Rampage retired.
http://www.rampage-jackson.com/profiles/bl...m-done-fighting

Good bye. Not too worried about this. I still think he fights in 1.5-2 years when he needs the $ and there are no Lyoto opponents.

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!

are you really quoting Rounders lines in the MMA thread?

ghey

Kimbo vs Roy Nelson next week. Niiiiiice

I read the MMA chat by Jon Anik of MMA Live fame every week on ESPN.com (Wednesday's at 1pm) and he's convinced that Kimbo won at least one fight on the show. No way they hype him this much for a one and done on the third ep. I hope he did win. Now I'm excited for next weeks show. Weeeeeeeeee

Noticed last night when the fight started that their was a huge bloodstain in the octagon probally from the opening fight bloodbath. I kinda think now that they have multiple fights at once and edit it to look like their is time between fights.

Having him fight on the 3rd episode is a bit shocking and makes me think the same. I thought they would tease him every episode until the last fight of the opening round.

Noticed last night when the fight started that their was a huge bloodstain in the octagon probally from the opening fight bloodbath. I kinda think now that they have multiple fights at once and edit it to look like their is time between fights.

that or they probably just use the same canves and its just stainded from the last weeks fight

dana said belfort vs anderson in jan. but nothing official yet contract still has to be signed

I read the MMA chat by Jon Anik of MMA Live fame every week on ESPN.com (Wednesday's at 1pm) and he's convinced that Kimbo won at least one fight on the show. No way they hype him this much for a one and done on the third ep. I hope he did win. Now I'm excited for next weeks show. Weeeeeeeeee

Rampage had trouble pronouncing "McSweeney." Whether it was on purpose or not, it was still funny. James is a K-1 level striker and Wes is a big hoss of a man, who was a former NFL offensive lineman. This was a much better match up than Abe and Jon.

Report: Silva to defend title against Belfort at UFC 108 (Jan. 2nd). Yahoo Sports says there's a possibility that Henderson and Marquardt will fight on same card.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blo...elfort-ufc.html

Seriously??? That last fight may have been one of the worst fights I have every seen. I'm not too sure what fights that guy was watching.

I thought it was a decent fight, until both gassed. Which was about a minute into the first round if I remember right. So, yeah pretty boring after that.

It amazes me how these guys gas out so quickly when they look like they are in pretty good shape. It makes the GSP's of the world look even more impressive when they fight 5 rounds with little fatigue.

Well, GSP is a lot smaller, so it's a lot easier for him to go the distance. What would be a better comparison is a guy like Lesnar, who has yet to really gas in a big way. Yeah, he's slowed down, but you see some of these other giant guys just completely die after one submission attempt or one big flurry. Much the same way Bob Sapp would.

I agree with the last post. If he's truly a #1 pick, this season will really suck hard, especially if Kimbo loses this week.

Kimbo requested beard protection and brought gun to training
September 28, 2009 01:36 PM

By Dave Peze | September 26, 2009
FightLine.com Staff

The fighter known as “Kimbo Slice” has helped deliver the strongest ratings in the 10 season history of The Ultimate Fighter series. In an interview with Mike Chiappetta from Spike TV, UFC president Dana White recently revealed that Slice requested a clause in his contract that would protect the fighter's trademark beard during his time in the TUF house.

Pranks in the TUF house have become commonplace in nearly every TUF season and Slice and his manager were concerned that someone would shave his beard while he slept. Aside from the unusual “beard protection” request that White could not guarantee, he described Slice and his manager and as very professional and likable during the contract negotiation process.

In another tale of Slice's eccentricities, his TUF 10 castmate Justin Wren described a story to the TapouT Radio show where, “He (Slice) went down to ATT to train and he got arm-barred. Kimbo doesn’t like to tap so he didn’t tap and the guy hurt his arm so he came back in there with a gun!”

Wren continued, “He felt the guy was really trying to hurt him so he said if someone is going to really try and hurt me, in my career, that is how my make money for my family, so then he said he went and got a gun and was starting to come back in there and they stopped him at the door . . . that was straight out of his mouth.”

Surely the cast members hearing that story helped ensure that Kimbo's beard stayed intact.

what a crappy fight.

what a crappy fight.

TKO by belly suffocation?

Rampage talkin about his big belly was hilarious...it's like tryin' get the blob off of ya! bloop bloop bloop!

But seriously, I wanted to hit that fat shits face with a baseball bat. What is this Sumo!?

Grocery, what was our bet again? I need to go check that. I may have won.

I still think Kimbo does something in this show. Either that or he's getting paid a TON to do all this press by the UFC.

He said that he's training for a fight in December, so it's either the TUF finale (on the undercard or he won a fill in fight) or 107 in Memphis. He won't be on the non-televised portion, that's for sure.

oh please, we'll do a week. No biggie.

I'll think of something and post it here. Warning, it's going to be intensely gay

also, how much of a douche did rampage act like on last night's tuf? Nice to see Rashad pick up the slack for him instead of just leaving the poor fighter to sit and wallow in the loss.

"You're gonna explode, man."
"I'll explode tomorrow."
"Explode on his face."

LOL

Great fights tonight.

Is Henderson double jointed or something. On one of the arm bars I thought I saw his arm go completely the wrong way. Also, I thought Cerrone won that 3 rounds to 2, was suprised with the decision.

Just got done watching the fights. Very tough main event to judge. I thought it was a clear 48-47 fight , but it is very debatable which way it should have went. Henderson might be triple jointed. I really was pleased with how active both fighters were for the full 5 rounds.

Sorry newb question.

Are the fights scored on overall points? Or round by round? I thought Cerrone won rounds 1, 4, and 5, he wasn't dominating though. And Henderson dominated rounds 2 and 3. If the judges do see it as Cerrone winning 3 rounds to 2 does he win? Or does Henderson's domination in rounds 2 and 3 carry over for the overall victory?

Someone can correct me if I am wrong, but I believe it is scored like boxing with 10 pts to the round winner and 9 or less to the loser. So, if they thought Henderson completely dominated rounds 2 and 3, they could have scored them 10-8. So, theoretically he could have won 47-46, even though Cerrone won 3 rounds to 2.

http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/10/13/exc...le-for-ufc-107/
Talks of Houston Alexander vs. Kimbo at 107. Makes perfect match making sense from the UFC. Someone that will either get KO'd by Kimbo and make him look good, or someone that will KO Kimbo and make him look a lot worse than he did in the Roy Nelson fight, therefore hindering the future that he could have making money for other promotions. I also think they keep him around if he wins, and give him a ground guy to make him look bad, going 0-3 in the UFC and looking like dirt on the way out.

Perfect match up for both guys. Probally wont last a minute. I like Houston here, think his hand speed is a little to much for Kimbo.