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Originally Posted by roaddawg  Both Rampage and Silva came into the UFC as relative unknowns to casual UFC fans. This is no secret to anyone.
Only you would disagree with that something that even Rampage Jackson said in posted interviews.... |
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Originally Posted by roaddawg Silva already paid his dues before even coming to the UFC. However because he wasn't fighting in the UFC noone gave a rats ass about him or knew who he was. He basically came in like Rampage Jackson. |
I wouldn't say he was as unknown as you make him out to be.
Couture/Liddell III only drew 400k.
Liddell/Sobral drew 500k.
Liddell/Ortiz II 1,050,000
Liddell/Jackson II 675k
Liddell/Jardine 475K
Lidell/Silva 650K
Liddell Evans 480K
Rampage's UFC debut fight (along with CroCop's) on the Anderson Silva/Travis Lutter main card drew 400k, which fell right in line with other PPV numbers around its time.
Whether it was due to UFC marketing, Pride fans, or both, the casual UFC fans didn't treat Rampage like a "relative unknown".
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