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Chuck’s gonna put a whoppin’ on Rashad.
Thats what Im hoping for!!!! I think Rashad will get tagged and just try to survive? After Rashad gets hit he will just go for takedowns the whole fight (with no success) Im hoping for an old school ICEMAN KO!!!! Ive always liked when he goes crazy after a KO!
The closer this gets the more excited I get. I love any card with Chuck. At this point there is really no doubt in my mind that we will see Rashad get KTFO!!
Im the same way BNF! If Chuck is on the card, then Im sold.
Who is the guy in the back???
haha that would be a great caption contest pic because of that guy…. he looks like he’s about tell rashad about how happy he is that he’s not him, or big enough to replace him.
I am curious to here where all your excitement levels are at for this event? Hyped up? or just whatever?
Rashad’s going to a decision. lol
For me, I’m really not that much hyped up for UFC 88, as compared to UFC 84 and 87! But in any case, as BNF and JV puts it, any card w/ the Iceman in it is well worth it…And look at the pic. The Iceman is intent on knockin’ out Sugar[w/no spice] and all this time Rashad looks as if he treats all of this like a joke. Looks like he’s just about to smirk.
i can see it going the same as when he fought white, i think rashad’s chin will hold up for the first few shots but i still see chuck getting the KO. As for the franklin fight i’m still undecided on who will win, when hamill fought boetsch his chin held up well with those knees, i’m hoping franklin can get the tko but i can see hamill holding him down for 3 rounds
Chuck looks f*n crazy!!!
Hahahah I know! It must suck to have a stare down with him.
I would curl up in a ball with my thumb in my mouth.
The best was the stare down between him and Wandy. Looked like two animals just released from their cages. haha
A whoppin what? DrPepper……you should know by now that you shouldn’t count anyone out in MMA haha.
Thats true, I can see Rashad landing a shot, Chuck gets rocked, then Rashad takes him down and ground n pounds him into a ref stoppage.
Oh definitely. Anything can happen. The odds aren’t stacked very high against Rashad. Chuck is aging, and Rashad is young and undefeated. Chuck usually can handle wrestlers, but in light of that recent injury, he may not do as well. At his age, it might not heal as quickly. Plus Chuck has a history of going into fights injured because he still could beat them. I’m not sure if he still can. I just hope he doesn’t underestimate anymore of his opponents. It wouldn’t be smart.
Damn He looks Ready,
Man I want Chuck to punish his punk butt!
What is the dude in the middle.. (usually where Dana is during the stare down) is thinking??
what?
“Man, I wonder if Rashad knows he is going to get effed up…”
Probably, “I wonder if the breakfast buffet is still open back at the hotel.”
“I’d totally hit that.”
LMFAO!!!!!
Oh shit.. heheheheheehhhehe…….
LMAO!.
Man I can’t to see this fight. They are both coming prepared, Rashad especially. He needs to be smart and not fall into Chuck’s game, because one mistake and its lights out.
I wonder if Rashad has a good chin? With a perfect record, he has yet to have been knocked out so it makes you wonder. He might be able to handle Chucks punches.
Didn’t take a lot shots from Brad Imes? I mean the guy is HW too, big hands with a lot of weight behind them. Guess we’ll find out soon.
Yeah good point. I find it ironic that he is a small light heavyweight, yet he managed to win on the heavyweight TUF. That’s impressive. Dana White has even admitted to underestimating Rashad.
He did Get Rocked by sean Salmon If you remember..
Really? I don’t remember. Was it in the first round? I’m pretty sure that every time that I have watched that fight I have come in late.
The guy in the pic.. what do you think he is thinking of?? during the stare down.
He was probably looking at the waves in Rashads hair. I know I was.
Maybe he was checking out his eye brows..
no…after that pic was took he reached up and pulled a piece of lint from rashad’s head…true story
then in a very serious voice Rashad said…thanks little guy
Good stuff guys.. but DR_ D_ Sanchez wins the ” guess what he’s thinking game”.. lol…
I like how Rashad is talking to everyone like he is going to throw hands with Chuck.
“I see it just being an all out brawl”
“I will just let my hands go and see what happens”
I seriously doubt it.
mind games…you know Rashad wants to make an attempt at a take down
Yeah. He might actually pull it off. Lets hope Chucks leg is okay if he does.
Remember Evans’s last fight? against a smaller Bisping! he said he would put a beating on Bisping! but he was so gassed after 1 round it was unreal! Bisping could of got the win but Evans used the lay without any prey tactic!
i think either way good fight, all though i am a homer when it comes to chuck so i call 2nd round tko, rashad gets taged early and becomes gun shy..
Don’t underestimate “Sugar”. He was supposed to lose every fihgt he has fouhgt in the UFC.He’s got the chin and is more of an MMA figher than the one dimensional pot belly puncher ( ohh I’m sorry the spinning back fist /puncher ) ice cream man.Go Rashad !
let me guess….you’re a fan of Rashad? It’s all good. people are trash talking Rashad too so I don’t blame you. I am not counting out Rashad and neither should anyone else.
I´m rooting for Chuckie! Can´t stand Rashad..
chuck looks even more intense here than he did at the weigh ins with with wandy…………
Chuck by second round KO!!!!!!!
I’m calling this 1………
Chuck looks f*#@Ng terrifying.
How’s he do that?
chuck looks scary, but look at Rashad… He’s completly unfazed by it.
I will take the unpopular route and say that Evans will defeat Chuck. Chuck says he is not coming in this over confident but everything he has also said leading up to this fight oozes of over confidence and just like he had no respect for Jardine he is showing equally disrespect for Evans.
The thing I laugh at is that everyone is acting like Evans has a mediocure chin… When has he ever displayed anything other than a solid chin? On top of that he fights with unorthadox standup style that allows him to roll with punches easier because he rarely gives his opponent a target to hit flush. Chuck on the other hand we already know doesn’t have the most sound of chin… When you get to Chuck you can hurt him thats a fact that Rampage, Jardine, and even Wandy all proved when each of them was able to either floor or Rock Liddell. Chuck should win this fight but if Evans were to stop trying to be exciting as folks have been urging him to be and go back to fighting smart which is what got him his undefeated streak he will have MORE than a chance at winning. Force Chuck to take the lead and dont just chase him all night letting him T off when your coming in and Evans will be okay.
Evans by Split Decision or Unanimous Decision… I know its unpopular but thats my position on it
You just might be right….
I hope he is right I hate Chuck.
Thank you Tommy Bradford! I have been trying to say this lately as well. Chuck parties and doesn’t take his opponents seriously and this leads to his downfall! He didn’t do that with Wandi and he did great! He still has it him but he mentally needs to focus on his career right now if he wants it to last any longer!
wow I just realized that all of those sentences ended in exclamation points…..I swear that was an accident haha.
Rashad wins. It won’t be pretty but he’ll pull a decision out.
Dont freakin say that!!!
That’s what I like to here MXN, I think if Rashad can make it out of the first round Chuck just might be going down.