Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio Rua Rematch to Take Place at UFC Rio Event

I love this match up. Even though Forrest beat him before, you have to give the edge to Shogun. I think Forrest presents and interesting match up for Shogun. He's competent enough everywhere to not get dominated and he's got a big size advantage. If Shogun doesn't take this seriously I could easily see an upset.

Also want to weigh in on Hamill. He's obviously a dog, but his wrestling style/strategy could give Rampage questions. Plus Hamill has a decent jaw and will pressure Rampage like Forrest & Shogun did.

As for contenders it goes
1. Rashad (duh)
2. Rampage (if he beats Hamill)
3. Couture (if be beats Machida)
4. Forrest (if he beats Shogun)
5. tie between Phil Davis & Hamill/Shogun/Machida (if they win)

Didnt expect a Rua-Griffin rematch to ever make sense...but it does.

I pick the Gun of Sho.

Page has not had an impressive performance in a bit. Def cannot pencil in a win here.

Forrest vs Rua is a nice job of match making. I'm rolling shogun. I've argued Rua was not as out of shape as others believe he was, but instead Bones was that impressive. Forrest is not Bones.

Plus the motivation factor is all on rua's side in this. Coming off the loss, fighting at home, revenge against gump.

captain organic wrote:

Page has not had an impressive performance in a bit. Def cannot pencil in a win here.

Forrest vs Rua is a nice job of match making. I'm rolling shogun. I've argued Rua was not as out of shape as others believe he was, but instead Bones was that impressive. Forrest is not Bones.

Plus the motivation factor is all on rua's side in this. Coming off the loss, fighting at home, revenge against gump.

See I think he was impressive against Machida. He beat a guy that was very tough and ackward to beat.

timthebim wrote:

captain organic wrote:

Page has not had an impressive performance in a bit. Def cannot pencil in a win here.

Forrest vs Rua is a nice job of match making. I'm rolling shogun. I've argued Rua was not as out of shape as others believe he was, but instead Bones was that impressive. Forrest is not Bones.

Plus the motivation factor is all on rua's side in this. Coming off the loss, fighting at home, revenge against gump.

See I think he was impressive against Machida. He beat a guy that was very tough and ackward to beat.

very true tim, he himself solved the "machida equation"

killerofchicken wrote:

timthebim wrote:

captain organic wrote:

Page has not had an impressive performance in a bit. Def cannot pencil in a win here.

Forrest vs Rua is a nice job of match making. I'm rolling shogun. I've argued Rua was not as out of shape as others believe he was, but instead Bones was that impressive. Forrest is not Bones.

Plus the motivation factor is all on rua's side in this. Coming off the loss, fighting at home, revenge against gump.

See I think he was impressive against Machida. He beat a guy that was very tough and ackward to beat.

very true tim, he himself solved the "machida equation"

Not so much solved as survived. Machida wasn't impressive either.

you say tomato, i say potato... LOL

timthebim wrote:

captain organic wrote:

Page has not had an impressive performance in a bit. Def cannot pencil in a win here.

Forrest vs Rua is a nice job of match making. I'm rolling shogun. I've argued Rua was not as out of shape as others believe he was, but instead Bones was that impressive. Forrest is not Bones.

Plus the motivation factor is all on rua's side in this. Coming off the loss, fighting at home, revenge against gump.

See I think he was impressive against Machida. He beat a guy that was very tough and ackward to beat.

Only he didnt beat him...he was awarded a shitty decision.

Page decisioned machida, he didnt beat him. Machida landed the better shots and more damage throughout the whole fight. It was no robbery but yes, just a shitty dec based off the scoring system machida had no one else to blame but himself for having way to much respect for page The first 2 rounds