UFC 86's main event featured a great fight for the UFC light heavyweight title between Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin. It was a great fight overall so I'm not going to waste anyones time, and get to the round by round recap and how I scored the fight.
1st Round
Forrest started the action with a couple good leg kicks to Rampage's left knee. Rampage landed a good combo with a left hook and uppercut before Forrest closed into a Thai Clinch. Later in the round, Rampage landed another good combo with a left hook, right hook, an uppercut, and another left hook that hurt Forrest a little.
Then Rampage landed a huge counter uppercut on Forrest that hurt Forrest and knocked him down. Rampage then jumped into Forrest's guard and Forrest recovered a little. Forrest attempted to get up while Rampage was still in his guard and Rampage landed a couple nice punches. The round finished with Forrest throwing but missing on a big uppercut.
I give Rampage the 1st round by a score of 10-9.
2nd Round
Forrest again started the action by landing on a good leg kick to Forrest's left knee which clearly hurt Rampage, Rampage was stumbling on that knee. While Forrest was trying to continue working on Rampage's left knee with kicks, Rampage shot in to try for a take down. Rampage left his head on Forrest's side and Forrest got Rampage in a pretty tight guillotine while throwing knee's at Rampage's head. Griffin let the choke go and got in Rampage's half guard. Forrest then later took side control over Rampage and tried for a Americana but failed. Forrest then later mounted Rampage and thats how the round finished with Forrest beating Rampage from the mount.
Forrest totally dominated Rampage in the 2nd round. Forrest takes this round 10-8.
3rd Round
The round started with Rampage dodging a few of Forrest's leg kicks that hurt Rampage earlier in the fight. Both Rampage and Forrest, missed on their shots for the first couple minutes in the round. Rampage then connected with a good uppercut combo on Forrest. Forrest then connected with a leg kick that connected high on Rampage's left thigh.
Forrest then moved in on Rampage while he was throwing and Rampage countered and nailed Forrest with a left hook which knocked Forrest back. The two continued throwing on each other but didn't hardly connect on any of them. Rampage connected on a devastating right hook body shot to the back of Forrest's ribs, a very good body shot by Rampage. Forrest then missed on a leg kick and superman punch combo.
Forrest continued in on Rampage and Rampage knocked him back on a left hook. Forrest got his balance back and charged Rampage and hit him with a good combo which knocked Rampage back. The last 10 seconds of the round ended with both Rampage and Forrest throwing combo's on each other. Rampage landed a couple good left hooks on Forrest and Forrest landed a good shot on Rampage to finish up the round.
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This round could have gone either way but I think Forrest landed a more shots than Rampage did in this round. I give this round to Forrest 10-9, barely.
4th Round
Forrest missed on a couple leg kicks to start the round. Rampage hit Forrest with a good uppercut/hook combo. While Rampage was throwing on Forrest, he started throwing back on Rampage. Rampage then continued in on Forrest and got him with 2 very nice uppercuts and a hook. Forrest tied Rampage up to prevent him from throwing anymore good shots on him and tried to take Rampage down. But, in doing so, Forrest lost his balance and Rampage ended up taking Forrest down. Forrest immediately put Rampage in his guard and the two rolled around and battled for position for a while. While in Forrest's guard, Rampage landed a couple of shots but not anything big.
Forrest then caght Rampage in a triangle choke while Rampage was in Forrest's guard. Forrest had the triangle in place and Rampage used his brute strength and picked Forrest up off the ground. To prevent Rampage from slamming Forrest to the ground, Forrest unlocked the triangle choke in mid air and let go. Rampage then got back into Forrest's guard.
While Forrest was trying to get back to his feet, Rampage connected on a great right uppercut and left hook which knocked Forest back. While Forrest was throwing a couple punches on Rampage, Rampage countered with a right hook which landed on Forrest. Both fighters landed one or two shots on each other in that little exchange.
With just under a minute to go in the round, Rampage connected on a big left hook and right hook. The left hook connected on a cut that Forrest already had earlier in the fight and opened it up some more. Forrest then landed a couple good shots on Rampage in that exchange once again. Then, with less than ten seconds to go in the round, Rampage connected on a couple more good hooks which rocked Forrest a little.
This round was one of the most exciting rounds of the fight. While Forrest did have Rampage in a triangle choke, Rampage got out of it and landed more shots in this round than Forrest did. Rampage takes this round 10-9.
5th Round
This is the final round of this great fight between Rampage and Forrest for the UFC Light Heavyweight title.
