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Originally Posted by KillerWolf
i dont mean no disrespect, and i'm not looking to take you to task here, but your post (your rationale) doesnt hold water. the hate came way before the "nut-huggers." most pro-Rashad or what you may consider "nut-hugger" threads or thoughts, are IMO, a backlash against the mostly unwarranted hate.
consistantly, people state a beleif (whether it be emotional or genuine) that Rashad Evans will lose most of his fights - and he's only ever lost one. you would have to think that at some point [in the past] Rashad would have stopped being the underdog in every single fight - especially against a guy like Tito - especially considering who Rashad has beaten and how.
then, people say that Rashad talks too much shit. i honestly dont do twitter and stuff, but from what i've seen on UFC productions, the guy doesnt really talk any more shit than the next guy - apart from the whole...manufactured black on black fued or whatever with Rampage. generally, everybody says that they're going to beat up their opponent.
antics? please. it's not like he pretends to bury his opponent after he wins. and the "monkey-dance cage entrance"...fucking rules.
please consider that you dont have to be a fanatic [nut hugger] to recognize a flaw in popular thinking and speak up on it. most fans that i know who dislike Rashad, have disliked him since day one (i.e. the day that Matt Hughes said he acted like a jackass. this was when Matt Hughes was at the top of the sport, btw. and for a lot of people, that was all it took. and then they dont even consider for a second how he has improved and evolved or the unbelievable amount of hard work and commitment.
now i can see people not liking Rashad's style. there are plenty of [popular] fighters who i dont get excited for based on the typical dynamics of their fights - Randy Couture, for example. with Rashad, for some reason, the hate seems to be deep-seeded and unshakable.
anyway, you couldnt have really asked for more from him in last nights fight against Tito, other than a top tier opponent, yet, remarkably, a lot of people still picked Rashad to lose.
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In my defense I was talking in brash generalizations and nothing really too specific. Cause I'm more of the kind of watcher that appreciates talent and won't hate on a fighter cause some other fighter says he is a jackass or other people don't like him.
People are gonna hate for whatever reason there is and there are plenty of reasons people are going to come up with to hate on a fighter. Even if they have to make them up and the "nut huggers" are part of the reasons for some. I mean look at college football... although those you would call "diehard fans" instead of "nut huggers" but that's where I was getting at with that description.
So yeah... no harm done.