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[tmatwig]

this is one reason the ufc pisses me off, they have no sort of ranking system, you never know who is up for a title shot next, putting rashad evans in a main event on that ufn card with no namer is a clue that ufc wants him to be a big star, usually they feed thier top guys some cans until a title fight, they have a ton of people that should fight but they always fail to set up these matches, example hughes vs lytle, no sense

[mmafightfan]

Originally Posted by dagreat1

I don't think he is ready for Machida yet, I thin he can beat any of the other names excluding the ones you've mentioned. Bisping would be fighting from his back the entire fight, no way would Rashad try to out strike him adn no way can Bisping prevent Rashad's takedown and effectively stop the gnp, Rashad via UD or TKO stoppage via gnp.

Yes, I completelt forgot about Machida. The reason I said Bisping is because the amount of potential he's got. Given some time he could develope into a fighter that can stop the takedown. From what I saw in Bisping's fight with Schafer, he doen't have a great ground game, so it would be easy for Rashad to win on the mat. I do think Bisping will beat Rashad on the feet though.

If Rashad keeps winning like in his fight with Salmon, he could get a little overconfident on his feet and Bisping could knock him out if they ever fight. But Rashad, he's a pretty smart fighter, and I agree that he wouldn't strike with Bisping.

[blah]

They wanna build him up a little, develop skills and give confidence. After two KOs in a row look to see him against Tito, winner gets shot unless Tito wins, then Tito fights Babalu. Also do Jardine vs Rampage after page wins his upcoming fight.

[Tokyo's bad boy]

I think it's good to build rising stars up, but there is a limit to how many times I can watch "rising star A" fight random no name fighter B, in order to get A's record looking good. Rashad is very promising and he has had more then enough fights to not only get his feet wet, but to give him confidence in his skills. I really hope he fights a top guy next, if he loses, he loses, it will be a good learning experience either way and will give a much better picture of were he stands.

[neonatural45]

Originally Posted by mmafightfan

Yes, I completelt forgot about Machida. The reason I said Bisping is because the amount of potential he's got. Given some time he could develope into a fighter that can stop the takedown. From what I saw in Bisping's fight with Schafer, he doen't have a great ground game, so it would be easy for Rashad to win on the mat. I do think Bisping will beat Rashad on the feet though.

If Rashad keeps winning like in his fight with Salmon, he could get a little overconfident on his feet and Bisping could knock him out if they ever fight. But Rashad, he's a pretty smart fighter, and I agree that he wouldn't strike with Bisping.

i honestly think that rashad has more potential in mma then bisping. in a fight rashad would beat bisping becuase bisping has stated before that his weakness is wrestling. also rashad is a better athlete then bisping

[DW]

Rashad has all the potentual in the world but he has yet to fight anyone ,but that should be changing soon.
he will have to fight Tito,Babalu,Lyoto etc. soon in order for him to get in line for a title shot so we should get a better feel for him after a true test like that.

[halozero]

Originally Posted by Rockx

he won't fight Jardine he said it

when did he say that? do you have a link or something? i don't doubt you, {i wouldn't want to fight jardine either if i was him} but i just want to read the interview. or was it in a post fight interview or on TUF?

i agree with everyone who said they are just building him up. he doesn't have enough in-cage experience to fight the big names...yet.

possible next fights:

forrest--forrest wins, but evans has a good chance
machida--could go either way, machida has the edge
david heath--heath takes it
corey walmsley--either way again

he would really have to improve his striking a bit before taking on any of these guys, but he's got a shot. i would also like ti see him fight sinosic

[Donny77]

Originally Posted by halozero

when did he say that? do you have a link or something? i don't doubt you, {i wouldn't want to fight jardine either if i was him} but i just want to read the interview. or was it in a post fight interview or on TUF?

i agree with everyone who said they are just building him up. he doesn't have enough in-cage experience to fight the big names...yet.

possible next fights:

forrest--forrest wins, but evans has a good chance
machida--could go either way, machida has the edge
david heath--heath takes it
corey walmsley--either way again

he would really have to improve his striking a bit before taking on any of these guys, but he's got a shot. i would also like ti see him fight sinosic

He wont fight Jardine b/c they both train under Greg Jackson, its not like he's afraid to or anything... He already beat Keith.

[dagreat1]

Originally Posted by halozero

when did he say that? do you have a link or something? i don't doubt you, {i wouldn't want to fight jardine either if i was him} but i just want to read the interview. or was it in a post fight interview or on TUF?

i agree with everyone who said they are just building him up. he doesn't have enough in-cage experience to fight the big names...yet.

possible next fights:

forrest--forrest wins, but evans has a good chance
machida--could go either way, machida has the edge
david heath--heath takes it
corey walmsley--either way again

he would really have to improve his striking a bit before taking on any of these guys, but he's got a shot. i would also like ti see him fight sinosic

Rashad and Jardine both fight out of Jackson Submission Fighting (Diego as well) so they are training together on a daily basis and are great froends, typically you never fight someone from your training camp, it is bad business and could create some tension. TUF is different because they are trying to make it in the sport but once they have arrived and are gettign established, they keep the in camp fighting out of the question.

Same thing with Tito and Rampage, great friends and they train together so they will never fight eachother.

[dagreat1]

Originally Posted by Donny77

He wont fight Jardine b/c they both train under Greg Jackson, its not like he's afraid to or anything... He already beat Keith.

ha, beat me to it.

I used to not care for Jackson Submission Fighting and thought they were not properly training Rashad becasue he was never working to pass guard and when he did have side mount he did not know what to do with it.

Their cardio has always been phenomenal at Jackson's but their overall games are all really coming together now, it just took some time and will continue to do so, they were just so raw when they arrived to Greg Jackson, now he's molding these guys very impressively and always implementing wise gameplans on a fight to fight basis for them.