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Originally Posted by mmanut
You're missing the point, it's the perfect example. They've all been champs and they all match-up differently with one another. As for Chuck/Wand being close, yes, it was, but it's also a bad match-up stylistically for Wand. He has a height/reach disadvantage and he fights best when he's smothering his opponent and working inside with wide hooks and knees from the plum clinch. Chuck is at his best when a fighter wades right into him throwing caution to the wind, so Wand is unable to do the things that make him so dangerous. When facing Chuck he has be more tentative, and his size disadvantage makes it harder for him to get inside where he wants to be. That's a bad style match-up, just not as bad as the other two I listed. Why isn't it as bad? For the reason that you stated, Wand was able to make a hell of a fight, do some damage of his own, and survive.
As for Wand/Rampage, it's obviously a bad match-up for Rampage. Rampage hates to be pressured and he doesn't fight well when he gets smothered, which is exactly what Wand likes to do. As soon as Rampage gets caught with a good punch or even flurried on, he covers up with the traditional boxer's defense and pulls back which gives Wand a perfect opportunity to clinch and knee. Of course Rampage is a very good wrestler and Wand has a comparitively weak takedown defense, but his defensive guard has for the most part nullified Rampage's GnP offense in both fights. Rampage can certainly take this fight if it happens again, but the advantage has to be given to Wand due to prior history and the styles concerned.
Rampage/Chuck is another fight that is a very bad match-up for one fighter. Rampage fights with controlled aggression which is Chuck's worst nightmare. In the first Randy fight, the Jardine fight, and both Rampage fights, Chuck lost because they pressured him just enough to keep him off rhythm and force him to attack. Chuck makes a lot of mistakes when he's forced to become the aggressor and it showed in all of these fights. Chuck also has a problem with fighters who throw faster, straighter punches than himself, something Rampage does to great effect. In both fights Rampage was able to get inside of his loopy hooks with straight shots down the pipe, and it paid big dividends in the rematch.
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Good post. All i am sayin is that The wand-chuck fight wasnt convincing enough to tell me that chuck would easily win against wandy again. Look at both of there faces after the fight. But the rampage-chuck, rampage dominated both times. Wand-page, good fight, but both ended brutally for page. I was just thinking the paper-rock-scissors all have to be balanced. But i guess your just going by who won the fight.
Also, to sum up your rampage-chuck summarry into a shorter one.
Chuck is weak against a good boxer + good chin + good wrestler.