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***OFFICIAL*** Rashad Evans vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Thread

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#1 ·
Light Heavyweight bout: 205 pounds

 
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#78 ·
Ouch, i lost 150k on REEM tonight :/

wow rashad threw that fight, what was he doing ? No attack look scared
 
#69 ·
Yeah....as much as I hate to say it, Anderson would probably kill Rashad.

Weidman stays winning, first Lombard and Rashad. Anderson's probably crying a river.
 
#76 ·
I'm BROKE BIATCH!!! ahhahahahaha...first Yves, then The Reem, and now Rashad...lolz! At least I won with Maia. Thank you Jesus for out "fitching" Fitch! Oh and with Woodley.
 
#83 ·
Good pick with Lil Nog. Most thought it would have been like all the other wrestlers he faced. I thought it was decent...just a lot of measuring. Not an easy fight.

Anything happens on any given Saturday. A lot of people lost some major $$$ tonight I'd imagine.
 
#87 ·
I expected Rashad to try for more takedowns and have better success with them, but it seems his fight smarts are even worse than I thought. Lil Nog's TD is decent but hardly the best in the world, and I could count the number of attempts on one hand with fingers left over, and the rest of the time he played patty-cake.

Another interesting thing to note was Rashad's careless footwork. He's fighting a southpaw and he always had his lead foot on the inside of Rogerio's, which gives Nog the better angle for landing his punches. Even though Nog is slower by a fair bit, he was able to slam the left straight on Rashad with a lot of success while Rashad had trouble connecting unless they got into a wilder exchange. This is why I've always said that Rashad's technical striking sucks, and he gets by mostly on speed & power. A more technical striker will beat him to the punch all night long, as Rogerio demonstrated in the fight.

Other notes. Rashad's kicks were working, but for whatever dumbass reason he stopped doing them. He was also coming out even or slightly ahead when they got into a brawling exchange, yet he didn't try to force them and instead he got stuck in a technical point fighting game. Which he lost.

To summarize, Rashad went full retard, and Lil Nog was more than happy to take advantage of that and fight a smart fight for the win.
 
#89 ·
Awful.

What on earth was Rashad doing?
He needs to just man up and go back to Jackson's or just retire. St. Pierre and Condit fought and handled themselves like gentlemen in the process. Evan Dunham and Tyson Grifin fought and they trained for each other side by side for their fight, more or less. I don't understand why he has such an issue training with Jones.
 
#91 ·
Honestly, I have nothing on which to base this opinion, but I don't think Rashad wanted to win this fight. I don't think he wants to drop to 185, and I certainly don't think he wants to fight Anderson. Going in, I figured Nog had the technical striking advantage, but I also figured Rashad was much quicker and probably hit harder. I thought the only way Nog won this one was by KO. For whatever reason, Rashad just didn't show up.
 
#93 ·
I'm pretty sure Rashad likes bouncing and dancing more than he likes fighting. He likes to 'feel' cool in his body rather than do what it takes to win. Christ that was awful.

I was just watching a Joe Rogan podcast with Barnett, and Barnett was saying how awful Rashad's timing is. At least clinch with Nog and spam some takedowns?? I don't know.
 
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