My prediction for the Rampage-Rashad fight was that Rashad was going to win via decision 29-28. And as a result of the decision, I thought Rampage was going to blame the judges for his loss. Typically, Rampage will blame his losses on his own doing - never because he lost fair and square so a decision is clearly out of his hands. Obviously the latter didn't happen but...
Previously Rampage had stated that he had a good training camp, trained very hard, conditioning, cardio etc were all fine and he wasn't distracted at all by the film or affected by the layoff. He was motivated, healthy, and had no real injuries, the weight cut was fine. He didn't underestimate Rashad as an opponent.
Thus nullifying all of the usual excuses taken from the
Rampage Jackson excuse checklist.
But I was wrong, and he used some of those excuses anyways. He should seriously have an asterisk beside his record being that that all of his losses are excused, and it would seem that he's virtually undefeated. He even stated in the post-fight conference: "I'm not a sore loser" ...What?
Anyways, I think Shogun will KO Rashad, or submit him should Rashad decide to focus more on wrestling/takedowns than stand-up.
