Rampage Jackson vs Lyoto Machida in the works

July 22, 2010 16:12 by MMA Admin

It looks like former Lightheavyweight champions Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida are set to face each other in November.

UFC president Dana White told the times on Wednesday that the although the fight has been signed, a location and event has not yet been determined.

Both fighters are coming off loses, Rampage to Rashard Evans, and Machida lost his belt to  Mauricio "Shogun" Rua.

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson arrested

July 16, 2008 12:33 by MMA Admin

According to Yahoo Sports, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champ Quinton Jackson was arrested late Tuesday afternoon following an incident in Costa Mesa, California.

The Costa Mesa police department claims that Jackson was seen driving with a flat tire whilst talking on his cell phone (which recently became illigal while driving in California). The police attempted to pull him over, but Rampage ignored the officers and continued driving. It is believed that Rampage had struck other vehicles before and during the pursuit. During the chase Rampage weaved in and out of traffic, and at one point was driving on the wrong side of the road, and even on a sidewalk.

A tire on the car eventually blew out and came off the rim, forcing Rampage to pull over, where he was arrested at gunpoint (picture courtesy of TMZ.com). He is currently being held on $25,000 bail after being charged with hit-and-run driving, felony evading and reckless driving. 

UFC 86 Griffin Rampage : Possible Rematch

July 7, 2008 23:36 by MMA Admin

After a 5 round bout Forrest Griffin came out on top with a unanimous decision over Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.  According to Sherdog however, Jackson's Coach, Juanito Ibarra, has stated that he feels Rampage was unfairly robbed of a victory, and has hinted at an appeal to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Randy Couture however,  coach and training partner of Forrest Griffin, believes that the fight was close but the decision was still correct. Couture based his logic  on the fact that Griffin controlled the centre of the Octagon and appeared to be the aggressor for the majority of the fight.  Forrest openly requested a rematch immediately after the fight, and although Rampage was  gracious in defeat, he had no reservations in  stating that he thinks he won the fight later at the post fight press conference.