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	<title>Comments on: UFC Champion Rampage Jackson earns mainstream media year-end honors</title>
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		<title>By: Jizzle</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jizzle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>People!!! Have you completely gone crazy and lost your minds? Anderson Silva was undoubtedly the 2007 fighter of the year!! His striking ability is the best MMA has ever seen!! He can hit you with his fist, elbows, knees, and his spider legs all in a one second combo. It&#039;s what exactly happened to Rich Franklin in both fights along with all the other challengers. He&#039;s the closet thing we&#039;ve seen to the one and only Bruce Lee. And no I&#039;m not saying he comes close to replicating Bruce but that he&#039;s the closest thing we&#039;ve seen yet. 

Are we not giving him the 2007 fighter of the year because he completely destroyed every fighter placed in his way???? So then we say to ourselves he didn&#039;t face a supreme caliber fighter as did Rampage. 

Would we have said he faced tough competition if at least one of his competitors had given him somewhat of fight?

With all that said, I&#039;m not all mad that Rampage won 2007 fighter of the year!! He&#039;s a great individual in and out of the octagon. I just believe if you look and dissect Silva&#039;s fighting skills, he&#039;s dominant in all areas of his game. There&#039;s not a weakness in his game. And he just keeps getting better with each fight. The real test will definitely be Dan Henderson come March!! If he walks through Dan and knocks him out he will then undoubted have to go down as top 3 fighters ever to grace this earth (but probably my #1)!!! Not impossible but damn near considering Dan&#039;s Chin is like a brick of steel.

And again I&#039;m going to say I&#039;m not upset Rampage won the 2007 fighter of the year. He did not only beat but knocked the hell-out of Chuck liddell, which some considered at the time to be the #1 fighter in the world. Then a few months later beat Dan, which some thought to be #1 fighter in the world as well since he destroyed wanderlei silva.

I know this is a long shot but if Anderson defeats Dan, we should then have a fight between Anderson and Rampage at 195. It&#039;s only a 10lb difference for each fighter. hahahahahahhahhaha!!!!

Anderson would destroy!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People!!! Have you completely gone crazy and lost your minds? Anderson Silva was undoubtedly the 2007 fighter of the year!! His striking ability is the best MMA has ever seen!! He can hit you with his fist, elbows, knees, and his spider legs all in a one second combo. It&#8217;s what exactly happened to Rich Franklin in both fights along with all the other challengers. He&#8217;s the closet thing we&#8217;ve seen to the one and only Bruce Lee. And no I&#8217;m not saying he comes close to replicating Bruce but that he&#8217;s the closest thing we&#8217;ve seen yet. </p>
<p>Are we not giving him the 2007 fighter of the year because he completely destroyed every fighter placed in his way???? So then we say to ourselves he didn&#8217;t face a supreme caliber fighter as did Rampage. </p>
<p>Would we have said he faced tough competition if at least one of his competitors had given him somewhat of fight?</p>
<p>With all that said, I&#8217;m not all mad that Rampage won 2007 fighter of the year!! He&#8217;s a great individual in and out of the octagon. I just believe if you look and dissect Silva&#8217;s fighting skills, he&#8217;s dominant in all areas of his game. There&#8217;s not a weakness in his game. And he just keeps getting better with each fight. The real test will definitely be Dan Henderson come March!! If he walks through Dan and knocks him out he will then undoubted have to go down as top 3 fighters ever to grace this earth (but probably my #1)!!! Not impossible but damn near considering Dan&#8217;s Chin is like a brick of steel.</p>
<p>And again I&#8217;m going to say I&#8217;m not upset Rampage won the 2007 fighter of the year. He did not only beat but knocked the hell-out of Chuck liddell, which some considered at the time to be the #1 fighter in the world. Then a few months later beat Dan, which some thought to be #1 fighter in the world as well since he destroyed wanderlei silva.</p>
<p>I know this is a long shot but if Anderson defeats Dan, we should then have a fight between Anderson and Rampage at 195. It&#8217;s only a 10lb difference for each fighter. hahahahahahhahhaha!!!!</p>
<p>Anderson would destroy!!!</p>
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		<title>By: box91</title>
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		<dc:creator>box91</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>man im happy rampage won from one memphian to another with 3 wins in 2007 with 2 of them seeming pretty easy for him,and the third was a figther that other top 5 lhw couldnt beat.

