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Getbig Misc Discussion Boards => Mixed Martial Arts (MMA/UFC) => Topic started by: SinCitysmallGUY on September 22, 2009, 07:52:40 PM
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The ongoing bickering between UFC president Dana White and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson regarding the light heavyweight champion's mixed martial arts and acting careers has apparently reached a conclusion.
"Rampage" today said he's done fighting.
In a blog post today on his official website, Jackson outlined a series of events that began with his signing with the UFC, carried on until his recent decision to play B.A. Baracus in a feature version of "The A-Team," and ended in his decision, at least for now, to walk away from MMA.
The full, unedited post is included below. The original post can be viewed on Jackson's official website, though a brief sign-up process is required.
I'm done fighting..
The UFC has done a lot for me but I think I have done more for them. The UFC bought WFA to get my contract & they saved my life, so I felt loyal to them. They pushed me into a fight with Chuck Liddel even when I clearly stated I wasn't ready to fight for the belt because the American fans didn't know me but I took the fight and didn't complain & after I won the American fans booed me for the first time which changed the way I saw them & it hurt me deeply.
Then before I can even get out of the cage they announced that I was fighting Dan Henderson without even asking me. After I beat Dan Henderson, I made history in becoming the first undisputed champion in MMA but was never even given the pride belt in the cage & I was never promoted as the undisputed champ. Later Anderson Silva was.
Then they had me coach TUF season 7 and fight Forrest and the fight was very controversial & normally when a fight is that close & controversial there is normally an instant replay. I can name a couple of instances. Instead they offered me the Vanderlei Silva fight which I gladly accepted even though I know it was a very risky fight for me to take because of all the drama that was happening to me at the time. I fought that fight with a jaw injury and then a couple weeks later Dana called me and asked me to fight Rashad. For the first time I said no, I didn't want to fight because it was such short notice & I wouldn't have had a long break between camp. Dana talked me into fighting Rashad anyway but Rashad refused the fight and so I had to fight Jardine as a favor to the UFC instead of getting my belt back (which wasn't even worth it to me financially).
Then I reinjured my jaw in the fight with Vanderlei & Jardine. Frank Mir gets hurt so they wanted to switch my fight from UFC 100 to the fight Frank couldn't make it to but I couldn't fight cause I needed jaw surgury. So they give Machida the fight against Rashad & they told me they want me to coach TUF season 10 against Rashad. That's why I wanted Rashad to win so bad but when Rashad got knocked out I told them I wanted to fight Machida for the belt but Dana told me if I coach TUF against Rashad that I could fight Machida afterwards cause this was a different type of ultimate fighter show they were doing. After I signed the contract Dana then changes his mind & says I have to fight Rashad & even told me what to say in the press & so my fans think I was scared to fight Machida. After all that I still never complained & I did it all.
Then this movie role came about that I have been trying to get for over a year & as soon as I found out I was close to getting it, I called Dana right away & asked to push the Memphis fight back just a month or so. I told him what this movie role meant to me. I told him that I used to bond with my father watching the tv show as a kid when my parents where still married & it represents the memories I had with my father when we lived together. My dad became an alcohalic & addicted to drugs & we grew apart. But after my dad got his life back together, I was so proud of my dad & I told him I would always take care of him in the future & make him proud of me. My dad & I are still very big fans of the show & I am basically doing this for the childhood memories I had spending time in front of the tv with my dad. Dana went on the internet & mocked me because of that & I still did nothing. Dana & I finally talked & we made up & then after that he went back on the internet & said some bullshit & he was talking bad about the movie when information is not even supposed to be released & talking about payments which is not even true could really hurt my future acting career, which could very well last longer than my fighting career. I'm not like Randy Couture. My body has been getting so many different injuries that I wont be able to fight until my forties & neither do I want to fight that long. So I feel like my second career could be in jeopardy.. so I'm done fighting. I've been getting negative reviews from the dumb ass fans that don't pay my bills or put my kids though college. So I'm hanging it up. I'm gonna miss all my loyal fans but hopefully they'll follow me to my new career & I will gain more loyal fans along the way. & all you hater fans out there can kiss my big black hairy ass! & anybody that don't like what I just said can come try to kick my ass!
I still feel the UFC is a great organization and I felt like I was very loyal to them but they didn't respect my loyalty but I wish the UFC the best. I did a lot of things for them. I wish no bad blood between us but I have kids & a family back in Memphis to provide for & thats all that matters to me!
Jackson recently appeared as a coach on the 10th season of "The Ultimate Fighter." Jackson was expected to face opposing coach Rashad Evans at UFC 107 in December, though the light heavyweight asked to be removed from the bout in favor of an acting role in "The A-Team."
White publicly berated Jackson in recent weeks for choosing an acting career over fulfilling his mixed martial arts commitments, though at this past Saturday's post-UFC 103 press conference the UFC exec said the pair had "kind of made up."
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it looks like dana kind of messed up and made rampage mad. dana seems to upset alot of people with his big mouth. fedor has said on several occassions he does not like how dana treats his fighters..dana needs to keep his mouth shut instead of criticizing his fighters everytime he doesn;t like a decision they make
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Did Jackson do all those things he said he did, for free ???
