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[BigBanda]

Originally Posted by ArMnHC

no matter how much of a winning streak Chuck could possibly end up on, he does not deserve another shot at Rampage. he lost to the guy twice and once for the title. he should never be allowed another shot at Rampage IMO.

U may feel that way but you know they will make that fight if Chuck gets 2-3 wins behind him and Rampage still has the belt. UFC knows they can still sell the hell out of that ppv and also that the first fight was back in 2003 over in PRIDE. I do understand what u are saying though.

[Severn]

Originally Posted by DonFrye

If you would consider being two of the most widely recognized faces in the fastest growing sport in the US a bad spot, then I would say yes. If you mean as far as nailing down a title, I think that time has passed them by. They both may still have some classic fights left in them.

I don't think the fight game has passed Rich by. I think doing something as simple as switching camps would do wonders for him. He's young, intelligent, experienced and came come back after all, in the UFC he's only lost to one man.

[2mcgrath]

Originally Posted by Severn

I don't think the fight game has passed Rich by. I think doing something as simple as switching camps would do wonders for him. He's young, intelligent, experienced and came come back after all, in the UFC he's only lost to one man.

i agree,i think he really needs to switch camps.i think he would benefit tremendously from switching camps.kinda hard to learn anything new,when your better than your trainers are

[ArMnHC]

and its not like Rich would have to permanently switch camps. he could say go train with ATT or Xtreme Couture a few weeks out from his next fight, and then finish up his training back home.

[SimpleJack]

Originally Posted by Severn

I don't think the fight game has passed Rich by. I think doing something as simple as switching camps would do wonders for him. He's young, intelligent, experienced and came come back after all, in the UFC he's only lost to one man.

I can buy that, but the last few comments I heard for him dealt with his out of the ring future so it seemed like he had no desire to change camps or move forward. He wants to be an actor. BTW, I think Chute Boxe or Couture's camp would love to have him.

[TN94z]

Originally Posted by ArMnHC

no matter how much of a winning streak Chuck could possibly end up on, he does not deserve another shot at Rampage. he lost to the guy twice and once for the title. he should never be allowed another shot at Rampage IMO.

The problem with that is the UFC may not have a choice. I mean if Chuck goes through and puts a beating on everyone (hypothetically speaking) and Rampage is the only one left, then they would have to fight. What else can they do? Almost the same situation in MW. If Ace, Hendo, and Silva are the three dominate fighters in the division, then they are going to have to fight each other multiple times. Would the MW division just go into a stand still just because they have fought before?

Don't get me wrong. I understand what you are saying and I partially agree but that will just be hard to accomplish. I think both fighters would do well switching camps.

[CHUCKtheCHAMP]

rich is more fucked if silva stays champ...

chuck lost to page in pride and dana and joe tend to not care about the past fights in pride(herring vs nog 3) while rich already lost to silva in the ufc twice and i doubt theyl make silva vs franklin 3 any time...and while rich got his ass worked both times page vs chuck 1 was competative and chuck is also the ufc's biggest draw...

while imo niethers career is really in trouble its my opinion taht if chuck gets few wins he will fight page a third time(only 2nd in the ufc) while imo no matter wat rich wont fight silva in the ufc again...

[Donny77]

Kind of, but i see Chuck in a better position All he has to do is beat Wandy and he'll be back in the thick of things, whereas Rich has lost both fights to Anderson in a relativley short period of time and both in the UFC

[TN94z]

Originally Posted by CHUCKtheCHAMP

rich is more fucked if silva stays champ...

chuck lost to page in pride and dana and joe tend to not care about the past fights in pride(herring vs nog 3) while rich already lost to silva in the ufc twice and i doubt theyl make silva vs franklin 3 any time...and while rich got his ass worked both times page vs chuck 1 was competative and chuck is also the ufc's biggest draw...

while imo niethers career is really in trouble its my opinion taht if chuck gets few wins he will fight page a third time(only 2nd in the ufc) while imo no matter wat rich wont fight silva in the ufc again...

The biggest problem with Chuck is that he got owned by Rampage and then he got beat by Jardine, who IMO is not that good, when he was expected to breeze through that fight. Franlklin, while losing twice to Silva, doesn't have any real competition in MW....well, there is Hendo now. What can the UFC do if for instance Silva beats Hendo, Franklin beats Lutter, and Franklin beats Hendo? Bisping might be in the picture but can't beat Franklin or Silva. What will the UFC do then?

I could also maybe see Silva, if he beats Hendo, moving up to fight. That would open the door for Franklin to get some wins.