Rampage says one more UFC fight, then he leaves
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KungFuHustle said:
A shogun rematch even 7 years later with both of them on the downward end of their careers would result with shogun annihilating rampage once again
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And that's what we want to see ! Give people what they want ! Shogun ! Shogun! Shogun!
smartigan said:
Lot of hate in here
The man has giving years to this sport and helped put it on the map
War Rampage I'll always be a fan
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Fight fans are fickle. Sports fans in general are. "You're only as good as your last fight"
I think this is opening up old wounds from his literal rampage and first retirement.
Four days ago, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson professed he would be done with the UFC after his next fight. However, it appears the former light heavyweight champ wants out now. He took to his Twitter on Friday night and requested to be released from the world’s premier mixed martial arts promotion.
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Well I’m hoping the @ufc just let me go so I can do my thang, they took my love of fighting after the Forest fight! #bloodtypeBpositive,” Rampage tweeted. “I can fight better fights n a diff show!
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Rampage seems to have lost the pep in his step after losing his crown to Forrest Griffin at UFC 86.
Of course, this isn’t the first time the 33-year-old has threatened to leave the UFC. In September of 2009, he claimed to be done with fighting because of the UFC’s perceived mistreatment. Instead of taking a top contender fight against Rashad Evans at UFC 107, Rampage accepted the role as B.A. Baracus in “The A-Team” movie, much to the dismay of UFC president Dana White.
Speaking of getting on your boss’ bad side, Rampage drew the ire of Octagon brass when he revealed following last month’s loss to Ryan Bader that he was prescribed Testosterone Replacement Therapy by his doctor prior to the fight. Taking the controversial treatment is one thing, but what got Rampage in hot water was when he stated, “So I spoke to the UFC and they were like, ‘Yeah, a lot of fighters are probably doing it but not telling anyone.’”
The quote has since vanished from FightersOnly’s interview.
While the controversial 205-pounder would like an early exit, it’s unlikely White will grant him his wish with at least one fight remaining on his contract.
Rampage has posted a 7-4 mark under the UFC’s watch, but has dropped two consecutive scraps.
http://www.5thround.com/108989/quinton-rampage-jackson-requests-release-from-ufc/
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson's days in the UFC appear numbered.
Following a week-long series of Twitter posts in which the former champion said he will leave the organization once he completes the one remaining fight on his contract, Jackson on Monday confirmed he's planning to continue his career elsewhere.
With HDNet's Bas Rutten, he also discussed his recent testosterone-replacement therapy.
Jackson recently suffered a shutout unanimous-decision loss to Ryan Bader at UFC 144 in Japan, where he said his issues with the UFC reached a head. Jackson, who missed weight for the Feb. 26 fight, said a knee injury contributed to the entire mess.
"I don't want to fight for the UFC no more," he told Rutten. "I think the fans don't understand. They think that just because I make a lot of money, I should be happy – because I've got a nice house. I've always stated that I fight for money because it's my career, but I think a lot of fans are sheep, and they don't understand.
"The thing is, the UFC knew I was injured, and they knew I still fought for them. I feel like, honestly, if I didn't fight on that card in Japan, I don't think the appeal would have been as big. I'm not trying to toot my own horn or nothing like that. But they only had me and (fellow PRIDE vet) Mark Hunt (on that card)."
Jackson also has taken issue with recent matchups the UFC officials presented him. He doesn't like that he's been matched up with wrestlers, including Bader, Jon Jones, Matt Hamill and Rashad Evans in recent fights. (However, the Evans fight served as a "TUF 10" coach-vs.-coach bout, and the Jones fight was for the title.)
"I think (UFC matchmaker) Joe Silva needs to be slapped in the face," he said. "I'm sorry, (but) you've got a fighter like me who likes to go out there and fight fights, so why do you keep giving me wrestlers who are going to take me down and hump me?
"I'm sorry, but I'm really tired of the UFC."
The TRT issue, which Jackson first discussed with "Fighters Only" magazine, recently became a hot-button topic, especially after his interview suggested a UFC-selected doctor prescribed it. However, Jackson clarified that wasn't the case.
"I did use TRT because my doctor prescribed it to me," he said. "He tested my levels. My levels were low, and he said it would let me heal up my knee."
So why did UFC president Dana White later try to discredit the story and distance himself from the TRT?
"I think what happened was, I did an interview with this one guy, and he recorded it," Jackson said. "I thought he was going to put it up just like you're doing. But no, he took some of it and typed it, and the guy who typed it was a British guy. He didn't understand my English. He didn't understand my accent. He just typed some stuff that he thought I said, which is wrong.
"I think they tried to say that I had like a UFC doctor give it to me or something like that, which is wrong. I had my personal doctor. He gets paid by the UFC. He's my personal doctor, but I don't have to pay him. 'He just sends the bill' to UFC basically is what I said.
http://mmajunkie.com/news/27818/ex-champ-quinton-rampage-jackson-plans-split-from-ufc-addresses-trt.mma
"So that's why I said the UFC knew I was hurt. I don't know if the UFC knew what I was doing. But the UFC paid (for) me to see him. He sent me to another doctor. The doctor that he sent me to, I pay him. The UFC doesn't pay the doctor who did the TRT. I pay that TRT. But the doctor who takes care of me, the UFC pays him."
Now, the damage appears unfixable. Jackson said he has plenty of fighting years left, and they're unlikely to come in the UFC. MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has been unable to reach Jackson or his representatives, but as he told Rutten, his next UFC fight will surely be his last.
"The UFC talks about being in a billion homes," Jackson said. "They're making all this money. Yet I'm making less money than I used to make with the UFC. The UFC is getting bigger, which means I'm getting bigger, but I'm making less money. Why?
"So I just don't want to be with them no more. I think the flavor is done. If anybody thinks that I can't make my own career choices and stuff like that, then you're a bigot. I can do whatever the hell I want to do. I'm a grown man. I don't want to have to fight for somebody no more if they're not really appreciating me."
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Some of the things he says in the article are down right foolish. Kid Yammamoto and Gomi were stars in Japan. So was Akiyama. So no it wasn't just up to you and Mark Hunt to carry it for Japanese fans. He was huge and the biggest star no doubt but completely ignoring the fact that several bigger Japanese names were on the card is a bit off.
"So I just don't want to be with them no more. I think the flavor is done. If anybody thinks that I can't make my own career choices and stuff like that, then you're a bigot. I can do whatever the hell I want to do. I'm a grown man. I don't want to have to fight for somebody no more if they're not really appreciating me."
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I don't think being a bigot has anything to do with questioning Rampage's intelligence. It might be they've heard him speak on TuF, in interviews and know of the time he drove a f---ing monster truck with a giant image of himself on a f---ing police chase through LA ramming into cars and blamed it on drinking Red Bull..... Because you know that is something someone who makes good rational choices does routinely.
He is a grown man and can do what he wants. But his fights have pretty much stunk for years, his schtick wore off for me years ago with the police chase and he made an already shitty A-Team movie worse.
I wish him luck but can't say I'll give a rats *** that he won't be in the UFC.