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01-24-2007, 01:23 PM
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Rashad Evans Sold or not Sold?
Hi guys, this is a fighter who is splitting fight forum, i personally have little or no desire to watch evans fight at this STAGE in his career.
his one KO win was in my opinion greatly exaggerated, however he does possess great wrestling skills and as some peope say a wins a win. i am of the other persuasion that a win is not necessarily a win tho, if you failt to entertain you are little better than gonzago vs jordan. a long dull fight with little to no excitement.
im asking you if you are sold on rashad or does he have to prove to you more that he is the real deal that everyone says he is.
this is by no means fighter bashing, i am interested to see where the majority sits in relation to rashad evans and his fighting career in the UFC.
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01-24-2007, 01:24 PM
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i will watch him... i enjoy it
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01-24-2007, 01:33 PM
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He's a tough guy in the UFC LHW-division already. Not a lot of guys in there, who can beat him.
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01-24-2007, 01:39 PM
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I not a Rashad nuthugger but I'll watch him fight and hope he'll win(he from Michigan, like 30 mins away from me  ). |
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01-24-2007, 01:48 PM
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I'm from Michigan as well (south east and he is about an 1hr from me.......GO BLUE!! lol) and i am Rashad Evans...... fan hope he does well Thurday night. The boy is really agile and has a heart as big as a blue whale, he will go far.
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01-24-2007, 01:50 PM
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I was one of the few people to like Rashad during the TUF season. I didn't like his showboating, but other than that I think he presents himself well, is confident but not overconfident, and I could see he had the natural ability to be a good fighter. His game is coming together nicely and I think the thing he needs to work on most now is submissions and submission defense.
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01-24-2007, 01:50 PM
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I'm not sold on the fact that he's the next big thing. He has potential but hasn't lived up to it yet imho
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01-24-2007, 01:55 PM
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Quote:
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I'm not sold on the fact that he's the next big thing. He has potential but hasn't lived up to it yet imho
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01-24-2007, 02:19 PM
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He is not my favorite fighter, but I am certainly a fan of his....
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01-24-2007, 02:22 PM
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I want to see him beat up tito. Tito is not a better wrestler and rashad probably has better hands. Rashad will beat tito by whatever means he fills like.
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01-24-2007, 02:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nimmy
Hi guys, this is a fighter who is splitting fight forum, i personally have little or no desire to watch evans fight at this STAGE in his career.
his one KO win was in my opinion greatly exaggerated, however he does possess great wrestling skills and as some peope say a wins a win. i am of the other persuasion that a win is not necessarily a win tho, if you failt to entertain you are little better than gonzago vs jordan. a long dull fight with little to no excitement.
im asking you if you are sold on rashad or does he have to prove to you more that he is the real deal that everyone says he is.
this is by no means fighter bashing, i am interested to see where the majority sits in relation to rashad evans and his fighting career in the UFC.
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TO me the jury is still out. He needs to fight more (In the UFC), for me to be sold on him. A great wrestler (which I like), but think he needs to do something like kick Tito Ortiz's ass first before we put Rashad up there.
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01-24-2007, 03:24 PM
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i can see how this is going to go, 50 - 50.
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01-24-2007, 03:25 PM
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I think that about a month ago there wasn't enough Rashad talk, and now there may be too much. He's proved to me that:
-He's above your average LHW
-He's a hell of an athlete
-He's well rounded
-He trains hard and has good stamina
But he hasn't been tested enough yet to know for sure whether he's anything special. He hasn't been tested to the point where any weaknesses will have revealed themselves. He is yet to fight a BJJ Black Belt, so who knows, for a master submission artist Rashad might be a sitting duck. He also hasn't fought a great striker yet, so for all we know he might get knocked out easily by somebody like Chuck Liddell, Rampage, or maybe even Michael Bisping. This is all speculation... all I'm trying to say is that Rashad is a good well rounded fighter, but he's only really fought other well rounded fighters, guys like Jason Lambert, Stephan Bonnar, Brad Imes, Same Hoger... The only thing Rashad has really proven is that he's a better well rounded fighter than your average well rounded fighter.
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01-24-2007, 03:26 PM
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Rashad is(or will be) the man! Definite world title potential there someday!
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01-24-2007, 03:28 PM
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untill he throws a head kick or a solid combination on a good opponent i will continue to be not sold that he is 'well rounded'
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01-24-2007, 03:49 PM
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I like Rashad...I think he is developing into a more well rounded fighter after each of his fights...this guy has talent and power and is only getting better...
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01-24-2007, 04:06 PM
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Definitely Not Sold!!!
Can't Stand The Guy!!!
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01-24-2007, 04:18 PM
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Fan for life. He's good now, and keeps getting better. I don't care what the doubters say.
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01-24-2007, 04:57 PM
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Not sold. Sorry.
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NOT sold. no way, the man is NOT a fighter hes a good wrestler but thats it.
He = zero PPV buyrates.
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