Quinton Jackson only had his powerful strikes. Rashad Evans knows he cannot strike with Jackson and will need to rely on speed and quick jabs to set up the takedowns.
Rampage lacks is kick defense and does little to check kicks or work on his kicking game. It is unlikely that Rampage has been working on improving his his inability to check kicks which cost him the fight against Forrest Griffin and almost his fight against Jardine.
Evans hails from one of the best mixed martial arts camps in the world in Jackson's Fighting Submission. Jackson on the other hand does not have anyone overlooking the "small" details in his training. He currently works out of the Wolfslair MMA Academy with Michael Bisping, Cheick Kongo and Paul Kelly. Most fighters at this club are average fighters at best.
There is no one to push Jackson at this club as their jujitsu and a wrestling coach is non-existent. Unlike Evans there will be no game plan to help Jackson come up with a game plan.
If you look at Rampage's record he tends to have trouble with multi skilled fighters. Jackson has always relied upon his power striking to win matches and when this fails he has no other answer.
Evans is too smart a fighter to fall into a striking battle with Rampage. For Jackson, the desire to fight competitively is gone as he is more focused on his movie career.
Jackson is lacking in proper training, wrestling and grappling skills as well as a real desire to continue competing at this level.
One factor to keep in mind. Rampage wrote on his website that due to mistreatment by the UFC, he was "done fighting", however, on December 4, 2009, Jackson wrote that he will return to the UFC to fulfill his contract and to fight Rashad Evans. He has gone on to pursue "bigger and better things", namely, an acting career. He will be staring as B.A. Baracus in the upcoming A-Team movie.
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