Rampage Announces That He'll Fight Rashad Evans

[Turd Ferguson]

From his blog...

All Rampage fans don't trip if haters come on OUR website and talk crap. Don't reply because the webmaster will delete it off anyway. Give it no energy cause you never know who it is, how old they are, or if they're ******s or not & you'll feel real bad if you found out you were arguing with a ******. I've noticed that the UFC & TUF have some fans brainwashed or something. They still haven't realized yet that the TV show is just a TV show. I did my job by entertaining people and if you ever paid any attention to me, that's what I'm known for doing.

Now, I wanted to let my fans know that I'm going to come back to the UFC & finish my contract. Not because the haters are talking shit about me being scared of Rashad or Titties or anybody else. I'm coming back for my fans & to shut Rashad's mouth up & shut Dana's mouth up. Then after that I'm going back to doing movies & I might do a boxing match once a year just to stay in shape. Hate on dis!

So, Rampage is going to fight Rashad, like he should. Of course, I'm sure that the only reason he's "coming back to honor his contract" is so that any of his fans that he may have lost during this ordeal will go ahead and see the A-Team Movie when it comes out. The fight is supposed to happen around Memorial Day, and the movie comes out on June 11. If the movie bombs, then I'm sure Rampage is going to ask to be signed to an extension. It's all about leverage. This fight is going to be huge. Rampage can easily tell Dana that he's a draw and he'll get his huge contract that he wants because his options will be limited to either the UFC or Strikeforce, and I'm sure Dana doesn't want him going to his main competitor, despite how much Rampage has screwed him over.

I still think these issues between him and Dana are very easy to patch up. If Dana can patch things with Tito and Phil Baroni, then he can surely patch things with Rampage. I've seen a few scenes with Rampage in other movies. The guy is not a good actor.

Either way, I think Rashad kills him in the fight.

 

[INDYjon22]

This is good news. I have become more of a fan of Rashad since the show began to air but will always be a Rampage fan first and formost. I am happy to hear that he will honor his contract and finish it. Your right Guy, if Dana can patchg things up with Tito he can obviously repair this relationship with Rampage and I fully expect them to kiss and make up. However, I disagree that Rashad will "Kill him", I will give him a chance at beating Rampage but I don't think he will win. Rampage is a tough durable dude who has crazy power in his punch. If Machida can knock Rashad out with a fucking jab I fully expect Rampage to Upper cut Evans jaw off of his head. Jackson is a tougher guy and has fought tougher competition. Rashad beat Forrest and got spanked by Machida and his "First" big win was on an over the hill Chuck Liddell where as Jackson beat Liddell at the end of his prime for the belt. Rashad stands a small chance but my money is on Quinton.

 

[gd]

Should be an awesome fight, hopefully it'll happen. All of the trash talking on the show was so disappointing knowing that they weren't going to fight, but seeing this excites me. Rampage/Rashad is going to be a HUGE fight that'll generate a lot of buy and excitement.

As for the winner, hell if I know. They are both pretty evenly matched. Personally, I'll be rooting for Rampage, but the fight itself is pretty much a 50/50 toss up.

 

[jmt225]

Very glad to see Rampage's heart is still into fighting Rashad, and I completely agree with those here that this a big relief and I can't wait to see the fight.

However, I really, really hope Rashad Evans is able to defeat Thiago Silva decisively, now that this is for sure going down. I mean, don't get me wrong, there's no honor lost in losing to someone like Thiago Silva, because he is an EXTREMELY talented fighter, but I think for this fight to keep its steam for a few more months (if both remain healthy the fight won't probably happen until June, if not later), Rashad will need to kick some serious ass when he fights Thiago. Otherwise, I think people will start to think Rashad was all bark and no bite, and that will hurt the hype/buys hard if Rashad vs. Rampage is the main event on their respective card, like I expect it to be.

 

[King Douche]

I hope Rasahd Evans kicks Rampage's ass. I think Jackosn is a straight up dick and douche bag. All he did on TUF was talk trash to people for no reason, bully people(even his own teammates), not be a leader and captain and console his teamamtes when they lost just be mad at them and not want to talk to them. He would also pick fights with people who did nothing to him. Rashad was more of a team captain and leader then Jackosn was and helped people out when they needed too, even if they was not on his team. Hope Rashad KO Jackosn or make him tap out.

 

[Boxer38]

Man I'm excited again this fight is actually gonna go down!..As for who is gonna win?..Man that's a hard one..Just to make it clear I'll be rooting for Rashad but I can't say he's gonna win..I can't count Rampage out,the motherfucker has some crazy power!..But Rashad has the speed and agility to not get hit by Rampage..Okay if it stays standing up I give the win to Rampage by Knock out or TKO..If it somehow goes to the ground I could see Rashad winning by TKO or a decision.I just hope Rashad wins.

 

[ChristianRivers]

Rashad was the one who got in the face of Rampage. On TUF Rashad tried to make himself look good, but any other time he just seems to come off as a little too arrogant for my liking. And you can tell he & Rampage don't like each other very much. They both did their own share of trash talking. With Rampage being the prankster. I can however understand the frustrations of Rampage. You've got some UFC vets on the show who looked washed up. Not to mention an out of shape court jester who never should have won. Both Rashad & Rampage didn't have the best conditioned guys to help get into the UFC, but that is beside the point.

Rampage has experienced is own personal problems, but thankfully he seemed to have gotten his personal demons is order which is great. Although I've got to give the edge to Rampage. His complaints where a lot of the time he didn't fight healthy. He was fighting injured, and it bothered him because it wasn't really as if anybody cared about what injury he had to work with. Hopefully Rampage comes back healthy, and if we get Rampage at 90% we go with Rampage. I just have to go with Rampage because I want to see Rashad get put in his place, & remain speech less. Rashad bad mouthed Rampage just as much as Rampage did to Rashad. Rashad tries to come off as humble but I don't see it.

That being said I'll go with Rampage. If he doesn't get the knock out. I think Rampage gets a unanimous decision