Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson: 'I'm done fighting; I'm hanging it up'

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RAMPAGE DONT QUIT YOU STILL GOTTA TAKE OUT RASHAD AND MACHIDA!!!!! WHYY!!!!!

…this sucks

THIS IS BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Publicity stunt. All for attention.

lets hope this is just Rampage blowin off steam or it will be a HUGE loss for UFC and MMA in General. Dana’s mouth strikes again….

Rampage…WHO CARES!

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They will patch things up and he will fight again. Mark my words

I agree i don’t think its for real but i think Rampage thinks its for real. his heads not in the game and in all honesty he left the game after beating Silva. He enjoys the publicity and smack talk side but he probbably feels he can get that elsewhere.

Dana fucks up…AGAIN. I seriously think he just talks too much, maybe is the roids he does that always sets him off on these rants. I also belive that if it wasn’t for him Fedor would be in the UFC by now.

I think it could be true as I have felt that Rampage hasnt really been in the game since he lost the title and then shortly after his mind. He got arrested all that mess and Dana stood behind him, built him back up and still pushed him into title contention and then he backs out of fights after all the support. Dana should be pissed

Bye bye Rampage you were awesome when you were still hungry and I am glad you are leaving if your heart is no longer in it.

Good riddance……good choice for B.A. though.

Later pinche tinte!

What a cry baby. He knows he can never be a UFC champ again so he decides to quit while he still can.

What about his contract though?

What a cute story…

Fuck rampage that fucking moron, he can kiss MY white hairy ass.

Good riddance.

He’ll be back when the money runs out. I always knew he was a punk, now he just proved it. Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya!

he if feels that whats best for him…so be it, some guys stay in the fight way too long and people end up remembering the tail end of the career that was not so great…i.e iceman, ken shamrock…etc…etc, if his head is not in it than he too would end up going down remembered that way…..

whatever Rampage i’m sure the movie will suck so your stardom still will be blown anyway, i know it’s the money you’re getting from them so you ain’t gonna need to bust your ass thru taining and fighting no more but whatever man screw you Page.

Speak for yourself I remember Chuck more for the big fights hes had with Randy and Tito oh yeah and Belfort and Vernon White and Horn.

I’m a fan of his but he deff. F’ed up by calling the fans dumb asses that dont pay the bills when in fact without the fans that pay $45 bucks for a pay per view event and tickets, merchandise, etc. he wouldnt have the money to pay his bills and put his kids through college. anyone agree?

Who bailed Rampage out of jail? I believe it was DANA WHITE.

Wtf is wrong with some of you people? This guy has fought his ass for years, against the best. Liddell, Henderson. W. Silva, Shogun, Arona, Lindland. And people say he’s scared? He said, he doesn’t want to have to fight into his 40’s, not many would. He’s got kids, and he’s got to support them. Shit, all he did was push back the Rashad fight at most 3-4 months, and every one went ape shit on him like he was a chump? why? What do you do exactly that’s so great? I hope he fights again, but if not, I hope he does well in the future anyways.

Machida ducking. Way to go, Page.

Bull shit he’ll be back in a year

ReDunculous!

Rampage must be back on the energy drinks again.

FUCK THE MPAA!!!

Sorry guys, but maybe I’m the only one who saw this coming for months now. Even though he’s gotten some big wins in the UFC, he’s never fought with the same passion or even the same style that he once did. The loss to Forrest Griffin f’d him up psychologically and then he finally got his revenge against Wanderlei, which those losses always haunted him more than most folks realize. Maybe he feels that’s full-circle. Whatever it was, his will was broken and he lost the passion. He knows it and that’s why he’s not willing to take another inevitable loss. He was one of my favorite fighters in Pride, but he’s never really looked the same since.

no disrespect to rampage he can do whatever he wants but im sure the movies going to fail and then he’ll come running back! And more did he do for the ufc then the ufc did for him? Rampage is trippen!!

Some people blame Dana and I know that I’m going to get torched for this, but I think it’s Rampage’s fault. Think of everyday life. You are working your 9-5 job and your boss assigns you to a big project, you agree to take it on and your boss already made commitments to the higher ups and spent money on the whole thing to find out that you want to put your 9-5 job on hold to take up a part time job? Really…I’m a project manager and if I went to my boss and said hey put all my stuff on hold, I’m going to go try a new part time thing for a bit after he made commitments to the customer (PPV audience, marketing the grudge match), I’d be fired or ripped just as bad as Rampage got it.

