The lead up and results of the two
Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Wanderlei Silva
vs
http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/f...?fighterID=348 vs
http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/f...?FighterID=209
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinton_Jackson vs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderlei_Silva
Highlight of what my post is going to explain
http://www.livevideo.com/video/CA618...n-enemies.aspx
These were two of the best, and most important fights in recent history, with the first fight being the more significant and the second being the slightly better fight.
To set up the first fight, Quinton was coming in after Debuting in Pride against Kazushi Sakuraba, a huge fan favorite in Japan and one of the most important fighters in history, known for beating 4 gracies, and beating many larger opponents of equal or even seemingly better skill. Quinton lost the fight eventually, but put on such an amazing show of raw athleticism, without much real training, that his star was born.
He then went on a run of handing out ass kickings left and right (although he got DQ'd in one fight)
The most impressive of his wins was probably the devestating KO of Kevin Randleman, former UFC HW champion and 2 time NCAA wrestling champion for Ohio State.
Kevin shot in for the double leg, and Rampage got underhooks and blasted one of the best combos ever, a right knee to the head, right uppercut, and left hook knocking Randleman down, then taking the mount and landing a few more punches to finish it off.
Rampage then was entered into the 2004 Pride 205lb Grand Prix, in which
Chuck Liddell was entered as a UFC representative. Chuck and Wanderlei were the two favorites and expected to meet in the final for the belt.
In the first Round of the GP Rampage won a decision over Murilio Bustamante, and then entered into the first match with Chuck, who had KO'd
Alistair Overeem in the first round. The Chuck fight was, saving a few moments, a beatdown handed out by Rampage, wearing Chuck down and forcing Chucks corner to throw in the towel while he was taking knees on the ground. This placed Rampage in the final.
Now For the story of Wanderlei. As I mentioned in the old post, Wandy was a star of "Vale Tudo" (anything goes) in Brazil, fighting for the IVC organization, and was known for his brawling style of Muay Thai kickboxing and his relentess attack, basically straddling that fine line between competitor and pyschopath at times. Wanderlei racked up wins over a few solid fighters in the IVC, with the biggest being over
Mike Van Arsdale an absolutely great wrestler who would later turn out to be just short of the top tier of MMA, yet still a very solid fighter, he now handles the strength and conditioning for Greg Jacksons fighters in Arizona.
Wandy then moved on to the UFC, where he actually racked up 2 losses to
Vitor Belfort and
Tito Ortiz and 1 win. Wandy was also starting to fight for Pride at this time, where he would go on to be one of the most dominant fighters on the planet. Wanderlei made his way to the finals of the 2004 205lb tournament by a crushing 1--2 combo for his 3rd victory over Kazushi Sakuraba, and then winning a decision over Judo gold medal winner and legend
Hidehiko Yoshida
The first fight
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/silva+rampage/video/x7vyd_vanderlei-silva-vs-rampage-jackson
The setup for the second fight was basically Rampage running off a few more wins, and then calling out Silva from the ring after he damn near powerbomed
Ricardo Arona through the ring.
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/rampage+arona/video/x2h9cd_rampage-arona-slam_sport
Silva then got in the ring and pushed Rampage, almost starting a riot in the ring.
The second fight
was a fucking beauty, with a solid first round for Rampage, and then one of
the most brutal finishes in MMA
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/rampage+arona/video/x2h9cd_rampage-arona-slam_sport
Highlights of Each's Career
Rampage -
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/rampage+jackson/video/x23les_quinton-rampage-jackson-career-high_extreme
Silva -
/video/x14qzh_wanderlei-silva-hl_extreme" title="Daily Motion" target="_blank">Daily Motion