“Rampage”-Evans to Headline UFC 107 on December 12 or 19 in Memphis
Former light heavyweight champions Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Rashad Evans, rivals who are appearing as opposing coaches on upcoming tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter, will headline UFC 107 in December in Jackson’s hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.
Details on the bout were first confirmed by Jackson in a recent YouTube video and the UFC’s Marc Ratner tells MMAjunkie that the pay-per-view event will take place on December 12 or 19 at the 19,000-seat FedEx Forum in Memphis.
Jackson passed on a title shot against Lyoto Machida following back-to-back victories over Wanderlei Silva and Keith Jardine, instead opting for a second stint as a coach on the UFC’s reality series and an eventual top-contender showdown with Evans, with whom he had an in-octagon verbal confrontation with in March following a unanimous decision win over Jardine.
Evans, who is also familiar with TUF, appearing as a heavyweight on the second season of the show, suffered a second-round knockout to Machida in his most-recent bout in May. He was previously undefeated in 14 career fights with wins over Michael Bisping, Chuck Liddell, and Forrest Griffin.
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[Pictured: Quinton Jackson and Rashad Evans]
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Although rampage clearly ducked machida, he’s still the #1 contender @ lhw and i’d much rather watch this fight. I’m all for being competitive, but evans getting in rampage’s face in the octagon 30 seconds after rampage put a beating on “the dean of mean” was way out of line and just says a lot about “sugars” character. I can’t wait to watch rampage ko evans.
Wonder who else is going to be on the card, but i hope this isn’t this years “ultimate” because i’d expect a title match to be the headliner. On any other occasion this fight would be more than worthy of a main event.
I personally think that the whole thing with Evans coming into the cage afterwards was staged, and was just to help hype the fight.(Rashad coming into the cage not what they said) It reminded me of Tito and Chuck years ago. Rampage did say that he had no idea it was going to happen though. Either way it got me more excited for the fight and will undoubtedly help promote the fight come PPV time.
This was absolutely staged by the UFC, seeing as how the UFC 98 fight was originally supposed to be Rampage-Rashad instead of Lyoto.
As for Rampage “ducking” Machida, I totally disagree. It makes all the sense in the world for him to sign on for what potentially could be the biggest season of TUF of all time, and increase his marketability even more.
And on the subject of Rashad’s character – get an f’ing clue. Personalities create superstars. Rashad understands how to market himself, and has done a great job of playing the bad guy in this equation.
Kinda surprised if this is the big year end show. Surprised for the reason that its not in Vegas. I guess its not happening closer to new years cause the last saturday of the year is boxing day and it might be too close to xmas. i dunno
And if this is the big year end show, there is guaranteed to be a title match in the main event. Since all champions are booked in matches (lesnar/mir, machida/rua, penn/florian, gsp/alves, and even silva being booked with forrest) its tough to predict future title matches. For now its being ‘headlined’ by rampage/evans cause they can’t announce a title fight for it yet, but there will be a championship fight guaranteed!
This isn’t the year-end show, which will be on January 2 in Las Vegas. A post on that is upcoming in the next few minutes.
Thanks for the info…Now THAT makes sense haha
…Though im kinda disapointed this fight isnt gonna be part of the MEGA year end show… oh well, at least its happening
oh yeah, looking forward to some black on black crime
its getting old dude
ya, and it wasnt funny from the beggining
This might sound a lot like me switching gears after being called out by Justin and others for maybe being too unreasonable with my UFC PPV demands and expectations, and maybe it is, but after all the bad blood between Evans and Jackson I’d say this fight qualifies as a year-ending main event.
I know I’m willing to drop $45 to see these 2 violently work out their differences in the cage, and I’m assuming those differences will only intensify after their TUF run.
Also, this fight is going down in Jackson’s hometown, so I can only imagine what the intensity will be like come fight time.
And I understand why a lot of people feel that Jackson dodged Machida, but I’m thinking that maybe there is more to it than simple fear of the Dragon. Consider the possibly that Jackson passed on the title fight because of an injury he chose not to disclose, or some sort of personal problem, or most likely he wanted to polish and expand his skill-set against a guy who [if memory serves] hasn’t lost a single round in the cage? Maybe someone out there can confirm if that is in fact true about Machida? It would be much appreciated.
