Polo 1,435 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 QUINTON 'RAMPAGE' JACKSON has sensationally announced he is quitting mixed martial arts. The 31-year-old American is hanging up his gloves permanently to pursue a career in Hollywood. Last month, The Sun exclusively revealed he had won the part of BA Baracus in the forthcoming A-Team movie. His decision to accept the role left UFC president Dana White incensed and forced the MMA promotion to scrap plans for a bout between him and Rashad Evans on December 12. White mocked Jackson's plans to move into films in the post-fight press conference at last weekend's UFC 103 event. And the UFC supremo's behaviour has now seemingly forced the exit of one of MMA's biggest-ever stars. Speaking on his personal website, Jackson said: "The UFC has done a lot for me but I think I have done more for them. The UFC bought WFA [World Fighting Alliance] to get my contract and they saved my life, so I felt loyal to them. "They pushed me into a fight with Chuck Liddell 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 and after I won, the American fans booed me for the first time which changed the way I saw them and 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 and I was never promoted as the undisputed champ. Later Anderson Silva was. "Then they had me coach TUF season 7 and fight Forrest. The fight was very controversial and normally when a fight is that close and controversial there is normally an instant replay. I can name a couple of instances. FILM ROLE ... how Rampage Jackson might look as BA Baracus in A-Team movie "Instead they offered me the Wanderlei 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 of 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 and I wouldn't have had a long break between camps. "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 re-injured my jaw in the fight with Wanderlei and 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 surgery. So they give [Lyoto] Machida the fight against Rashad and 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 and says I have to fight Rashad and even told me what to say in the press and so my fans think I was scared to fight Machida. "After all that, I still never complained and I did it all. Then this movie role came about that I have been trying to get for over a year and as soon as I found out I was close to getting it, I called Dana right away and 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 and it represents the memories I had with my father when we lived together. "My dad became an alcoholic and addicted to drugs and we grew apart. But after my dad got his life back together, I was so proud of my dad and I told him I would always take care of him in the future and make him proud of me. Advertisement "My dad and I are still very big fans of the show and 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 and mocked me because of that and I still did nothing. "Dana and I finally talked and we made up and then after that he went back on the internet and said some b***s*** and he was talking bad about the movie when information is not even supposed to be released and 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 and 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 *** 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 and I will gain more loyal fans along the way. "All you hater fans out there can kiss my big black hairy *** and anybody that don't like what I just said can come try to kick my ***! "I still feel the UFC is a great organisation 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 and a family back in Memphis to provide for thats all that matters to me!" Wanted to see him batter Rashad http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport...-quits-UFC.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goal machine 7,813 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Watching this season of TUF is going to be weird with him coaching. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InnerwickBlue 16 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Fuck sake, Rampage is my favourite fighter as well. What a twat. He could have stayed and done a bit of acting on the side to see how it goes. He might regret this because I doubt he's gonna have a career in acting like the rock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broomloanblues1 8 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 UFC Anit Shit Withoup Rampage Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juno 2 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 The new Rock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 The same day Campbell quits county. No coincidence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broomloanblues1 8 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Well i hope TUF will still have him in it Was looking forward to it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goal machine 7,813 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Well i hope TUF will still have him in it Was looking forward to it It has already been filmed so I think he'll still be in it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo 1,435 Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 Well i hope TUF will still have him in it Was looking forward to it It has already been filmed so I think he'll still be in it All that trash talking with Rashad but he won't get to smash his ugly little puss in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanRfc 1 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott-RFC 308 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Hell be back in a year or 2 when the acting doesnt take off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper 117 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 The same day Campbell quits county. No coincidence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
superalan 0 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Rampage is quality but if he doesnt want to be there then bye bye and let the new breed in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broomloanblues1 8 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Could this be a storyline ? like WWE or somthing what is rashard says rampage quit cause he was scared Blah Blah Then it would make the fight mutch bigger ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott-RFC 308 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Could this be a storyline ? like WWE or somthing what is rashard says rampage quit cause he was scared Blah Blah Then it would make the fight mutch bigger ? Wouldnt have thought so, but it will have that effect when he returns a couple of years down the line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 The same day Campbell quits county. No coincidence. See, he gets it.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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