This is not the way to pay back the guy that hopped on a plane and flew to bail you out after you lost your mind and led the cops on a chase.

yeah, maybe dana white should keep his fucking mouth shut. we all knew it would bite him at some point.

Dana White for being the president of such a huge organization is an immature tool. He should quit talking s*it about everyone online whenever he doesn’t get his way. Scott Coker would not do that and you know he f-ing hates Cung Le and Alstair for not defending the titles for 2 years. Dana acts like an immature frat boy and yes Page is not the brightests either. No doubt Dana was ticked when page backed out of the fight in Memphis, his hometown. Plus the tuff show built all that hype for nothing. Still, work it out in private rather than make a blog and drop f bombs and belittle Page’s dreams of being an actor. Grow up Dana. As for Page, he is a show off and at times a bit racist. I never rooted for him but he is/was a top 5 lhw.

Wasn’t expecting that.

I don’t buy it either.

Here come the “Rampage sucks/He was never good anyways/Good riddance Nobody liked him” hypocritical posts.

He did what he thinks is best for his family long term. Thank you for all the great fights and best of luck Rampage

This must not be a direct quote because i didnt see one “know what im sayin dog” in there!

Stupid Dana Dim Whit!!!!!!!!

Think about it from your his POV if what he says is true then who wouldn’t be pissed if dana said he could get a title shot and then took it away right AFTER he signed the contract for TUF. im sure rampage wouldn’t mind fighting rashad to settle the rivalry but hes done enough to be the 1# LHW contender in line for the title. But none of that matters if he quits.
What im expecting is by tomorrow Dana will have heard enough about this scrambled a press conference and publicly apologized to Rampage about being a DOUCHE BAG.

Good luck Rampage, I can’t wait to see you as BA on the A-Team. Dana White can pound sand, the guy is a tool and always will be.

“I’ve been getting negative reviews from the dumb ass fans that don’t pay my bills or put my kids though college”

Actually, it is the dumb ass fans who pay his bills and put his kids thru college. Who else buys the tickets, the PPVs, and buys the sponsor’s products. With out the dumb ass fans there is no UFC.

Having said that I think he will be fighting again in 6 months in the UFC. I have no idea about the movie. I never liked the A-Team. I won’t be seeing it.

Rampage gets a title shot after the show. Sure why should he have to fight the other guy the season is built around. HHMMMM..probably the crack talking.

FUCK DANA WHITE !!!!!!

i am so sick of hear how his mouth got the best of him, I want a ufc fighter to knock him the fuck out so I can put the video on my website on replay

Why do you guys think Zuffa is like somewhat of a world power? I hate how zuffa tries to control thier fighters and could careless of the fighters opinion. Fuck the UFC and fuck Zuffa the fighters make Zuffa not Dana White. Can’t even pay his fighters a decent salary. I wish all the fighters would walk out of the UFC and Dana White. The dickhead akways tries to make himself like a heroe. Even though i am not a fan of Rampage i will respect him as a person and wish him the best of luck with his decision.

All signs point to him wanting no part of Machida.

Good by Rampage. Your loud and annoying mouth won’t be missed. Too bad though… I did want to see Machida or even Rashad KNOCK YOU THE F*** OUT! Oh well…

WOW! I guess the B.A in B.A. BARACUS really does stand for bad attitude.GIGGITY GIGGITY!!

Damn! This guy is on a rampage!

HAHA MR T..WHAT A DOUCHE QUENTIN IS

Did anyone really expect anything else? He was a loose cannon after the Forrest fight. He ducked Machida. Now of course he’s ducking Evans. He only did the Tuf show to gain exposure for his “acting” career (lol).

Whatever, good riddance

Something happend on the show…..

More power to him. If he wants to go act, then go. I’d like to see him fight again, but if his heart isn’t in it.

I consider myself UFC loyalist, and a critic of the foaming-at-the-mouth Dana White haters. HOWEVER, I must say I’m with Rampage on this. Dana White talks a lot of crap about fighters before having all the facts. The list goes on, and on, and on. It gets tiring after a while. More power to Rampage.

You will be missed in the MMA world brother. I respect your decision. Good luck to you in the future bro.

