Fighters Weigh In on Rampage-Griffin

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 Fighters Weigh In on Rampage-Griffin
Fighters Weigh In on Rampage-Griffin In the aftermath of one of the more memorable main events of a major UFC -- Forrest Griffin ( Pictures ) 's unanimous decision over Quinton Jackson ( Pictures ) [link]

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Is Sherdog making up quotes?
Published 7/8/2008 by fightlinker at Fightlinker.com
... July 8, 2008 – 2:31 am by fightlinker [image] Sherdog has an article up with quotes from a bunch of different fighters regarding the Jackson / Griffin fight. One of those quotes is from Phil Baroni: Phil Baroni (Pictures): I don’t know how two judges gave Forrest that first round, man. That’s some bulls—. I thought Rampage clearly won the fight. That first round could have been 10-8 for Rampage! The only problem here is that Phil claims ...

CKA: July 8, 2008
Published 7/8/2008 by David M Singer at MMA on Tap
... , along with fighters’ opinions on who won the fight.  An official count wasn’t made, but giving it a casual read, it does seem that most think Griffin won the fight. ...

Quote of the Day: Mac Danzig Trashes Rampage
Published 7/8/2008 by Kid Nate at Bloody Elbow: Front Page Posts
... is a good friend and training partner, but in my opinion Forrest won the fight hands down, three rounds to two. He outworked him from beginning to end, and even though not everything he threw landed, at least he fought the whole time instead of just looking for one big shot. You know, Forrest trained hard for this fight and it showed. He was training in the gym everyday, not running around with a chain around his neck, telling people he's a thug." -- Mac Danzig talking to Sherdog about who won Griffin vs Jackson.  

He Said, He Said: The Rampage/Forrest Decision
Published 7/9/2008 by ben at Cage Potato - MMA News, Knockout Videos, and the Hottest Ring Girls
... biased because Forrest is a good friend and training partner, but in my opinion Forrest won the fight hands down, three rounds to two. He outworked him from beginning to end, and even though not everything he threw landed, at least he fought the whole time instead of just looking for one big shot. You know, Forrest trained hard for this fight and it showed. He was training in the gym everyday, not running around with a chain around his neck, telling people he’s a thug.” — Mac Danzig, to Sherdog ...

Does ESPN's MMA coverage have serious credibility issues?
Published 7/9/2008 by Steve Cofield at Yahoo! MMA Blog
... . Sherdog is not credentialed to UFC events and now one fighter, Phil Baroni, is accusing the site of making up quotes in a Rampage Jackson-Forrest Griffin reaction story. Nice pickup by ...

Does ESPN's MMA coverage have credibility issues?
Published 7/9/2008 by Steve Cofield at Yahoo! MMA Blog
... . Sherdog is not credentialed to UFC events and now one fighter, Phil Baroni (pictured), is accusing the site of making up quotes in a Rampage Jackson-Forrest Griffin reaction story. Nice pickup by ...

Phil Baroni Calls Sherdog a Liar and Someone Else a Fat Jew
Published 7/10/2008 by bfowlkes at Cage Potato - MMA News, Knockout Videos, and the Hottest Ring Girls
... Following UFC 86 Sherdog ran a story featuring comments from notable MMA fighters regarding their thoughts on the Forrest Griffin-Quinton Jackson decision. It was a pretty standard reaction piece, with the most interesting comment coming from ...

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