Rampage Jackson Aiming To Be Back In Action By Fall

[No More Sorrow]

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson's time with the UFC will come to an end following his next and final fight in the organization. However, after undergoing surgery on his knee, the question now turns to when that will be. On Monday, Jackson gave an update on his status in an interview with Brian Hemminger at MMAMania.com.

"Well actually, my left knee is not torn yet," Jackson revealed. "It's fraying which means that it's starting to tear. That was from when Jon Jones kicked my knee backwards during the fight. I'm healing up and I'm still in rehab. Actually once I'm done on the phone here, I'm going to the gym. I'm back to training and stuff now. I just started back. My doctor said I could run the day after my birthday on June 21st so I can't wait to get back and start training and see how that knee is feeling and see when my next fight's gonna be.


"I'm just trying to move forward with my fighting career. My left knee is starting to feel better. I'm not gonna do anything to it just yet. I'm just gonna do my rehab and go from there."


Jackson said he's not rushing anything with his final fight, as surgery wasn't a pleasant experience and he's not going to go into another fight injured like that again.


"I never had surgery before this and I hope I never need surgery again," he said. "Being sideline and having the rehab process. That was something I really didn't like... I definitely don't want to have surgery again. That's why I'm trying to avoid surgery on the left knee....Right now I'm just concentrating on healing myself and coming back 100 percent. I never want to fight injured again. I've made my mind up. My next fight, I want to be 100 percent or as close to 100 percent as I can possibly be."


"It don't matter where I'm fighting at. Like I've said, no one appreciates it [when I fight hurt], so I'm not gonna do bad for my health and I'm not gonna fight injured every again. No matter where I'm fighting at. If I'm hurt, I'm backing out."


Jackson is hoping to be back around September or October, but when asked if he was worried about the UFC burying his final fight on a preliminary card or something along those lines, he made it clear it doesn't matter to him.


"Actually, I wouldn't care if they did that. I don't care," he reiterated. "They can do whatever they want to do. The reason's I made the decision to leave the UFC are the same reasons I left Pride. They can do what they want. I don't care."

It'll be his last fight with UFC whenever he does fight. Think Alexander Gustafsson would be the ideal opponent.

 

[Slim]

Shoot... Shogun should be available by then

 

[No More Sorrow]

I would like to see Shogun fight him, but i think Alexander Gustafsson could get the nod. It'd be pretty big for him to come in and get a win over a more well known fighter.

 

[Slim]

Yeah that is true. I just wanna see Shogun maul Rampage into oblivion.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Same : I just think Rampage is done, his knees are gone he's putting on a ton of weight and just doesn't have the desire to do this anymore.

 

[We Are Legion]

He's not half the fighter he used to be, but the guy is still one of my faves and seeing him back in action will be a treat for me regardless.

 

[The Cork]

He's shot to bits and has nothing left, whether he's on the prelims of a Fuel show or the PPV main event the end result is the same, a Rampage loss.

 

[No More Sorrow]

He's shot to bits and has nothing left, whether he's on the prelims of a Fuel show or the PPV main event the end result is the same, a Rampage loss.

This.

Rampage has been done for years now. It Wouldn't surprise me to see him fighting on a prelim show honestly.