This shouldnt surprise anyone! Im sick and tired of Dana White acting like a fucking tyrant, these people make his business work. How can u walk around talking shit about your employees and expect them to be happy. The mma world just lost a great fighter who put on some amazing fights and was still capable of being a great champion. Unfortunately I dont think this is the first or last time we see some of the best fighters leave the UFC. Dana can’t be king forever if the best fighters leave the UFC. Dana isn’t about mma hes about UFC. Destroying other organizations that put on some great fights, to just further the pockets of UFC. In all reality just making it harder for upcoming fighters to exploit their talents and make it in to the deep water with the sharks. When the hell is UFC gonna get it right. Pride was the shit and the fans truly enjoyed the sport. Dana White isnt exploiting great fighters but marketable fighters. I love watching fights and fighting myself but the UFC needs to step back and remember at the end of the day its all about the fighters. Seriously look at the payscale some of these guys are getting shafted. Rampage do your thing!

quinton, quit ducking machida and evans.

Man, I hope he changes his mind. I was so happy for him about this A-Team movie and couldn’t understand why so many people on here were hatin’ on him when it just meant a brief postponement of his Rashad fight. Obviously Rampage needs the UFC more than they need him, but that’s no excuse for Dana to talk about him like he’s a retard or a traitor for taking a lead role in a big-budget A-list film. No MMA star has ever had an opportunity anywhere near this big or will be seen by anywhere near this many people or receive anywhere near this kind of media coverage. Dana could easily have spun this into some HUGE publicity for the UFC, but instead he played his usual game of being a vindictive prick cause he can’t stand anyone or anything that’s not under his control.

Rampage" Jackson rules

How soon he forgets that Dana White kept his ‘Big hairy Black ass’ out of jail..

Rampage is only cool in front of a camera. Every true mma fan knows Rampage is a dick when there is no camera around.. The UFC made him famous.. Not the other way around dumbass.

He’s done.. Everyone knows what happens when you mess with Zuffa. I hope they edit most of his BS off of TUF..

Good fucking job dana white, this isn’t the first person he’s run off, and wont be the last. His bullshit persona needs to be put in check, you can’t deal with people the way he does. I’ve always said dana has done good for mma, but now he just needs to calm the fuck down, because his attitude and mouth are starting to fuck shit up for him, his partners, and fans.

Don’t go away mad, just go away! As soon as these goofs start making money and fame they get knocked out and are afraid to continue on. No EXCUSE is a good EXCUSE!

Ok, so I have just read every comment here so far. Seems pretty much split 50/50 on whether this is Rampage being nuts or Dana being a dick. Lets look at the faults of both sides:
Rampage – He is the coach on what is supposed to be the biggest TUF fighter ever. The UFC catered to him for the fight w/Rashad by putting the fight in Memphis. Rampage did, in a way, kind of screw over the UFC by postponing the fight. Also, the whole road rage incident was not pretty in any way. However, his biggest fault was talking bad about the fans that actually do pay his bills. Whether they love or hate him does not matter, they pay to watch him fight.
Dana – Guy has the largest laundry list of personal attacks of any man on the planet. He was completely out of line for the way he spoke about Rampage after the B.A. role came up. I honestly think his personal attacks on Fedor previously cost the UFC a chance to hire him, and now his attacks on Rampage probably cost him what might be his largest grossing employee. I know if my boss ever said things like that about me I would never put myself in a position to make him money ever again.

There are faults on both sides. The fact is, this is a “whose got the bigger d!ck” contest. Two guys with large egos. That said, Dana just cost himself what might be his biggest draw. For someone who prides himself on being a business man, his personal attacks on employees/prospective employees has cost him a lot of money. He needs to step aside, now. Rampage’s major fault was disrespecting the fans (whether they root for him or not, they do pay his bills). Dana’s big fault was disrespecting his employee.

Good luck Rampage. Ive always been a fan. Im not happy how this has all played out, and I hope you can work things out with the UFC brass. If you don’t, it won’t stop me from being a fan. Hope things go well.

Oh yeah, and to all of you saying he is ducking fighters…get an effing clue. Keyboard warriors who shiver at the sight of their own reflection in the mirror. Spineless trash talkers who would never have the balls to step in the ring/octagon with the guys Rampage has been in with.

sounds like it came from the heart. rampage is responsible for himself and his family, not the ufc. true, the ufc stood by him but they didn’t do it out of the goodness of their heart. they did it because rampage brought in the bucks for them. they had a mutually benificial relationship. i can’t say who did more for the other unless i know how many millions zuffa made off of rampages ppv’s.

good luck rampage, i understand why you feel this is what you gotta do.

DANA WHITE IS A IDIOT AND A RICH ONE AT THAT! You can’t go through life talking shit about people that make you money. All these fighters make DANA a rich man and he needs to be careful about how he disrespects those fighters that help make the UFC what it is. Dana has done a lot to make the UFC a great sport, but he could also screw things up with his KINGCONG CHIP ON HIS ASS!

