rampage needs to retire before fedor he has nothing left in the tank.
I really don't think that's the case.
Rampage gained weight
after he signed, 20 pounds.
The idea was to be bottom-heavy enough to not get hip-tossed;Fedor's not a wrestler.
Defense and counter after Fedor tires like he did in the Sonnen fight.
I think Tiki, or whoever made that call, made a stupid mistake.
Ballooning up to 265 isn't healthy, especially at that age.
Rampage should've come in at 240, and feinted & countered quicker.
His gameplan never got off.
Rampage looked descent vs. Wanderlei, and could again if he surrounded himself with the right people.
The other reason it was stupid...
People forget.
Since 2011 Rampage has 20 TIMES MORE fight time than Fedor.
Fedor has
seven total fight minutes since Fabio Maldonado 3 1/2 years ago; the last time one of his fights made it passed the first round.
It was Fedor's style that would've gassed and he knew he had to fight smart; reserved, as we saw in the first flurry.
Similar to the Monson fight.
He
could not,
would not lose.
Rampage by all accounts had the size, style, and gas to win that fight.
Bad coaching, and I couldn't be happier.