All Entries Tagged With: "UFC 86"
Should Rampage be Talking Smack?
After a controversial decision loss and a police chase that left the MMA community scratching their heads, should Quinton Jackson take a step back away from the spotlight for a little while? I like the guy as a fighter; he shows a ton of heart and he doesn’t give up, but his antics outside of the cage are getting stranger each week. For example, this is what Jackson said to Fighter’s Only Magazine about the man who beat him via decision at UFC 86. “But now, I don’t respect him as a man…. (Full Story)
FightMetric Breaks Down Jackson vs. Griffin at UFC 86
You can see the detailed breakdown here. Griffin Total Shots Landed: 113 Takedowns: 1 Submission Attempts:3 Jackson Total shots landed : 73 Takedowns: 1 Submission Attempts: 0 Winner via FightMetric: Jackson, but the fight should have been declared a 47-47 draw. Notes: Jackson landed 33 power head shots while Griffin landed 27. Griffin beat Jackson out in every other overall category except body jabs (15 to 10). This is why objectivity isn’t the answer for… (Full Story)
Juanito Ibarra Needs to Leave MMA
I didn’t expect Quinton Jackson’s trainer to admit any fault after his loss to Forrest Griffin at UFC 86. I expect the usual “he was injured” or “Griffin was on drugs” response from Ibarra. But, this takes the cake. Ibarra plans to appeal the UFC 86 judges decision in hopes to overturn the decision and take back the belt. He told Sherdog that he got robbed on Sunday and he hopes to learn exactly how the bout was scored. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! At the end of the bout, Jackson admitted that… (Full Story)
A Forrest Fire in Las Vegas
Nobody said it would be easy. From the initial season of The Ultimate Fighter emerged a tall and goofy fighter who looked barely older than the childhood pictures of his youthful self. Dan Severn taught him that recognized MMA fighters were big time. Keith Jardine showed that he could be brought down. But better yet, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua proved that Forrest Griffin learned how to hang with the best in the world. And with that win over Shogun came a shot at the title against Quinton… (Full Story)
Video: Jackson vs. Griffin at UFC 86
I know a lot of people didn’t agree with the judges decision to award Forrest Griffin the light heavyweight belt on Saturday night, and I didn’t think he was going to be able to pull it off, but he did. Here’s the video. I scored it: R1: 10-9 Jackson R2: 10-8 Griffin R3: 10-9 Griffin R4: 10-9 Jackson R5: 10-9 Griffin 48-46 Griffin. A lot of people seem to be saying that the second round wasn’t a 10-8, but you I can easily see why the judges gave Griffin two points in the around;… (Full Story)
Videos: Cote and Stevenson Stay Alive. For Now.
Watch Patrick Cote somehow get the decision win over Ricardo Almeida here. As for Joe Steveson, he was up against a much larger and potentially dangerous (to BJ Penn, at least) Gleison Tibau. He got lucky in this fight! I don’t see either fighter going too far, unfortunately. Cote doesn’t have any ground game to compete with anyone else in his division and Stevenson already go destroyed by BJ Penn once. We’ll see what Joe Silva and Dana White have in store for… (Full Story)
A Bloody Mess
That is what Foxsports.com calls this picture of Chris Lytle after being pounded by Josh Koscheck at UFC 86. But will this fight mean anything more than a win for Koscheck? He can’t beat St. Pierre and his style is kinda on the boring side. Let’s hope he can use his improved standup during his next fight. He opened a cut, but he wasn’t impressive at UFC… (Full Story)
Thoughts on Jackson vs. Griffin
There was a time when I thought that Forrest and Rampage were going to give us one of the most exciting fights of the year, as the result of an incredibly matchup. The more I think about it, the more I watch their tape and the more I think about the way that this matchup actually looks, the more aware I am that this is not going to be the war that everyone thinks it is. Forrest Griffin believes he can go into a clinch and beat Rampage the same way that Shogun did. He believes that he’s going… (Full Story)
UFC 86 Preview
Amir Sodollah is The Ultimate Fighter and now it is time for the coaches to battle. This Saturday in Las Vegas Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will step into the octagon to fight the real ultimate fighter in Forrest Griffin. These two were tapped to be the coaches for 7th season of the UFC’s hit reality show because of their outgoing character, but many believe that the show was a let down and the two coaches weren’t as flamboyant as expected. Let down or… (Full Story)
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