Anderson actually cuts to 185 from around 210-215 pounds. He cuts a lot of weight. Franklin is the same way.
Irvin is a big hitter though. It could be a good fight. Irvin trains with Rampage.
Ricardo Almedia is Anderson's biggest threat at 185 other than Oushin Okami.
That was the most amazingly awful decision I think I have ever seen in MMA. There is absolutely no way Forrest won that fight.
Forrest won every round except for round 1. He probably got scored 10-8 in round 2 as well. He DEFINATELY won the fight, dictated the action, was more agressive, and put Jackson in more situations to lose than Jackson put him.
Griffin really had a great gameplan of taking Jackson's punching power out of the equation by weakening the legs, cutting off the ring, elbows inside during the flurries of punches that they had, and then moving away. WONDERFUL fight.
If he was scored 10-8 in the second, Rampage won more than the fourth.
Forrest did NOT win the fifth, it was a draw at best for him.
Rampage should have won the fourth (I believe) as well because he scored a takedown and multiple punches.
At best for Forrest, that fight should have been a draw.
Wylie, I like horror movies too, but Kos/Lytle qualifies as a Good fight (with a LOT of blood), not a Great one.
let's see....(dawson, feel free to add to this list, as we can help direct people toward these masterpieces)
I think most if not all of these are available on Youtube...
Jens Pulver v. Urijah Faber, 2008
BJ Penn v. Jens Pulver 1, 2002
Nick Diaz v. Takanori Gomi, 2007
Matt Hughes v. BJ Penn 2, 2006
Forrest Griffin v. Stephan Bonnar, 2005
Scott Smith v. Pete Sell, 2006 (best Finish ever)
Fedor v. "big" Nogueira, 2003
Those are just the "top of my head" picks....I know I'm forgetting 20 better fights.
When Quinton took down Forrest, it was actually a take down attempt by Forrest, not Rampage. Forrest went for a leg sweep and got off balance and fell. Secondly, Forrest was able to scramble and get back to his feet and take the fight to Rampage again. Forrest was a more dominate overall fighter last night. Again, if they were to fight again, I would pick Jackson because of his KO power, but Forrest proved how much he has improved in the last year or so.
Fair points, and I can agree on one thing, Forrest is only getting better.