Couple questions for the informed out there that care to answer.
1.) Was Rampage hurt going into the Bader fight...if so why/how?
2.) Was Rampage close to 100% in the Rashad Evans fight?
3.) Was Rampage close to 100% in the Jon Jones fight?
*Real fans didn't Rampage say way back idk like 10 years ago that he wouldn't fight injured again after losing to Wanderlei or someone else in PRIDE?
1. He had a knee injury leading up the fight and reinjured the knee during the fight. The extent of the knee injury, I'm not sure. He missed weight for the first time and looked extremely out of shape(by a lot) so it kind of speaks for itself I guess.
2. No. He came into training camp absurdly out of shape as he was doing the movie and was not training for many months at a time, came in extremely heavy like over 250 pounds(for training camp). He also had not fought for 14 months and like previously stated, was doing the movie and was not training at all for many months at a time. I believe there were rumors of some sort of knee injury for this fight as well, not 100% sure though.
3. I guess. But I mean you are not going to win fights by just standing there. Doesn't matter how good of shape you are physically, if you're afraid of pulling the trigger. He definitely trained hard for that fight though.