Monday, January 08, 2007

‘Rampage’ comes to the UFC

By Thomas Gerbasi

What’s in a nickname? Well, if you go by the moniker ‘Rampage’, you’d better not lay and pray, jab and grab, or practice any other less than scintillating technique in search of victory in the mixed martial arts arena. Luckily, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson has only one speed in competition and life, and it’s all out.

“The fans should expect a good show – win, lose or draw,” said Jackson, the outstanding light heavyweight contender who will make his long-awaited UFC debut on February 3rd against Marvin Eastman. “They’re gonna see the best show they’ve ever seen in their life, before I even get to the cage.”

He’s not kidding. From the first interview to the final bell, Jackson has always made it a point to entertain. Whether it’s with his self-effacing and sometimes outrageous humor outside the Octagon or with his trademark slams inside of it, this is a fighter who doesn’t let the fight come to him – he’s going after it. He’s not looking to calmly take you down with technical brilliance, he wants to pick you up and put you through the mat; he’s not looking to jab his way to victory, he wants to punch a hole in you.

That’s entertainment.

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UFC 68 in Ohio

UFC 68: THE UPRISING

TIM SYLVIA - RICH FRANKLIN - MATT HUGHES

SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2007
LIVE FROM NATIONWIDE ARENA IN COLUMBUS

Tickets Go on Sale Tuesday, Jan. 9

Las Vegas – A star-studded lineup comes to Ohio featuring current UFC® Heavyweight Champion Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia along with Rich “Ace” Franklin and Matt Hughes – two former UFC champions who are hot on the championship trail and loaded with a vengeance. The Ultimate Fighting Championship® organization presents UFC 68: THE UPRISING live from Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio Saturday, March 3.


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Georges St. Pierre injured

From UFC.com:

LAS VEGAS – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization today announced UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre has been forced to withdraw from the Feb. 3rd UFC 67: ALL OR NOTHING card due to a knee injury suffered during training for his first title defense against Matt Serra. The rest of the card, which includes the UFC Middleweight title bout between Anderson “The Spider” Silva and Travis Lutter, as well as the UFC debuts of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Marvin Eastman and Mirko Cro Cop vs. Eddie Sanchez remain intact.


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UFC 66: Liddell keeps belt, Ortiz concedes

From ufcfightnews.com:

Having climbed back up the ranks after losing his title in 2003, former light heavyweight champion Tito “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Ortiz was, undoubtedly in as good of shape as he could ever hope to be in his long-awaited rematch with Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell last night before a sold-out crowd at the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas.

It still wasn’t good enough.


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UFC 66 Results

Better late than never. I hope everybody had a great time during the holidays and enjoyed some great fights on PPV.

In case you missed UFC 66 (shame on you) the highlight of the evening was Chuck Liddel defeating Tito Ortiz in the third round.

The run down of all the fights is as follows:

  • Kieth Jardine vs. Forrest Griffin - Jardine wins
  • Arlovski vs. Cruz - Arlovski wins
  • Leben vs. MacDonald - Macdonald wins
  • Bisping vs. Schafer - Bisping wins
  • Alves vs. DeSouza - Alves wins
  • Gonzaga vs. Marrero - Gonzaga wins
  • Okami vs. Singer - Okami wins
  • Wellish vs. Perosh - Wellish wins