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10-28-2009 12:00 PM:Quinton "Rampage" Jackson had some folks scratching their heads after his win at UFC 96 in March. He was offered a shot at light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida and passed. The reason? He explained that he could make more money and get extra attention from a gig on the UFC's reality show. It was all about the benjamins. Well, if the goal was to turn himself into a heel, he's done a brilliant job through six weeks of The Ultimate Figher 10. His public spat with the UFC and Dana White hasn't helped either.
Through the beginning of 2009, Rampage was probably amongst the top five fan favorites with mixed martial arts followers. That's probably not the case now. He is taking a beating from viewers coming off as childish, immature, selfish and his fight knowledge seems to be at an elementary level. Cagewriter spoke Rampage's friend Tito Ortiz who said everyone needs to take it easy on his buddy (5:00 mark):
Ortiz explained that he was cut out for the coaching spot on The Ultimate Fighter 3 because he came from a wrestling background. Rampage has never been a guy who should be motivating others, he has enough trouble doing that himself:
Tito was also asked about his TMZ encounter with a flunky on the streets of L.A. who was asking for money. Make sure you listen to what Ortiz says about Mexicans and their work ethic (2:48 mark).
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Cagewriter is an MMA blog edited by Steve Cofield.
Through the beginning of 2009, Rampage was probably amongst the top five fan favorites with mixed martial arts followers. That's probably not the case now. He is taking a beating from viewers coming off as childish, immature, selfish and his fight knowledge seems to be at an elementary level. Cagewriter spoke Rampage's friend Tito Ortiz who said everyone needs to take it easy on his buddy (5:00 mark):
"On The Ultimate Fighter, he's not a coach, he's a fighter. He's a kid who came from the streets, he's in survival mode right now," told DC and The Sunshine Man show on ESPNRadio1100 in Las Vegas.
Ortiz explained that he was cut out for the coaching spot on The Ultimate Fighter 3 because he came from a wrestling background. Rampage has never been a guy who should be motivating others, he has enough trouble doing that himself:
"I used have to press him, I used to have to push him because he never wanted to bring the best out of him. When he went on his own, he understood that the only way to survive is to work super hard."
Ortiz backs Rampage's decision to make a run at a movie career saying he has a lot of mouth's to feed but he also said some of his decisions have been ill-advised and that the UFC did take care of him in the past. This is the new Tito, straddling the fence!&
Tito was also asked about his TMZ encounter with a flunky on the streets of L.A. who was asking for money. Make sure you listen to what Ortiz says about Mexicans and their work ethic (2:48 mark).
More...
Yahoo! Sports.
Cagewriter is an MMA blog edited by Steve Cofield.
