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Post by Ian from 616Entertainment. on Mar 9, 2009 13:37:38 GMT -5
Forrest Griffin is expected to return to the UFC in August at UFC 101 to rematch Keith Jardine. For those of you who don’t remember, Jardine defeated Griffin back in Dec. 2007 at UFC 66.
MMAFrenzy.com reported that Griffin was likely to square off with the loser of UFC 96’s headliner between light heavyweight contenders Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Keith Jardine.
Griffin is coming off of successful surgery earlier this year to repair a broken hand suffered in his light-heavyweight title defense loss to Rashad Evans in December at UFC 92. Meanwhile, Jardine suffered a hard fought unanimous decision loss to Quinton Jackson this past weekend at UFC 96.
UFC 101 is tentatively scheduled to take place in Portland, Oregon but the UFC hasn’t confirmed any details about the event yet. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Randy Couture is the only other fight that has been discussed so far for UFC 101.
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Post by Sandy on Mar 9, 2009 14:21:41 GMT -5
A perfect fight that needs to happen. I hope Jardine takes it again. I'm sick of him being stuck in an awkward position having beat Vera, Liddell, and Griffin...and he has yet to get a title shot. So hopefully a decisive win will get him one step closer to getting one..or at least a shot at Machida. Because that is really the fight I want to see Jardine vs. Machida..two awkward styles.
then I would want Forrest to finally go against Liddell.
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Post by Mr. Orange on Mar 9, 2009 15:39:41 GMT -5
Interesting fight for sure. I'd put my money on Jardine, because Jardine's beat him before, and the Jackson camp seems to have him figured out. But I'm not counting Forrest out.
A Jardine/Machida would have been a little more interesting and would have solidified the next number one contender. But it seems that in order to fight Evans, you have to fight Jardine first.
I would've had Forrest fight the winner of Liddell/Shogun.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Mar 9, 2009 15:48:10 GMT -5
Interesting fight for sure. I'd put my money on Jardine, because Jardine's beat him before, and the Jackson camp seems to have him figured out. But I'm not counting Forrest out. A Jardine/Machida would have been a little more interesting and would have solidified the next number one contender. But it seems that in order to fight Evans, you have to fight Jardine first. I would've had Forrest fight the winner of Liddell/Shogun. I think Forrest will win it. He wasnt focused for Evans. He is refocused and ready to go now. |
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Post by Sandy on Mar 9, 2009 16:52:13 GMT -5
Interesting fight for sure. I'd put my money on Jardine, because Jardine's beat him before, and the Jackson camp seems to have him figured out. But I'm not counting Forrest out. A Jardine/Machida would have been a little more interesting and would have solidified the next number one contender. But it seems that in order to fight Evans, you have to fight Jardine first. I would've had Forrest fight the winner of Liddell/Shogun. I think Forrest will win it. He wasnt focused for Evans. He is refocused and ready to go now. how was he not focused when he was winning most of the fight?...  Thats what Evans does..he waits for his opening, he found one and took advantage of it. |
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Post by johnnymalloy on Mar 9, 2009 17:00:13 GMT -5
Great fight, needs to happen.
Griffin needs to avenge this lose to stay at the top of the pack, meanwhile Jardine needs this win to stay relevant in the stacked lightheavyweight division.
My money's on Jardine. Keith looked awesome against Rampage, losing a close descision in the last 10 seconds. And that was against Rampage at his best, not the same guy Forrest fought. And Greg Jackson seems to have Forrest figured out, well Greg Jackson seems to have almost everyone figured out.
Should be a great fight.
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Post by Ian from 616Entertainment. on Mar 9, 2009 17:31:37 GMT -5
Interesting fight for sure. I'd put my money on Jardine, because Jardine's beat him before, and the Jackson camp seems to have him figured out. But I'm not counting Forrest out. A Jardine/Machida would have been a little more interesting and would have solidified the next number one contender. But it seems that in order to fight Evans, you have to fight Jardine first. I would've had Forrest fight the winner of Liddell/Shogun. I think Forrest will win it. He wasnt focused for Evans. He is refocused and ready to go now.  Not focused? Forrest looked great against Rashad, he  ing handled him for two and a half rounds. Then he got popped with a god damn superman punch and was pounded out. One mistake, dude. |
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Post by Nirvana is Happiness on Mar 9, 2009 19:43:47 GMT -5
I have a feeling Forrest might just whoop Jardines ass.
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Post by k5 on Mar 10, 2009 0:13:20 GMT -5
forrest is tough as nails, but in the end i think jardine simply hits way harder. jardine for the win.
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Post by saveus1 on Mar 10, 2009 2:46:03 GMT -5
I reckon Jardine will win again but I think Griffin will be alot better than his last fight with Jardine.
