Randy punches against the cage. Rashad looked asleep.
I'm so tired of wrestlers winning by hugging.
Arbiter
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Originally posted by stevebutabi
Was randy more active in the clinch than rashad or something, or was he just receiving preferential treatment?
Aside from the third round of Couture-Vera, Randy was definitely less active than Rashad in the clinch. I don't know if it's preferential treatment or just incompetence, but the officials are woefully inconsistent when it comes to breaking up clinches.
A week ago at Strikeforce Challengers on Showtime there was a great fight between Tyrone Woodley and Nathan Coy, but in the second round Coy kept clinching Woodley up against the cage and was working him over with strikes to the body and knees to Woodley's thighs, but the dumb referee would only ever give Coy about 20-30 seconds before he'd break up the clinch even though Coy was repeatedly landing powerful strikes from the position. Coy ended up losing a split decision because two judges scored the second round for Woodley...
So in all likelihood the referee cost Coy the biggest win of his career, and who knows what else down the line since that loss might be the difference between Coy being able to afford to train full time and having to keep holding down a regular job to pay his bills. This kind of thing happens all the time and it's ridiculous.
Personally, I wasn't keen on the break-ups that we saw in the Evans-Rampage fight--maybe we were going to need them anyway, but I thought they were a little early, and it seemed like the referee was letting the crowd affect his decisions--but on the other hand we definitely should have had more break-ups in the Couture-Vera fight, because you shouldn't let a guy just stall the way Randy was at times.
As for the rest of the fight, what stood out to me was that Rampage was doing the same thing he did against Jardine and Forrest which led to him looking pretty inert and ineffective against them: he was just standing there, not engaging, and waiting for an opportunity to launch a big counterpunch. I don't really know what he's thinking because he used to be a much more dynamic fighter who could stand at a distance and box while still being aggressive, or could move inside and bust guys up in the clinch, or even slam them on their head and then work some ground and pound. But these days, all he seems to want to do is sit back and wait for the chance to uncork one big counterpunch, and as long as he keeps doing that, he's going to keep turning in disappointing performances like he did last night.
All in all, I thought it was a great night of fights, and I made bank betting on some of those underdogs too.
Renzo
Damn, I thought Rampage had Rashad in the 3rd round, too. But alas, he never finished him.
Rampage looked a bit slow and rusty out there. It was obvious he hadn't fought in a while.
VDub
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Originally posted by Renzo
Damn, I thought Rampage had Rashad in the 3rd round, too. But alas, he never finished him.
Rampage looked a bit slow and rusty out there. It was obvious he hadn't fought in a while.
Like I said before...
If only he would've connected those three hits...
He was bouncing off of Rashad's shoulder every time...
I think that they were both equally afraid of each other hence the uneventful stand up...
Oh well.. Rematch hopefully...
How about 7 second guy getting knocked out all of a sudden???
Nerologic
Duffee is a ing moron.
He deserved to get knocked the out. Joe Rogan called it in the 2nd round "Its funny when the hype meets reality." Duff was just exploding over and over trying to knock Ros out, he should have figured after the 1st round it wasn't going to happen. Then of course he wears the down and gets knocked the out. Well played.
Evans was going to pull it, and i knew it. Smarts beats anger, and Rampage went for broke on the last attack trying to finish. Thanks to Rash my Vegas weekend was paid for. :toothless You cant blame the wrestler, he just outsmarted Rampage. GSP is the wrestling queen, yet everyone has his meat in their mouth. You guys seriously wanted to see 5 rounds? Rampage would have just fallen on his back and given up exhausted in the 5th lol
Sanchez hurt my feelings, I thought he was going to do better. But in reality he doesn't belong with those bigger guys. He isnt Penn that can go up and down. I am still a Sanchez fan, but i want him to get back into his groove and stop bulling his own hype.
Bisping is the only one that didn't disappoint in my opinion. I cant wait to see him evolve a little more...
Speaking of Vegas, i ran into Clay Guida at the Palms. Man, what a stand up guy. I spoke to him for a solid 15mins and towards the end i felt comfortable with him and I asked to see the gash Florian left him. He smiled and said "You're the second person this weekend that wanted to see that." Then, he lifted his fro and showed me the gash. I wanted to pull out my iPhiz and snap a pic, but I didn't want to go down to that level of tackyness.
I also saw the Korean Zombie walking around with his handler, they were both still wearing his own shirt. Really? Suck your own why don't you? What a bunch of dildos, srsly.
iammesol
Wearing your own shirt at a fan expo doesn't seem like anything but promotion. lol
Nerologic
Ya...but this was on Sunday, the day after at the blackjack tables. So ya, kinda douchey lol
iammesol
I can understand that.
Just seems to me that no one knew who he was before that fight, nor do many people remember his name. Whenever someone sees "The Korean Zombie" on his shirt, they would either go "oh that's that guy!" or "SO YOU SAW THE FIGHT TOO!"
Win for him either way aside from the people that think he's trying to say that he's the :p
Renzo
:wtf: :stongue:
Never saw this.
Boomer187
I think Rich will win. I think Pat Berry will win (even though Mirko will try to take him down), and war carlos!
iammesol
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Originally posted by Renzo
:wtf: :stongue:
Never saw this.
He apparently was sick that day, and downed some HARD cold medicine before going out there. Horrible idea. lol
I'm calling Chuck and Pat Barry on this one :)
Zombie0729
they make pat barry look like a machine in the online preview but his wikipedia is less than impressive and i can't find many matches online. he's got that intensity that i feel cro cop lacks lately : / i won't be around to watch it but if someone puts up a feed let me know
