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01-01-2010 11:55 AM:
In essence every fight is a make or break situation. Careers can hit the downslide quickly with any loss and that ever present pressure exists for Rashad Evans at the main event of UFC 108 against Thiago Silva. Evans is trying to avoid a second straight loss but he's trying to earn himself a huge promotion fight against Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. Jackson and Evans set up that fight for the last six months during the taping and airing of season ten of "The Ultimate Fighter." They verbally sparred, exchanged some nasty barbs and almost came to blows on several occasions. Now that much-anticipated fight is in jeopardy. Jackson put his fight career on hold to make a movie, in stepped Silva and now Dana White says, Evans needs to win tomorrow to get that Rampage fight.
"If he loses, he's going to get Rampage? No, he has to win this fight," White said reacting to the surprise from some members of the media during the UFC 108 prefight press conference. "It's a fight a lot of people want to see but if he doesn't win, it definitely sets him back."
White said it doesn't necessarily mean that right now Jackson is ranked ahead of Evans in the light heavyweight division. But if Evans loses, the simple reality is that it's tough to promote a huge fight with one guy coming off a loss. Silva would have a legit beef that he deserved Jackson first.
This is all started because Jackson bailed on the promotion. He signed on to be a coach on TUF 10 which included a season-ending fight at UFC 107 in Memphis on Dec. 12. Jackson was presented with the opportunity to play Mr. T in the new A-Team movie and then said he done fighting with the UFC. Now he's ready to come back, but can't be ready for a few months and the UFC was desperate for a main event. Up stepped Evans to fight Silva and now some fans and media folks are outraged that the "good guy" has to take the risk when it was Jackson who screwed the pooch. Agree?
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Cagewriter is an MMA blog edited by Steve Cofield.
In essence every fight is a make or break situation. Careers can hit the downslide quickly with any loss and that ever present pressure exists for Rashad Evans at the main event of UFC 108 against Thiago Silva. Evans is trying to avoid a second straight loss but he's trying to earn himself a huge promotion fight against Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. Jackson and Evans set up that fight for the last six months during the taping and airing of season ten of "The Ultimate Fighter." They verbally sparred, exchanged some nasty barbs and almost came to blows on several occasions. Now that much-anticipated fight is in jeopardy. Jackson put his fight career on hold to make a movie, in stepped Silva and now Dana White says, Evans needs to win tomorrow to get that Rampage fight.
"If he loses, he's going to get Rampage? No, he has to win this fight," White said reacting to the surprise from some members of the media during the UFC 108 prefight press conference. "It's a fight a lot of people want to see but if he doesn't win, it definitely sets him back."
White said it doesn't necessarily mean that right now Jackson is ranked ahead of Evans in the light heavyweight division. But if Evans loses, the simple reality is that it's tough to promote a huge fight with one guy coming off a loss. Silva would have a legit beef that he deserved Jackson first.
This is all started because Jackson bailed on the promotion. He signed on to be a coach on TUF 10 which included a season-ending fight at UFC 107 in Memphis on Dec. 12. Jackson was presented with the opportunity to play Mr. T in the new A-Team movie and then said he done fighting with the UFC. Now he's ready to come back, but can't be ready for a few months and the UFC was desperate for a main event. Up stepped Evans to fight Silva and now some fans and media folks are outraged that the "good guy" has to take the risk when it was Jackson who screwed the pooch. Agree?
More...
Yahoo! Sports.
Cagewriter is an MMA blog edited by Steve Cofield.
