Yep. He was their golden boy. It was a bull shit move because Rampage was dominating the fight.
Plus Iâd be curious as to how many heavyweights start their day with a 5 mile run.
Yeah Fedor was showboating before it and learned a valuable lesson. And Fujita in his Prime was a Tank.
Like Anderson against Weidman except Fedor had an Unreal Recovery back then. Not as arrogant as Anderson with it.
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They sent Krazy Horse Bennet to KO Wand before the Arona fightâŚ4D chess
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I donât have time to rewatch it right now, but it doesnât matter.
Wandy had Rampages number in Pride.
As far as protecting Wandy â there were way too many killers in that tournament for anyone to be protected.
I wonât argue that they set the first round brackets with some agendaâŚbut after that it was all killers and you would have to get through killers to win.
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He fought two straight Japanese fighters lol. I just gave you proof.
You donât have time because you donât want to be wrong. I was a Pride nerd. So you wonât win this argument old man 
The Truth is somewhat in the Middle here
Wanderlei did have Rampageâs number in Pride. 2nd Fight especially.
But he was their Champion and they did a stand up in his favor. Not extreme cheating or anything like that just favoritism. Everyone has their bias to a degree. Look at refs who choose to take a point away and those who donât for same offense.
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Wand won the second fight fare. I donât think the stand upp from the refry was bad. Pride didnât let staling go on. Rampage wasnât doing to much damage .
If it was ufc rules , page could of wrestle fucked him
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Agree
Watch the first 6 mins of the fight. Rampage caused a cut and was doing damage. No way was their stalling going on.
This was Prideâs style. Stand ups were way more often than what we see now.
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From 6.20 to 2.00 something then refry stud them. Last 2 min wasnât page to active . And off course litle wand favoritism.
100% favoritism lol. More favoritism then lack of action. Which there wasnât. Page was landing to the body and head to stay active.
Any way Rampage is a living legend . It feels like he went from the streets to fight att highest level. Al by him self, no camp no nothing. Just balls of steal
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Thatâs the Japanese story. Homeless living in a abandoned bus I think was the story.
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Thatâs why
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I donât think Rampage gets enough credit for not only the Pride run, the UFC Title run⌠but he got to Hollywood and played Mr Tâs Role in The A-Team alongside Liam Neeson. That is a real success story and amazing he did what he did all while still underachieving for his potential.
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Heâs your typical fighter that came from nothing. Made millions, got comfortable, blew a lot of money and had to keep fighting to upkeep his life style.
Really the only fighter I can think of that stayed hungry and trained like he was broke was Mayweather.
And khabib
Yea Page didnât like it. But he dealt with it because he was a star.