I could be wrong, but Jackson doesn’t strike me as the sort of man who would back down from a fight just because his opponent is bad-ass. On the contrary, I see Jackson as the sort of guy who would go looking for said bad-ass to commit some “black on black crime”, as al3ino calls it.
I don’t see any shame in not taking a match, even a championship match, that you’re not ready for. There is no sense in taking a beating when you’re in over your head. Most of Machida’s in-cage opponents look like they’ve brought a knife to a gunfight, so I don’t hold it against Jackson to proceed with caution.
As several members of the collective have reminded me, this is not just a sport but a business, and the fighters are not just sportsmen but businessmen. If Jackson felt he was better served taking the long way around to a title shot with Machida, who are we to question him?
I originally saw this differently, but upon further review I consider Jackson’s decision a wise one, that might bear bigger and better fruit down the road.
I also like MMA’s favorite werewolf to win against “Sugar”, hopefully by a vicious KO that was preceeded by a wicked beating.
This fight is definitely main event worthy, and I think it’s good to have this fight headline its own separate card, then have the year end event with title fights a few weeks later.
Rampage said he took the TUF against Rashad route for monetary reasons, claiming he expected a better payout for this fight than if he were to fight Machida. I’m not sure about that, but I can see some merit to it. However indirectly it gains more merit in that, if he thinks he has a better chance at beating Rashad than Machida (which I think he probably does think) then why not pick up an extra W before going after the belt. In addition, if Rua pulls out a win against Machida, the rematch between Rua and Rampage could be a very big payday as well, possibly bigger than Rampage v. Machida.
Ha Ha,and you know Rampage is gonna get a new vehicle out of it,to replace that truck he smashed up.
he was never set to fight machida, it was origanally rashad defends his title against quinton
To answer your question about Lyoto jcohl. Yes Lyoto has lost a round but not in the UFC. He won a split decisions over sam greco back in 2004. Lyoto gave up about 30 pounds in the fight. It was a close fight and I gave the first 2 rounds to machida. BUT you did say in the “cage”. This fight took place in a ring so in that case i guess he hasnt.
Some lyoto fun facts for ya.
-has never been knocked down
-has never been rocked or dazed
-in his seven UFC fights his opponents have only landed an average of 2 strikes per round(including kicks,glancing blows and clinch strikes)
has only been taken down 3 times in the UFC
-has defeated 6 fighters when they were undefeated; Bonnar, Franklin, Greco, Heath, Silva, Evans
really good facts carls, really good stuff.
Have you seen his fight with BJ?
Rampage ducked Machida bottom line
I do believe that Machida has NEVER lost a round on a judges score card in the UFC
This will be the first Main Event where both participants are black
I’m glad I’m not the first to notice two Black combatants in a UFC Main Event for the first time.
I’m a huge Rampage fan, but he ducked Machida plain and simple. Him saying that he wants to get better and become more well rounded and “be like GSP baby”, that was an excuse, he ducked Machida period.
Evans vs. Rampage is in a lot of ways a more interesting fight because the two guys hate eachother and who doesn’t want to see some “black on black crimes”? This fight is main event worthy and IMO would be bigger even than a title fight due to both fighters being extremely popular and entertaining personalities. Rampage needs to realize that if he wants to be the champion again he’s going to have to cross paths with Machida along the way. Say if Evans and Shogun win, then that means Rampage-Machida right? Or if Rampage wins and Machida wins then the next 205 pound title fight would have to be Rampage-Machida.
Anyway i feel that Rampage will beat Evans, Evans is NOT a striker and that’s why he got knocked out by Machida. If he had tried to take the fight to the ground he problably would have had a better shot at defending his title. Rampage is primarily a stand-up fighter now, he has a wrestling backround but hasn’t shown it in a while so he might find himself in some trouble if he can’t avoid Evan’s takedowns, but Rampage has shown the ability to work his way back up when taken down. Rampage has decent takedown defense so if Rahsad wants to take him down he might have to survive a few punches first. This should be an awesome fight no matter who comes out on top and is for sure worth the PPV money and withought question is main even cailber.
i don’t know why people are counting out Shogun against Machida….anyway this is a subject for another day.
Rampage by ko or tko FOR SURE.
