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First ppv that I ever ordered.
When he refused to give Tito a rematch until he stopped ducking Chuck...that made me a fan. That rematch would have been money in the bank for Randy, but he made Tito do the right thing instead.That made me a lifetime fan.
Basically my favorite fight ever!! This was the fight that made me a MAJOR Randy & mma fan
Randy is one of my favorites ever, he had great wrestling and dirty boxing but his chin was shit
I wouldnt disagree with the decision but certainly it wasnt an easy fight for Chuck at a point were Vitor wasnt really considered one of the best LHWs.
This was a tad younger than Chuck/Randy but I flipped out even more when I first saw it.
To set the scene for the young ins.....Chuck at this point was coming off a quick destruction of Babalu, a beatdown of Vitor Belfort, and easy wins over Guy Mezger and Kevin Randleman ( and a tough fight vs Bustamante admittedly). Destined to face Tito for the belt, and in fact after the Randy loss would beat Overeem in 1 round in PRIDE.
Randy on the other hand, had the great run at HW but had lost to Barnett and than Ricco Rodriguez in that weird fight where his orbital got broken, and was already close to 40. He was dropping down to light heavyweight and it seemed the UFC just wanted a recognizable guy for Chuck to beat before the Tito fight.
Randy then proceeds to beat the living shit out of Chuck, both on the feet and on the ground. I am talking scary stuff as he was literally slamming Chuck over and over, and landing vicious shots from the top before they finally stopped it. Pure madness.
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No easy feat.Frank Trigg has the unique ability to make me root for Matt Hughes.
To set the scene for the young ins.....Chuck at this point was coming off a quick destruction of Babalu, a beatdown of Vitor Belfort, and easy wins over Guy Mezger and Kevin Randleman ( and a tough fight vs Bustamante admittedly). Destined to face Tito for the belt, and in fact after the Randy loss would beat Overeem in 1 round in PRIDE.
Randy on the other hand, had the great run at HW but had lost to Barnett and than Ricco Rodriguez in that weird fight where his orbital got broken, and was already close to 40. He was dropping down to light heavyweight and it seemed the UFC just wanted a recognizable guy for Chuck to beat before the Tito fight.
Randy then proceeds to beat the living shit out of Chuck, both on the feet and on the ground. I am talking scary stuff as he was literally slamming Chuck over and over, and landing vicious shots from the top before they finally stopped it. Pure madness.
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It's a fight, you do what you need to do and if you are penalized then so be it.a sliding doors moment was in the 3rd Randy - Chuck fight (might have been the second fight, it has been 15 years) when Chuck did a blatant, non-penalized fence grab to stop a clear take down. at the time, I just viewed it as one of those things that happens in fights. but sometimes I wonder if it would have given Randy the chance to really tire Chuck out and change the course of the fight (if my memory is bad on the above, feel free to correct me)
anyway - thanks to TS for the great flashback
and a tough fight vs Bustamante admittedly
Underrated, sure, but no hobbery in that SAKU fight.Mezger almost beat a lot of ppls asses. Robbed vs Saku off top of my head. Under rated historical fighter
hmmm... ok some room for controversy in the Arona & SAKU fights, mainly due to Pride´s complex Scorin´System, but... the Lil Nog one was less controversial, technically...He had controversial split losses to Arona, Lil Nog, the draw to Saku like you mentioned, .
Bro PRIDE literally changed the rules mid fight to help Saku lmaoUnderrated, sure, but no hobbery in that SAKU fight.
hmmm... ok some room for controversy in the Arona & SAKU fights, mainly due to Pride´s complex Scorin´System, but... the Lil Nog one was less controversial, technically...
It´s actually more complex than you think...Bro PRIDE literally changed the rules mid fight to help Saku lmao
if you gas like vitor did in that fight, you deserve a decision like thatabsolutely. The Ortiz/Belfort was a complete robbery though