UFC 86: Rampage Vs Forrest

Post #1 » by **Headliner** » Fri Jul 4, 2008 8:25 pm

Predictions:

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin
Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida
Joe Stevenson vs. Gleison Tibau
Josh Koscheck vs. Chris Lytle
Tyson Griffin vs. Marcus Aurelio

Gabriel Gonzaga vs.Justin McCully
Jorge Gurgel vs. Cole Miller
Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver
Corey Hill vs Justin Buchholz

Post #2 » by **Headliner** » Fri Jul 4, 2008 8:29 pm

Headliner wrote:Predictions:

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin
Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida
Joe Stevenson vs. Gleison Tibau
Josh Koscheck vs. Chris Lytle
Tyson Griffin vs. Marcus Aurelio

Gabriel Gonzaga vs.Justin McCully
Jorge Gurgel vs. Cole Miller
Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver
Corey Hill vs Justin Buchholz

Post #3 » by **Headliner** » Fri Jul 4, 2008 8:30 pm

Headliner wrote:Predictions:

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin
Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida
Joe Stevenson vs. Gleison Tibau
Josh Koscheck vs. Chris Lytle
Tyson Griffin vs. Marcus Aurelio

Gabriel Gonzaga vs.Justin McCully
Jorge Gurgel vs. Cole Miller
Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver
Corey Hill vs Justin Buchholz

Im psyched to see Corey Hill fighting again. I caught his last fight on youtube and he looked a lot better then he did on the show. He just seems like such a good guy, i'd love to see him continue to get better, watching a 6'4 guy in the 155 division is just pure entertainment and fun to watch.

Why is Gonzaga on the untelevised fights?

If anyone doesn't think TUF is a gold mine...look at this PPV, at least 7 fighters appeared on that show.

Blame Rasho · Post #4 » by **Blame Rasho** » Sat Jul 5, 2008 3:36 am

6'4 guy in the 155 division

How the hell does he make weight?

rise of raptors · Post #5 » by **rise of raptors** » Sat Jul 5, 2008 9:45 am

I agree with your prediction that Rampage will probably defend his title. But its hard to not cheer for Forrest, as Countdown to UFC 86 put it: Forrest Griffin is the closet to a Rocky Balboa story as UFC is going to get.

Post #6 » by **Headliner** » Sat Jul 5, 2008 1:32 pm

oh ya, i love to watch Forrest and hope he puts on a great showing and wouldn't be upset if he won.
I just wouldn't bet on it, and think the shogun he beat was a crippled version.

cowboyronnie · Post #7 » by **cowboyronnie** » Sat Jul 5, 2008 1:43 pm

eeeeeeewwwwwwwwww, watch the weigh-ins: Hill is disgustingly skinny. he also appears to have a growth of some sort below his ribcage...

Post #8 » by **Headliner** » Sat Jul 5, 2008 9:02 pm

cowboyronnie wrote:eeeeeeewwwwwwwwww, watch the weigh-ins: Hill is disgustingly skinny. he also appears to have a growth of some sort below his ribcage...

Cochulito · Post #9 » by **Cochulito** » Sun Jul 6, 2008 2:57 am

Blame Rasho wrote:
6'4 guy in the 155 division

How the hell does he make weight?

Celestino Caballero 6'0 122 pounds

Blame Rasho · Post #10 » by **Blame Rasho** » Sun Jul 6, 2008 3:03 am

Cochulito wrote:
Blame Rasho wrote:
6'4 guy in the 155 division

How the hell does he make weight?

Celestino Caballero 6'0 122 pounds

The is like walking death when he fights...

http://www.pa-digital.com.pa/archive/08 ... portst.jpg

I would love to see him fight Juan Manuel Lopez.

Blame Rasho · Post #11 » by **Blame Rasho** » Sun Jul 6, 2008 4:11 am

...

Yeah... you didn't get it from me.

Blame Rasho · Post #12 » by **Blame Rasho** » Sun Jul 6, 2008 4:45 am

Forrest won....

Vik Rude · Post #13 » by **Vik Rude** » Sun Jul 6, 2008 4:53 am

My stream disconnected right when they were going to announce who won. Horrible judging IMO, how can they make it a unanimous decision the fight was much closer than that. Joe Roegan was pretty bias on Griffin's side, you can tell by the way he commentated he wanted Forrest to come out on top.

Blame Rasho · Post #14 » by **Blame Rasho** » Sun Jul 6, 2008 4:56 am

VCitay wrote:My stream disconnected right when they were going to announce who won. Horrible judging IMO, how can they make it a unanimous decision the fight was much closer than that. Joe Roegan was pretty bias on Griffin's side, you can tell by the way he commentated he wanted Forrest to come out on top.

Well that sucks...

There is one thing I hate about MMA, it is Rogan. He is a pretty crappy color commentator. I dunno, maybe MMA fans like him, but he just turns me off from the sport at times.

ansoncarter · Post #15 » by **ansoncarter** » Sun Jul 6, 2008 5:12 am

joe is alright, it's the other announcer who's nuts

plus at the weighins joe summed up ariani and the other girl as "professional hot chicks"'

that was nice lol

SpReEfOrAlL · Post #16 » by **SpReEfOrAlL** » Sun Jul 6, 2008 5:32 am

That was complete garbage. I'm sorry, but Forrest didnt win that fight. he didnt. Rampage was robbed.

Cammo101 · Post #17 » by **Cammo101** » Sun Jul 6, 2008 5:52 am

I'm not sure Rampage was robbed, but I think the fight was closer than the cards indicated. I personally had the fight as a 47-47 draw. I had Forest winning a 10-8 2nd round and winning the last round. I had Rampage winning the other rounds. Rampage's problem was that he was going backwards all night. Forest pushed the pace and Forest landed more. Rampage landed most of the bigger blows, but his inability to really hurt Forest cost him the fight because he was not as busy.

Great fight however and I would love to see them fight again.

PS: I think Rampage owes Forest his purse for that fight as per their bet on TUF.

ansoncarter · Post #18 » by **ansoncarter** » Sun Jul 6, 2008 7:15 am

it was a close fight but nobody got robbed

even rampage thought he lost that fight

rise of raptors · Post #19 » by **rise of raptors** » Sun Jul 6, 2008 10:55 am

Cammo101 wrote:I'm not sure Rampage was robbed, but I think the fight was closer than the cards indicated. I personally had the fight as a 47-47 draw. I had Forest winning a 10-8 2nd round and winning the last round. I had Rampage winning the other rounds. Rampage's problem was that he was going backwards all night. Forest pushed the pace and Forest landed more. Rampage landed most of the bigger blows, but his inability to really hurt Forest cost him the fight because he was not as busy.

Great fight however and I would love to see them fight again.

PS: I think Rampage owes Forest his purse for that fight as per their bet on TUF.

Of right! He bet that their fight wouldn't go to a decision!

Post #20 » by **CPT** » Sun Jul 6, 2008 1:28 pm

Even when they were announcing the scores, I still kind of thought that Rampage was going to win, but I had the idea in my head that Forrest could win (thanks Joe Rogan), so I wasn't all that surprised.

I thought Rampage clearly won round 1 (10-9), and Forrest clearly won round 2 (10-8), and the other rounds were very close, but I thought Rampage won all of them, with the possible exception of the 4th.

I've seen much worse decisions though.

It will be interesting if any of the pre fight hype talk actually stands. Rampage giving his purse to Forrest (yeah right), Juanito retiring if Forrest beat Rampage (doubt he would on a close decision).