after getting him down, yet Nog not once tries to take it to the ground. Besides that he never tried some different approach after getting nailed with Mir's uppercut time and time again. It was pathetic ...oh yeah How about Rashad's blow a kiss/Micheal Jackson nutgrab/right cross combo???
Its time for some black on black crime! Rashad vs. Rampage should be good but I don't think it will draw. They'll need a better main event. Maybe the Anderson Silva Montreal event? Nog/Randy is a no-brainer, yeah. That fight needs five rounds, though. Whoever loses retires, IMHO. What about Machida/Silva? The winner needs to fight someone. Maybe Forrest? Also, you're right, Wandy/Chuck II needs to happen now. Makes sense for everyone involved. Another loser leaves town match.
LOL The bar I was at was very pro Forrest, as soon as he did that I did the same thing, minus the right cross.
This is what I thought last night: Rampage vs. Rashad for the title Winner of that gets Machida if he wins Forrest should face someone like Shogun (again)/Hendo/Franklin depending on the outcomes of those matches.
I was the only one in my section of a few hundred people who was cheering loudly for Rashad. After he did that I LOL'd and everybody else made poo-poo faces at me and muttered about how disrespectful Rashad was. This is fighting, people!
It wasn't disrespectful. It is showmanship. I thought it was awesome. It obviously didn't bother Forrest. So I think we've got a few matches set: Mir/Lesnar, Rampage/Evans, Liddell/Silva II, Nog/Couture, Forrest/Winner of Machida/Silva ? Forrest is the only one I'm not so sure about, to be honest. Where does he go? Does he get the winner of Franklin/Hendo? Machida/Silva? Do they give him someone easy so he can get an easy win. I mean the dude just took on Evans, Rampage, and Shogun. I know he is a gamer and probably the hardest working dude in the UFC, but I think he deserves a gimme fight. If we don't get Rashad/Rampage, do we get Rampage/Forrest II ?
Liddell wants to rematch Jardine, but Liddell/Griffin is a money fight for the UFC. Maybe Liddell/Silva II will happen and Jardine/Griffin II as well. Throw Luis Cane into the mix, too. The guy needs a step up in competition. A Cane/Vera match might be good.
machida is already booked, and if he wins his fight there is no reason at all he doesnt get a title shot. i dont think nog looked horrible, i think nog looked like how nog always looks in the beginning. nog always gets his ass beat early.
I didn't even think of Jardine. Forrest/Jardine makes sense right now. A fight Forrest should win if he doesn't get wild like he used to be. Liddell/Griffin is interesting. But a win over Griffin puts Liddell in the LHW picture again, something that doesn't seem fair with his recent string of fights. I think Liddell should either get a rematch vs. Jardine or Silva again. Speaking of Liddell, this .gif tells me that he either (a) lost a shit load of money on Silva or (b) his path back to the LHW title that he thinks he has runs through Rampage.
In a interview Dana White said that Chuck will fight someone he has fought before, but couldnt say who. Then it came out that it was most liekly not Jardine. That makes me think he is fighting the loser of Silva/Page. And then the gif of him shaking his head tells me he wanted Silva to win because he has already beaten Silva and wanted Page. Wow I feel like House now.
Chuck wants to get knocked out again by Page? I don't think so. I think his look of disbelief was him realizing if he has any hopes of getting another title shot, he has to go through Page.
Evans can show boat all he wants, Rampage will knock the shit out of him. Rampage can eat any shot that Evans has, has iron fists and outstanding cardio. I'd take Rampage by either Decision or KO late.
