Las Vegas - rampage Jackson beat Matt Hamill Saturday night in a lackluster but dominate performance. Rampage recorded his 32nd win, his 40th fight overall, earning him, once again, a shot at the light heavyweight championship of the world. Rampage has been one of the most well known and well liked personalities to come from MMA. With his outlandish comments and traditional leg humping of lady reporters, Jackson has used his charisma and fighting background to catapult him into the big budget action blockbuster The A-Team.
Despite all that he has accomplished, his next fight is without question the biggest test of his career: superstar Light Heavyweight champion, Jon Jones. Rampage Jackson is a superstar and deservingly so but combat sports are about titles and Jackson needs to fight and win the title. Against Jones, rampage will be facing something he hasn’t faced in his entire career - a fighter that is a duel threat. Rampage has been successful in the MMA with his striking, using his wrestling base to keep wrestlers from taking them down and then, using is wild hooks to knock out the majority of MMA fighters that have little or no stand up at all.
Jon Jones, on the other hand, has a great ground game and an extremely versatile striking approach that is probably the best in MMA history. This match up will be interesting to see if rampage’s wild swinging style can compete with the versatility of Jones. If Rampage can defeat Jones, it will vault him to the top of the pound for pound rankings. For Jon it will be another confirmation that he is the future of the MMA and rampage and the rest of the 205-pound division are outdated versions of a sport that has evolved into a new breed of fighter.
Tune in September 24th to see history in the making at UFC 135
- The Boxing King -
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