The troubles of UFC fighter Quinton "Rampage" Jackson continue with a second arrest this week. Rampage Jackson was detained on Wednesday and is being held for a mental evaluation, according to a report on the NBC's website. This was the second time this week the MMA fighter has been taken into custody by the police. Quinton Jackson, referred to by UFC fans as the "Rampage", was first arrested on Tuesday in California, after attempting to evade police. According to the initial report, a policeman spotted Rampage Jackson driving on a flat tire and talking on his cell phone. When an attempt to stop the fighter was made, Jackson tried to elude the police, taking the cops on a short chase. He was arrested and charged with felony evading, reckless driving and hit and run. Rampage Jackson was later released on $25K bond, reportedly posted by UFC president Dana White. Full Article
Rampage Jackson talks about his time in Vegas, not sleeping before the fight with Forrest Griffin, depression and being Fat. He admits to taking 9 months off from training, his injured Elbow and hamstring. Thanks Shaquille o neils sports doctor and puts it out there that he's going to be a new fighter trained by God.
What does a brash, boisterous, 25-year-old do when handed a bonus check for $60,000?
"My money's sitting in the bank," UFC lightweight Melvin Guillard (22-7-2 MMA, 4-3 UFC) proudly proclaimed.
Guillard, who earned his first victory in the UFC in nearly two years at UFC 86, discussed a grown-up plan for his fight purse and his new outlook on life with TAGG Radio
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Crowds in Arkansas came for the lure of cage fighting and $1 beer, but police say what they got instead was men ripping each others' clothes off and kissing -- a stunt suspected of being orchestrated by Sacha Baron Cohen of "Borat" fame.
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Sacha Baron Cohen is suspected of being behind a cage fighting stunt in Arkansas.
"We had a contract for cage fighting. We were deceived," said Dwight Duncan, president and CEO of Four States Fair Grounds in Texarkana, where the first of two Arkansas fights raised suspicions last month.
Matt Labov, a Los Angeles-based publicist for Baron Cohen, said he had no comment Monday about the faked fights. One of Baron Cohen's movies is due out next year. Full Article
A wise man once said "to change and change for the better are two different things."
The Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) last week found itself
toeing that fine line when the group released its newly revamped
recommendations for the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. While
there were several issues addressed in the new form, only one has
caused an uproar: the changing of MMA's traditional weight classes to a
new 14-tier system.
Several of the country's most influential athletic-board directors also
disagree with the new weight class standards, and a few shared their
thoughts with MMAjunkie.com
With UFC 86 in the rearview mirror it’s time to look ahead to some of
the summer’s other big fights. One of those will be a battle between
UFC heavyweights Heath Herring and mixed martial arts newcomer and
former professional wrestler Brock Lesnar Aug. 9 at UFC 87 in
Minneapolis, Minn. Lesnar, who lives in Minneapolis-St. Paul, will be
entering the Octagon for the second time in his career, following a
first-round submission loss to former heavyweight champion Frank Mir at
UFC 81. Lesnar's UFC 87 matchup with Herring was arranged after his
original opponent, Mark Coleman, pulled out of the fight with a knee
injury. Lesnar recently took the time to talk to me by phone about his
career and his preparation for UFC 87. Interview
UFC President Dana White first mentioned the possibility of the
upcoming show during this past weekend's UFC 86 event, and a few
fighters' managers and agents tell us that the organization has begun
initial calls to recruit fighters for the Oct. 25 event.
In theory, UFC 90 will take place a week after "UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben" -- on pay per view, most likely in Chicago. website
Francisco Lorenzo had been knocked down already in the fourth round and was on the verge of going out as Soto chased him into a corner. As Soto moved in to pounce, Cortez (the ref) jumped between the fighters, apparently to stop the fight.
“It was definitely a mistake and Joe acknowledges that,” said Keith Kizer, the executive director of ...
Guess who’s not sticking around at lightweight to cement a legacy as the best lightweight of all time? It’s BJ Penn!
So much for drama and secrets, B.J. Penn spilled the beans with Fighters Club TV. He talks about moving up to 170 in his next fight. This is contingent on the Georges St. Pierre-Jon Fitch [...]
World Extreme Cagefighting has announced the full card for it Aug. 3
event, which takes place at The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las
Vegas.
WEC 35 features a championship triple-header as WEC welterweight
champion Carlos Condit, light heavyweight title-holder Brian Stann and
recently crowned lightweight champ Jamie Varner all defend their titles.
The event airs live on Versus.
