Sharpshootin' With The Franchise
Rampage Cometh?: If you would have asked me a couple of months ago to predict the outcome of this Saturday’s UFC Light Heavyweight fight between Chuck Liddell and Quinton Jackson I probably would have picked the Iceman. But two days before the fight, I have a weird feeling that Jackson just might pull off the upset (I use the word upset loosely because lord knows Jackson is no slouch). Does this have anything to do with the fact that there has been a slew of upsets in the UFC throughout the last few months? Maybe…but I am smart enough to know that one fight has nothing to do with the other. Basically, I have two reasons as to why I am favoring Rampage come Saturday night:
The first lies within the video below. Liddell, who had a cameo in the film “300,” recently appeared on a local Dallas morning show in pretty bad shape. Now, I should mention that his camp has repeatedly said that he was very sick and took too much medicine the night before this interview but I just don’t buy it. I fear he may be covering something up and the controversy surrounding this incident as well as the time he took off to promote the movie leads me to believe he hasn’t dedicated himself enough to winning this fight. Take a look at the clip and judge for yourself. Once he started talking about challenging Tommy Morrison to a fight I knew the man was out of it.
Now that you’re done watching that train wreck take a look at Liddell vs. Jackson I from 2003 in Japan. Remember, Liddell is 7-0 since losing that fight but you can’t ignore the fact that Rampage completely dominated him in all facets of the bout. Some will say that Liddell was out of his element fighting in a ring as opposed to the Octagon (just ask Mirko Cro Cop how strange that transition can be) but that’s no excuse. Impressively, Jackson was the more dominant striker throughout the fight. Liddell is known to be one of the best takedown defenders in MMA but once Jackson finally brought him down there was no turning back for the Iceman. Trust me when I say that no one has ever manhandled Liddell like this before and Jackson is probably the only MMA fighter out there who could do it again.
So, there you have it. Liddell is arguably the most dominant fighter in the world and there are plenty of reasons as to why he will avenge his loss to Jackson but, simply put, I have my doubts.
The first lies within the video below. Liddell, who had a cameo in the film “300,” recently appeared on a local Dallas morning show in pretty bad shape. Now, I should mention that his camp has repeatedly said that he was very sick and took too much medicine the night before this interview but I just don’t buy it. I fear he may be covering something up and the controversy surrounding this incident as well as the time he took off to promote the movie leads me to believe he hasn’t dedicated himself enough to winning this fight. Take a look at the clip and judge for yourself. Once he started talking about challenging Tommy Morrison to a fight I knew the man was out of it.
Now that you’re done watching that train wreck take a look at Liddell vs. Jackson I from 2003 in Japan. Remember, Liddell is 7-0 since losing that fight but you can’t ignore the fact that Rampage completely dominated him in all facets of the bout. Some will say that Liddell was out of his element fighting in a ring as opposed to the Octagon (just ask Mirko Cro Cop how strange that transition can be) but that’s no excuse. Impressively, Jackson was the more dominant striker throughout the fight. Liddell is known to be one of the best takedown defenders in MMA but once Jackson finally brought him down there was no turning back for the Iceman. Trust me when I say that no one has ever manhandled Liddell like this before and Jackson is probably the only MMA fighter out there who could do it again.
So, there you have it. Liddell is arguably the most dominant fighter in the world and there are plenty of reasons as to why he will avenge his loss to Jackson but, simply put, I have my doubts.
3 Comments:
'...And you hang in there today. Take care of yourself'
Wow. Dude is folded, he honestly looked better in the 2nd clip, which ain't sayin' much.
Yeah, Chuck's a pretty mellow guy to begin with but that was on a whole other level.
i got a Benjamin on Johnny Drama.
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