Seems to me he was probably paid and paid well. Sounds like a case of Jackson throwing a fit because he agreed to a fight then backed out to film a movie and now he's catching some shit about it, so he's "quitting"..........boo-fucking-hoo. ::)
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Jackson can make more money in 1-2 movies than he would the remainder of his fighting career...
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Jackson can make more money in 1-2 movies than he would the remainder of his fighting career...
do you honestly think there's gonna be a "second movie"...
he's doing a remake of a guy that was a cartoon charactor 20 years ago !~
there's no acting career here...
this is a remake of a show very few people had interest in in the first place..
dana's right....rampage is a fighter and he's risking the big bucks because he thinks he's bigger than he really is !
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even though he is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, rampage is pretty charismatic, so there might be other opportunities for him
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smart move.. .grown men hitting each other on the mouth and prezeling on the floor while trying to land little punches is gay..
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He will be back, he'll get more money too.
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He will be back, he'll get more money too.
I second that.
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He will be back, he'll get more money too.
I agree with that....however this is the third movie that I know of him being in so the "theres no acting carreer" statement is an opinion not fact..
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I agree with that....however this is the third movie that I know of him being in so the "theres no acting carreer" statement is an opinion not fact..
The other movies like Jet Li's are not considered acting. He got paid shit for small roles and he was a fighter in his other movies, so that's not acting, that's having him on the screen to do what he does for a job!
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This sucks I was looking forward to Rampage shutting Rashad's mouth up.
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Rampage will have more come backs than Brett Favre and Mayweather, Jr
Fighters should learn to ignore Dana White rants
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To say fans do not pay his bills or put his kids through college maybe one of the dumbest comments, it's the fans who buy the tickets and ppv that pay a fighters salary, does he think the money just magically appears, I am a rampage fan, but those comments were uncalled for, you got booed, boo-fuqing-hoo, you also got cheared, no denying dana did not screw him over a couple of times, but don't take it out on the fans
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This sucks I was looking forward to Rampage shutting Rashad's mouth up.
wouldnt have happened...prob another reason to retire...
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This sucks I was looking forward to Rampage shutting Rashad's mouth up.
Never woulda happened. Probably the reason he turned to movies in the first place. Rashad woulda KO'd him fast.
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I wonder if Strikeforce is in his future?
If they are willing to pay more money, let him act on the side just like Fedor does with his bit movie roles-- Why wouldn't Rampage jump ship? At the very least he might try to use Strikeforce to leverage more money out of Dana.
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He will be back, he'll get more money too.
QFT
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If Tito came back after all the retarded choices he made and bridges he burned with the UFC, Page will definately be back, he'll start feeling that itch sooner or later.
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I wonder if Strikeforce is in his future?
If they are willing to pay more money, let him act on the side just like Fedor does with his bit movie roles-- Why wouldn't Rampage jump ship? At the very least he might try to use Strikeforce to leverage more money out of Dana.
He cant just decide to go to strikeforce.He is still in contract with the UFC.Untill that contract is fullfilled he cant fight for another org.
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Adds to more rumours about dana and the ufc not being the mother Theresa's of mma
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Dana needs to stop trying to be a celebrity and just do his job and no more imo. As time goes on he seems to get more and more of the spotlight, as opposed to the fighters
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do you honestly think there's gonna be a "second movie"...
he's doing a remake of a guy that was a cartoon charactor 20 years ago !~
there's no acting career here...
this is a remake of a show very few people had interest in in the first place..
dana's right....rampage is a fighter and he's risking the big bucks because he thinks he's bigger than he really is !
Yes, there is already another in the works with Rampage playing the lead by director John Singleton. Hey, he might not Oscar material but he's getting movie rolls and thats a hell of a lot better than getting kicked in the face. But first and foremost, he's getting back together with his wife of 2 kids and bringing his other 2 kids back from Memphis to live. He wants his family.
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Yes, there is already another in the works with Rampage playing the lead by director John Singleton. Hey, he might not Oscar material but he's getting movie rolls and thats a hell of a lot better than getting kicked in the face. But first and foremost, he's getting back together with his wife of 2 kids and bringing his other 2 kids back from Memphis to live. He wants his family.
Thanks for the update Coach........since you finally admitted what everyone already knew. ::)
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later page. I'll miss that right upper cut followed by the left hook combo. Take her easy..enjoy the family time.
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I really don't like Dana. Hopefully, Rampage has good representation and can spin the movie stuff into a viable career. If the A-Team thing works out, he'll hopefully be optioned for sequels. MMA is not something you want to plan a life and career around if you're always in the ring.
Good luck, Rampage. You'll need it.
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What did I admit Chaos?
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What did I admit Chaos?
That you are Teh Coach, reincarnated for the umpteenth time.
You still in SoCal?
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Still here, not going anywhere. I have a 1.6mil commitment for the next 30 years to my house.
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Still here, not going anywhere. I have a 1.6mil commitment for the next 30 years to my house.
You got pwned!! ;D