Forget the haters, Q.J., especially that adolescent Dana! You’ve still got tons of fans who love you and are excited about your movie and want to see you make another run at the title. Go get your hollywood on, Bro, then come back to us and get your belt back and clean all these wannabe’s out of the LHW division and shut these haters up. I’m a Memphian and a Pharaoh too (go REHS!) I know where you’re comin’ from, but you gotta let it go, my brother! Spend some time with a zen-guru like Randy or Rickson. You’re one of the best OF ALL TIME…don’t let these piss-ants and trash talkers keep you from your dreams. You’re better than that, Bro. You’re stronger than that!

All the haters who think rampage is ducking rashad get a clue…rampage is not ducking everyone. dana white always gets pms when fighters want to do something other then polish his knob. rampage was and will always be an exciting fighter and i for 1 will miss him if this is true.

wow!! pretty big news.
     
    how can you not side with the ufc on this one. the bottom line is he committed himself to fighting rashad evans after the current season of TUF. page had to put one or the other on the backburner and he made a bad choice. lets be honest, the role hes playing in the A TEAM is not a serious acting role and its more or less based on his appearance that he landed the role. i dont see him going very far in acting at all.
      secondly, it is MMA but its still a job. its simply unfair of rampage to take on a season of tuf where a fight with the coaches is expected almost immediately following the conclusion of the season. And to drop the fight because of a “part time” interest is ridiculous.
      I think page shouldve stopped for a second and wondered if he was important enough to the movie to delay his scenes for a month or two to accomodate his prior committments. the answer wouldve been a no. they wouldve found some other scary looking mr.T lookalike to suffice the role. so all he has really done is show hollywood hes not dependable with commitments and more importantly hes bit the hand that feeds by screwing fans out of a great season of tuf10.
     i will still watch the remainder of the season, but the show is edited to highlight the coach rivalry and build up the “big fight” at the end of it all. now we will watch and simply be teased by what couldve been. however theres a good chance hes going to be fighting for the ufc again within a year. but for now fans are left without a season finale and a lousy movie to watch next summer.
     so maybe dana expressed his disappointment, but for rampage to quit because of a bit of justified criticism is one more good reason hes not looking any better in hollywood. i dont always agree with danas antics but this time hes done nothing wrong. he was disappointed but he still was willing to work past it and keep page in the ufc. yah he talked a bit of trash, but thats what dana does. it wasnt anything bad enough that page shouldve quit.
   botom line rampage is wrong, it is a job after all and at the end of the day you cant pick when you want to work. especially after commiting himself to one of the companys strongest marketing pushes in TUF. in retrospect i can guarantee rampage is going to eat his words sooner rather than later.

or maybe its just another publicity stunt!!!!!

GROW UP Rampage!
I think i hear the WAN-bulance, 0h look its a big truck
with a picture of Rampage on the side. Wait…. whats this….
oh its just Rampage on the ground surrounded by cops with guns.

SHOW ME THE MONEY

white has a big mouth, like I said before.

You were good Rampage, even when you lost a fight.

JOHN. forrest stole this bitch’s heart. he hasn’t been the same since that fight. rampage dogged out Pride after he parted ways with them as well. he talks more shit and makes fun of more fighters than any other mma fighter alive b/c deep inside he is and always will be very insecure. if he thinks what dana said was harsh, wait until hollywood gets ahold of him. tmz and tinsletown will spit him up and chew him out. he fked over the last true people that cared about him and now is probably being controlled by someone who will do nothing but take advantage of him. this makes me think i was wrong about juanito the whole time. juanito brought him to his highest level and considered rampage like a son. then ’QUINTON" dogged him out and tossed him aside. i got no respect for this chump.

I don’t give a sh*t. I don’t know who is to blame, but regardless of who did more for whom; let’s not forget that Dana ran to Jackson’s side when he had that run in with the law. A lot of other fighters would have been left hanging in the wind. On another note, I think Dana and the UFC has to evolve a little. Regardless of what the fighters say, the public voice of the UFC should not be b*tching and gossiping like a school girl every time he has a disagreement.

Pretty sure you monkies should put the post in it’s entirety

Monkeys*

ROFL

now rampage could jump to strikeforce!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and smoke the whole light heavywieghts!!!lol

Dana’s mouth finally put him in a bad spot. I didnt think the trash talking about Rampage was funny or warranted and now we lost the only fighter at 205 that I think can challenge Machida. What is the next title fight after 104? Machida/Shogun vs who? Coleman/Tito winner, Couture/Vera winner? What a joke. This division is in trouble until we find out how good Jones and Cane really are.

