...OH, ONE MORE THING - PLEASE BOOKMARK US & VISIT DAILY!
By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
"[Rashad Evans is] not great. I fought great and I beat great, and he is not great. He can’t take me down, his cardio is crap. He says I wasn’t in shape when I saw him in Sydney (in February), and no I wasn’t. But I am now and I will be in the fight...
He was [huffing and puffing] in his last fight in the third round. He hits like a kid, like all silly swinging his arms. And we all seen that glass jaw. What’s he gonna do? He's got nothing for me. This KO will be for my fans that have supported me through everything...
I was ring-rusty against [Keith] Jardine, and I may be in this fight in Las Vegas. That gives Rashad a teeny-tiny chance. Not a good chance, just a teen-weeny chance. Like 0.05 per cent. If I had fought more recently, he’d have no chance, he wouldn’t have needed to show up. He’d have fainted in the hotel room and we could have sent the referee with room service to wake him up and call that a KO. But don’t go crazy and bet money on Rashad. Don’t do that to yourself!"
Penick's Analysis: This is going to continue for the next week and a half, with both Rampage and Rashad more than willing to open up their mouths to comment on the other to anyone that will listen. Rampage touched on what could be a major factor, that being the ring rust he'll need to knock off in the fight. We've got two more episodes of UFC Primetime and a week and a half until the fight takes place, and it's getting harder and harder to wait.
RELATED STORY: UFC NEWS: Rampage Jackson and Rashad Evans continue war of words heading to #1 contender fight at UFC 114: [CLICK TO READ FULL ARTICLE]
[Quinton "Rampage" Jackson art by Cory Gould (c) MMATorch.com]
DON'T GO YET... WE SUGGEST THESE MMATORCH ARTICLES, TOO!
Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
(mmatorcheditor@gmail.com)
STAFF COLUMNISTS: Shawn Ennis - Jason Amadi
Frank Hyden - Rich Hansen
Chris Park - Matt Pelkey
Interested in joining MMATorch's writing team? Send idea for a theme to your column (for Specialist section) or area of interest (i.e. TV Reporter) along with a sample of writing to mmatorch@gmail.com.
