[SPOILER] Loser of Bellator Main Event's Thoughts on the Fight
Posted Dec 29, 2019, 7:34 AM UTC
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"Get paid" has obviously been the only thing on his mind
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Fedor is 2 years older and he still fights to win. He's aged a hell lot better than most fighters over 40.
Maybe temporarily retiring to recover does work?
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The skill is all there, but his chin is gone. He didn’t get hit clean tonight, but I’d bet if he did he would’ve been KO’d immediately.
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He's got big balls going into fights where just one punch can end him.
I mean its fat Rampage but all Rampaged needed was to land one punch well.
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Yeah his hand speed and power is still there. I'm glad Fedor bounced back from that Bader lose.
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That wild hook rampage threw early for sure woulda KOd him, rampage just seemed to shell up too much due to the fast combos Fedor was throwing
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You dont know that. Only thing rampages hands are good for these days are carrying hot dogs.
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The only one who carried hotdogs was Tito's ex-wife.
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It’s def way worse but it’s hard to tell how far it’s gone. Mitrione and him dropped each other and Matt hits like a mule and he moved into the punch on top of it. Bader caught him flush in a good spot with a leaping sneaky hook. His chin def way worse but I saw sparring videos of him taking clean shots by this jacked kickboxer and didn’t even blink. MMA gloves obv are different when they land but he was sick for the Bader fight too. Maybe it’s was just flukey type punch you see in MMA a lot. Both Mitrione and Bader are 230+ and fast twitch athletes. Like you go go down the UFC roster at 205/HW and you won’t find like many if any better pure athletes then Bader and Mitrione. Matt was in NFL and Bader was all American and defensive football player of the year in HS too. Could be a old Fedor just got caught by 2 beasts early in the fights, the Matt one being especially flukey. He did eat the Bader follow up shot and wasn’t out out. I will say that’s first time I felt his chin was officially washed but so much luck with MMA gloves it’s hard to tell. I think he would’ve taken Rampages shots tonight unless it was like those 2 haymakers he barely missed. Just my 2 cents
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It’s a work ethic thing, Fedor still fights like he wants to be the best in the world, Rampage moved up a weight class because he’s lazy and being old is no excuse for being as out of shape as he’s been thus the consensus that he’s just trying to collect a check and doesn’t care about the sport.
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"Maybe temporarily retiring to recover does work"
Thinks of Askren and holds back tears
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Did he unretire?!
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He retired in 2017, came back and made a cool million for about 13 minutes of "fighting"
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Not true, "get fat" was definitely in there too.
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Rampage has never laid down in a fight, he went 5 rounds with Hendo and outclassed him. Every fight hes lost he never quit and lost a 3 round decision getting wrestled. The man just got out classed on the feet and got mentally broken in there.
I mean Rampage has literally never quit in a fight..the closes would be to Jon Jones and that was after 4 rounds and he was trapped on the ground anyway. After Jones ran away from him for 2 rounds, got him tired then went to work that is.
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You are talking about how he was when he was an athlete in his prime compared to now where he's just cashing in off his former glory and showing up for a paycheck
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Yeah youre right he didnt quit in this fight, he looked like he had already quit months ago.
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This is not the same rampage. I really think he started to get lazy after the beat Hendo and his knees started giving him trouble. He’s fat and old now. That last shot def did not knock him out he just wanted out of the fight.
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The man just got out classed on the feet and got mentally broken in there.
Mentally broken, yes. That doesn’t mean he didn’t quit. It’s why he quit.
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He didn’t even know he got hit. That’s how fast he went down. Mmafighting Casey dude said on twitter Rampage stood up and said he didn’t hit me why you stop it lol...
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Pretty disrespectful to his fans and everyone else who paid to watch this garbage
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At this point I have no sympathy for those who continue to shell out money for the trainwreck cards Bellator puts together all the time.
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People actually pay for Bellator cards? That’s news to me
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DNZA subscription bought recently. I guess I wasn’t aware as to how much of a drop the events are... it’s like watching the UFC except everything is slightly off...from the announcer, to the music, to the crowd’s enthusiasm, and especially, the fights.
Why is this?
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Because they have less talent and less money, and thus worse production value?
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Overall though how is dazn
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Dinza
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↑ Imagine being that one Rampage fan that flew half-way around the world to watch the fight in-person.
