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Showing posts with label Rashad Evans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rashad Evans. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
File this under OMG
“If I were Forrest, I would be a little scared right now,” Winkeljohn(Rashad Evans Boxing coach)
This stuff really pisses me off. Granted this is clearly a move to hype a fight that realistically probably wouldn't be happening if Chuck had executed a better game plan, but just because the fight is going to happen doesn't mean that we should be subject to this garbage. Rashad landed one punch and was inches away from being crushed himself. If he thinks that he can run and trick himself into a KO of Forrest he'll end up getting punked out just like his brother on episode one of TUF. Forrest submitted Shogun and beat the piss out of Rampage, if anyone should be afraid in this fight it should be Rashad because Forrest has outclassed two top five fighters at 205 lb in his last two fights.....other than beat Chuck Liddell, who is on the downside of his career by the way, what signature win does Rashad have and don't tell me Tito?
This stuff really pisses me off. Granted this is clearly a move to hype a fight that realistically probably wouldn't be happening if Chuck had executed a better game plan, but just because the fight is going to happen doesn't mean that we should be subject to this garbage. Rashad landed one punch and was inches away from being crushed himself. If he thinks that he can run and trick himself into a KO of Forrest he'll end up getting punked out just like his brother on episode one of TUF. Forrest submitted Shogun and beat the piss out of Rampage, if anyone should be afraid in this fight it should be Rashad because Forrest has outclassed two top five fighters at 205 lb in his last two fights.....other than beat Chuck Liddell, who is on the downside of his career by the way, what signature win does Rashad have and don't tell me Tito?
Friday, September 12, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Caption of the Day
Rashad: "Let's get it poppin' baaabaay!!! You won the TUF, I won TUF."
Forrest: "Nice track job out there tonight...Sorry that's the best compliment I can give."
Rashad: "Talk to my right hand son....Talk to my right hand son...."
Forrest: "Take it easy Sugar unless you want me to caramelize you right here in front of Bog Boi."
Rashad: "Aaaah shit dawg.....you better start doing some work son because if you thought the dance I did to night was phat I am going straight pop block your ass."
Forrest: "Tell you what...I'll smash you with a liver kick in round one, get you in the clinch and proceed to do the MMA community a favor and insure that you don't try and party boy your way around the ring."
Rashad: "Word...Word.."
Forrest: "Then, when your breathing out of your mouth, I'll step back and show you what real blackness looks like with a straight right to the button."
Rashad: "Hold me back son! Hold me back son!
Dana White: "What the (bleep) are you clowns doing? Jesus (bleeping) Christ. Forrest you (bleeper). Rashad you (bleeper). What do you think I need another (bleeping) Rampage (bleeping) situation on my hands? Help yourselves to some hookers and blow."
- Photo courtesy of Combat Lifestyle
Monday, September 8, 2008
Has Chuck Liddell Lost His Touch?
"It let everyone out there who didn’t already know that in mixed martial arts today, you have to be a damn near perfect sort of animal with little to no weakness if you are to stay at the top of the MMA food chain."
- Eric Shapiro from MMAFrenzy.com on Chuck Liddell. article here
In reviewing the fight it is pretty hard not to agree with what Eric has to say, but I think we disagree in what it means to be "at the top of the MMA food chain." To me, it is virtually impossible for fighters to have zero weaknesses, because success is as often dictated by style as it is by technique. You can be an excellent fighter technically and lose to a lesser opponent because your opponent's style presents significant issues from a game planning perspective. What does that mean exactly? Rashad is a extremely talented athletic fighter and when you combine talent with athleticism you get a lot of unpredictability. Now you can reduce the affect of unpredictability with experience, technique and training, all of which Chuck has done, but you can never totally zero it out. Despite what you thinking, I am not contending what Evans did was luck, because he used his unpredictability to his advantage and found a way to drop on of the top stand up fighters in the world. Perhaps this is really the story of the rise of Rashad Evans and not the fall of Chuck Liddell? Everyone thought Keith Jardine was ready to become a star after he beat Chuck, but last I checked Wanderlei Silva dropped him like a bad habit. The moral of the story is that unpredictability makes this sport great because almost anyone can win at anytime and even the best of the best can't totally zero out that possibility no matter how experienced or how hard they train. It ensured that both the young(Evans) and old(Couture) can find glory at anytime.
- Eric Shapiro from MMAFrenzy.com on Chuck Liddell. article here
In reviewing the fight it is pretty hard not to agree with what Eric has to say, but I think we disagree in what it means to be "at the top of the MMA food chain." To me, it is virtually impossible for fighters to have zero weaknesses, because success is as often dictated by style as it is by technique. You can be an excellent fighter technically and lose to a lesser opponent because your opponent's style presents significant issues from a game planning perspective. What does that mean exactly? Rashad is a extremely talented athletic fighter and when you combine talent with athleticism you get a lot of unpredictability. Now you can reduce the affect of unpredictability with experience, technique and training, all of which Chuck has done, but you can never totally zero it out. Despite what you thinking, I am not contending what Evans did was luck, because he used his unpredictability to his advantage and found a way to drop on of the top stand up fighters in the world. Perhaps this is really the story of the rise of Rashad Evans and not the fall of Chuck Liddell? Everyone thought Keith Jardine was ready to become a star after he beat Chuck, but last I checked Wanderlei Silva dropped him like a bad habit. The moral of the story is that unpredictability makes this sport great because almost anyone can win at anytime and even the best of the best can't totally zero out that possibility no matter how experienced or how hard they train. It ensured that both the young(Evans) and old(Couture) can find glory at anytime.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
UFC 88 Countdown to Liddell vs Evans
Scenes from UFC 88 Countdown to Liddell vs Evans. You can catch the full broadcast tomorrow night at 11pm on Spike.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
UFC 88 is shaping up nicely
Rashad Evans vs. Chuck Liddell tops the card....also fighting will be Rich Franklin, Dan Henderson and Karo Parisyan. Check here for details
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