Il give you a brazillion reasons why Shogun wont beat machida. But like you said weil talk about that when the time comes.
carls – many thanks for the fun facts, although if I were going to be facing Machida, they wouldn’t seem like so much fun.
fr702 & MK4 – I won’t argue with you over semantics, but I’m not sure if its “ducking” when you get out of the way of an oncoming train, however I’ll take your word on it. After reading carls Machida fun facts, I’m now more certain than ever of 2 things –
A) Jackson did the smart thing by waiting awhile before facing the Dragon, and
B) Regardless of Shogun’s reputation, Machida will beat him, and probably as effortlessly as he’s beaten everyone else.
Don’t be so sure JCOHL,
It seems as though Shogun has seriously been forgotten as the TOP lhw only 2 years ago, and one of those years he was rehabing. Shogun is imo re-entering his prime and is a very talented, well rounded fighter. The coleman fight he just gassed, and he made kuik work of “the iceman”. It seems as though another train has started it’s engine.
Good point, Jazzkok, but I guess its hard to get that visual of Shogun basically giving up in the cage against Forrest Griffin out of my head, especially after he was touted as being a vastly superior 205er.
Also, I’m a bit confused about exactly who was touted as being the top LHW 2 years ago. I’ve heard Hendo, Wand, Liddell, Rampage, Rua, and on and on. Was Shogun actually ranked number 1 during that time period, and/or held a 205 world championship?
Jazzkok, its not like I expect you to have this info on hand or anything, but it probably requires what I’ve started calling the “JUSTIN-ization” of the facts.
Maybe MK4 is right, and Shogun’s new nickname will be the Dragon-slayer after their fight, but I’ll have to see it to believe it…
I call it justipedia but thats works to Jcohl. lol.
By the way ya he was considered by alot of people and web sites to be the top 205er in the world. In 206 it was a toss up between Wandy, Chuck, and Shogun. But by the end of the year Shogun had beat Randleman and and Nakamura, Chuck had beat Tito, Sobral, and Randy. And Wandy had just lost to Cro cop by KO. So at this time Chuck was easily the favorite. Come 2007 and my how things have changed. Shogun takes out Overeem again and Dan Henderson comes up from 183lbs to KO Silva. It was at this time the fight between Chuck and Silva lost some of its lustre(guess nobody told those guys)Then Quinton puts away Chuck. This was the exact moment when everyone thought Shogun to be the top 205er in the world undoubtedly. Cause he had already handled Rampage and Dan wasnt an established LHWorMW(pride weight classes were different)
Thanks for the re-cap, carls.
np
Hey, don’t leave FR out of the picture, he’s been nicknamed “stats” by at least one other commentator so… I can take credit as being the *only* guy to come with the fact.
You’re right MK4. rampage has so many advantages going into this fight and i definately see him getting passed “sugar”.
IMO rampage vs either machida, evans, or shogun is a big payday. He’s simply one of the best fighters @ lhw and a big fan favorite who’s very easy to promote. Having said that, yeah he ducked machida. That doesn’t mean it was the wrong move though. His chances of beating rashad area almost 100% and if shogun beats machida, rampages chances of being the champ again are greater than if he were to face the illusive “dragon”.
What up fella’s
Sorry for the absence my uncle Micheal Jackson Died. I had to Grieve.
Another subject for another day sorry.
IMO if you look at it REALLY look at it…. Did Rampage duck Machida or did DANA White And Company tell rampage here is a gift and a Extra bonus for you….. You get to fight Rashad and Couch Kimbo slice possibly!! I bet anyone here thats what happened. Especially in hindsight!! Who wants to see Machida nonengishspeakingpeepeedrinkingelusivekarate style coaching Kimbo????? Or would you want Rampage GhettoactinghowlingcrazyfunnyashellsickhimlikeaDOGkickyoa$$ style coaching Kimbo???
1. Dana had already in a interview I saw told Rashad he would couch tuff!!!
2. Dana wanted Rampage to coach Tuff Against Rashad and KIMBO will be on the show as well!! Big Money and Ratings!!
All this duck’ing talk hey we dont know how many fighters duck who soo we can all say so and so is ducking so and so or we can sit back and watch the fire works.
Forrest supposedly ducked Machida and fought some one else {I believe it was Hector Rameriz}and he earned a title shot for ducking and fighting a busted rusty version of Shogun to get a easier way to the title soooooo heyyyy its a business decission at the end of the day!!! And it wasn’t all this talk about losing respect or ducking talk then……
With Rampage he got so many variables in Evans/Machida/Shogun rematch/Forrest rematch so either way its a win/win situation for everybody!!!
