Mauricio Shogun Rua Vs Quinton Rampage Jackson MMA Video Pride Fighting 28 Knockout

What a fantastic fight!
You know Ive never really watched too much if this stuff before but boy do they go for it. Very impressive. I know this fight was a bit one sided but still great to watch. A great spectacle. That Shogun fella is beast but you wouldnt want to meet either of them in a dark alley!!
Keep it up, I wanna see more like that!
PP

John Kim, I’m well aware of where this fight took place and when. My statement is in line with another thread here on the Griffin Rua fight in the UFC.

Many believe the UFC is fixed now as they own both organizations and are the acting promoters and managers for these fighters.

I’m simply stating I hope they aren’t interfering with these matches, as Shogun didn’t look like the same guy in his UFC debut, I was completely shocked watching that fight.

Rua gassed in the Griffin fight and this was when Rampage wasn’t as good as he is now.

I really doubt any fights are fixed. Why would they do that? To make UFC seem superior? Then why would Rampage beat Lidell?

And they had to crack down on juicing in the case of Sherk and Franca.

I seriously doubt any of these fights are rigged.

Fighters gas sometimes. Sometimes you think they should win and they lose. That’s the way it goes.

Seriously if you watched Shogun’s last 6 fights they were nothing like the Griffin fight. Griffin isn’t nearly the fighter rampage was even at that time and griffin dismantled him. I seriously think some fights are fixed.

fights are not fixed… how can you fix taken serious blows to your body and head? Griffen took damage too and come on why would shogun take money to fix a fight? He has money enough and he is a big star. You guys should stop saying fights are fixed because they aren’t. The sport is way to hard for that. One single blow can knock someone out, so even IF they were fixed there would still be a huge chance that the other guy wins by an “accidental” knockout.
UFC is not fixed, sometimes people have an off-day or they have an injury. Not only that, almost everytime a fighter enters a fight he has at least one little injury. Or the fighter had to make weight in a short period (wich cots alot of energy).

I can go on and on about this, just stop saying fights are fixed because they are not. It would be impossible to realize . It’s not WWF people…

I heard that Rua had an ACL problem before the fight, which is why his training was lagged. You could tell just by physique that he was out of shape. Because of the fight he had to have surgery on his ACL. Griffin cleary won the fight but had Rua been in top shape i think it might have ended differently.

I agree. This certainly isn’t the same Shogun that fought Forest. Although if it were, Forest would have been out in less time than Rampage and would’ve walked out of there with more than just one broken rib. This isn’t the end… He is already recovering from surgery and will bounce back like never before.

Shogun was out of shape. I think he was too cocky going in, thinking he was going to destroy Forest. UFC is a whole new style of fighting and Shogun took it for granted. Look at Crocop…he isn’t half the fighter that he once was.

Remember, Shogun on steroids is not the same as Shogun off of steroids. He looked like crap straight from the getgo agianst griffin, out of shape and everything. He is also way too small for the UFC, and that’s why rampage is the only Pride fighter to have any success in the UFC. Shogun needs to drop to 185 and be steroid free for a while in order for him to shine.

for anyone who says ufc fights aren’t fixed is out of their mind….

The way they fix the fights is by not giving a fighter enough time to prepare for a fight.

I’ll bet you a million bucks that Forrest Griffin was preparing for the fight with Shogun for much longer than Shogun was preparing - dana white probably gave shogun short notice which reduced his training time.

I’ve never seen shogun so fat/out of shape in a fight when he fought griffin. so yes that was a fixed fight because looking at this - shogun would’ve destroyed griffin given the right chance. But Dana favors American Fighters. That’s why Tim Silvia is always the 1st to challange for the heavyweight belt…

I would definitely say that there was a ton of steroid usage in pride. I firmly believe that Wandy, Shogun, Coleman, Randlemen, Crocop, Fedor as well as many others were juicen like crazy. You can literaly see the difference in strength and speed. In the UFC the Nevada state athletic commisson tests fighers randomly. I still feel that Sean (The juice monkey) Sherk and Franca are just the first of many to be found out. After watching GSP’s last fight against Matt Serra and just looking at his speed and definition I wouldn’t be suprised if he was taking some as well. I think there are going to be a lot of changes in the UFC with respects to testing and I would definitely say that the Shogun we saw in this fight against Rampage is not the same Shogun that stepped into the ring with Forrest. If you cannot accept that then you are blind. He literaly manhandled Rampage like he was a paper weight. I don’t see what more evidence anyone needs to be able to understand why these pride fighters just don’t look the same. The answer is clear to me.

to understand how probable fight fixing is in the ufc and pride just look back at the history of boxing and the corruption that is inherant in the fight sports.did anyone see mike tyson v.s bruce seldon.there are also many ways when you control every thing to lean a fight in the favor of one fighter.the fact is the ufc is illegal.why do you think don king cant own the wbc ,own the wbc fighters contracts,promote the event and manage the fighters on top of it.for him to do this is against federal law ,so how can zuffa do exactly this??????????????????????