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This following is the
official comment, from Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, about his future
in MMA. It is unedited, and can be found on his official website.
I'm done fighting..
The UFC has done a lot for me but I think I have done more
for them. The UFC bought WFA to get my contract & they saved my
life, so I felt loyal to them. They pushed me into a fight with
Chuck Liddel even when I clearly stated I wasn't ready to fight for
the belt because the American fans didn't know me but I took the
fight and didn't complain & after I won the American fans booed me
for the first time which changed the way I saw them & it hurt me
deeply.
Then before I can even get out of the cage they announced that I was
fighting Dan Henderson without even asking me. After I beat Dan
Henderson, I made history in becoming the first undisputed champion
in MMA but was never even given the pride belt in the cage & I was
never promoted as the undisputed champ. Later Anderson Silva was.
Then they had me coach TUF season 7 and fight Forrest and the fight
was very controversial & normally when a fight is that close &
controversial there is normally an instant replay. I can name a
couple of instances. Instead they offered me the Vanderlei Silva
fight which I gladly accepted even though I know it was a very risky
fight for me to take because of all the drama that was happening to
me at the time. I fought that fight with a jaw injury and then a
couple weeks later Dana called me and asked me to fight Rashad. For
the first time I said no, I didn't want to fight because it was such
short notice & I wouldn't have had a long break between camp. Dana
talked me into fighting Rashad anyway but Rashad refused the fight
and so I had to fight Jardine as a favor to the UFC instead of
getting my belt back (which wasn't even worth it to me financially).
Then I reinjured my jaw in the fight with Vanderlei & Jardine. Frank
Mir gets hurt so they wanted to switch my fight from UFC 100 to the
fight Frank couldn't make it to but I couldn't fight cause I needed
jaw surgury. So they give Machida the fight against Rashad & they
told me they want me to coach TUF season 10 against Rashad. That's
why I wanted Rashad to win so bad but when Rashad got knocked out I
told them I wanted to fight Machida for the belt but Dana told me if
I coach TUF against Rashad that I could fight Machida afterwards
cause this was a different type of ultimate fighter show they were
doing. After I signed the contract Dana then changes his mind & says
I have to fight Rashad & even told me what to say in the press & so
my fans think I was scared to fight Machida. After all that I still
never complained & I did it all.
Then this movie role came about that I have been trying to get for
over a year & as soon as I found out I was close to getting it, I
called Dana right away & asked to push the Memphis fight back just a
month or so. I told him what this movie role meant to me. I told him
that I used to bond with my father watching the tv show as a kid
when my parents where still married & it represents the memories I
had with my father when we lived together. My dad became an
alcohalic & addicted to drugs & we grew apart. But after my dad got
his life back together, I was so proud of my dad & I told him I
would always take care of him in the future & make him proud of me.
My dad & I are still very big fans of the show & I am basically
doing this for the childhood memories I had spending time in front
of the tv with my dad. Dana went on the internet & mocked me because
of that & I still did nothing. Dana & I finally talked & we made up
& then after that he went back on the internet & said some bullshit
& he was talking bad about the movie when information is not even
supposed to be released & talking about payments which is not even
true could really hurt my future acting career, which could very
well last longer than my fighting career. I'm not like Randy
Couture. My body has been getting so many different injuries that I
wont be able to fight until my forties & neither do I want to fight
that long. So I feel like my second career could be in jeopardy.. so
I'm done fighting. I've been getting negative reviews from the dumb
ass fans that don't pay my bills or put my kids though college. So
I'm hanging it up. I'm gonna miss all my loyal fans but hopefully
they'll follow me to my new career & I will gain more loyal fans
along the way. & all you hater fans out there can kiss my big black
hairy ass! & anybody that don't like what I just said can come try
to kick my ass!
I still feel the UFC is a great organization and I felt like I was
very loyal to them but they didn't respect my loyalty but I wish the
UFC the best. I did a lot of things for them. I wish no bad blood
between us but I have kids & a family back in Memphis to provide for
& thats all that matters to me!
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