Where does Rampage Jackson rank all time?

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Severn was a one dimensional wrestler. Shamrock Severn 2 is also one the worst MMA fights of all time.

Kens best win is arguably Shamrock-Rutten 2

 

[Lionheart7167]

I think 40-50ish would probably be accurate.
He has a pretty strong record (38-14) with a shit ton of KO/TKO's (20!)
Former UFC LHW Champ.
Beat Wanderlei twice (albeit a diminished version), Mo Lawal, Machida, Hendo, Chuck twice, Arona, Randleman and Vovchanchyn.
Beat some other dudes who weren't quite top tier, but were still solid, like Bustamante, Lindland, Ninja, Maldonado and Hamill.
At his best he could certainly compete with the best, even if he mostly lost to them.

 

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I think 40-50ish would probably be accurate.
He has a pretty strong record (38-14) with a shit ton of KO/TKO's (20!)
Former UFC LHW Champ.
Beat Wanderlei twice (albeit a diminished version), Mo Lawal, Machida, Hendo, Chuck twice, Arona, Randleman and Vovchanchyn.
Beat some other dudes who weren't quite top tier, but were still solid, like Bustamante, Lindland, Ninja, Maldonado and Hamill.
At his best he could certainly compete with the best, even if he mostly lost to them.

I love to watch Randleman fight but isn't he really like a modern day Romero? Not as good as you would think he would be

 

[Lionheart7167]

I love to watch Randleman fight but isn't he really like a modern day Romero? Not as good as you would think he would be

One of the most inconsistent MMA fighters of all time in my opinion. At his best, he was an athletic freak with huge power and speed. Definitely a LHW version of Romero...that's a good comparison. When he was "on" he was smashing Cro Cop, Rutten (he got robbed) and tossing Fedor around the a rag doll. Could never put it together in a meaningful way though.

 

[VinceArch]

Top 45 IMO. Good boxing albeit slightly overrated power, poor work ethic but durable.

 

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Top 45 IMO. Good boxing albeit slightly overrated power, poor work ethic but durable.

What evidence do you have of him having poor work ethics?

 

[VinceArch]

What evidence do you have of him having poor work ethics?

It's common knowledge Rampage doesn't like to train lol. Do you really need proof? His heart wasn't in it anymore when he first went to film the A-Team movie.

 

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Good boxing

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[VinceArch]

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he struggled with vanderlei silva

 

[VinceArch]

he struggled with vanderlei silva

A prime Wanderlei, sure.

 

[Sonny Qc]

He's probably ain't even in the top 5 at 205,
so, maybe top50, but surely not top 30.

And Rampage is in my favs all time btw.

 

[Sonny Qc]

fuck it,
let's see

Sonny's Top Fighter list

1.GSP
2.JBJ
3.Fedor
4.Mighty Mouse
5.Khabib
6.Aldo
7.Silva
8.DC
9.Makachev*
10.Hendo*
11.Poatan
12.Cruz
13.Adesanya
14.Hughes
15.Holloway
16.Cain
17.Penn
18.Cejudo
19.McGregor
20.Couture
21.Lawler
22.Big Nog
23. Do Bronx
24.Kamaru
25.Nagnoou
26.Bas
27.Edgar
27.RAMPAGE <----
28.Royce
29.Wandy
30.Faber
31.Liddell
32.Bisping
33.Glover
34.Cro Cop
35.Overeem




I was wrong
got him 27rh

 

[GolovKing]

At his prime he was every bit as good as guys like Chuck, wandlereigh, shogun, Vitor and machida

 

[mahavishnunj]

For unfunny try-hard cringelord morons he's top 10 for sure.

 

[Streeter]

Focused Rampage was top 25 easily but he was rarely focused.

 

[Michael Wetzel]

What fight did he display low fight IQ?

Shogun in Pride, Forrest and Rashad in UFC, Bader in Bellator

 

[europe1]

Rampage's problem is that he was playing second fiddle for a lot of his career. He was a dragon for Wanderlei to slay. Then he KO'd Chuck but his reign on the top afterward was very shortlived, and ended in a big upset loss vs Forrest. So you kinda have to rank him on constantly being highlevel for a long period of time.

When he faced the Rua brothers it kinda looked like he was on his way out. Rampage was really bad/got wrecked in those performances. Then he started training boxing with Juanito Ibbara and his punching markedly improved leading to the UFC title, but that only lasted a little while and then his peak was over.

 

[Dbreiden83080]

Probably in the 25-33 range. Strong puncher, good offensive wrestler, low work ethic and fight IQ.

This is sadly true. He had an incredible career that could’ve been and should’ve been even greater. When he first came to the UFC and knocked out Chuck Liddell he was in ridiculous shape. He was in that same ridiculous shape when he beat Dan Henderson. After that, he had some changes in his training camp and he was never in that shape ever again.