One of MMA’s biggest stars in Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has quit MMA following a dispute with the UFC over his upcoming role in the film adaptation of “The A-Team”
Rampage Re-Thinking Retirement?
As most have suspected it doesn’t seem like this retirement is a completely sure thing. Honestly if Dana White would publicly apologize the whole thing would probably be done tomorrow.
Read Article >Rampage Still Talking
Who Does Evans Fight Now? Tiago Silva, That’s Whom
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Read Article >Rashad Evans Reacts: ‘It’s a Bit Premature’
It was only a matter of time until someone got Rashad Evans, Rampage Jackson’s would-be next opponent, on the horn about Rampage’s retirement. That someone was Cagewriter’s excellent Maggie Hendricks, and it doesn’t sound like Evans is buying it:
Read Article >Dana White Says Rampage Is ‘Acting Like A Baby’
I’m not sure that the “he’s acting like a baby” thing is going to lead to any quick reconciliation. While many are saying this will all blow over by the end of the week I’m still thinking that we may not see Rampage back in the cage for at least a year.
Read Article >MMA Community Reactions To Quinton Jackson Quitting MMA Part 2
Mike Rome expands on his thoughts in this article at BloodyElbow:
Steve Cofield at Cagewriter is pretty much thinking along the same lines:
Read Article >MMA Community Reactions To Quinton Jackson Quitting MMA Part 1
Luke Thomas at BloodyElbow had this to say:
While Mike Rome of BloodyElbow disagrees with the takeaway in the comment section of that same article:
Read Article >Breaking: Rampage Jackson Quits MMA
Rampage Jackson announced that he is done fighting on his blog:
This is HUGE news. The Ultimate Fighter is coming off it’s biggest ratings ever and everything is a build to Rampage vs. Rashad Evans, now we’re not likely to see that any time soon. Do I think this is a permanent situation? Not necessarily, but it is very real in there here and now. If the A-Team movie does well at all Rampage will get at least 1-2 more major movie roles and he is not willing to give that up.
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