I just hope Griffin wont cry again like his last fight with Jardine if he loses
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Post by Controversial Maverick PUNK on Mar 10, 2009 3:29:14 GMT -5
Great fight, needs to happen. Griffin needs to avenge this lose to stay at the top of the pack, meanwhile Jardine needs this win to stay relevant in the stacked lightheavyweight division. My money's on Jardine. Keith looked awesome against Rampage, losing a close descision in the last 10 seconds. And that was against Rampage at his best, not the same guy Forrest fought. And Greg Jackson seems to have Forrest figured out, well Greg Jackson seems to have almost everyone figured out. Should be a great fight. That was nothing like Rampage at his best... Rampage at his best, would've knocked Jardine, the f*ck out.. |
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Post by The Mac on Mar 10, 2009 6:10:38 GMT -5
After seeing Jardine in his match with Jackson this is a fight that will be awesome!
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Post by johnnymalloy on Mar 10, 2009 10:18:37 GMT -5
Great fight, needs to happen. Griffin needs to avenge this lose to stay at the top of the pack, meanwhile Jardine needs this win to stay relevant in the stacked lightheavyweight division. My money's on Jardine. Keith looked awesome against Rampage, losing a close descision in the last 10 seconds. And that was against Rampage at his best, not the same guy Forrest fought. And Greg Jackson seems to have Forrest figured out, well Greg Jackson seems to have almost everyone figured out. Should be a great fight. That was nothing like Rampage at his best... Rampage at his best, would've knocked Jardine, the f*ck out.. Rampage landed the same shot that knocked Wanderlei and Chuck out on Jardine like 4x throughout the fight. Rampage himself said that he just couldn't keep Jardine down. And how often do we see Rampage hitting takedowns in the octagon? I was at UFC 96, so I got to hear what people were saying. Every single person in my seating area, was just crapting on Jardine. Everything he did. When Rampage was covering up against the fence it was "Oh lucky punch!", "Rampage isn't focusing!", "Rampage looks horrible"...but then when Jardine's in trouble, "RAMPAGE LOOKS AWESOME! SLAM HIM!", "Rampage looks like a completely different fighter man, his time at the wolfslair really helped". Of course it can't be because Jardine is doing well, it had to be because Rampage wasn't at his best. I hate that, we'll hear the same crap if kenflo beats penn. |
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Post by Sandy on Mar 10, 2009 11:50:51 GMT -5
That was nothing like Rampage at his best... Rampage at his best, would've knocked Jardine, the f*ck out.. Rampage landed the same shot that knocked Wanderlei and Chuck out on Jardine like 4x throughout the fight. Rampage himself said that he just couldn't keep Jardine down. And how often do we see Rampage hitting takedowns in the octagon? I was at UFC 96, so I got to hear what people were saying. Every single person in my seating area, was just ****ting on Jardine. Everything he did. When Rampage was covering up against the fence it was "Oh lucky punch!", "Rampage isn't focusing!", "Rampage looks horrible"...but then when Jardine's in trouble, "RAMPAGE LOOKS AWESOME! SLAM HIM!", "Rampage looks like a completely different fighter man, his time at the wolfslair really helped". Of course it can't be because Jardine is doing well, it had to be because Rampage wasn't at his best. I hate that, we'll hear the same crap if kenflo beats penn.yup...pretty much hit the nail on the head... I hate that as well..but to be fair to Rampage they said the same thing when he KTFO Wanderlei...it was "Oh well Wandy isn't the same anymore"...of course it couldn't be because Rampage is actually getting some decent training as opposed to his pride days.. but I thought Rampage would KO Jardine in the first..Everyone knocks Jardine down in the first round.. Houston did, Vera did, Wanderlei did, and Chuck did...I felt Rampage has the best killer instinct out of those fighters...so needless to say I am very impressed with Jardine. I actually have become a fan of his after this fight. |
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Post by Bruiser Brody on Mar 13, 2009 22:09:04 GMT -5
Not too excited about this fight. Not sure who I would put Griffin in a fight with next, but not Jardine.
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Post by [x] TEXACIDE [x] on Mar 16, 2009 4:56:07 GMT -5
Sweet! I hope Jardine takes it.
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Post by k5 on Mar 16, 2009 10:47:52 GMT -5
Rampage landed the same shot that knocked Wanderlei and Chuck out on Jardine like 4x throughout the fight. Rampage himself said that he just couldn't keep Jardine down. And how often do we see Rampage hitting takedowns in the octagon? i agree, jardine if anything outdid how others thought he'd perform. he just shook off some of jackson's biggest blows. |
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Post by Kliquid on Mar 16, 2009 11:16:51 GMT -5
Jardine randomly beats top-tier talent... It's very hard to predict his fights.
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Post by axemurderer on Mar 16, 2009 12:55:34 GMT -5
I think Forrest will win it. He wasnt focused for Evans. He is refocused and ready to go now. exactly what a Griffen lover would say lol...cause he under prepared for that fight ? he couldnt focus against the top contender ?? come on...he lost...he was focused..he was rocking it the first bit of the fight, got caught and got his ass beat down. |
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Post by uvfan1 on Mar 16, 2009 16:54:09 GMT -5
I hope Forrest beats him this time. I just don't like jardine.
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