**Official UFC 71 Thread**

**Trainwreck2100** · 05-27-2007

Everyone's talking about Round 3 and Round 4. Dream on. This is going to be a very short fight. Liddell will knock out Jackson in under a minute. Book it.

good call

**dg7md** · 05-28-2007

People paid like 50 dollars for a 4 minute fight consisting of circling with only so many punches? I know the undercard but it didn't look like much of anything that wouldn't be free on TV.

**Evan** · 05-28-2007

Originally Posted by Doghouse MD

People paid like 50 dollars for a 4 minute fight consisting of circling with only so many punches? I know the undercard but it didn't look like much of anything that wouldn't be free on TV.

It was an awesome fight, the entire card was good except for one fight. Worth every penny and I am normally skeptical on the value.

**mardigan** · 05-28-2007

Dan Henderson is fighting Rampage next, and Henderson is going to beat Rampage

**ALVAREZ6** · 05-28-2007

Originally Posted by mardigan

Dan Henderson is fighting Rampage next, and Henderson is going to beat Rampage

Apparently this guy's last fight, he beat this Wanderlai Silva cat.

I'd take Rampage.

**dallaskd** · 05-28-2007

I wouldnt mind seeing a o-Wanderlei rematch.

**ATRAIN** · 05-29-2007

Originally Posted by Evan

It was an awesome fight, the entire card was good except for one fight. Worth every penny and I am normally skeptical on the value.

Yeah I agree... Rampage LIddell was a short fight......but ive come to expect that from most Liddell fights. The card was bad ass, and the Rampage outcome was what I wanted.

**sa_butta** · 05-29-2007

Originally Posted by ALVAREZ6

Apparently this guy's last fight, he beat this Wanderlai Silva cat.

I'd take Rampage.

Henderson knocked Silva out, and Silva has beaten Rampage twice. Rampage Vs Henderson should be a good fight.

**sa_butta** · 05-29-2007

Originally Posted by ATRAIN

Yeah I agree... Rampage LIddell was a short fight......but ive come to expect that from most Liddell fights. The card was bad ass, and the Rampage outcome was what I wanted.

Rampage win was not what I wanted, but what I expected. Rampage is a well rounded fighter and he is still young.

**LEONARD** · 05-29-2007

We should all be thanking Rampage!! He saved us from multiple dip threads by Mr Dio about Pride being a joke, Jap minor leagues, etc etc...and just the usual garbage from him. Now he's nowhere to be seen, as is normally the case...

I was kinda pissed that the fight went so quickly...I was hoping to see a dominating performance over several rounds from Rampage, not a quick KO resulting in the "just got caught" talk (which very well could be the case). Chuck got off easy IMO...when he got in the ring I told my buddy I just had a feeling he was going to take a beating. Rampage looked like the old Rampage again. I have no idea why Rogan said that Rampage looked nervous? I didn't see it...

The crazy thing was that Rampage KO'd Chuck on the ground, then hit him again and he snapped right back...pretty funny.

Karo-Burkman was very entertaining. Karo's Borat reference (his song) in the post-fight interview went over the heads of 99.9% of the people in attendance.

I still can't believe how Alexander took it to Jardine. Jardine was a bit over-rated after being the over-rated Forrest Griffin, but damn...that was shocking. This GIF cracks me up...

Wilson Gouveia's legkicks are no joke (damn I love me some legkicks!). He did the same to Keith Jardine but was robbed of the decision in that fight IMO. He's definitely a guy to watch...

Poor James Irvin...he has terrible luck. Completely blew out his knee against Thiago Silva (which sucks because I wanted to see what the new CB guy can do). Irvin is the guy that had the cage door pop open against Bobby Southworth in another org last year...he screwed up his knee when they fell to the ground and the fight was over.

I hope we never see Leben again...although Dana called that the fight of the night...

Terry Martin will be a force at MW...

Some of this may have already been posted, but I'm not sorting thru all of it...