Thank you for your time I realize that was a bit long!!!
The whole thing with Forrest is he got staff before the fight and David Heath filled in for him. In an interview Forrest being his modest self said how machida is realy good and that he wanted nothing to do with him. So everybody thought he ducked him in that fight.
Machida has *okay* English, maybe not good enough for a season of TUF, but he’s getting better and has spoken, in English, in his post fight in ring interviews.
“sank youa Jo Rogan” that was funny
Hey Only NOT FUNNY
UHHHH what aint funny?????
What is funny is for the first time I wasn’t trying to be funny.. I speakin on facts.
“I’m speaking “on facts my bad not “I speakin” on facts.
I liked “I speakin” sounded pretty gangsta.
Carls
Yeah you feel me huh.. Cool homie!!
When I read it didn’t sound gangsta at all being that i made a mistake typing it, it sounded ignant, {yes I meant to spell it ignant not ignorant} but I’m glad you got my point big dawg. Big ups to ya…
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Ohhh If rashad gets this thing to the ground which is what he will definately try doing this time around against a better striker he will win this fight.
If Rampage comes out like he did against Kelvin Randleman with the Stiking and Wanderlie “22″ Knees he wins this fight.
Rashad GnP is Vicious. But he has to set up or wind up his punches for them to be powerful..
Rampage Striking is Vicious. But his control top game on the ground is suspect and I hate to say it but he does tend to take opponets lightly. 2 ex off the dome Forrest and Jardine.
Too tough to call this fight, but Rampage needs to prepare like he did and fight like he did with Matt Linland back in the other organization.
Rashad needs to do what got him here and mix it up with wrestleing and striking.
Although it would be a great gameplan for Rashad to mix it up with Rampage. I think that its saying a bit much that if he can take Quinton down its over. Look at the fight with Hendo. Rampage did fine and ended up winning what was primarily a wrestling match against one of the best grapplers in the sport. Your right when you say that Rampage better come prepared though.
Carls
Yeah I thought about the Hendo fight. But Hendo is a true 185er even though he fights at 205 sometimes and on top of that his age is showing up her lately IMO.
But I do feel ya, and on top of that Rampage broke his hand in that fight.
the real reason i believe rampage “ducked” machida is… remember when rampage went on a rampage after losing to forrest? the ufc did not cut him, when i believe they should have, shoot that was at least 2 felony’s rampage committed during that and his job was still there. so does anyone feel that rampage repaid the favor to the ufc by doing this coaching gig and agreeing to fight rashad? Rampage has said that all he wants is his title back, remember rampage took on the baddest mofo in mma at the time in wandy not once but twice, and shogun who was[and still is] a bad mofo. rampage got in both of their faces and didnt back down, do you guys seriously think he would back down from machida? he simply repaid a huge favor to the ufc. its that simple.
BigChris2328
In so many way yes you are right.
Awhile ago when it was first reported Rampage/Evans I said the same thang and how Rampage will do any thing Dana and crew wanted as a return favor… Remember how Dana Approached him to fight Evans for the title right after his win against Jardine!! Dana knew full well Rampage had just fought and BEAT Wandy & Jardine and now wanted him to fight only what 2 months later????????? Even though you can tell he didn’t want to he told Dana in the Dana vlogs he would do WHATEVER THEY WANTED HE HAD THIER BACKS…
And If it wasn’t for Rampage have’n to have his jaw scooped and hyper extending his left elbow we would have seen Rampage/ Evans for the belt already..
But think about it Big Chris Dana Already knew about Kimbo and Rashad Being on the Tuff show and Dont it make sense if Rampage instead of Machida to coach that show????????????
Sooo Basically what I’m saying is I think Dana & the UFC powers that be, wanted Rampage to coach this show rather than Machida.
Let’s face it Rampage is the new Chuck Liddel. Chuck had to fight all this dangerous people without a title shot because tito was scared but Chuck did it. Not for a title or ducking, He did it for the ufc and ohhh he gets paid to fight, not title shots only.
He is marketable and millions know him and he will fight anyyyyyboooddddyyyy.. “He’s a F***** fighter man he doesn’t care man” My Dana White impressionation.