Ive been saying this for years , Dana White does not respect the fighters. After a fighter loses Dana will often mock them saying how bad they were destroyed that is not the place of a C E O he should respect all his fighters. Ramapage Jackson is way more important to MMA than Dana White will ever be. This same attitude is what is going to cause major opportunities to be lost by the UFC.

fuck dana white i would to see rampage jump to strikeforce and steam roll though the light heavy weight class

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i don’t like this news at all!~

All this ducking fight talk is stupid. The dude is a fighter, PERIOD. This isn’t about Evans or Machida.

It’s about his boss clowning him on TV, the world wide web and relaying private conversations to the press jeopardizing his acting career in the process.

I like Dana White and guess I still do, but there are multiple occasions where I wish he would just shut up

IE: Clowning Jackson, announcing Chucks retirement before Chuck decides to retire, saying how Silva and Machida don’t have a choice if he wants them to fight, announcing Cro Cop screwed him to the press before having all the facts, etc.. There are too many to list

While I will miss Jackson in the ring, I will actually loose what respect I have for him if he comes back and fights after this.

I hope he becomes a big star just to flaunt it to Dana

maybe rashad will want the fight against randy now..

they should fully switch the main event for 105 and have randy/rashad..

vera/randy makes no sense..

i agree jason.
“It’s about his boss clowning him on TV, the world wide web and relaying private conversations to the press jeopardizing his acting career in the process.”

for all the guys talking about employee loyalty read the above quote. you tools act like these guys are gonna work for the ufc for twenty years and retire with a pension. they are looking out for #1 just like dana is. WAR RAMPAGE!!!!!

WOW. I was looking foward to TUF10 to see rashad get ko by rampage but this is retarted. It sucks that he wants to quit when hes ahead hopefully his acting works but damn. Im not pissed at Dana hes the boss and could do whatever the fuck he wants but this is a low blow. Im not going 2 enjoy the season anymore. HOpefully they work something out and have him KO rashad but idk how this would work. DAMN this is screwed up!

WHAT THE FUCK?! JESUS WHY?!

Rampage or no Rampage, UFC will continue to go on and grow. I think Rampage will have a decent movie career. You don’t need acting talent to be a movie star anymore.

Danas big mouth… Crocop… Now Rampage…

hey man…i cant believe ur giving up man….i guess rashad was right when he said on ultimate fighter that “u gave up”….good luck anyway rampage….but i still think u gave up man….

the only reason why dana white made randy against vera …is bcuz he wnts filipino fans to watch vera on ppv instead of pacquiao..hes competing with ratings on this one..pacquiao fights cotto on nov 14 …

I PITTY THE FOOL THAT CAN BARELY BEAT JARDINE AND HAS TO FIGHT EVANS TO GET A SHOT AT MACHIDA!!!!

I allways said rampage is no real fighter. This is just confirming my theroi.

I respect you Quinton!

I can’t stand to see another great fighter leave the UFC.
Dana White’s gotta go!!!
TIMES UP

This isn’t all Dana’s fault. So many of you on here are such selfish ba$tards that you couldn’t wait a couple more months for 1 fight to let Rampage follow this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and when he didn’t make his life decisions based on what YOU wanted, you turned your backs on him and called him every name in the book. It wasn’t just Dana that disrespected him and made him not care about fighting anymore. It was all you company nuthuggers and selfish so-called “fans” who busted his balls because he wanted to do something for himself instead of catering to your bloodthirst. A lot of you are just as bad as Dana, you don’t really care about the fighters, you care about what they’ve done for YOU lately. As soon as they stop entertaining YOU for a minute, you’re ready to toss them out with the evening trash. You’re the haters and dumbasses he’s talking about, and you’re just as guilty as Dana for driving him away.

I like both Rampage and White so I hope it’s just a misunderstanding. I think Rampage will be back fighting….somewhere. Hope Dana didn’t run his mouth and if he did he’ll be down on my “like you list”.
Rampage is a very emotional guy and at times shoots off before thinking it all through so hope he has another look at this before he hangs it up for real. I love him on the show and was waiting for him and Sugar to fight. keep your fingers crossed.

this is the beginning of the FALL OF THE UFC EMPIRE!!! F**K!!

not a real fighter???? what more does he have to do to prove it to you?

damn

Gullible little girls.

All of you.

Rampage will be “back” in the UFC in less than a week.

Thing is, I’d respect him more if he would stick by his word and hang up his gloves.

