UFC Returns to the Scene of the Crime
Jake Rossen Sep 2, 2010
Enduring the Ken
Shamrock/Dan Severn fight
from May 1996 in Detroit does nothing except to prove Einstein’s
theory of relativity. Despite lasting only 30 minutes, your
perception might be of several hours or days. It makes the Kalib
Starnes/Nate Quarry
fight look like nuclear war in comparison.
Time heals, though, and the UFC believes 14 years is long enough: The promotion is rumored to be returning to Michigan for a Nov. 20 date topped by Lyoto Machida and Quinton Jackson.
Jackson is taking a huge gamble here. Having dropped a fight to Rashad Evans in the spring and with a burgeoning movie career based in some part on being a legitimate tough guy, dropping two in a row doesn’t do him a bit of good. Virtually anyone else would be preferable to Machida, who is excellent at shutting down the kind of paced aggression Jackson prefers. If it’s company policy to match two fighters coming off a loss to guarantee one a win, they should’ve waived this one. Detroit can’t stomach any more counter fighters.
Time heals, though, and the UFC believes 14 years is long enough: The promotion is rumored to be returning to Michigan for a Nov. 20 date topped by Lyoto Machida and Quinton Jackson.
Jackson is taking a huge gamble here. Having dropped a fight to Rashad Evans in the spring and with a burgeoning movie career based in some part on being a legitimate tough guy, dropping two in a row doesn’t do him a bit of good. Virtually anyone else would be preferable to Machida, who is excellent at shutting down the kind of paced aggression Jackson prefers. If it’s company policy to match two fighters coming off a loss to guarantee one a win, they should’ve waived this one. Detroit can’t stomach any more counter fighters.
