The Machida Era is HERE!

["THE" MoSav]

Silva will never fight Machida they got the same manager and train together and have said in the past they won't fight each other, kind of like Jardine and Evans.

IMO Shogun has the best chance at beating Machida out of the current contenders in the division, most well rounded just needs to continue working on getting his cardio back.

thats real, Shogun was a beast back in pride and can be again with the right cardio. maybe Couture goes down to 205? THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC

[$Eg2$]

I think Machida is gonna be tough for anyone to beat. I def see the Spider being the man with the best shot or maybe even Randy if he can take him down if he stands hes be a dead man. I believe the rampage fight will end similar to the Rashad fight but Id be rooting for Jackson. 

[PLANT]

You would think so because Rashad has a similar style to Machida, but the bottom line is that nobody can use Machida's style better than Machida, which made Rashad doomed from the start.

Rampage is probably gonna use the exact opposite strategy as Rashad, and if Rampage actually tries to use his wrestling (which he hasn't really done since his days of PRIDE), he might put himself in a good position to win.

That being said, my money would still be on Machida, although I'll be rooting for Rampage big time.

I agree with all that

[morbidenigma]

Federico Macheda is sik

[Canuck]

Randy going down to LHW wouldnt happen for a while hes fighting Nogueira in August, I don't see it happening

I think Rampage-Machida would go down a lot like Machida and Rashad unless Rampage uses his wrestling, which is what I was expecting Rashad to do, but like someone said earlier its been a long time since Rampage actually used his wrestling ability.

[eS El Duque]

Randy Couture should just retire after the Nog fight

Dude has been knocked out so many times, its not even funny anymore. LOL @ people thinking he can take Machida at 205. Someone in hsi prime vs a 45 year old has been.

And Rampage is a WAY different fighter than Rashad. Rampage is at least more aggressive ( i believe has more power too). Rampage would push the pace vs Machida.

["THE" MoSav]

Randy Couture should just retire after the Nog fight

Dude has been knocked out so many times, its not even funny anymore. LOL @ people thinking he can take Machida at 205. Someone in hsi prime vs a 45 year old has been.

And Rampage is a WAY different fighter than Rashad. Rampage is at least more aggressive ( i believe has more power too). Rampage would push the pace vs Machida.

thats exactly want machida wants...

[eS El Duque]

Randy Couture should just retire after the Nog fight

Dude has been knocked out so many times, its not even funny anymore. LOL @ people thinking he can take Machida at 205. Someone in hsi prime vs a 45 year old has been.

And Rampage is a WAY different fighter than Rashad. Rampage is at least more aggressive ( i believe has more power too). Rampage would push the pace vs Machida.

thats exactly want machida wants...

yes, and it that way he's different than Rashad. However, I believe Rampage would be a MUCH tougher opponent for Macheda than Rashad.

Im hoping Macheda is champ for a long time

["THE" MoSav]

Randy Couture should just retire after the Nog fight

Dude has been knocked out so many times, its not even funny anymore. LOL @ people thinking he can take Machida at 205. Someone in hsi prime vs a 45 year old has been.

And Rampage is a WAY different fighter than Rashad. Rampage is at least more aggressive ( i believe has more power too). Rampage would push the pace vs Machida.

thats exactly want machida wants...

yes, and it that way he's different than Rashad. However, I believe Rampage would be a MUCH tougher opponent for Macheda than Rashad.

Im hoping Macheda is champ for a long time

how do u figure? im just curious?

[eS El Duque]

Randy Couture should just retire after the Nog fight

Dude has been knocked out so many times, its not even funny anymore. LOL @ people thinking he can take Machida at 205. Someone in hsi prime vs a 45 year old has been.

And Rampage is a WAY different fighter than Rashad. Rampage is at least more aggressive ( i believe has more power too). Rampage would push the pace vs Machida.

thats exactly want machida wants...

yes, and it that way he's different than Rashad. However, I believe Rampage would be a MUCH tougher opponent for Macheda than Rashad.

Im hoping Macheda is champ for a long time

how do u figure? im just curious?

Rashad hit Machida about once in the second round. Did almost NOTHING in the first. All Rashad did was back up, bounce left to right, maybe kick or punch the air...and repeat. Watch the fight again and you'll see. Rampage I believe would destroy Rashad in the ring. Greg Jackson has no "game plan" when it comes to knockout power. And lets be honest here. Forrest Griffin was lucky to even hold the belt.

[PLANT]

yea I really believe Rampage has a much better chance of taking out Machida. 

["THE" MoSav]

Hopefully i just dont see it

[NiCc_FrUm_ThA_nO]

So it looks like Rashad n Rampage are coaches for the next season of TUF..interesting shit goin down here. I wonder who they'll give Machida in the meantime.

[Roccy]

yup

jackson will fight evans later in december.

[Halu Sination]

So it looks like Rashad n Rampage are coaches for the next season of TUF..interesting shit goin down here. I wonder who they'll give Machida in the meantime.

That's going to be after the Rampage vs Machida though, from what I understand.

After the little altercation between Rampage and Evans (after the Rampage vs Jardine fight), they still want to capitalize off of the bad blood, regardless of whether Rampage gets the championship or not. Though if I had to guess, I'm kind of assuming that the UFC doesn't think Rampage is going to have the belt by then.