He showed that as you said when he fought the Axe Murderer when he was the real Axe murdererrerer! I beleive he got that Nick name after the beatings he gave Rampage. Then Rampage fights him for a 3rd time after losing his belt and all that turmoil he was in…..
Yeah Rampage could be fighting for a belt know but where is the belt going????? If he beats Evans which he believes he will, he still has to face that 100000 pound gorilla staring at him with a title belt around its waist!!!
Ya I never realy thought that Rampage “ducked” Machida. That just doesnt seem like him. There is definately more going on here than what we see. The UFC saw a way to make more money and so did Rampage and they all went with it.
Good to have you back OT1 you and chris nailed this one IMO.
nice “impressionation” by the way
bigchris2328, I think there is a lot to be said for your reasoning on why Jackson passed on a title fight with Machida. I also think, like with most things in life, there were a lot of factors involved. Its hard for me to believe that a fighter like Jackson “suddenly” got scared of fighting Machida and “ducked” when he was all about mixing it up with Wand, Hendo, etc. Being cautious is one thing, being scared is another.
I also think it bears mentioning that Jackson “did business” the right way.
Plus, I think it says a lot for both Dana White and Jackson if your thinking is correct. The easy thing would have been to cut Jackson loose after his felonious “rampage”, but White hung in there with a big draw and by all accounts a decent guy and got rewarded by another Jackson TUF appearance, a big money grudge match between Evans and Jackson, and the option for a big money title fight down the road between Jackson and Machida, assuming Jackson beats Evans, which seems pretty likely assuming he’s in shape and ready to go on fight night.
Here is why Rampage ducked Machida, he knew that Machida’s first title defense would be in LA, California and he didn’t want to return for his big money fight in the same area that he (Jackson) went on his Rampage..
Seriously “big money” fight? hmmmmm don’t you think fighting for the title, being the main event, would be bigger money than fighting in Memphis? well it is Quinton’s hometown but we are speaking of Big Money right…Do the math Quinton v Machida = more PPV buys than Quinton v Rashad..!
I just want to point out that you guys keep talking about Jackson being a big money draw, but the fact is he hasn’t proven himself to be that. To the hardcore fan he is, but if you look at actual PPV sales, Jackson alone is not enough to bring in big numbers.
fr Hows it going big homey!!!
So many times you are right and IMO are 1 of the most Logical guys on this site. So much so I dont have to or feel the need to reply or read what other cats type.
Buttt I need your thinking cap and untouchable infinite wisdom on this one.
IMO Jackson/Machida equals same ppv buys as Jackson/Evans… Because of the Tuf show and the hype of it all including whatever goes down on the show and I Believe the UFC are trying to market to more African Americans With this one..
You yourself pointed out the fact this will be the 1st time two Black American men headline a fight in the UFC. To futher boost it they are going to fight in Memphiss.
Honestly on top of all that do you really believe Rampage ducked a fight?? And that Dana and Crew had nothing to do with that and him and Rashad coaching on new season on tuff with Kimbo slice????
Or would you rather believe Rampage turned chicken, and all of a sudden Dana and Crew said “hey I know you can coach against the loser of 205 title fight {Evans} and ohh my god we just slipped up and got Kimbo to sign up to be on the show. What a coincidence, ohhh and you and rashad have a grudge this is magic…
I honestly believe They knew already they had kimbo signed for tuf and wanted Evans vs Rampage on the show to coach him instead of Machida. Really In my mind that is what happened but hey I admitt to being crazy…
Peace dawg!
jcohl and others when you mention “big money fight” are you referring to the money it brings in for the ufc, or for the fighter?
if im not mistaken fighters sign their contracts in advance of a fight, like 500k for 4 fights[not many guys even make that on their contracts], and then the fights are made. Its not like boxing where the promoters come together and say to two guys if you fight your going to make “x” amount of money. it is up to the fighters to agree to fight each other, but they dont stipulate what they want to make before said fight. when machida beat evans, evans made 200k even though he lost, had he won he would have doubled. machida didnt even make 200k by winning. again i could be wrong and they might have changed the way fights are made in the ufc.
