I have to admit, I knew nothing about rampage and had never seen him fight. I had seen most of Chuck's fights since he became champ and was impressed with him. I need to be a lot more diligent if I want to try to handicap this sport intelligently at all.
I read on some other message boards (before the fight) about how Liddell was beating up on grapplers (Couture, Sobral, Ortiz, Horn) and he's be in for a rude awakening when he ran into someone that could stand with him. That's a very apt assessment, because Chuck has the perfect recipe for grapplers, himself being a former college wrestler. He has enough skills to sprawl and stay on his feet, forcing the grapplers to play to his own strength which is kickboxing. Rampage is what happens when Chuck runs into someone who can stand with him. I wonder if UFC was grooming Chuck a little too much with his recent opponent selection, before the Rampage fight, trying to build a star.
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