Forrest is out of Extreme Couture, which is the most successful camp today. It has passed Miletich completely. You have some of the top fighters in every weight class there.

Forrest is training with Couture, Wandy Silva, Goran Reljic, Vitor Belfort, Bonnar, Kampmann…the list goes on. He has Robert Drysdale and Jacare working with him on BJJ.

Forrest has Couture, Frazier and Shawn Tompkins as trainers. Tompkins is one of the best today and was largely responsible for Dan Henderson’s return to peak form. Interestinly enough, his last two losses occured after Shawn left to run Xtreme Couture.

As far as Rampage taking Forrest lightly, he has made many comments about this being an easier fight. He said he would never have fought Chuck or Dan after a nine-month layoff, but this is a fight that he can do that for. Tell me that does not sound like he is looking past Forrest.

Everyone is saying Forrest has no chance. Everyone said the same thing before the Ortiz fight and before the Shogun fight.

As I said, I think Rampage will win, but he has to be focused. His weaknesses (dislike of training, trouble getting motivated at times…though Ibarra has helped with that) are Forrest’s strengths. Nobody trains harder than Forrest.

Rampage has been training, but he has also been trying out for movies and talking to agents about pos films.

This is a guy that trains with Juanito Ibarra, one of the best coaches in the entire sport (arguably, #3 behind Jackson and Miletich).

Forrest works hard, but I’ve seen Page’s conditioning, it’s pretty phenomenal.

Page spars with guys like Vera and Kongo. They’re definitely better than the guys that Forrest is working with.

You have no basis to say Rampage is taking Forrest lightly. Maybe he is, but Rampage hasn’t taken a fight lightly before. Even the times he’s gotten his ass kicked, he’s taken his opponents pretty seriously. Rampage was simply making the objective point that Liddell and Hendo are more accomplished fighters than Forrest, and, honestly, that’s true. Both have held multiple titles, and Forrest is looking at his first fight. It’s a different thing to step in against guys who have fought at this level before, Forrest hasn’t.

I agree that Forrest has nothing to lose in this fight, and I expect him to go balls to the wall. Still, I don’t think he’s going to win. At best, he’ll make it exciting. But anything can happen.

Honestly, I expect Kos/Lytle to be a snoozefest, with Kos returning to that “whup ass by decision gameplan.”

I think Rampage certainly is the favorite here, but I also think he is taking Forrest lightly. That could be a factor. Rampage said that having nine months off was ok when facing Forrest, but he would not have fought Hendo or Liddell after that period of inactivity.

Forrest has nothing to lose and everything to gain.

I think that Rampage will win, but if he is not focused, he could be upset. Forrest is a hard-working, hard-hitting fighter that seems to rise to the occasion when facing top guys.

I think it, along with Kos/Lytle, will be fun fights.

Forrest stepped up, and can be counted on to fight his best fight. It probably won’t be enough, but give him credit for having balls and giving a great effort. He’s willing to take the risk. Nothing delusional about that.