Latest UFC news: former light heavy weight champion, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson takes a leave of absence to pursue an acting career.
Haha ok time to stop joking, oh wait, you’re serious?! This is exactly what I said when I heard that one of my favorite fighters, Rampage, was leaving the UFC to act as B.A. Baracus in the “A-Team.” Although the cast is respectable (Bradley Cooper and Liam Neeson), let’s be serious, he is a brutal, vicious body-slamming machine! His job is not to say, “Ugh, I pity the fool!” it is to mangle his opponents’ face and shut their lights out.
After Rampage’s brutal knockout punch against Wanderlei Silva, he stood face-to-face with his next opponent-to-be, Rashad Evans. The two were going back and forth with threats and descriptions of how they were going to destroy each other. Rampage looked at Evans in disgust, and his eyes penetrated Evan’s soul while he said, “I will knock you clean out.” It was shaping up to be an excellent event and it would be a fantastic match-up.
They were scheduled to fight at UFC 107. For the 10th season of The Ultimate Fighter, the two were chosen as coaches. On the show Rampage and Rashad would constantly jabber about each other’s weaknesses and juvenilely insult one another. For instance, one episode included Rampage’s rant about how Rashad had bad breath. Regardless, the hype was building up and my anticipation was growing exponentially. Unfortunately, the hype is always greater than the actual event, or in this case, no event at all.
I have heard rumors about Rampage and Rashad fighting at UFC 114, but I don’t know what to believe anymore. My mind is telling me no, but my body is telling me yes.
"I will knock you clean out."
ReplyDeleteShivers. Why can't he be an actor? Perhaps he'll take Vin Diesel or The Rock-type roles, saying lines the one above.
Or maybe he'll become the next Meryl Streep.
haha I can always count on you for a good laugh, sir.
ReplyDeleteRampage and Meryl Street go together like Rush Limbaugh and Bruce Springsteen...
ReplyDeleteZach hit this one on the head; any MMA viewers will tell you a million different things about either one of these guys one day and totally change their opinions the next.
Respectable is an understatement to the great Liam Neeson, I'm afraid I must add. The only low point of the article was using an adjective that already exists in the dictionary to describe Liam Neeson.
Just joking (but he *is* awesome). If this fight does happen, do you think it will be explosive or more on the technical side?
His job is not to say, I pity the fool! Great sentence, Zach. I like your use of humor in describing these bone-crushing machines...
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