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Old 07-07-2008, 09:08 AM   #1
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Pride doesn't count in the UFC though even though they own it. No way are they gonna build Rampage as a guy who lost twice to Silva.
They did it with Liddell/Rampage though.. The built upm that fight based on Chuck losing to Rampage in Pride.. But I guess at the time alot of casual (American) MMA fans didn't really know who Rampage was so, I dunno..
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Old 07-07-2008, 09:28 AM   #2
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Seems like this is tailor made for Liddell to get the next shot, assuming he can beat Evans. Then they can possibly do Rampage vs Wand as a top contenders fight.

If Rashad wins, then I could see them giving the shot to Wand believe it or not, or maybe go right back to the rematch between Forrest and Rampage.

Machida needs one more win to really cement himself as the #1 contender, but it has to be against a top 5 guy. So someone like Wand or Shogun IMO would make sense.
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Old 07-07-2008, 11:36 AM   #3
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Pride doesn't count in the UFC though even though they own it. No way are they gonna build Rampage as a guy who lost twice to Silva.
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They did it with Liddell/Rampage though.. The built upm that fight based on Chuck losing to Rampage in Pride.. But I guess at the time alot of casual (American) MMA fans didn't really know who Rampage was so, I dunno..
I was going to say the exact same thing. Plus even the casual fans are going to realize that rampage is 0-2 against wanderlei. When they were hyping silva and liddel, they were showing clips of rampage getting beat down by silva and they hyped the match as the guy that beat rampage twice.
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I was going to say the exact same thing. Plus even the casual fans are going to realize that rampage is 0-2 against wanderlei. When they were hyping silva and liddel, they were showing clips of rampage getting beat down by silva and they hyped the match as the guy that beat rampage twice.
Its wierd how they do it. They will not totally ignore the history from Pride, but they tell the story that suits their purposes.

For example, when talking about Liddell-Jackson, you only really hear about the UFC 71 fight, you dont hear them say "and now Jackson is 2-0 against Liddell".

However, I would bet if they do Liddell-Jackson 3, they will play up the fact that this is huge for Liddell because he's had two loses in his career to Jackson in the Countdown show. But on the commercials to the mass audience, they will just talk about Jackson taking Liddell's title, not the backstory from Pride days.

Then, if Liddell wins that third fight, and they want to sell a rubber match (UFC), the Pride fight will be largely forgotten.
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