Eh good rampage is a b*@ch anyway I don’t like him so I could careless however I do agree that Dana white is not a smart business man or CEO for that matter this dude goes around and he thinks he’s one of the fighters or something talking all this shit pretty soon fighters will get enough of it and fade. Do I believe they’ll all leave no UFC will be big and continue to grow but this guy just needs to shut up or get HENDOed seems like it worked to shut bispings mouth up. I wouldve like seeing shogun tear rampage up like he did before though.

Who does he think he is? The only reason he has movie parts is because of his UFC fame. Without that, he’s nothing. Does he think he’s The ROCK? The Rock can act, he can’t. I see this as another Tito Ortiz incident which will result in him crawling back and saying how great the UFC is and begging for a job.

Keep in mind that his sentencing does not take place until 2010. Perhaps he can make more money as an actor rather than a fighter before the time comes to find out whether or not he has to go to jail. Just the notion of going into the courtroom and learning what lies ahead must be daunting. If he goes to jail, or if he has to drag out a court process in order to not go to jail, maintaining “film shape” might be easier than maintaining “fighting shape,” and there’s no denying that making films must increase the odds of landing roles in new ones. I’m sure the added baggage of his choices, mistakes and business dealings hasn’t helped, but a sentencing date looming in the not too distant future, in my opinion, must account for at least a piece of this puzzle.

stunned! but i think he’ll be back. lesson to be learned by mr. white – keep your mouth shut sometimes cause all the negative comments you make about people are gonna come back to bite you in the ass sometime

This guy must be delusional because, if I recall correctly when he was driving his F-250 into pregnant women and wrecking California State property, it was Dana White who got him out of jail, not the A-team.

Fair play rampage, good luck!

First off, Rampage has got to proof-read his rants at least five times before posting. Second, I’ve never heard of Rampage before the UFC. He is famous for his connection to the UFC. If he cuts that connection he’ll be broke in a year. Rampage is not an actor. How many years of training does he have? What theater company? What work has he done? Can he even memorize lines? Where’s his reel? There are tons of trained/talented actors out there who are ready to act that would kill for his exposure. His loyalty to the UFC is his TRUE bread and butter. QJ, keep your f^^cking head on straight if you want to keep taking care of your family.

Much respect rampage , peace from sweden!

great thank god..in the last year the only thing he did for me was make me laugh….hes quitting because he lost to forest no chin griffin and barely beat a retarded jardine…hes just realizing he cant hang and rather stay in the ufc and start getting embarrassed in his fights so hed rather just quit…smart move and thank you…piece of sh*(&

to be honest this doesnt make a difference to the picture at the moment i dont think, it was a waste of a coach on TUF 10 but i dont think he will be missed from the division, credit where credit is due, he knocked chuck out, he beat henderson (close enough in my book) and then lost to forrest, he fought jardine, which honestly its fair to say that jardine was winning up till 10 seconds from the end and some still feel jardine won, he ko’d wanderlei, but wanderlei isnt the same fighter he was in pride.

i dont think he would beat rashad and i cant see him earning another title shot after that either……..

good ridance, remember TUF 1, do you want to be a fighter speech? obviously rampage dont want to be a fighter or he has lost that “i want to fight anytime any place mentality” you can make a movie at any stage of your life, you can only compete for a small window 10 – 20 years if your exceptionally lucky….

grow a set of balls and stop blaming other people for his own decision not to fight.

i honestly think he is scared of rashad, if there was so much trash talking between them and so much anamosity on TUF 10, he would be dying to fight just to shut rashad up……

Rampage is a clueless individual

The UFC in my mind pushed Rampage harder then any 205er out there outside of Chuck!
They wanted him and thought he would be a huge star.

2 times as coach of TUF that is huge when it comes to building your name value.

Title fights
 
Big money fights.

Dragging his dumb ass out of jail and sticking by him after the hit and run. When he got high on energy drinks still the craziest excuse ever.

Rampage had a fight set in memphis, millions has been put into that fight.

They put him on tuf to promote it so he would make huge cash at the PPV.

My guess is he continues to make himself look like an ass on the show, and decides for now acting looks easier.

Its weird placing an opinion on this – he’s had 3 solid fights in the ufc against forrest hendo and jardine that he could be hurting real bad – fighting fucking hurts! On the other hand, he needs to MAN THE FUCK UP and avenge his destruction from Shogun – Machida and Rashad he doesnt NEED to fight, but Shogun fucked him up, if i was him I would be begging for that fight.

