“Only boring people get bored.”—Ruth Burke
In a recent interview with Fighter’s Only Magazine, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson discussed his upcoming UFC Light Heavyweight championship bout versus Jonny “Bones” Jones at UFC 135, and made several interesting statements regarding his perceived direction of the sport, as well as, an open criticism on the quality of the opponents that he has had to face as of late, claiming that he finds the new breed of MMA fighter; “boring.”
If you want professional journalistic integrity in this article, you won’t find it. This article is what I, Dan Rose, believe can and will happen Saturday night in the UFC, when Tito Ortiz is forced to fight for his career against a younger, stronger version of himself in Ryan Bader.
Georges St. Pierre is the sport of MMA’s premiere athlete. He’s one of the top three fighters who have ever stepped into a cage or ring and carries himself like a champion. Lost in his current eight fight winning streak is the fact that he’s won 30 consecutive rounds. He hasn’t lost a single round in his last thirty. Amazing!
The UFC 133 announcements keep coming and the latest one is a great fight between Rich Franklin and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in Philadelphia in August. The loser of this fight could find themselves on the outside of the UFC, looking in. With a combined 59 fights and only 11 losses between them, you can’t blame a loss on inexperience, both guys know what this fight means.
Alright, we’re a day late on the eight ball this week, but it took that much time to explore Randy Couture’s Hall of Fame career. The eight ball told us last week that Gilbert Melendez just might be the best Lightweight in the world. This week, I shake it and ask, “Will Randy Couture walk away from the Octagon Forever as a Winner?” Here’s what it told me.
Fights don’t always end clean and decisions aren’t always cut and dry. Sometimes rivals have a score to settle. Fighter’s trash talk each other yet never make it into the ring. All of these are legit reason we fans demand to see a particular fight, but fight fans sometimes just get an idea that two fighters would make a good fight.
There are many reasons why fans demand fights but that are just what makes them fans. Below is a list of fights that fans want to see, along with the reason. They have been submitted by the fans and were originally displayed on the dream fight page.
