Shogun vs. Jones: The Fight we really wanted to see
When it was announced that Rashad Evans had injured himself and was unable to fight Shogun on March 19, the UFC brass scrambled for a replacement. In the end, we got the fight we wanted to see.
When it was announced that Rashad Evans had injured himself and was unable to fight Shogun on March 19, the UFC brass scrambled for a replacement. In the end, we got the fight we wanted to see.
To get one step closer to the Light Heavyweight title picture, the UFC originally booked a very dangerous Thiago Silva to test Jackson at UFC 130. However, with Thiago possibly failing his drug test from UFC 125, the promotion had to find a replacement. There was a moment when it looked like Jackson would face his rival Rashad Evans in a rematch. However with Rashad suffering from injury and pulling out of his title match with Shogun, the UFC turned to Matt Hamill…..
The co-main event at UFC 126 will feature Forrest Griffin and Rich Franklin. Both of these fighters are former UFC Champions, Griffin at Light Heavyweight and Franklin at Middleweight.
Griffin won the Light heavyweight title when he out pointed Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in a controversial unanimous decision in 2008. He went on to lose the title to Rashad Evans less than six months later. From there he suffered a humiliating loss at the hands of Anderson Silva in which he was knocked down three
Following his contreversial loss to Matt Hammil Keith Jardine was realesed from the UFC. Although many would be upset he accepts this with a smile on his face.
“Starting over doesn’t sound so bad to me,” Jardine blogged on his site. “Although my career is at a crossroads my story is only half-written. I have a lot of fight left in me and I continue to improve with every fight.”
Jardine started out on The Ultimate Fighter and even though he was eliminated by future teammate and best friend Rashad Evans
It has been reported that UFC LightheavyWeight Champion Mauricio Shogun Rua has suffer a knee injury that will delay his fight with Rashad Evans , Shogun Rua had to undergo Knee Surgery Following his win over Lyoto Machida at UFC 113.
It was brought by MMA Live’s Franklin Mcneals that Shogun had a knee injury prior his fight with Machida , seems Franklin knows his stuff , since Shogun had the injury and it was until he got his title that he went to fix his knee
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua holds an impressive record of 19-4 with 17 of those wins coming via stoppage. He holds impressive wins over top fighters such as: Rampage Jacksons, Ricardo Arona, Alistair Overeem, Chuch Liddell and Shogun’s latest victory was over the undefeated Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida for the Light Heavyweight Championship. Even though Rashad Evans is going to be the first fighter to try to take the belt away from Shogun, he is open to fight anyone espeically the UFC Middleweight Champion
UFC 114: Rampage Jackson vs Rashad Evans…The MC battle! Created by SurferKen TV. If you have a Youtube account you should subscribe to this guy, he has lots of funny MMA Videos.
Rampage Jackson is set to face Rashad Evans at UFC 114, he has fought in many different organizations, two of the biggest being Pride and UFC. Rampage discusses the good and bad things about fighting in Pride and compares some of the benefits he receives in the UFC.
Rampage Jackson, recently got back on good terms with the UFC and is set to fight Rashad Evans at UFC 114, in a recent interview talked about his experience in Pride Fighting Championship and how they cheated him out of money.
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Former UFC lightweight title challenger and Ultimate Fighter winner, Diego Sanchez is set for his venture to the…