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Originally Posted by beau420

I thought the most impressive part of the fight was Rampage's walk out to the Pride music. Rampage looked better than last time he fought and I hope he continues on the same track. Quinton....do not go back to the UK....do not train with Wolfslayer....train in the US...fight with a chip on your shoulder and fight with a little anger.

What camp was he training with this fight? I have said a bunch of times that Page should make friends with Rashad and join Jackson Camp but anything is better than Wolfslair.

Rampage would follow Mashida around, get just into range, then stop, let Machida move and use his quickness....then repeat. It could be perceived either way. Was Rampage showing his octagon control by stalking Machida or was Machida showing that he could use his distance and control how close he let Rampage get to him and prevented what Rampage was trying to do the whole fight.

Page had an awesome fight and amongst all this robbery and karma bs the underlying point of the fight is that no one gave Page a chance and he did fucking awesome. I love how he stayed in the pocket and forced Machida to throw punches first at times. Page is one of the best boxers in the UFC, top 3 for sure, and there was all this talk of Machida's style being perfect against Page but I think it was more that both their styles are so perfect for fighting each other it became a stalemate. I still would like to see a rematch and at no point did I think this fight was boring.

After two rounds, Lyoto Machida performed the most significant attack in a fight against Quinton Jackson Saturday at UFC 123 by taking him down, mounting him, attempting a submission, and landing blows from on top. He had accomplished substantially more in one round than Jackson had in two

Moot point since fights are scored in a round per round basis. That is the reality of the situation. Yes Machida did more in 2 minutes than Page (or himself for that matter) did in the other 13 minutes in the fight but that is not how UFC fights are judged.

I haven't rewatched the fight. I am only cutting and pasting what a media outlet has stated. I thought neither guy was all that impressive and I also think that Rampage's best MMA days are behind him and I don't see either guy ever winning the UFC LHW belt again.

I thought Rampage was impressive considering no one gave him a shot. I think Page has a better shot at beating Shogun than Machida does but I would say Shogun is a decent favorite in that fight. Machida could win the belt again if he faces anyone that isn't Shogun.