I find it interesting that some of these guys looked at the Prime Time episodes, compared their training methods and believed that how they trained would be this huge factor. Not to mention there’s a number of things that are probably edited or not filmed.

The whole argument comparing Evans’ superior training method to Rampage’s old-school ways kind of ignores history.

From what I recall, in boxing there were a numbre of champions that strictly stuck to a very simple training routine. Hit the mits, run every morning, push-ups and pull-ups, just the basics.

Yeah I know this is MMA and blah, blah, blah, blah. But there are some guys like Roy Nelson and Fedor Emelianenko who do not employ the whole fancy-pants Olympic caliber routines.

End note, I forgot who said it, but a UFC fighter, maybe the esteemed Chael Sonnen said, if your’e training for a fight, then just throw punches, roll, grapple do your thing . . . all of that other stuff does really help you when you’re getting punched in the face. (Well except for conditioning.)

The cool thing about a fight like this where you have people firmly entrenched on either side is that, on Sunday morning, there will be some ecstatic folks and some upset folks. I know it may sound weird to view that as a positive but it means that people care. That’s good for any sport, especially a growing one. I like when there are occasionally fights that folks get emotionally invested in.

Hard as hell to predict. A prime Rampage got this, let me get that out of the way first – but I question his heart/dedication/motivation.

I predict that Rampage wins via decision (I think we’ll see the Rampage that showed up for the Griffin fight – one that is hesitant to get off and won’t check leg kicks, but that has power in his hands and a strong chin). No doubt will I be cheering for Rashad though and I won’t be surprised no matter what goes down.