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UFC NEWS: Dana White doesn't want to see Rampage-Rashad rematch, believes Matt Hamill will be a better fight
Feb 20, 2011 - 6:20:14 PM UFC NEWS: Dana White doesn't want to see Rampage-Rashad rematch, believes Matt Hamill will be a better fight

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

Before Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Matt Hamill were matched up for UFC 130, a second bout between Rampage and Rashad Evans was discussed for the event with the removal of Thiago Alves from the card.

While the Jackson-Hamill bout seems much more uninspired and less interesting than a big money rematch between Jackson and Evans, there is one man who doesn't share that feeling: UFC President Dana White.

"Talking's fun before the fight, but if you do all this talking and then you go in there and don't fight, who wants to see that (crap) again?" White said in an interview with USA Today. "Rampage-Rashad, the (freaking) snoozefest? I don't want to see that (freaking) fight again."

"Matt Hamill and Rampage might not talk a bunch of (crap) about each other before the fight, but when have you not seen Matt Hamill fight? Matt Hamill's going to go in there and try to beat him."

Hamill and Rampage will meet in the co-main event of UFC 130 on May 28, live on pay-per-view from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Penick's Analysis: It is certainly a valid criticism of the first fight, in that it really failed to live up to the expectations their seeming "grudge match" built up. Still, a rematch between the two of them is more interesting for most fans than the Hamill fight will be. The fight may have played out the same way as the first, but it would have driven more fan interest than this one. This is a good fight for Hamill, and he's got a lot to gain from it, but it's also very apparent that it's a fight that is more risk than reward for Jackson.