Tag: Rampage Jackson

For Prideful Rampage, Big Win More Important than UFC 123 Spotlight

Filed under: UFCAUBURN HILLS, Mich. — This isn’t the type of fight that a guy named “Rampage” is supposed to win. Not a guy who’s a part-time fighter, part-time movie star. Lyoto Machida is too controlled, too dedicated, too accurate to beat wild figh…

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — This isn’t the type of fight that a guy named “Rampage” is supposed to win. Not a guy who’s a part-time fighter, part-time movie star. Lyoto Machida is too controlled, too dedicated, too accurate to beat wild fighters. He waits, he makes you commit, and then he picks you apart. And Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is known for being wild.

Adding to the expected trouble, the Hollywood side of Jackson virtually promised fans a show, saying he planned to revert to the action-packed Rampage of old from his PRIDE days in Japan. He painted himself into a corner by railing against boring fighters and walked out to the cage to the old PRIDE theme song to remind himself of his vow until the last possible second.

The wild Rampage came back at UFC 123, but it was a refined wildness, controlled and in control.

Jackson’s split-decision victory over Machida was not the crushing knockout he hoped for, and it couldn’t steal the spotlight back over BJ Penn’s 21-second knockout win, but in a sense it was something better: it was a performance long on maturity.

UFC 123 Video: Rampage Jackson Had Scare Before Lyoto Machida Fight

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Watch below the UFC 123 press conference highlight video, featuring post-fight comments from Rampage Jackson, BJ Penn and the other big winners on the card.

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Watch below the UFC 123 press conference highlight video, featuring post-fight comments from Rampage Jackson, BJ Penn and the other big winners on the card.

UFC 123 Live Results and Commentary (Murder City Edition)

(“So then I said, ‘Hey Tim, Dana told me if you beat Rizzo he might let you back in the UFC.’ Man, you should’ve seen his face. I think the poor fucker believed me.” PicProps: CombatLifestyle)
I went to Detroit once. Durin…


(“So then I said, ‘Hey Tim, Dana told me if you beat Rizzo he might let you back in the UFC.’ Man, you should’ve seen his face. I think the poor fucker believed me.” PicProps: CombatLifestyle)

I went to Detroit once. During the summer of 1998 my band played at a bar called the Old Miami in the city’s Cass Corridor neighborhood. It was the kind of place where Vietnam veterans hung their actual purple hearts on the wall and tacked up fading snapshots of fallen fellow soldiers with the letters “KIA” scrawled above their heads in ballpoint pen. I kept expecting Dennis Hopper to wander in and say something like, “This is a heavy scene, man.” In fact, the whole town was like a living embodiment of every Bruce Springsteen song ever written. It was kind of cool, in an anthropological sort of way. Needless to say, the middle-aged ex-grunts who hung out at that bar didn’t seem to appreciate our particular brand of balls-to-the-wall, angsty hardcore music. Weird, I know.

I imagine not much has changed. In a lot of ways, war-torn old Detroit is the perfect setting  for Quinton “Rampage” Jackson to stage a comeback fight. Both are getting on in years and still carry an aura of unpredictable violence despite the fact that their best days are probably behind them. I don’t even know what city Machida is like. Where do they drink the most piss? Santa Barbara? Probably Santa Barbara. Anyway,  we’ll be going live at 10 p.m. Eastern. As always, be sure to hit refresh early and often to keep up with the latest happenings.

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Trainer Lance Gibson Discusses Re-Tooling Rampage Jackson’s Game

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsDETROIT — Lance Gibson has officially been with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson as a striking coach through two training camps, but he’s known the former UFC light-heavyweight champion much longer. The two first met…

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DETROIT — Lance Gibson has officially been with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson as a striking coach through two training camps, but he’s known the former UFC light-heavyweight champion much longer. The two first met almost a decade ago, at a Big Bear camp for Tito Ortiz.

At the time, Jackson was in his early PRIDE days, while Gibson was preparing for a Shooto fight in Japan. The two reconnected to help Jackson prepare for his recent grudge match with Rashad Evans, and Gibson has played an even bigger role in preparing Jackson for his fight with Lyoto Machida at UFC 123. He feels the second time around will bear fruit in the octagon.

“The difference between last camp and this one is apples and oranges,” Gibson told MMA Fighting. “His mentality, everything is superb. He’s having more fun, you notice he’s smiling more. He’s enjoying himself. He trained really hard for this fight and he’s excited to show it.”

UFC 123 BETTING ODDS

Steve Cofield of Cagewriter.com and ESPN Radio is back to host MMAFix UFC 123 Betting Odds. Guest analysts, Damon Martin of MMAWeekly.com and Larry Pepe of ProMMARadio.com weigh-in on the 3 most talked about odds on the UFC 123 Main Card including:
AVERAGES:
Quinton Jackson: +200
Lyoto Machida: -260
Matt Hughes: +140
BJ Penn: -170
Tim Boetsch: +425
Phil Davis: […]

Steve Cofield of Cagewriter.com and ESPN Radio is back to host MMAFix UFC 123 Betting Odds. Guest analysts, Damon Martin of MMAWeekly.com and Larry Pepe of ProMMARadio.com weigh-in on the 3 most talked about odds on the UFC 123 Main Card including:

AVERAGES:

Quinton Jackson: +200
Lyoto Machida: -260

Matt Hughes: +140
BJ Penn: -170

Tim Boetsch: +425
Phil Davis: -600

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Rampage Jackson on Lyoto Machida: ‘When He Does Get Hit, He Goes Down’

Filed under: UFC, NewsDETROIT — Rampage Jackson has repeatedly stated his belief that he is a fighter, and Lyoto Machida is a mixed martial artist, and that there is a significant difference. The former has a willingness to take risks and endanger him…

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DETROIT — Rampage Jackson has repeatedly stated his belief that he is a fighter, and Lyoto Machida is a mixed martial artist, and that there is a significant difference. The former has a willingness to take risks and endanger himself in an attempt to finish the fight; the latter is more prone to take the safe route to victory.

But Jackson said there’s a price to pay for what he belives is Machida’s reluctance to engage: he doesn’t know how to take a hit. Jackson said it’s a fact that became obvious to him while watching Machida’s most recent fights.

“I watched that fight with Shogun,” he said. “No disrespect to Machida, but he was punching at the same time. They punched at the same time, and me being a fighter, I could tell that that wasn’t a really strong punch that dropped him. It comes with a price, not getting hit. So that tells me that if he’s not getting hit in fights, he damn sure ain’t getting hit in sparring.