For the first fifty seconds of the round, both fighters just circled each other, once again trying to gauge each other. Then, Forrest threw a 1-2 combo which Rampage countered with a left hook which landed and rocked Forrest a little. Forrest continued in and threw another 1-2 combo but followed it up with a good leg kick on Rampage's hurt left knee. The two fighters continued to throw a couple 1-2 combos every now and then on each other for a minute until Forrest connected with a right hand to Rampage's chest. It didn't affect Rampage any.
Forrest then hit Rampage with a big leg kick to his bad left knee once again. Rampage then hit Forrest with a good right hand then Forrest countered with a right hand himself. Rampage then threw a jab to Forrest's head then followed it up with a right uppercut to Forrest's body. Forest then missed on a 1-2 combo but followed it up with a big leg kick to Rampage's head, Rampage seemed to block it for the most part but it still landed a little.
Both fighters circled around the ring for about 30 seconds until Forrest hit Rampage with a right hand. Rampage then hit Forrest with a left hook to the side of Forrest's head and Forrest countered with a good stiff jab on Rampage. Forrest then once again connected on a nice leg kick to Rampage's already hurt left knee. Rampage countered it with a left uppercut to Forrest's ribs. Then Forrest blocked a left hook thrown by Rampage to his head.
Rampage then missed on a superman punch and Forrest tied him up inside and threw a couple good knees to Rampage's body. Forrest then hit on another leg kick to Rampage's knee and followed it up with a good right hand that connected. Rampage then started to throw a couple of combos but missed. Rampage once again hit Forrest with a nice body shot. Rampage followed it up with a big uppercut inside on Forrest. The last ten seconds of the fight was just both fighters throwing like crazy and Forrest tying Rampage up and throwing some knees to his body to finish up the fight.
This final round, I would give to Forrest 10-9.
So I have the fight as follows:
1st round, 10-9 Rampage
2nd round, 10-8 Forrest
3rd round, 10-9 Forrest
4th round, 10-9 Rampage
5th round, 10-9 Forrest
For a total of 48-46 Forrest Griffin over Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.
The judges scored this fight 49-46, 48-46, and 48-46, all for Griffin. Griffin won the belt from Rampage via unanimous decision. The judges that scored this fight 48-46 got it right, but 49-46 is way to lopsided for this fight. I have watched this fight three times now and I still cannot see that lopsided of a victory to cause the score to be 49-46.
Both fighters came into the fight in excellent shape. Both fighters were ready for the fight. Forrest just came out and was the better technical fighter than Rampage and he was more patient than Rampage.
Rampage will get another chance at the title sooner rather than later. I, for one, hope we get to see a Jackson vs. Griffin 2 for the belt once again.
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2 months ago
What fight were you watching that Forrest "landed" anything on Rampage?????? Did you see each of the fighter's faces AFTER the fight. Absolutely NOTHING on Page's face and how many stitches did Forrest require? Plus, I have always respected Forrest before he sat on top in mount for nearly 2 minutes, unable to connect a strike OR submit Rampage. To be in that position for that much time and not be able to do anything with it makes you PATHETIC! Forrest should of forfeited the match out of embarrassment for that round alone! Weak, pathetic and an embarrassment! Forrest reminded me of how a beginner white belt in BJJ acts when/if they get mount. They look ridiculous and do nothing because they know nothing. Forrest lost all of my respect after I saw that round.
It is so obvious that politics are prevailing in MMA now just like they did/do in Boxing. What do you think Dana was whispering in Quinton's ear right after the fight and before the decision. How about; "We'll make more money off of the rematch." And, did you notice all of the other discussions going on? Of course you did not. You did not even care to pay attention to the facts, just your glorified impression of a horrible decision so the UFC and Dana White can continuously exploit these fighters and make more money off of them. You are a Forrest fan and just a plain fan. You have obviously never fought before and therefore know absolutely NOTHING about what is actually going on. Unless you live this stuff every single day like a true fighter does, then you should not even begin to form any kind of opinion. You are not entitled to have an opinion on such a matter. You do not know what you are talking about now nor ever. You can have an opinion when you can actually feel what it is like to "let go of a triangle to avoid getting slammed"! He did not let go of sh@t, he got slammed and had to let go as a result. If you ever trained before you would of known the difference not to mention felt it. The ONLY damage that Forrest did to Rampage throughout the entire fight was his leg kicks and once Rampage got in Forrest's head (rocked him with the combos towards the end of round 1) he did not stick to his own game plan. It was not until the end of the 4th round that Forrest got back into the fight and stuck to his plan. Until then Rampage was making Forrest fight his fight; but you would not of recognized that because you do not know what it is actually like to get into your opponents head.