but with that said,two other people come to mind that could have one this award without controversy....couture and huerta.

couture COMES OUT OF RETIREMENT and destroys fatbot and shocks the world then destroys another monstrous heavyweight who just headkick knockout one of the most dominant heavyweight tyrants ever,cro cop,which makes randy a heavy underdog and then he beats gonzaga so easily he wins the respectof every mma fan in the world.

huerta,come on people at the begining of 07 no one could really tell you who he was and by the end of it i dont think there is anyone who cant tell you who he is.going 5-0 in 07 most of his wins seeming easy for him and then in his last victory beating guida after being in the trenches for two rounds and is know a lightweight title contender.

at least silva didnt win him,hes one of my favorite fighters but comeon,not once in 07 was he an underdog and almost lost to lutter.but he was dominant which earns him an unquestioned respect and favortism</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>man im happy rampage won from one memphian to another with 3 wins in 2007 with 2 of them seeming pretty easy for him,and the third was a figther that other top 5 lhw couldnt beat.</p>
<p>but with that said,two other people come to mind that could have one this award without controversy&#8230;.couture and huerta.</p>
<p>couture COMES OUT OF RETIREMENT and destroys fatbot and shocks the world then destroys another monstrous heavyweight who just headkick knockout one of the most dominant heavyweight tyrants ever,cro cop,which makes randy a heavy underdog and then he beats gonzaga so easily he wins the respectof every mma fan in the world.</p>
<p>huerta,come on people at the begining of 07 no one could really tell you who he was and by the end of it i dont think there is anyone who cant tell you who he is.going 5-0 in 07 most of his wins seeming easy for him and then in his last victory beating guida after being in the trenches for two rounds and is know a lightweight title contender.</p>
<p>at least silva didnt win him,hes one of my favorite fighters but comeon,not once in 07 was he an underdog and almost lost to lutter.but he was dominant which earns him an unquestioned respect and favortism</p>
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		<title>By: markg</title>
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		<dc:creator>markg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Awesome year for A silva and rampage, two forces to be reckoned with</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Awesome year for A silva and rampage, two forces to be reckoned with</p>
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		<title>By: Da Pit</title>
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		<dc:creator>Da Pit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why was Fedor&#039;s name in there he didnt do shit this year!

Anderson Silva opponion is the best! I think he&#039;ll beat Rampage!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why was Fedor&#8217;s name in there he didnt do shit this year!</p>
<p>Anderson Silva opponion is the best! I think he&#8217;ll beat Rampage!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Robbie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robbie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[quote comment=&quot;255421&quot;]Anderson deserves it, so does Couture, but Rampage had lots of ups and downs throughout his career.Two of the downs were Wandy and &#039;&#039;Shogun&#039;&#039;.I still respect him for being a good fighter and an entertaining person[in a good way].[/quote]



I see where you are coming from as far as his total career is concerned, but they all have had ups and downs like Rampage during thier career. Anderson submitted by Chonan, Randy KO&#039;d twice by Chuck, but as far as an award for the year 2007, Page, Anderson, and Couture are right there together.  They all, definitely had stand out years.  Although it really has nothing to do with the fighting aspect of this award, I think his unique personality and likeability probably edged the other two out.  Not that Couture isn&#039;t just as popular, but I think the fued with the UFC may have hindered him in the media awards category.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[quote comment="255421"]Anderson deserves it, so does Couture, but Rampage had lots of ups and downs throughout his career.Two of the downs were Wandy and &#8221;Shogun&#8221;.I still respect him for being a good fighter and an entertaining person[in a good way].[/quote]</p>
<p>I see where you are coming from as far as his total career is concerned, but they all have had ups and downs like Rampage during thier career. Anderson submitted by Chonan, Randy KO&#8217;d twice by Chuck, but as far as an award for the year 2007, Page, Anderson, and Couture are right there together.  They all, definitely had stand out years.  Although it really has nothing to do with the fighting aspect of this award, I think his unique personality and likeability probably edged the other two out.  Not that Couture isn&#8217;t just as popular, but I think the fued with the UFC may have hindered him in the media awards category.</p>
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		<title>By: pw</title>
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		<dc:creator>pw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[quote comment=&quot;255136&quot;][quote comment=&quot;255014&quot;]What is a Breakout Star?  That seems like a new guy who&#039;s made a big splash.  You know...not Rampage, not Randy.[/quote]

