Media This happened 17 years ago...what when through your mind after witnessing it?

[Black Leprechaun]

 

[TITS]

What fucking happened? Is that Rampage knocking out Chuck? Are you too lazy to type anything?

EDIT: I'm not really asking.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Well, I'd seen the whooping Rampage had put on Chuck in PRIDE, so this was expected, but I won't say I wasn't pumped and excited to see this happen. I was sending gifs of that KO to known Chuck fans for weeks after that fight.

 

[Ares Black]

Never heard of either of them.

 

[HavokHarmon]

To be honest I’m more upset to learn that this was 17 years ago than I was to see it happen

 

[moreorless87]

Well, I'd seen the whooping Rampage had put on Chuck in PRIDE, so this was expected, but I won't say I wasn't pumped and excited to see this happen. I was sending gifs of that KO to known Chuck fans for weeks after that fight.

At the time though a lot of popular feeling was Rampage was not the same after his loses to Wand and Shogun, he'd looked quite passive in the run after that with many feeling Lindland actually beat him.

I strongly guess Dana felt the same, he thought it was a chance to get Chuck his win back, indeed I think all Chucks loses in that run were in matches he was favourite in beforehand which I think Dana booked him to win, Rashad was on a rather unimpressive run almost losing to Bisping, Shogun looked less than great vs Coleman.

 

[Smegma-Head]

These were the times where manlets weren't really in the UFC and/or didn't get any respect (rightfully) from Non-manlets

 

[TITS]

At the time though a lot of popular feeling was Rampage was not the same after his loses to Wand and Shogun, he'd looked quite passive in the run after that with many feeling Lindland actually beat him.

I strongly guess Dana felt the same, he thought it was a chance to get Chuck his win back, indeed I think all Chucks loses in that run were in matches he was favourite in beforehand which I think Dana booked him to win, Rashad was on a rather unimpressive run almost losing to Bisping, Shogun looked less than great vs Coleman.

You've been here for 17 years but still don't know the difference between "loses" and "losses".

 

[TITS]

These were the times where manlets weren't really in the UFC and/or didn't get any respect (rightfully) from Non-manlets

Now there's cards where almost every fight are manlets, mostly unknown guys from DWCS.

 

[EndlessCritic]

While people on here like to pretend at how stacked cards used to be, the UFC 71 card was objectively laughable in how shallow it was.

72 was somehow worse.

 

[Laheys'Liquorland]

Wasn't surprised. Pride fans knew what Rampage had.

 

[Goldentrophy]

Now there's cards where almost every fight are manlets, mostly unknown guys from DWCS.

"There are"

 

[Stump]

To be honest I’m more upset to learn that this was 17 years ago than I was to see it happen

Yeah. That's the real violence here.

I had a similar experience in another, similar thread which also involved a photo of chocolate L laying unconscious where I learned his fight with Rashad was 16 fucking years ago. Ugh.

 

[Stump]

Now there's cards where almost every fight are manlets, mostly unknown guys from DWCS.

"Fight is between manlets"

 

[filthybliss]

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brother, I was still sitting in the booster seat then.

 

[moreorless87]

"There are"

 

[legcramp]

What went through my mind is that was holy cow 17 years ago...

And my reaction was not surprised. Didn't watch MMA when Dana was Chuck's manager and took Chuck to get his ass whooped in Pride against Rampage in the first fight though.

 

[HHJ]

I was happy for Page to finally win a world title.

 

[TommyBikes]

I was crushed! Chuck was my favorite and I was sure he would exact revenge in the most brutal fashion. I was so sad. He should’ve listened to Hackleman. I can’t believe that was 17 years ago, I’m so old.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

At the time though a lot of popular feeling was Rampage was not the same after his loses to Wand and Shogun, he'd looked quite passive in the run after that with many feeling Lindland actually beat him.

I strongly guess Dana felt the same, he thought it was a chance to get Chuck his win back, indeed I think all Chucks loses in that run were in matches he was favourite in beforehand which I think Dana booked him to win, Rashad was on a rather unimpressive run almost losing to Bisping, Shogun looked less than great vs Coleman.

Yes, Dana was letting Chuck dictate his title opponents and have chances to take back his Ls. Dana signed Jeremy Horn after Horn hadn't been in the UFC for several years, just to let Chuck get his L back, and it happened. I suppose Dana had confidence that Chuck would get one back against Rampage, he was like a giddy schoolgirl when it came to Chuck, but it would have been necessary to adjust from the first fight. Rampage genuinely knocked out Chuck with the same right hook he threw repeatedly in their first fight, and Chuck again "didn't follow the gameplan" smh