Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has been one of the most popular mixed martial arts [MMA] fighters in the sport for nearly his entire career. Jackson is well known for his exciting fights and highlight reel finishes, both in the UFC as well as the legendary Pride FC.
In fact, he’s like to run one of those fights back before he hangs the gloves up. “Rampage” would like a rematch with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, a rematch from a fight that took place in 2005 at Pride FC: Total Elimination. Jackson was brutally knocked out by Rua in the first round by soccer kicks to the head, but says he never should’ve even taken the fight. Technically he’s still under UFC contract due to him fullfilling his fight obligations to Bellator, so the rematch is definitely a possiblity. Jackson explained why he wants the rematch so bad to MMAfighting.com earlier this week.
“I would love to revenge my loss against ‘Shogun’ because that’s one loss that don’t sit well with me for personal reasons,” Jackson said. “I love ‘Shogun’ as a person, we get along great, but as a fighter I never should have taken that fight with my injury. I regret not backing out of that fight, I do. I was dumb back then. I was making cash money and I was just blowing through it, and I was living fight to fight. It was that street life. I fight injured a lot and sometimes you win, sometimes you don’t, but that fight I should have said, ‘Naw, naw, let me heal up.’”Ja
Jackson maintains that he’s still got the desire to entertain the fans and believes that even at 39 years old, he’s got a few good fights left in him.
“I think I got three good fights in me, then after that then I’ll see if I have three more good fights in me,” Jackson said. “I really would like to fight because in MMA, I feel like fighters can get old overnight. I’m 39 years old, I put 17 good years into this sport and my body has taken a toll. I think that I know how to train with injuries and stuff like that, and I’m training smarter. I still have enough juices and energy to entertain the fans, I love entertaining the fans.”
“My whole career I never dealt with the managerial s**t. I just like train and fight, f**k, play video games, play with my toys, play with my kids, that’s my life.”
