Anyone else think that Rashad should drop down to 185 after his first loss? I know he's undefeated at LHW, and he fought as a HW on TUF, but when he was at Michigan State he wrestled at 174. It's not like there isnt weight there to lose. Once he gets his first loss at LWH he is going to be so far behind the pack that I could see it possibly happening, like what Bisping did. He would get owned by Silva, but would probably re-gain a title shot sooner. Obviously none of this would ever happen until he gets his first loss at 205. Thoughts?
StringerBell said:
Which Silva... Thiago or Wanderlei? I think he beats both...
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re-read the thread topic and i think you can guess which silva he was talking about
This topic has been hammered to death in another forum he's related to for the past couple of years.Yes Rashad should drop .But it doesn't matter because he won't reach above the level he's at now.Whether it be Wandy,Thiago,Anderson or even JOE(lol) Silva he get beat in either division by all these guys.Beatdown is more like it.
He just came down from heavyweight, I don't think a cut to 185 would be beneficial to his body. Sure, he used to wrestle at 170something in college, but peoples bodies change/grow. Also, I don't think his FIRST loss against top level competition is going to push him too far down the ladder.
He would have the best chance against Wandy, who's takedown Defense sucks, he would eeeck out a decision.
Thiago would beat him, Anderson would destroy him.
AceTruth23 said:
He would have the best chance against Wandy, who's takedown Defense sucks, he would eeeck out a decision.
Thiago would beat him, Anderson would destroy him.
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Wandy would beat him into the stone age,and if by chance Rashad did take him down .Wandy would submit him.Wanderlei is MUSCLE.Rashad is a flubbery LHW.Yes I understand he dropped from HW.But he was soo fat.And he could still lose 20lbs and he would be cut muscle at 185.
I'd prefer him to drop. He's a fairly small LHW. He gives up 3" in height to Chuck, and I'm sure a good bit in reach (anyone know what their respective reaches are?). I don't think he's peeked yet and hope he does well in his upcoming fights. From what I've seen of him and know of him he seems a rather decent and hard working fellow.
endo135 said:
But didn't Kenny Florian drop from MW to WW to LW?
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yes but Kenny only fought at MW for Tuff........good opportunity but before that he had never fought above 160
That if what the vast majority of people think is going to happen to Rashad when fights Shogun does in fact happen, this will be the hottest thread on this entire board?
endo135 said:
That if what the vast majority of people think is going to happen to Rashad when fights Shogun does in fact happen, this will be the hottest thread on this entire board?
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I don't know that the vast majority of people think Shogun is going to beat Rashad. Shogun has historically been awful coming off a layoff, and Rashad's fight to win style is going to put an awful lot of pressure on that surgically repaired knee. Shogun, when healthy, is amazing and would probably beat Rashad easily, but Shogun when marginally healthy isn't really that good at all.
Rashad walks around pretty heavy, I don't know if he could comfortably make the cut. I don't see it happening unless he starts to drop a lot of fights.....
Ace23 said:
He would have the best chance against Wandy, who's takedown Defense sucks, he would eeeck out a decision.
Thiago would beat him, Anderson would destroy him.
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Thiago would do what? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Guess u were shocked at the results of UFC 108. Evans didn't dominate but he eeeck out a decision as u would say.
Suppose Rousimar Palhares beats Nate Marquardt on Wednesday; then Rashad does lose badly to Shogun (similar to the way he lost to Machida at UFC 98) - after which Rashad makes the move down to 185 and fights Palhares (meanwhile, Palhares gets his clock cleaned by Anderson Silva?), avenging Marquardt's defeat just like Rashad avenged Keith Jardine
five times
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And if you really think about it, Palhares would be the tailor-made opponent for Rashad, since Rashad would come out swinging, and would likely do to Palhares what he did to Chuck - only in less time, and far more brutally.
Not only does this get Rashad established at 185, it also makes people shut up about what a "boring" fighter Rashad is.
Ace23 said:
He would have the best chance against Wandy, who's takedown Defense sucks, he would eeeck out a decision.
Thiago would beat him, Anderson would destroy him.
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Rashad already beat Thiago
buckhunter620 said:
Ace23 said:
He would have the best chance against Wandy, who's takedown Defense sucks, he would eeeck out a decision.
Thiago would beat him, Anderson would destroy him.
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Rashad already beat Thiago
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Fail at reading time/date stamps?