The sad truth is that the fighters need to get paid and promoters like Dana have the money to dangle in front of them. Nothing is going to change or become real until an athlete can turn down the money and tell the truth.
The fight was good, the fighters both trained hard and looked great; but the politics, decision and Dana White made me resent watching it. I sincerely hope one day that Dana White will have bestowed upon him the same kindness, respect, generosity and professionalism which he bestows upon these amazing athletes. The loser scumbag that he is and always will be!
from 2 months ago
First off, I do live it everyday... I'm a boxer and train in BJJ. I have a fight coming up in 19 days that I'm training to get ready for. So don't you tell me that I can't have an opinion on a fight.
Second, don't attack me for what you think was a bad decision. I watched the fight 4 times and I think Forrest won that decision. The score of 49-46 was awful though. The only reason why the score looked so lopsided was because of Rampage's awful 2nd round that he lost 10-8. The first time I watched it I actually thought Rampage won but I watched it a few more times and saw that Forrest won.
from 2 months ago
This comment is hilarious. I don't know what I'm talking about since I don't live it... Well actually I do live it. Actually, I am a Rampage fan. He's by far my favorite fighter in the UFC. But he lost to Forrest, he lost its done. Go cry about it some more.
It's fans like you that give a bad name to sports. Crying and whining, blaming other fans on their opinions, telling people that they don't have an opinion and that they don't live the stuff when actually I am a fighter. Here's a tip, quit watching sports all together, stop talking to other fans since you obviously don't even have a clue as to whats going on, and before you go attacking other people you need to do some research and maybe read their profile before telling them that they aren't a fan and they don't have a clue as to whats going on because they aren't a fighter when really I am a fighter. Crawl back into your hole and please don't ever watch another MMA event again. It's people like you that are disgraces to MMA and sports all together...
from 2 months ago
It's really easy to claim to be a hardass fighter with no profile filled out...No name to cross reference...No proof of actually being in a fight. That was an insane attack, over something as stupid as a disagreement on how the judges judged it. It could've been settled with a simple I disagree or maybe a heated Forrest sucks or something, but bashing a guy you don't know and pretending to be a fighter is just stupid. I bash Sean Crowe on here during basketball season, but he knows it's coming and we are fans of rival teams...after basketball season we are just fine. Maybe you guys should get to know each other a little better and stop the antics...who knows maybe you can argue and bash each other at certain times and be buddies afterward. I actually have a few of those, but the main one is Sean.
2 months ago
Personally, the only horrible thing I see about the 49-46 score was that it meant the judge didn't score the second 10-8.
There were 3 REALLY close rounds, 1 pretty clear win for Rampage and 1 dominant round for Forrest. So, any thing other than 50-45 was in play. I think the big difference was that Forrest moved forward nearly the entire fight. While Rampage landed a few bigger punches - though go back and watch it again, there weren't as many flush shots as you might have thought - he did very little with the opprotunities that they set up. Even though he put Forrest down in the first, he did little to no damage until Forrest decided to stand up. Then, Forrest finsihed off the round with a decent flurry. Personally, I'd give the first 10-9 to Rampage, but if you gave it to Forrest for controlling 4 out of 5 minutes and standing up from under Rampage, I couldn't argue all that hard. This isn't boxing, and a single knockdown doesn't guarantee you a win in a round.
It was a close fight that honestly could have gone either way. Personally, I think they got the decision right, but I was afraid it would be a draw.
Either way, it was a great fight, and I'm excited for the rematch.
from 2 months ago
How many of Forrest's pitty pat punches were blocked by Rampage. Pretty much you guys think that if you throw more punches then you win or what? I am really trying to see why everyone is so hell bent on saying Forrest outpointed Rampage so bad. Forrest kept moving forward, because he also kept moving back. It wasn't like Rampage was running from him. He was standing there waiting on Forrest to get back at him whether it was because of his ankle or whatever he didn't go chasing him down...which I guess he should have done. I am also wondering how a half ass attempt at a triangle where you don't even secure the head gives you enough points to win the round...Everyone keeps saying that Forrest showed more by trying to end the fight. I have gone against people in the Army that had no idea how to handle themselves and had a decent looking submission on me, but they forgot key elements so the submission didn't work...If you don't secure the head on a triangle you are just rubbing your ass on his chest.
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