The disclosed payout is agreed upon already, but the PPV bonus is a percentage basis, more sales = bigger PPV = bigger pay day. Same with live gate bonus the fighters get. If a Rashad v. Rampage fight gets more hype and potential viewers, then they get a bigger PPV and live gate bonus. In addition, they do receive compensation for being coaches on TUF, and having the exposure from TUF probably opens up more opportunities for sponsor money.
J-DAWG
THX 4 that info bro that sums up alot and basically explains it all!
ohh yeah awesome avator!!!!
Finally found the long-ass comment I wrote up…
PPV Analysis
bigchris2328, to answer your question, when I refer to a big money fight I generally mean big money for the promotion, of which I understand a percentage of which is paid out to big draws/names, so I guess the answer is a little bit of both.
Previously I had assumed Rampage Jackson fell into the “big draw” catagory, but after a “justin-ization” of the facts, I stand thankfully corrected.
And fr702, when I ran my Rampage “math”, I was thinking in terms of overall money into the UFC by promoting 2 Rampage fights, first against Evans, and the second against Machida down the line, assuming he beats Rua. But I understand and agree that a Rampage-Machida fight will draw more money than a Rampage-Evans fight, due to title implications.
Sorry if I didn’t make that clear.
Also, an off-topic “justi-pedia” question if I may:
does the UFC have any set policy towards fighter payouts as they relate to t-shirt sales and merchandising? How many t-shirt, or hats, or rashguards does a fighter need to sell before the promotion throws him some cash, or does merchandising fall outside the UFC’s control entirely, and each fighter cuts his own deal with whoever makes their gear, such as Tapout or Punishment Athletics or whoever?
As I understand it the UFC requires all TUF contestants to wear Tapout gear, regardless of what they might be wearing prior to their TUF appearance, but do they have any input once a fighter signs with the promotion?
Just curious…
ZUFFA is a distributor for lets say TapouT they pay TapouT for product, then sell it to us for an adjusted price, the fighters have “signature series” that TapouT will give said fighter a cut of dependant apon gross sales… TapouT is the supplier, ZUFFA is the distributor and us fans are the end user, if anyone is going to pay said fighter it would most likely be TapouT for their services rendered…
Thanks for the clarification, fr702.
I always wondered how fighters received compensation, if any, for their walkout wear and ancilliary merchandising.
The Zuffa contract with TapouT seems to be special, however, particularly for TUF. I think Dana felt burned after he was wearing the Affliction shirts a few seasons ago, which prompted a lot of people to buy them, and then Affliction started their own promotion. After that it seems he struck a deal with TapouT to be the “official” TUF clothier, because TapouT are good guys and won’t screw him, and he know TapouT is committed to the sport, they’ve been involved with it longer than he has.
In regards to other fighters, such as Brock Lesnar with Deathclutch, Dan Henderson with Clinch Gear, Shane Carwin with Warrior Wear, Bisping with Ecko, etc. (I know I left some brands out… they’ll be okay
) those are contracts worked out between the individual fighters (and their managers) with those companies. The money those fighters receive for wearing their gear is passed from said company to said fighter (possibly through their manager) with none of it going through the UFC’s hands. (However there has been a recent news that the UFC is demanding $100,000 to sponsor fighters from various apparel companies, deemed a “sponsor tax”.) As far as the other sponsors, like people that get banner space, that is also dealt through the fighter/manager, and I don’t know of any involvement by the UFC in that process.
Rampage didn’t challenge for the title against evans because of surgery he had on his jaw after the jardine fight he tells dana in his video blog
Holding this fight in Rampage’s birthplace? Sounds like somebody “up there” is trying to make life as difficult for Rashad as possible, no?
And it will be Rashad’s fourth straight fight, and fifth in his last six, in which he has been an underdog.
I’d say Rashad is headed for 185 after what has every promise of being a brief but brutal beatdown at the hands of QJ.
They had Silva fight Franklin in Cincinnati and “The Spider” still walked through him. There’s no doubt having it in Memphis makes it tougher on Evans but its nothing that can’t be overcome.
I doubt 185 is an option for Rashad, who used to fight at heavyweight (including his won on The Ultimate Fighter) before dropping down to 205.
No way rashad is dropping down…cant wait for the fight. Im not sure who im gonna put my money on yet…don’t forget Frank Mir and Kongo will also fight on that card…stays standing kongo all the way, hits the ground mir has a cake walk…and tito and coleman also could be on the card, not to mention a rumor of diego sanchez and bj penn