Several moons ago, back in March 2009, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson did what he often does, he riffed on a topic that didn’t necessarily pertain to him at the time. The subject that day was Lyoto Machida, who was then still unbeaten and on his way to becoming the UFC light-heavyweight champion.
Jackson, it seemed, wasn’t a fan of Machida’s deliberate, karate-based style, and though he admitted Machida was good, he called him “boring as hell.” All this time later, Jackson’s words were resurrected and offered up to him to see if he had changed or perhaps softened his opinion on the man he’ll be facing next week at UFC 123. It didn’t take a genius to know what was coming.