I guess we aint gonna se Rampage vs Evans than :( What a shame.

I hope to God that he don’t quit. I love Rampage Jackson and so does everyone else. I don’t understand the mentality of Dana White. It seems like a lot of fighters get pissed at Dana, not the company and wants to walk out. I don’t know, but I hope he’s just kidding.

Other than impersonating Mr. T, I wonder what other characters Rampage can handle?

Thats what you get Dana when he keep disrespecting everyone. I hope more fighters leave in the future so Dana will smarten up.

Once the movie flops and he goes crazy again and almost kills someone, he will fight again. Or he will die if AIDS like George Peppard.

Called it a long time ago – he’s simply not into the training aspect anymore. Too much work. It really doesn’t matter, the LHW division is first of all stacked, and second the hungry, skilled youth are on their way.

He simply isn’t much of a fighter anymore. The new breed of fighter would dominate him 9 times out of 10. I say this being in my 30’s as well who has been watching MMA for a long time. The amount of training and skill it takes to be at the top has to be insane. There are MMA gyms everywhere. There is going to be too much talent to be interested in this guy’s games anymore.

Hopefully his movie bombs and he’s forced to come back to the UFC and he get’s beaten down badly.

You know what guys, I don’t think it’s about Rampage anymore. After all, he’s right, he got kids to feed and pay for. I Think that’s about these fucked up hollywood agents convincing guys like Jackson, Le and Couture that they’re gonna have a second career as an actors. No direspect, but all their movies are pure bullshit. Common’ Couture in the mummy movie was a bad joke. And what the heck his Jackson thinking, that’s he’s on a way for and oscar? God***. Just check it out, he’s gonna do A-team, maybe a couple of b-series movie and then he will fall in oblivion. All this make the sport looks like a fuckin’ entertaining show like WWF or WWE and it pisses me off.

This is what happens when guys get overpaid, they shit all over you!! This guy has forgot what he wanted to achieve before he got the chance to come over to the ufc….if I remember correctly his first post fight interview he stated that he “wanted to get paid” referring to the millions chuck was making! Unless they are gony make sequals then his zcting career could be a short one. I agree with rampage in that he needs to look after himself and his injuries, but to say his bills need paid???? Are you serious this is a multi millionaire, this is what happens when u get what u want um afraid!! Forgets where his bread is buttered!! Oh well onwards and upwards I say, there’s plenty of talent in the 205 pool for this to damage it too bad!

Can’t believe half of you are blamming Dana. What a joke. Rampage does not want to go threw the hard ass training anymore to be able to compete. Forrest Griffen beat this guy. Do you know what Machida or Silva would do.

He’s done and he knows it. Rashad is too quick and athletic and would have killed him. Maybe not Rampage in the past but hey, you gotta understand the body ages. It is sad most of you don’t understand what this sport does to your body. Think of it as a NFL running back. Five to seven prime years against the new competition. The training is hell, the opponents are bigger, faster, stronger. The amount of fighters coming through the ranks is insane. Rampage will be forgotten in a year. Gotta let legends go. It’s part of life.

Love Rampage..but he’s movie star. Rampage makes like 400K when he wins a fight. He’ll be back.

i agree who cares … i mean he made me laugh wit some of his interviews in pride and he won me over ith his toughness and heart but hey he hasnt evolved with the sport and will neva be a contender again until he does anyway and he is not willing to commit like that so let him act ….i pity the fool

WWBRD?

WHAT WOULD BAS RUUTEN DO

Yeah, Rampage is retiring from the UFC. Gonna give up all the money he makes, air time and dry humping female interviewers because he’s been mistreated. I pity the fool that believes that. This is Dana vs Tito 2. He’ll be back….matter of fact, he’ll never leave.

Hopefully, his movie ROCKS and he comes back to the UFC and brings tens of thousands of new fans with him.

Get your fuc*** ass in the cage Rampage.

I really hope they get Ashton Kutcher to play Murdoch. He’d be so funny rippin’ on Rampage the way Murdoch used to rip on Mr.T. If not Kutcher, they should get Chris Tucker or Steve Zhan.

what a bunch of drama queens.

he will single handedly ruin his career if he stops fighting now

Personaly I think it’s a good move on Rampage’s part. The chances of a fighter going to Couture’s age is pretty slim so if he has an exit I would take. As far a him saying he’s done fighting I think the chances of that is about the same as Shogun beating Machida pretty much slim to none. I do think it leaves a hole in the light heavyweight division but at least they could move someone new into his spot (not likely). My biggest problem is with Dana White that guy runs his mouth way too much. I mean he’s the head of the company and calls fighters winers and bitches when they don’t do what he wants. I think he should really shut the fcuk up and get in the cage. It’s one thing to sing it’s another thing to bring. That bitch Dana White has big balls when it comes to chirping on the internet but I bet he’s sporting a set of raisins between his legs when he’s face to face with a guy like Rampage.

