Rampage Jackson Speaks On His Future In The UFC

[No More Sorrow]

Jackson had a planned bout with Mauricio "Shogun" Rua called off due to knee surgery he needs, but that doesn't mean Rua isn't on his mind. Forrest Griffin, another former opponent of Jackson's, is right there, as well.


"I would love to fight somebody like 'Shogun.' Somebody like Forrest," Jackson said. "Somebody who beat me before. Somebody who wants to put on a good fight. I'm tired of fighting these guys who are cowards. I call them cowards. They just run around the cage, they game plan and they take you down. It's okay to take people down, but they just hump you and lay down on top of you the whole time. That's what's disgusting to me."


It appears Jackson has kept the same attitude towards fighters like Rashad Evans and current UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. Of course, both also defeated Jackson recently.

After that? He's told HDNet's "Inside MMA" he's done with the UFC for good:


"After I leave the UFC, I'm done with them! Just like when I left PRIDE. You remember when I left PRIDE? It's over. I was very loyal to PRIDE. I fought for PRIDE, and I fought the way I fought to put butts in seats. I took risks, slammed people and stuff like that. PRIDE did a good job. They built me up. I wasn't that good when I first came out. I fought Sakuraba and they built me up and then threw me in some tough fights. That's the way you're supposed to do it. Now, the UFC, I was a better fighter when I came there. My second fight, they throw me to Chuck Liddell. The fans didn't know who I was. I knocked him out, the fans booed me. That changed me, who I am towards the fans. I used to be the nicest guy towards fans. My first time getting booed. How are you gonna boo somebody for knocking somebody out? But I got a whole other opinion on that. And now, the UFC's just throwing me all these boring fighters, these game planners, these wrestlers. I'm the type of fighter who you should match up with people who want to fight excitingly. You know what I'm saying? Cuz I'm gonna be the type of fighter who puts butts in seats."

Honestly at this point i couldn't care less about Rampage, it wouldn't even bother me to see him get released from his contract before his last fight.

 

[Heisenberg]

Hope he goes to the WWE within the next couple years. Would be a great talent for WWE to have.

 

[Slim]

He's an idiot... if he KNOWS that is there gameplan why would he not change his gameplan then? I mean really?

Oh these guys are boring all they do is wrestle and hump. Then change your gameplan so you can implement your will while cutting off their gameplan. DUH! He would be fun to watch in the WWE though... him and Brock would team up then Tito shows up and you got 3 mma guys, former champions all together to try to take over the WWE. Then... The Rock comes back

 

[No More Sorrow]

Honestly, I don't think he'll do WWE. I can almost guarantee he's going to take a shit ton of money to fight Fedor once he leaves or something.

Hell for all we know he could be planning some fight with Tim Sylvia. They're both fat and horrible in the octagon so it almost makes sense.

 

[The Cork]

It's MIXED Martial Arts, you'd think he'd understand that by now.

Don't get pissy when somebody doesn't want to stand and trade with you, that's boxing, not MMA.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Maybe he'll go and Box Kimbo Slice.

 

[The Cork]

Heres how the timescale will prol go

- Lose badly to Shogun
- Leave UFC
- Move to Hollywood, act in a few B-level movies
- Go back to MMA, lose to Fedor, beat a few bums like Lashley/Bob Sapp
- Box Kimbo, lose
- Beg Dana for job back ala Tim Sylvia
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[Deezy]

Heres how the timescale will prol go

- Lose badly to Shogun
- Leave UFC
- Move to Hollywood, act in a few B-level movies
- Go back to MMA, lose to Fedor, beat a few bums like Lashley/Bob Sapp
- Box Kimbo, lose
- Beg Dana for job back ala Tim Sylvia
-

-Leave UFC
-Twitter
-obscurity

 

[Troy]

The guy should leave already, can't believe he keeps complaining when he recently had a title shot. Should leave UFC, fight Fedor, fight Sylvia and fight Kimbo and then attempt to act and join WWE.

 

[Slim]

I see him losing his fight, act in a couple more movies, get in WWE for bout a year, attempt one FINAL MMA fight, and all the while he'll have crazy stupid stuff to say on Twitter.

 

[Deezy]

Rampage is an easily replaceable black caricature.

There will be another one found and this guy will be yesterdays news.

Much Like Kimbo.