Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Thiago Silva targeted for UFC 130

Jackson vs. Silva likely will be part of the pay-per-view main card, possibly in a headlining or co-headlining spot.


* Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Thiago Silva*
* Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson*
* Thiago Alves vs. Rick Story*
* Travis Browne vs. Stefan Struve*

* - Not officially announced

Good matchup. Wouldn't be surprised to see Rampage get KO'd. I am surprised they are throwing Silva in there with him. Page just beat Machida, while Silva only beat Vera. But should be fireworks none the less.

I am shocked they aint keeping Rampage cuffed until Evans Shogun is decided. Page is gonna flatline him anyway though.

Rampage is going to sleep.

Awesome and shitty at the same time. Hate having to see these two fight. It will be fun though

I got page by KO!!!

Great fight tho

Sweet matchup.

Winner gets next?

Great fight, I'm liking Page here, both throw slow bombs, but I think Page has the better chin. Dont' see either holding the other down for long, so this will be first to connect clean.

LA wrote:

Great fight, I'm liking Page here, both throw slow bombs, but I think Page has the better chin. Dont' see either holding the other down for long, so this will be first to connect clean.

Will Thiago try to wrassle?

Im thinking that might be the new gameplan, especially against dangerous strikers.

He might, but Page is a great wrestler with good takedown D, I don't see either holding the other down for a long time.

this fight should be fun! page will beat the brakes off him!

Thiago might try to continue working that clinch game although it will be harder with Page. I'm sure using that muay thai to pound Page's legs will be in the game plan as well

i didn't even think about this until i read the comments but this will be an epic staredown.

Great standup war with some1 going to sleep and i think Rampage wins.

Wow dont know how i missed this! Great fight someone is going to sleep, most fights made like this dont live up to the hype but i think this one will. The whole card looks great right now.

People can stop pretending Thiago is this high level fighter once this match is over and they're scraping Thiago's corpse off the canvas.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

People can stop pretending Thiago is this high level fighter once this match is over and they're scraping Thiago's corpse off the canvas.

What's the indication that people are doing that?

Wolfgangsta wrote:

People can stop pretending Thiago is this high level fighter once this match is over and they're scraping Thiago's corpse off the canvas.

Maybe not high level but coming in off of a impressive win.

Ludo wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

People can stop pretending Thiago is this high level fighter once this match is over and they're scraping Thiago's corpse off the canvas.

What's the indication that people are doing that?

Lots of people here, BE, ESPN are favoring him over Rampage.

I wouldn't go as far as to say he should be favored over Rampage, but stylistically he matches well with Rampage, at least until Rampage times him out.

He's maybe the worst match up for someone fighting Page. Page is the most dangerous in the pocket counter puncher in MMA history, at least UFC history, where Thiago is a typical MT brawler with half the speed of the guys he emulates, Shogun and Prime Wandy. He wants to brawl with RAMPAGE JACKSON? Short of Machida, anyone he has faced has been knocked on their ass in the UFC at least once. With Page coming in in shape and off a tremendous performance(whether or not he deserved the win or not) and not rusty, this is a borderline mismatch. Silva will be suspended for 180 days after the knockout he suffers.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Ludo wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

People can stop pretending Thiago is this high level fighter once this match is over and they're scraping Thiago's corpse off the canvas.

What's the indication that people are doing that?

Lots of people here, BE, ESPN are favoring him over Rampage.

Not sure how u can make him the favorite over Rampage?

How is Thiago not a high level fighter? the guy is a top LHW, losing to Page wouldn't change that, it'd just show how good Page is.

I really like Thiago moving forward. It sucks that he was having those back issues for a while, should've finished Rashad in that fight

Still like Page though for reasons stated above. I think Thiago will leave openings that Page's power won't let him survive. Page also may train at Golden Glory some for this fight

I'll be really interested to see if Thiago just comes with straight ahead brawling MT style here or if he uses movement/kicks and a lot of clinch work.

I think he will try to clinche alot and try for some takedowns.