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WANDERLEI SILVA(32-8-1) VS QUINTON JACKSON(28-7-0)
This fight has plenty of bad blood. Their rivalry started to boil nearly five years ago and on Saturday night, Quinton Jackson and Wanderlei Silva will meet for the third and perhaps final time. With Silva winning by dramatic fashion in both previous fights, the pressure is on Jackson to finally beat his long time rival. In both previous fights, Silva won by stoppage – one time leaving Jackson draped over the ropes with a vicious knockout.
Although the result of both fights were overwhelmingly in the favor of Silva, Jackson believes that poor judgment by PRIDE officials, who potentially wanted to protect Silva because of his popularity, was the reason for his defeat. Yet when the Octagon gate closes, there aren’t any favorable calls for any fighter – regardless of the magnitude of the fight.
Now fighting out of Las Vegas, Silva wants to put to rest the belief that an organization helped him in his bouts with Jackson. With an astonishing 22-4-1, 1 NC record in PRIDE, Silva was arguably considered the most feared fighter on the planet, with notable wins coming over Kazushi Sakuraba (three times), Dan Henderson, and Jackson. Now Silva is looking to bring that same type of fighter over to the UFC. In his last outing inside of the Octagon, Silva rebounded from a previous loss to Chuck Liddell by demolishing Keith Jardine. Beat Jackson and Silva could earn himself a title shot.
After losing his UFC light heavyweight title to Forrest Griffin, Jackson decided it was time for him to change the way he went about getting prepared for a fight. Now Jackson trains in the UK with the likes of Cheick Kongo and Michael Bisping – a move that he feels was much-needed. Although Jackson lost his title in early July, he still feels that he’s the best fighter at 205-pounds. In order for him to have UFC gold put back around his waist, he’ll need to beat a man that he’s had no such luck against in two previous fights.
When people look at this fight and see that Silva has beaten Jackson in both of their fights, they may wonder why this fight is so interesting and a "coin-toss" kind of fight. It’s a fair question to ask. But as previously stated, Jackson truly believes that unfair things happened to him while in the cage – leading to two impressive KO’s at the hands and knees of Silva. And he also believes he is a superior fighter this time around and better-trained. It will be interesting to see if fighting in a cage rather a ring will play a factor in the game plan of either fighter. Some people also believe that Silva isn’t the same fighter that first fought Jackson over five years ago. It will be interesting to see if age starts to play a factor in Silva’s fighting. Some believe that years of punishment have started to take a toll on “The Axe Murderer”. As for Jackson, now that he’s in a different fighting camp and is no longer under the tutelage of Juanito Ibarra, it’s hard to determine what style he will come out with. Has Jackson learned to defend the Muay Thai knees to the face and midsection that gave him so many problems while fighting in PRIDE? You can believe that Silva will probably be looking to clinch and fire off a few of those knees to find out the answer. One more thing: at Tuesday's press conference, Silva promised to knock Jackson out yet again on Saturday night. Will Rampage make him eat his words?
This fight has plenty of bad blood. Their rivalry started to boil nearly five years ago and on Saturday night, Quinton Jackson and Wanderlei Silva will meet for the third and perhaps final time. With Silva winning by dramatic fashion in both previous fights, the pressure is on Jackson to finally beat his long time rival. In both previous fights, Silva won by stoppage – one time leaving Jackson draped over the ropes with a vicious knockout.
Although the result of both fights were overwhelmingly in the favor of Silva, Jackson believes that poor judgment by PRIDE officials, who potentially wanted to protect Silva because of his popularity, was the reason for his defeat. Yet when the Octagon gate closes, there aren’t any favorable calls for any fighter – regardless of the magnitude of the fight.
Now fighting out of Las Vegas, Silva wants to put to rest the belief that an organization helped him in his bouts with Jackson. With an astonishing 22-4-1, 1 NC record in PRIDE, Silva was arguably considered the most feared fighter on the planet, with notable wins coming over Kazushi Sakuraba (three times), Dan Henderson, and Jackson. Now Silva is looking to bring that same type of fighter over to the UFC. In his last outing inside of the Octagon, Silva rebounded from a previous loss to Chuck Liddell by demolishing Keith Jardine. Beat Jackson and Silva could earn himself a title shot.
After losing his UFC light heavyweight title to Forrest Griffin, Jackson decided it was time for him to change the way he went about getting prepared for a fight. Now Jackson trains in the UK with the likes of Cheick Kongo and Michael Bisping – a move that he feels was much-needed. Although Jackson lost his title in early July, he still feels that he’s the best fighter at 205-pounds. In order for him to have UFC gold put back around his waist, he’ll need to beat a man that he’s had no such luck against in two previous fights.
When people look at this fight and see that Silva has beaten Jackson in both of their fights, they may wonder why this fight is so interesting and a "coin-toss" kind of fight. It’s a fair question to ask. But as previously stated, Jackson truly believes that unfair things happened to him while in the cage – leading to two impressive KO’s at the hands and knees of Silva. And he also believes he is a superior fighter this time around and better-trained. It will be interesting to see if fighting in a cage rather a ring will play a factor in the game plan of either fighter. Some people also believe that Silva isn’t the same fighter that first fought Jackson over five years ago. It will be interesting to see if age starts to play a factor in Silva’s fighting. Some believe that years of punishment have started to take a toll on “The Axe Murderer”. As for Jackson, now that he’s in a different fighting camp and is no longer under the tutelage of Juanito Ibarra, it’s hard to determine what style he will come out with. Has Jackson learned to defend the Muay Thai knees to the face and midsection that gave him so many problems while fighting in PRIDE? You can believe that Silva will probably be looking to clinch and fire off a few of those knees to find out the answer. One more thing: at Tuesday's press conference, Silva promised to knock Jackson out yet again on Saturday night. Will Rampage make him eat his words?
