Moments like these are the kind you'd love to watch on YouTube. Or catch on some random TV segment featuring the Top 10 UFC or Boxing knockouts. But live, it's shear disappointment.
After lots of hype, the Chuck Liddell v. Quinton Jackson rematch was a bust. At 2:00 in Round 1, after some dancing around, Jackson sent Chuck to the mat with the first punch he landed. Then he jumped on Liddell for a brief ground pound, and it was over.
There's no question Rampage earned his victory, but this was just a bad fight. He knew it, Chuck knew it, Dana White knew it. Defnitely wasn't the "blood-and-sweat" kind of earned. But no matter who you are sometimes a quick, solid, well-placed punch to the jaw is all she wrote, just watch a random Tyson fight. "I got caught," Liddell admitted. Indeed.
Fortunately the undercard fights provided the electricity for the night. Best moments:
3) Kalib Starnes v. Chris Leben on the maincard showed monster stamina; traded even blows and takedowns for 3 rounds. Crowd was pumped the whole way.
2) Keith Jardine v. Houston Alexander. Jardine came out like a rabid dog and was the favored over new-comer Alexander. Alexander got an early beatdown and looked like he didnt belong in the octagon (his intro included his day job as a DJ, elementary school teacher and math tutor, and community serviceman)--but then out of nowhere he lands 1 punch and turns it on. Connects a right hook around Jardine's guard, and throws a left uppercut to his chin, LIFTING THE DUDE OFF THE GROUND and eventually pummelling him into TKO.
1) Karo Parisyan and Josh Burkman. Parisyan didn't get his predicted KO by flashy move, but he did pull off his flashy moves. The first was simply sick. Now I know absolutely nothing about fighting words and terminology, but lemme describe it anyway: They're both locked up on their feet, battling for leverage, with Burkman getting the upperhand. Parisyan somehow gets his right leg around the right leg of Burkman, then twists to his left, getting Burkman to lose his footing and spins them both 360 degrees onto the mat and into some crazy judo hold and completely reversing the advantage. Everyone was like "OOHHHHHHH!!!!!" ha...And I thought those moves only existed in the WWF
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