BlackDragon666 wrote:Bad comparison. Comparing Rashad and Lyoto based on the Tito fight is reasonably accurate because they both had to fight the same guy back to back. How they preformed against Tito gives a good idea as to how they would preform against each other. Lyoto did MUCH better than Rashad in his fight with Ortiz. Simple (at least for most of us). Sure, anything can happen in a fight, but I can pull up the records of both if you'd like and you'll find that Lyoto's undefeated run is far more impressive. He has no split decisions or close fights. Rashad has 4 split/majority decisions and a draw. Use your head.
It's a perfect comparison considering my point, which was ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN A FIGHT. Go back and watch after the knock out in the Rashad / Chuck fight. Watch Rampage and Florian's mouths WIDE OPEN in astonishment. They didn't (in their wildest dreams) think that was going to happen.
A common opponent means nothing because ultimately, Rashad and Lyoto have to fight each other. This unique encounter presents a new set of variables that couldn't be present in each of their fights against Tito. Example: How Evans deals with Machida's straight left counter will be different than how Tito dealt with it because they are different fighters. This is a different time, they both are growing, Evans has more film on Machida and vice versa, etc...
Oh and anybody can go to Sherdog and check the records, you're not special.
BlackDragon666 wrote:Again, bad logic. Yes, Titio grabbed the fence to keep from going down. He was also winning the fight. The point Tito lost from the fence grab is what allowed Rashad to continue his undefeated streak. Rashad proved he couldn't finish Tito on the ground, so I doubt it would have mattered at all even if he had gotten that take down.
It's great logic. There was a reason Tito didn't want to go down at that particular time in the fight. So he grabbed the fence. Tito may have been ahead, but the fact that he resisted going down by grabbing the fence says that he wasn't exactly comfortable with how Rashad was going to take him down at that particular time.
BlackDragon666 wrote:One, that doesn't make any sense, because I'm comparing the fight performance of two guys who fought the same opponent back to back. Its not a comparison of the power or even just the end result.
Two, I'll try to make this easy for you: They both caught Chuck with a right hook. The placement of the hook was very different though. Rampage's shot was very wide and barely clipped Chuck. Rashad's, on the other hand, was close in and caught Chuck flush, full on in the side of the jaw while Chuck's head was moving forward. Whether or not Rashad can punch harder is not the point. His punch landed better and the momentum was far greater. The "power of his right arm" was moot at that point. If Rampage had caught Chuch that full on, Chuck would...actually, just watch Rampage/Wanderlei III to get an idea
I was illustrating how silly YOUR logic is with my Evans/Rampage comparison.
BlackDragon666 wrote:That doesn't make any fucking sense at all.
"He couldn't believe it was a draw. It had nothing to do with him surviving."
Holy fucking contradiction. Do you even read what you post?
Rashad thanked god and dropped to his knees because he thought he had lost the fight. Thats why he was so surprised and happy that it was a draw. Jesus.
Rashad thought he won the fight, when he heard that it was a draw, you see disappointment on his face, (he had a look like "WTF?") then he collapses in dissatisfaction or fatigue or somethin
... Tito didn't do too much in that fight either, so it's not like they were in some epic war or somethin. Nobody had to worry about "surviving" as you put it.