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Sorry he didn't want more brain damage
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I'd hate on Rampage. But I'd do the exact same thing if I were in his position. Might as well cash out when you still have the chance.
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If there isn’t a win bonus for him to get he really has no incentive to get his ass kicked for another 2 full rounds. I think he was def trying in the beginning but his fatass couldn’t close the distance and he just conceded it wasn’t his night.
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He might have had some incentive to not stuff his face like a hippopotamus and come in above 35% body fat after a training camp.
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If the paycheck keeps coming why is not being fat for the sake of not being fat an incentive? He hasn’t been a serious fighter for years. If Bellator is stupid enough to enable his laziness that’s on them. I thought he would be more motivated after he beat Wanderlei but it seems like that’s the only guy that can light a fire under his ass these days.
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how about spend your money responsibly so that you don't have to damage your legacy with bullshit "fights".... or do some real work like coaching, commentary, public speaking or branding... or maybe train for fights so you aren't just ripping people off? he is garbage. i've been saying it since he was sexually assaulting female reporters in japan back in the day.
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How about cash a check for 300k to work for 2 minutes?
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if rampage was the kind of guy that would do honest work opportunities to make a lot more than 300k would open up for him. but he is not so he is probably going to spend that 300k on stupid shit and will have to figure out some way to scam more money. eventually it will catch up to him and he is going to be completely broke before he is 50.
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At least he's honest about it. If you expect anything else from him, you're the mark.
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But why not try to actually win?! His pay would only increase if he did.
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In Rampage's mind he probably saw there wasn't much chance of winning. Might as well not put in the effort. Just by looking at his guy it seems like he didn't even have a camp.
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I don’t think it was so much a matter of effort as it was about avoiding needless extra damage when he could tell he was outmatched.
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Not if there isn’t any win bonus in his contract.
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For the next fight i would think
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He’s a different case because Bellator doesn’t pay him to fight for the title. He’s there only because of his name and reputation. If it weren’t for that he would not be in the cage with Fedor in the first place. In any case I don’t know how many fights he has left in his contract, but it’s pretty obvious to me that he’s just in there to get his check and go home.
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Once you aren't fighting for a title anymore, your only goal is to get paid as many times as you can before they kick you out
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He's just fighting out his contract, his money is probably set in stone and just needs to show up to fights to collect. Beating Fedor doesnt do much, and he isnt going to put in the effort to train to beat guys like Bader or Davis. He's at the end, and mentally he's probably been there for awhile. The only thing that surprised me was his effort in most likely his last fight in Japan, but I guess when you're mentally done legacy doesnt matter.
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Fair enough. I guess its hard to expect any human being to be a total savage past their prime. We all got feelings & families
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I'm a fat unmotivated fuck that is doing this for a paycheck and nothing more.
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How concise
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Fuck this guy and that pathetic excuse
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Crazy to think that Rampage had not been KOd since Pride days
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Extremely durable
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Rivals Tito in head size.
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Tito-esque in his cranial circumference, Joe.
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He literally said in that 'think about fedor during sex' interview that was posted here that he thinks about giving up and taking his check.
He had no intention of winning this fight lmao.
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Twitch chat is gonna have some words for you, young man.
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Rampage is a such a fucking douche. Dude didnt respect the fans enough to take the fight seriously at all. Look at the guy, cut weight for heavy weight? Come the fuck on you straight up become obese before a fight with fedor in japan? Japanese probably looked forward to this fight so much.
Anybody remember rampage calling that guy "titties" on TUF back in the day? That was when I really started to see hes kind of a fuck. That's just my opinion but come on at least take the fight seriously. Sigh. End rant.
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My man channeled his inner Bob Sapp.
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“I knew one of us was gonna get knocked out, I just didn’t know it was gonna be me.” In other words you thought you were gonna knock him out.
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Its like an M. Night Shaymalan movie
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He just needed some quick cash, then again who doesn't.
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Axe Murderer looking even more sad now
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“Big fan Mr. Sapp don’t listen to the haters”
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Kinda Ironic Rampage is now Tiddies.
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And then they call you a casual when you say bellator is a joke...
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They do put on some really good fights at welterweight though.
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Shouldn't get paid for that honestly
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Not convinced he even trained so the money he got for the time he put in was probably pretty incredible. Don’t blame him for milking the end of his career but everyone else loses having to watch that
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Rampage loses via check cashing
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