The UFC may lose one of the greatest faces the organization has ever had if Rampage Jackson is granted his wish of being released from the company.
While losing Rampage would be a shot in the wallet for the UFC, there are plenty of fighters actually winning fights who can already draw as much as the former champion. Jackson’s lack of success will always be at the root of his recent struggles with the UFC.
After losing three of his last five fights, it was almost time for the UFC to force the veteran out of the Octagon anyway, so letting him walk is one less headache for Dana White and the UFC to deal with.
Jackson told MMA Junkie about his displeasure with the UFC and how he has been handled:
The UFC talks about being in a billion homes. They’re making all this money. Yet I’m making less money than I used to make with the UFC. The UFC is getting bigger, which means I’m getting bigger, but I’m making less money. Why? I think (UFC matchmaker) Joe Silva needs to be slapped in the face. I’m sorry, (but) you’ve got a fighter like me who likes to go out there and fight fights, so why do you keep giving me wrestlers who are going to take me down and hump me?
As much as folks want the star to jump to another promotion, that is not the right idea. I know that Jackson will end up fighting somewhere else, but this is his chance to get away from MMA and just be an actor.
Rampage has had one of the greatest careers an MMA fighter could ever dream of, but the end has come. All the knockouts and howls can’t save him from the dreaded hand of father time, but he can still have fun and live his life.
I’m sure the A-Team movie opened some doors for the fighting sensation in the acting world, so leaving the UFC while his brain still functions to pursue a better-paying job in the movies sounds like the perfect move.
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