@morningwood
exactly.
If I made, Rashad should thank Jones for fighting Rua ahead of him as well…Rua would have beat him proabably just as bad as Jones. Now, like you said, he gets to be outwrestled for three rounds and gets to go home with some coin and a clean bill of health.

To be honest, a one handed Jon Jones vs. Evans seems like the most interesting matchup at 205 right now.

If Davis beats Rashad, who would fight Jones? Rampage? That would be Evans vs Rampage all over again except Jones would be throwin Bo’s on the ground.

In my mind Little Nog had lost two in a row prior to the Davis fight. IMHO a win over Nog at this point in his career (regardless of the fact that he is a legend of the sport) doesn’t mean much. With that in mind, Davis looked sub-par in his win over Nog and should be no less than 3 fights away from a title shot.

Knowing Rashad’s luck, he’ll win the fight, but have his ACL implode 2 days later in an unrelated fashion accident.

With my GSP english level I will say those things:

First, I realy like the picture. Jones looks like he’s on weed, Dana seem to be on some kind of hallucinogen (probably lsd) looking at a small tweetie bird on the head of Rashad. Finally Rashad looks like he’s having a balanced cocktail between roids and cocaine and ready ripe off the neck of a cute kitty cat with his teeth.

But seriously, I think this is a good fight for Evans but not for Davis. Davis is a great wrestler and so is Rashad with better hands. But at the end, a win over Davis will only give Evans a false sens of confidence that Jones will break with his video game alike moves.

But for a promoter point of view, who else in the top 10 of the division is available to face Evans. Most of the guys are already scheduled, so I think it is a good move for the ufc but not necessarily for Davis at this point. The public likes young-up-and-comer and this fight will sell big time.

Dana already stated that the reason we won’t see Rashad Vs. Rampage 2 is because part 1 sucked a dick. He was one of the biggest critics of that fight, saying that the two guys talked a lot of shit and then didn’t fight. This is honestly the only fight that makes sense, its the two most winningest LHWs in a pretty fucked division, and the winner is the only guy left who can give Jones a fight.

Was just talking about this with a coworker. Honestly, at 205 there aren’t going to be any interesting title fights until Jon Jones’ style starts to get repetitive (if it ever does). If he remains unpredictable, with his physical gifts, nobody is going to beat him because he’s impossible to game plan for.

That being said, all the interesting fights will be the number one contendership matches. I think Griffin/Davis and Evans/Rua both sound like good fights. Certainly better than Evans/Davis and Griffin/Rua.

Rashad vs Rampage 2 is what we want to see. I don’t get this either…

christ this fight going to suck

FFS, just get it over with Jones.

I feel bad for Phil Davis on this one. He will beat Rashad, but he is not ready for the title shot he’ll likely be given afterwards.

What’s the over/under on weeks til Rashad says he re-injured his knee and pulls out of the fight with Davis, which then leads to a December 2011 fight agains Bones Jones.

Whatever happened to Davis taking a step backwards? Does he really believe he’s got the answer for Rashad that he’s willing to throw his neck out like this? Or is this just Dana shoving money in this guy’s face and saying “I owe yea one”

If this wasn’t for a title shot i’d give Davis more of a chance, but damn. Rashad hasn’t been training lightly, he knows what it takes to be a champion and he had all the reason in the world for a fire to be lit under his ass.
Davis looked mediocre in his last fight and I hope just because he’s fought consistently and on a roll I hope he doesn’t believe that he can ambush Rashad or fight him at his own game.

Going to be a battle of wills with this wrestlefest.

Davis ain’t ready for this at all. Who the fuck did he piss off at Zuffa… and how??

Nevermind, forgot Jackson vs Henderson back in 07. But still…

I think The Light Heavyweight Belt is cursed. Short of Machida’s controversial victory vs Rua in the first matchup, has anyone defended it successfully since Liddell?

If Phil Davis gets injured, Dada 5000 is ready to go..

DW just loves that black on black crime doesnt he

I find this hilarious in the best possible way. Fuck Rashart. Just desserts for sitting a year to keep his #1 contender status. I hope the African-American Alien™ gives him a Heaping Helping of Hellbows™

What’s the deal with the Black Light Heavyweight tournament the UFC is running lately?

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA(gasp)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Rashad did get a break. A huge break. HE won’t have to get his ass whooped by Jones now. He can lose a close fight to Davis, lose his shot at the title, but keep his health and become the gate keeper of the 205′s

I do remember Jones saying that if he ever was put in a possition were he was forced to fight Rashad he would just fake an injury…
maybe they are still buddies and this whole trash-talkin’ back and forth jive was just a smokescreen to throw Dana and company off the scent.

seriously phil davis is next in line???……….

This smells fishy. Like tuna fishy with a slight scent of rosemary that has been stuck between two slices of bread and stuffed into your back pocket for 13 hours on a trans-continental flight.

Honestly…Why not nix Da Hamma Hamma and make Rampage/Rashad 2 an interim fight? DW loves interim fights.