Full post fight press conf
http://www.sendspace.com/file/zpgkdz

Chuck to fight Wanderlei Silva next according to Dana...
http://www.mmanews.com/ufc/Dana-Whit...ilva-Next.html
http://www.tsn.ca/mma/news_story/?ID=209012&hubname=mma

Pride sale done, and *GASP*...the "plans" have changed...
http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/....asp?aID=19680

"That plan has changed, as White is working on bringing all of the Pride major names to the U.S. as part of UFC. Besides the Quinton Jackson vs. Dan Henderson match, he also talked about finally making the Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva match. No date is scheduled for either match but preliminary talk was that one or the other could take place in September in London, England or Anaheim, California"

also here...
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...articleid=4029

I knew this would happen when the sale was announced a few months ago...it's fine with me, I just wish they would've been up front about their plans at the start...

Rampage on "Hot List" on ESPNews yesterday...
http://search.espn.go.com/keyword/se...imediaCount=15

Liddell's trainer post fight video
http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1176

Rampage post fight video
http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1177

MMAWeekly writeup on UFC 71
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...articleid=4024

Rampage writeup on MMAWeekly
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...articleid=4026

Henderson talks Rampage (video interview)
http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1180

Houston Alexander post fight video
http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1179

UFCjunkie post fight with Alexander
http://ufcjunkie.com/2007/05/28/ufcj...ton-alexander/

Funny video from Hooters...maybe in Memphis?? Further evidence that I'll never watch a ppv at Hooters...or any public venue...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=salISRTDNnc

Chuck got $500k, Rampage $450k...before their PPV cut of course.
http://ufcjunkie.com/2007/05/27/repo...000-at-ufc-71/

Dumbest fan(s) ever?? *language/white trash warning*
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=577323

The best part is him having to ask his redneck buddy (he appears in the 2nd video

) who Dan Henderson is, then saying "yea, he's going to mess you up...then Chuck is gonna mess you up" Pure gold... ing morons.

Some funny photoshops from this thread...
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=577308

**ATRAIN** · 05-29-2007

Originally Posted by LEONARD

We should all be thanking Rampage!! He saved us from multiple dip threads by Mr Dio about Pride being a joke, Jap minor leagues, etc etc...and just the usual garbage from him. Now he's nowhere to be seen, as is normally the case...

I was kinda pissed that the fight went so quickly...I was hoping to see a dominating performance over several rounds from Rampage, not a quick KO resulting in the "just got caught" talk (which very well could be the case). Chuck got off easy IMO...when he got in the ring I told my buddy I just had a feeling he was going to take a beating. Rampage looked like the old Rampage again. I have no idea why Rogan said that Rampage looked nervous? I didn't see it...

The crazy thing was that Rampage KO'd Chuck on the ground, then hit him again and he snapped right back...pretty funny.

Karo-Burkman was very entertaining. Karo's Borat reference (his song) in the post-fight interview went over the heads of 99.9% of the people in attendance.

I still can't believe how Alexander took it to Jardine. Jardine was a bit over-rated after being the over-rated Forrest Griffin, but damn...that was shocking. This GIF cracks me up...

Wilson Gouveia's legkicks are no joke (damn I love me some legkicks!). He did the same to Keith Jardine but was robbed of the decision in that fight IMO. He's definitely a guy to watch...

Poor James Irvin...he has terrible luck. Completely blew out his knee against Thiago Silva (which sucks because I wanted to see what the new CB guy can do). Irvin is the guy that had the cage door pop open against Bobby Southworth in another org last year...he screwed up his knee when they fell to the ground and the fight was over.

I hope we never see Leben again...although Dana called that the fight of the night...

Terry Martin will be a force at MW...

Some of this may have already been posted, but I'm not sorting thru all of it...

Full post fight press conf
http://www.sendspace.com/file/zpgkdz

Chuck to fight Wanderlei Silva next according to Dana...
http://www.mmanews.com/ufc/Dana-Whit...ilva-Next.html
http://www.tsn.ca/mma/news_story/?ID=209012&hubname=mma

Pride sale done, and *GASP*...the "plans" have changed...
http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/....asp?aID=19680

"That plan has changed, as White is working on bringing all of the Pride major names to the U.S. as part of UFC. Besides the Quinton Jackson vs. Dan Henderson match, he also talked about finally making the Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva match. No date is scheduled for either match but preliminary talk was that one or the other could take place in September in London, England or Anaheim, California"

also here...
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...articleid=4029

I knew this would happen when the sale was announced a few months ago...it's fine with me, I just wish they would've been up front about their plans at the start...

