For everyone who has been constantly emailing me about "Rampage", I decided to post three fights in which "Rampage" lost...........BADLY!
This was earlier in his career. Here are his last 3 losses. He lost to Wanderlei "the Axe Murderer" Silva in the same tournament where he beat Chuck (the first time) and in a subsequent title fight (the rematch). Rampage took several knees to the head......OUCH! You can see that Rampage kept getting up too fast and could not defend himself (signs of an amateur fighter). In the rematch, it was a battle. Rampage showed great improvement, but got tired and dropped his hands. Silva hit him on the chin, then followed up with those ridiculous knees.....knocked him out cold.
You heard it here first! Let him fight Wanderlei again and see what happens.
Then he fought Murilo Rua and won the fight by decision (even though he admitted in the ring that he really should have lost and didn't want the trophy). The next fight was against Murilo's little brother, Mauricio. Watch the clip.....he's not that little. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua beat Rampage down. No excuses here. Let's see what Shogun does in 2008 if/when they meet again.
| Loss | Mauricio Rua | TKO | PRIDE Total Elimination 2005 | 4/23/2005 | 1 | 4:47 | |
| Win | Murilo Rua | Decision | PRIDE 29-Fists of Fire 2005 | 2/20/2005 | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Loss | Wanderlei Silva | KO | PRIDE 28-High Octane | 10/31/2004 | 2 | 3:26 | Middleweight Title Match |
The good news.......Mauricio "Shogun" Rua is now in the UFC. And it is rumored that Wanderlei Silva is coming to the UFC too. This makes the potential hype for the 205lb. weight class ridiculous. Along with D. Henderson the current Pride champion, the UFC is poised to have the most exciting light heavy weight fights EVER!
Fight with W. Silva (#1):
Fight with W. Silva (#2) REMATCH:
Fight with "Shogun":
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