tekky29 wrote:Werewolf79 wrote:What an event that was. Amazing. I popped huge for Rampage's win over Silva. Sweet revenge, I knew he'd do it.
Rashad got to Forrest in the end. Pround to say I called his rise to the title years ago.
Forrest was doing very well until he was caught tho (story of his life really).
But the big shock of the night was not that Mir beat Nog, but the manner in which he absolutly destroyed him. It was incredible. Hats off to Mir, that was the only prediction I got wrong all night. 2 of the best ground guys ever and we didnt even get to see them down there.
Very surprising really, there werent many take-downs all night, not a bad thing tho, the general populous loves a stand up war alot more than a tactical submission game.
I thought Rampage would win, but not in that fashion. That was one of the best left hooks in UFC history. Wanderlai has thrown that 3 punch combo his entire career and Rampage was waiting on it. Block, block, block, left hook from hell.......
Forrest and Evans, I had no idea how it would go, but it's great seeing Sugar get the respect he's earned. I thought Forrest would win that fight after the first two rounds, then one mistake and it's over. You don't see many fights end with a submission from punches. Great fight.
And how about Frank Mir!!! He looked like a monster and I think Brock's time as champion may be over when they meet.
Hey wolf do you think it's time for Wand to hang up the gloves? He has been the victim of brutal knock outs in his last few fights. CroCop, Hendo and now Rampage, don't forget the beating Chuck gave him.
If I were Wand, I would have to seriously consider giving up. I doubt he could drop down a weight at this point in his career. He's being paid a ton too so theres gotta be a question over if they are gonna keep him around. On the other hand he's still very exciting and a big name, so ideally they'd be looking to renegociate his contract and keep him mid card.
About Forrest tapping, I'm not so sure he did. I know he made a joke about it in his post fight interview that he wasnt tapping and that it was his body flailling around from the punches, but I think thats what was actually happening. Looking at the fight again, it does look like he was just being bounced around by the punches and it made it look like he was tapping.
As for Mir, he was amazingly impressive, you have to give it to him. I still think Brock is gonna take him when they meet tho.
But I'm a Brock fan so I wouldnt have it any other way.
I was expecting Nog to outlast Mir, as Mir deffinately still has conditioning problems and Nog is known to last, but fair play, Mir made sure that wouldnt be a problem by taking him OUT.