RAMPAGE ONLY WANTED TO DO A FILM, HE ISNT CHAMPION LIKE COUTURE WAS AND WENT AWOL FOR 2YEARS TO TRY FIGHT SUM1 ELSE… RAMPAGE BEING IN A BIG MOVIE WOULD HELP UFC WITH MILLIONS OF MORE PEOPLE EXPOSURE !!

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First of all, actors make alot more money than MMA Fighters. A-list actors make 20 million a movie. A-list MMA fighters make about $200,000 in the UFC. Look at the payouts of the past couple of UFC and all you fans out there that have never seen a UFC payout event will be absolutely startled at the lack of respect Dana White has for his money makers. Even B-list boxers make more than A-list MMA fighters. Let’s just get that out of the way. Come on now, what would you do? Be a fighter and train 8 hours a day, sustain injuries all the time and get punched and beat up in the octagon. Or live a nice pampered life of an actor and have the potential of making more in one movie than your whole MMA careeer. Rampage has the potential and the personality to have a career like The Rock. The Rock wasn’t stupid. He knew he would rather be a B-List actor making 2-5 million a flick than be on the road wrestling all year. Some may think Rampage will never be a great actor. He doesn’t have to be. Arnold was terrible actor but he had personality and personality puts people in theater seats. Dana thinks he’s bigger than MMA and that he can say crap about people when thinks don’t go his way. I’m glad Rampage is gone from the UFC. Dana just lost at least 2-4 big buyrate paydays.

Can somoene please tell me how Rampage avoided prison after his hit and run, police chase and made that lady have a miscarriage? He is a complete low life, all he does is make fun of people and is a bully until forest beat his ugly face in!

UFC is a great organization. That said, if Dana White really wants attention, or just to push the envelope, he should put his money where his mouth is and enter the octagon himself. Fighters are warriors, and all the bullshit, so-called respect displayed for the camera or in the humility of defeat cannot change that. When push comes to shove, a fighter WILL kick your ass, and that is what I think mr White deserves. Credit to him for his work and skills, but it’s about that time now, sucker! You can’t keep running your mouth forever – every action has its consequence…. Some day he will get his ass kicked and I just pray that it is live on PayPerView! Go rampage!!

Great post Rampage, I think what your doing is great….. Take care of your family bro. I really liked the part about you and your dad. Remember you only get one dad in this life so make the most of it. I am very proud of you for your stand on this. I loved to watch you fight and I cant wait to see you in the movies.

One loyal fan here

Rick

Dana quit when he was going to fight Teto in a 1 on 1 boxing match after lots of hype and several shows which made him tons of money im sure so the way I see it is he’s a sellout just like rampage. Rampage agreed to this fight before the series now he’s backing out, I think Rashad got into his head. Too bad, even though I liked rampage alot and hated rashad before the series, now that its almost over I dislike rampage and like rashad. With that said I think rampage would still win the fight and should retire after that. Go out like a champ, not like this!

anyone see the latest payperview fight shogun vs machida….ok so first i was thinking machida was going to win, especially that clitch at the frist round. but what happend shogun over powered him in everything. half way through the fight i was wanting shogun to win. i was enjoying all of the fight(very technical) up until… the decission!
WTF how does machida get a unanimous decission after that, im sorry but that was just to much for me makes it look like its just setup. kind of like what? WWE the soap opera for idiot guys(and i hate WWE). either way this is why im never going to watch UFC again(after the fight i was thinking if machida wins im never watching this again and what happens he wins. why because shogun should have been the victer, dont get me wrong or anything i like machida and i was going for him but damn shogun had him beat(never let his hands down)…so in the end i say B f’n S. anyone agree or do you disagree?

He is the best fighter on the planet ,,, some pepole say he sucks but they dont rellyzie how good he is .. He will come back if he whants too fight.

BEST FIGHTER ON THE PLANET….

Hey. Quinton should not do this. I don’t want him being like his buddy tito and havin one fight every year sayin it’s his comeback fight, then losin the fight cause he’s been out for a year. He should do this movie thing that he’s been wanting to do, have 2 or 3 more fights, have a movie, and keep doing it over and over again. That’s the smart thing to do.