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[Dsm634]

Originally Posted by SHUA

if chuck can stay on his feet, this fight ends with awesome KO 1st round. war chucky

Yep, NTM Chuck's notorious takedown defense.

I can't see this fight going very well for Rashad.

[Mr. Raider]

If chuck looks like he did agains Wandy it will be a short night with rashad going down in the 1st. Chuck looked born again in that fight. I think chuck is focused and still hungry for the belt. I would love to see rampage/chuck again.

[chungt79]

When was the last time you guys thought anyone could stand with Chuck and win the fight? Did ANY of you? No one thought Jardine could stand with chuck and win the fight. I say Rashad would actually have better chance because he can take him down and pound him for three rounds. Rashad is a great athlete and Chuck no longer has this invincible aura around him. Rashad has enough stand up to stand with him for little bit and has a good chance of taking him down later in the fight. If you look at their styles, I think Rashad has better chance of beating Chuck than Jardine. Either way, I am disappointed with this main event. But then, I guess they can't make everyone happy.

[Salvy_Mic]

Rashad's best shot to win this fight is to try and take one of the greatest sprawlers in the history of the sport to the ground and keep him there. The wrestling and strength is there to do it, but I don't see it happening unless Rashad Evans does exactly what Randy did in his first fight with Chuck and take Chuck down using Greco-style clinch takedowns rather than shoots.

And of course, getting close enough to clinch would mean getting past the length and power of Chuck's punching, not exactly the most fun thing to do. But it can be done.

Rashad has to be close to Chuck the entire the fight, inside his range, in order to do well. He has to jab his way in, keep his chin tucked and his hands high, and utilize good and intelligent head movement so Chuck doesn't just tee off on him. His stand-up is going to have to be a combination of Rampage and young Tyson in order to succeed. And as soon as he's inside of Chuck, he has to keep working, he has to do whatever it takes to break the 39-year old body of Chuck down with an assortment of body punches, knees, elbows, whatever he has that's legal. He'll have to eschew the leg kicks though, Rashad simply doesn't have the length to let the leg kicks work for him the way Jardine did.

Whatever happens, Rashad's chin will get tested. In the end though, the only thing that can help Rashad win is his workrate and activity against Chuck. His cardio is absolutely going to have to be in peak condition in order to do this.