[taadland]

Originally Posted by joey__stalin

I thought it was the right call. the first round you can give to Jackson only for knocking Forrest down, but it didn't look like it hurt him all that much. Like he recovered before he hit the ground. He defended really well then Jackson tryed to GnP him, he postured up and didn't take much damage. But he was landing nice leg kicks on Jackson

The second round, that was all Forrest. Completely controlled Jackson on the ground and some more leg kicks. I think he went all the way from full guard to half, to side and then to mount. Jackson did a alright job tying Forrest's arms up, but I didn't seem him doing anything to try and reverse him. Just laying there hoping to be stood up.

Third round that was a little tought to call I think that could have gon either way. They were both pretty aggressive. And trading punches with each other. Forrest backed out of any attacks that he didn't start, pretty smart of him.

I think it was the fourth round that Forrest had those nice submission attempts, the triangle and the omilata. And those were just from Forrest tripping, trying to trip Jackson heh.

The last round was a lot like the third, they seemed pretty matched. Both waiting to start throwing at the end of the round.

Other than that uppercut Jackson threw in the first round, I didn't seem him land anything that major on Forrest for the rest of the fight. Meanwhile Forrest was scoring points left and right. He's great at that. I wonder how hard it is for Jackson to keep that angry face through the announcements... lol. I loved what they did at the end when they announced the winner. When bruce says by UD "And..." Forrest looks away in disappointment for a second "... NEW UFC lightleavy weight champion" that was great.

good post. both guys were really classy and entertaining in the post fight interview as well.

[GriffinFanKY]

What is up with all the conspiracy theorys about the fight being rigged.I have only been watching MMA for about 1 year but everytime a pride guy loses it is said that the fight was rigged or something.Why cant we just accept the fact the Forrest won the fight.It is getting awful with all the hate towards Forrest

[Robopencil]

Originally Posted by GriffinFanKY

What is up with all the conspiracy theorys about the fight being rigged.I have only been watching MMA for about 1 year but everytime a pride guy loses it is said that the fight was rigged or something.Why cant we just accept the fact the Forrest won the fight.It is getting awful with all the hate towards Forrest

Oh god, not just when a Pride fighter loses. Anyone who's supposed to win but doesn't. The thing is, though, the fight was so close that it's understandable for some people to have seen it differently and to be disputing it.

[dtreidjr]

I haven't been here since October 15, 2006 and now I know why. I had this discussion with people on a different board and I just watched the fight again. I was neither a big Rampage or Forrest fan, but to say that Rampage dominated this fight except for 1 round is borderline idiotic. Forrest pushed the pace, scored more often (albeit with less power shots) and definately was more often the aggressor.

[tripster]

Originally Posted by Wawaweewa

That doesn't mean shit. Forrest cuts very easily and Rampage landed the harder shots. Forrest was more active, landed kicks to the legs and the body (what? you can hit places other than the face?), and dominated the grappling.


Alright, now I know you're joking.


You're implying the judges were paid off? If so, you really need to stop watching the UFC, or MMA in general. If you're going to bitch so much why even watch? No one's forcing you. Just f*cking leave.

Wow! I think you need to smoke a spliffer and chill a bit!

[taadland]

Originally Posted by GriffinFanKY

What is up with all the conspiracy theorys about the fight being rigged.I have only been watching MMA for about 1 year but everytime a pride guy loses it is said that the fight was rigged or something.Why cant we just accept the fact the Forrest won the fight.It is getting awful with all the hate towards Forrest

yeah i can tell you've only been watching for a year...pride guy? didn't know there was such a thing, pride doesn't even exist. i'm pretty sure page is a ufc guy...and hate towards forrest??? he was a huge underdog and right before the fight 52% of the people wasting there time texting in thought he would win. the only thing i got a problem with is that he gets a title shot becuase of a fuckin television show.

[Wawaweewa]

Originally Posted by taadland

yeah i can tell you've only been watching for a year...pride guy? didn't know there was such a thing, pride doesn't even exist. i'm pretty sure page is a ufc guy...and hate towards forrest??? he was a huge underdog and right before the fight 52% of the people wasting there time texting in thought he would win. the only thing i got a problem with is that he gets a title shot becuase of a fuckin television show.

He got a title shot because he beat Shogun, the number 1 LHW in the world at the time. That was years after the show. He earned his shot.

[judojewelry]

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I like Griffin but I thought Rampage would have beat him!
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[taadland]

Originally Posted by Wawaweewa

He got a title shot because he beat Shogun, the number 1 LHW in the world at the time. That was years after the show. He earned his shot.

the show i'm talking about just ended idiot. you know that queer ass show where the coaches fight at the end of the season. you know the show that brings fans that don't know shit into these forums. you know that show that has dana white claiming the most significant fight in ufc history came from it. when in reality it was the most significant fight to zuffa and dana and spike tv. not the UFC. if bonnar and forrest had the most significant fight in UFC history, that would be like saying royce gracie, ken shamrock, dan severn, tank abbott, frank shamrock, tito ortiz, don frye, guy metzger, bj penn, matt hughes, frank trigg, georges st pierre, chuck liddell, rich franklin, pedro rizzo, maurice smith, never faught in the ufc. and to say shogun was the number 1 contender at the time forrest beat him was also not true. he hadn't won a fight in the ufc. he may have got a title shot if he beat forrest true..but the ufc had hopes of having him fight chuck, and then a title shot for the winner of that fight. (since they wanted to unify the lhw belts between dan and page) but shogun turned out to be out of shape and overhyped. the pride rules made him look elite. it's a little different when you get to the cage. and chuck also lost that night to keith. (who destroyed forrest mind you)_ and also nobody that i know of besides page and anderson got title shots after one fight. anderson did because...well he's that good. (still didn't deserve it at the time) and rampage did because he was the last one to beat chuck, and the ufc signed him for that purpose...to fight chuck. name one person that forrest beat to earn a title shot besides shogun...and please don't say elvis, bonnar, or hector ramirez. man i like forrest griffin, and he no doubt has the title right now and he did WIN THE TITLE, but he got there on a silver platter from the show. (i hate the show and my opinion won't sway) season one (which was years ago, and he really hasn't had many very good fights since then, he wasn't even that dominant on sat. night, good enough to win but were you really that impressed?) and team rampage vs team forrest. and i'm not saying he doesn't have enough talent to fight the elite because in his last 2 fights he's knocked off two of the top 5 lhw in the world. i'm just saying he wasn't the #1 contender and if he wasn't the coach he wouldn't have faught rampage at this stage in the game. that's a no brainer if you know anything. we'll see how he holds up. i don't think for long when he's going to be fighting page, shogun, chuck, wanderlei, thiago silva, possibly anderson silva in his upcoming fights.

[IDL]

You think Forrest got to fight Rampage because he was on the show?
He was on the show because he was the #1 contender, so the show itself is irrelevant.

Who else would have been at the time the show was being taped?