Rampage on "Hot List" on ESPNews yesterday...
http://search.espn.go.com/keyword/se...imediaCount=15

Liddell's trainer post fight video
http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1176

Rampage post fight video
http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1177

MMAWeekly writeup on UFC 71
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...articleid=4024

Rampage writeup on MMAWeekly
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...articleid=4026

Henderson talks Rampage (video interview)
http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1180

Houston Alexander post fight video
http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1179

UFCjunkie post fight with Alexander
http://ufcjunkie.com/2007/05/28/ufcj...ton-alexander/

Funny video from Hooters...maybe in Memphis?? Further evidence that I'll never watch a ppv at Hooters...or any public venue...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=salISRTDNnc

Chuck got $500k, Rampage $450k...before their PPV cut of course.
http://ufcjunkie.com/2007/05/27/repo...000-at-ufc-71/

Dumbest fan(s) ever?? *language/white trash warning*
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=577323

The best part is him having to ask his redneck buddy (he appears in the 2nd video

) who Dan Henderson is, then saying "yea, he's going to mess you up...then Chuck is gonna mess you up" Pure gold... ing morons.

Some funny photoshops from this thread...
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=577308

that Jardine GIF is hilarious..........I love it.

**ATRAIN** · 05-29-2007

So who would you be the most scared of in this situation......walking in a bar and bump into someone who spills their drink all over themselves.....Rampage or Chuck? I say Rampage....and I would buy him and his friends a few rounds.

**LEONARD** · 05-29-2007

Originally Posted by dbreiden83080

i think Fedor is usually about 225. He is not a huge heavyweight and i keep hearing over and over that he would crush Chuck.

He would absolutely destroy Chuck...

Originally Posted by ALVAREZ6

I just watched the replay of the fight, and I'm shocked. Liddell down after 2 minutes? That was weak, that punch from Rampage wasn't even that big, not big enough to make a decent MMA fighter go down.

You don't have to get hit too hard if it's in the right spot...but I've seen Rampage, Shogun, Lil Nog, etc take much bigger shots right on the chin and shrug it off or recover.

Originally Posted by IX_Equilibrium

Oh, and Fedor is much bigger. The weight they weigh in at is not the weight at which they walk onto the mat.

Not THAT much bigger. Fedor fights around 225 lbs (and obviously doesn't cut weight)...Chuck is probably 215 lbs when he fights. In one of his pre-fight interviews for UFC 71 he said he was around 215 lbs at the time so he was in good shape for the small weight cut. Chuck is at least 2" taller... (Fedor is only 5'11" IMO, after standing next to him)

Originally Posted by Doghouse MD

People paid like 50 dollars for a 4 minute fight consisting of circling with only so many punches? I know the undercard but it didn't look like much of anything that wouldn't be free on TV.

You're an idiot dude...sorry...

7 or 8 fights for $40...there is no guarantee that every main event is going to be the fight of the year.

Originally Posted by ALVAREZ6

Apparently this guy's last fight, he beat this Wanderlai Silva cat.

I'd take Rampage.

Yea, I heard he beat Silva too...something called Price FC...or Pride FC??

Hendo is really a 185'r...he's between 195-200 when he fights LHW. He'll fight anybody though...just watch his fights with Big Nog to see what the guy is all about. I think he'll take out Rampage...and Chuck...and Anderson Silva (or whoever has it at the time unless it's Filho)...

**dallaskd** · 05-29-2007

good stuff. I think Rampage will be a great champ, though i dont think he will hold the belt for more than 2 or 3 le defenses if that. Hooters was going crazy. Chuck vs wandy should fantastic.

**dallaskd** · 05-29-2007

Id love to see Ace mess up Henderson.

**dallaskd** · 05-29-2007

RIP Pride Fc

**ATRAIN** · 05-29-2007

Was there more Rampage fans at hooters? Seems like Chuck had the Vegas fans.

**dallaskd** · 05-29-2007

Most of the fans at Hooters were going for Chuck. That video was from Memphis so of course most were Rampage fans.

**LEONARD** · 05-29-2007

Originally Posted by ATRAIN

So who would you be the most scared of in this situation......walking in a bar and bump into someone who spills their drink all over themselves.....Rampage or Chuck? I say Rampage....and I would buy him and his friends a few rounds.

Chuck and Rampage are both nice guys outside of the ring actually...