cough cough Roger Huerta cough cough[/quote]
Damn right. 5-0 in 2007 should at least have gotten Huerta a mention.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[quote comment="255136"][quote comment="255014"]What is a Breakout Star?  That seems like a new guy who&#8217;s made a big splash.  You know&#8230;not Rampage, not Randy.[/quote]</p>
<p>cough cough Roger Huerta cough cough[/quote]<br />
Damn right. 5-0 in 2007 should at least have gotten Huerta a mention.</p>
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		<title>By: bullfighter 3</title>
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		<dc:creator>bullfighter 3</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anderson deserves it, so does Couture, but Rampage had lots of ups and downs throughout his career.Two of the downs were Wandy and &#039;&#039;Shogun&#039;&#039;.I still respect him for being a good fighter and an entertaining person[in a good way].</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anderson deserves it, so does Couture, but Rampage had lots of ups and downs throughout his career.Two of the downs were Wandy and &#8221;Shogun&#8221;.I still respect him for being a good fighter and an entertaining person[in a good way].</p>
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		<title>By: ToeLock</title>
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		<dc:creator>ToeLock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[quote comment=&quot;254751&quot;]I think Anderson Silva is undoubtably the best fighter in 2007. The problem is..he doesn&#039;t speak english and the general american viewers..rather have the face of MMA to be american.[/quote]
Yeh...and he is slightly more of an undisputed Champ, whereas Rampage, as much as i like him, will find it difficult to be AS dominant in his division.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[quote comment="254751"]I think Anderson Silva is undoubtably the best fighter in 2007. The problem is..he doesn&#8217;t speak english and the general american viewers..rather have the face of MMA to be american.[/quote]<br />
Yeh&#8230;and he is slightly more of an undisputed Champ, whereas Rampage, as much as i like him, will find it difficult to be AS dominant in his division.</p>
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		<title>By: THORAZINE</title>
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		<dc:creator>THORAZINE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[quote comment=&quot;254970&quot;]Heck this just stuck an idea with me Mania. Why don&#039;t you and Jesse come up with an MMA-Mania awards for the UFC for 2007. That would be a neat read.[/quote]

Something like that sounds cool... especially if we can put in a vote!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[quote comment="254970"]Heck this just stuck an idea with me Mania. Why don&#8217;t you and Jesse come up with an MMA-Mania awards for the UFC for 2007. That would be a neat read.[/quote]</p>
<p>Something like that sounds cool&#8230; especially if we can put in a vote!</p>
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		<title>By: pUniSHment</title>
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		<dc:creator>pUniSHment</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[quote comment=&quot;255217&quot;][quote comment=&quot;255201&quot;][quote comment=&quot;255072&quot;][quote comment=&quot;255069&quot;]I think Gomi earned it though....he had a huge 2007.[/quote]

In what way?  Losing to Nick Diaz.[/quote]

I think he was being sarcastic.[/quote]

....thank you...[/quote]

Sorry about that Amos.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[quote comment="255217"][quote comment="255201"][quote comment="255072"][quote comment="255069"]I think Gomi earned it though&#8230;.he had a huge 2007.[/quote]</p>
<p>In what way?  Losing to Nick Diaz.[/quote]</p>
<p>I think he was being sarcastic.[/quote]</p>
<p>&#8230;.thank you&#8230;[/quote]</p>
<p>Sorry about that Amos.</p>
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