Rampage's Next Fight Decided

[The Mac]

Fresh off a dominating win over Brandon Vera at UFC 125, light heavyweight Thiago Silva (15-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) next will fight former champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (31-8 MMA, 6-2 UFC) in a UFC 130 bout expected to have a major impact on the title picture.

Sources close to the event today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) verbal agreements are in place for the fight.

UFC 130 takes place May 28 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Jackson vs. Silva likely will be part of the pay-per-view main card, possibly in a headlining or co-headlining spot.

Despite fighting for the first time in a year due to injuries, Silva looked sharp in a lopsided unanimous-decision win over Vera this past week. Silva dominated the fight on the mat with frequent takedowns, a smothering top game, and ground and pound that ultimately broke his opponent's nose. In the end, the judges awarded the Brazilian the decision via scores of 30-26, 30-27 and 30-27.

Prior to the victory, Silva opened his career with a 13-0 mark but then went 1-2 with losses to former champs Lyoto Machida and Rashad Evans and a knockout win over Keith Jardine.

Jackson, meanwhile, recently got back into the title picture and rebounded from his own loss to Evans with a close split-decision victory over Machida in November's UFC 123 headliner. It was his third win in the four fights since he lost his belt to Forrest Griffin in 2008. The former PRIDE star's other recent victories came over Wanderlei Silva (knockout) and Jardine (decision).

[Travicity]

Hmm could be interesting but Jackson for me.

[The Mac]

jackson will knock out silva

[Travicity]

Would love to see a KO from Rampage and him backing back in the running.

[Punisher]

Im down to watch Jackson KO silva

[The Mac]

if machida can knock out silva....then rampage should have no problem

[Swinny]

Silva FTW. Yeah, I said it. But... I also said he was gonna beat Rashad and... that didn't turn out well.

[The Mac]

silva has no chin... i predict 1st round ko

[Travicity]

^ Oh shit no chin?! My god when did that happen! :shifty2:

[Swinny]

^ Oh shit no chin?! My god when did that happen! :shifty2:

Lol.

And you really can't say he has no chin because he's only been knocked out once and it was by Machida, who might not be the strongest, but he's a great technical striker.