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I’m so sad we never got rumble vs potan

VinceArch said:
Crumble would've crumbled.
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Poatan isn’t a wrestler with a good RnC. Rumble was built different. I used to watch him peel rounds off of Tyron Spong at the Blackzilians back in the day. That was with 16oz gloves in a sparring setting… Rumble with MMA gloves on can finish anyone at anytime. I’m not saying he would beat Poatan but he matches up EXTREMELY well against him and that fight would be the embodiment of violence!
 
Travis Alexander said:
Poatan isn’t a wrestler with a good RnC. Rumble was built different. I used to watch him peel rounds off of Tyron Spong at the Blackzilians back in the day. That was with 16oz gloves in a sparring setting… Rumble with MMA gloves on can finish anyone at anytime.
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I don't know if I'd call Rich Clementi or Vitor Belfort wrestlers and they both still beat him. If the fight were to happen, I'd imagine the first round would be fireworks but if AJ couldn't get the KO in that first round, he'd be mincemeat in the very next.
 
Natural Order said:
To an RNC from a kickboxer? Rumble never crumbled once in the standup! Except maybe that eye poke…

LHW Rumble does exactly the same thing to Alex as he did to his mentor!
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VinceArch said:
I don't know if I'd call Rich Clementi or Vitor Belfort wrestlers and they both still beat him. If the fight were to happen, I'd imagine the first round would be fireworks but if AJ couldn't get the KO in that first round, he'd be mincemeat in the very next.
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To be honest, that was young Rumble who was still cutting a ton of weight and wasn’t in his prime.

The LHW Rumble was terrifying. He could strike with the best of them and had that real KO power. Good kicks, too! He also could wrestle. Whole package.
 
Spath said:
To be honest, that was young Rumble who was still cutting a ton of weight and wasn’t in his prime.

The LHW Rumble was terrifying. He could strike with the best of them and had that real KO power. Good kicks, too! He also could wrestle. Whole package.
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Yes but striking is also Poatan's specialty and his credentials are a bit higher than AJ's ever were. I think in this hypothetical match up, AJ would have one good round in him to get the W, but if he couldn't it would not bode well for him.
 
Rumble cut 50 lbs to get to WW. Im surprised he won any fights after harming his body like that. I have no doubts his decisions in the fight game regarding weight cutting contributed to the factors that ended his life early.

RIP big fella.
 
VinceArch said:
I don't know if I'd call Rich Clementi or Vitor Belfort wrestlers and they both still beat him. If the fight were to happen, I'd imagine the first round would be fireworks but if AJ couldn't get the KO in that first round, he'd be mincemeat in the very next.
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Rich is a talented black belt and at the time was one of The better grapplers in Mma .

Vitor is also a legitimate brown ish belt
 
Natural Order said:
Rumble cut 50 lbs to get to WW. Im surprised he won any fights after harming his body like that. I have no doubts his decisions in the fight game regarding weight cutting contributed to the factors that ended his life early.

RIP big fella.
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Most def. I can only imagine what the drugs /stress did to his organs
 
Megatronlee said:
Legit would have been a TENSE first round
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Rumble would beat him in any martial arts contest. Poatan has sensitive chin. has inferior technique, no wrestling to speak of. Maybe Poatan would win if they had a BJJ match but who cares
 
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Megatronlee said:
Rich is a talented black belt and at the time was one of The better grapplers in Mma .

Vitor is also a legitimate brown ish belt
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But I'm talking about wrestling which they both were not known for. Jake Shields is a hell of a grappler but if he can't get the fight to the ground it usually doesn't end well for him or the fans.
 
tymikeson said:
unrealated but if any newb hasnt seen rumbles ko of tuf finalist speer :




work of art
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Weak AF comparison ... Rumble against a tiny, feather-fisted, carrot-topped pretender.

Has fugging NOTHING TO DO with facing a MASSIVE, TACTICAL, 6'4" ASSASSIN like Pereira ... with 10x the legit kickboxing background as Johnson. Nothing. Nada.

RUMBLE would CRUMBLE.

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