
UFC
75 Champion vs. Champion
Dan Henderson vs. Quinton Jackson
Saturday Sept 8th, 2007 10PM EST
Henderson +120
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The main event in UFC 75 has Quinton Rampage
Jackson taking (27-6) on Dan Dangerous Henderson (22-5) in a
Light Heavyweight Title and Middleweight Title unification bout.
This fight is not pay-per-view but will be available on Spike
TV. For a mixed martial arts fan this is going to be a great
fight but you have to give the edge to Dan Henderson in this
fight. This is a perfect bet to make as most North Americans
have no clue who Henderson is, just like when Rampage was the
big underdog that no one knew about him until he beat Chuck
Liddell like he stole something from him. If you read the MMA
match up on Chuck
vs. Rampage this fight is very similar.
Rampage Jackson is a 6 foot 1, 205lbs scrapper fighting out
of Irvine, California. Rampage's strengths are wrestling, sheer
power, hard slamming capabilities and powerful overhand strikes.
He first made a name for himself in Pride
fighting. He lost his first fight to Kazushi Sakuraba, who
was the most dominant fighter at the time but the fight was
so good that it elevated Jackson's status as a punisher and
raised his fan base. From there on in, he was a favorite to
win everytime. He would go 5 or 6 fights before a loss, which
was either by disqualification or TKO. He can dish out punishment
as well as take it. He still fought Mauricio "Shogun"
Rua after Shogun broke his rib early in the first round of 2005
Pride Middleweight Grand Prix. In UFC
71 he beat Chuck Liddell, with a hard right, knocking out
Chuck in the first round. This guy is an animal that can't be
stopped right now. Yes, Rampage is powerful but he can only
beat guys that are one-dimensional fighters like himself, Marvin
Eastman, Kevin Randleman, Igor Vovchanchyn and Chuck Liddell.
He loses to more powerful strikers like Mauricio Rua and Wanderlei
Silva and skilled fighters like Daijiro Matsui and Kazushi Sakuraba.
Dan Henderson is a 6 foot 1, 205lbs fighter fighting out of
California. He's a Two Time Olympic Champion and the only person
in Pride’s history to hold titles in two different weight
classes. That only, should ring bells to play your money on
the Underdog in this fight. On February 24th Henderson took
the Middleweight Belt from Wanderlei Silva at Pride
33: Second Coming. Henderson absolutely dominated him the
whole fight and knocked him out in the third round. This fight
was said to be one of the best performances from an underdog.
He hasn’t fought in the UFC since UFC
17, in which he beat Carlos Newton by unanimous decision.
He’s spent most of his time fighting in Pride and trying
to make a new home for himself in the UFC.
Bottom Line: This is going to be an
all out brawl of a fight. Both have fought powerful veteran
fighters and won. They've got the strength to KO each other
with a one punch or go toe-to-toe pounding each other's faces
in. Henderson's an Olympic wrestler with excellent ground-n-pound
skills and Rampage is going to have to watch out for this. If
both fighters fight standing up I think Rampage will have the
advantage over Henderson.
However Henderson is one of the smartest fighters in the world
and he has faced harder punchers then Rampage like Wanderlei
Silva and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. He has also faced more skilled
fighters and beaten them like Vitor Belfort, Kazuo Misaki, Murilo
Bustamante, Ryo Chonan, Yuki Kondo, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Shungo
Oyama, Ricardo Arona, Akira Shoji, Renzo Gracie, Renato Sobral,
Carlos Newton, and Allen Goes.
Henderson is an all world fighter that has a never say die attitude
when he fights. He has way more skills than Rampage does and
has the ability to knock him out. Henderson will come out throwing
and when he wants to, will take Rampage to the ground at will.
Due to his world class wrestling background he will be able
to pin down and keep Quinton on the ground until he ground and
pounds him out or through submission.
Jackson is a one dimension fighter like Chuck Liddell is, but
has way better stand up skills but against a true mixed martial
arts fighter like Henderson he will get pummeled. To be a great
MMA fighter you have to have a well-rounded skill set and Hollywood
Henderson has it, while Rampage doesn't. Remember it is called
MIXED martial arts.
Take
the Underdog in this fight as most North Americans don't know
what kind of fighter Dan Henderson is

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