MMA legend Rampage Jackson has detailed what he believes led to the downfall of his iconic career in the sport.
As we know, Rampage Jackson is an icon within mixed martial arts. Thatās been the case for decades now, as he made his mark both in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and outside of it. Of course, he declined, as is the case with most fighters.
Still, at one point, Jackson was a true superstar. He was in blockbuster movies, big fights, and always took on the toughest tests available. In short, he did everything right ā well, at least in the eyes of the public.
In a recent podcast, Jackson spoke to Bryan Battle about some of the mistakes he made.
Jackson gets serious
āBattle, donāt get complacent with the scales,ā he told the welterweight, who used MMA as an outlet to lose over 100lb and become a top athlete. āAlways push yourself harder even if you outgrow your teammates and coaches donāt feel bad.
āIām going to tell you something, with your personality and your skills you can be a big star in the UFC and thereās not that many stars. It could be your time soon, right? So make sure you train really hard, Iām talking about take it super serious.
āI donāt care if your friends tell you āoh you think youāre thisā. F*** that, youāve got to be selfish for a little while because father time is undefeated and itās going to be a short window. Iām telling you, keep honing in on your skills.
āDonāt get complacent because that happens to the best of us, it happened to me. I was like āmy s*** donāt stink,ā and I stopped training as hard. I did. I was a big star, and I stopped training as hard like āf*** itā. Bro, you could be a big star.ā
I wonder what would have happened if he didnt lose to Forrestā¦
Cause we all remember what happened after that
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I was gunna post that blind but i read the thing haha
another epic Whateverrrrrrrrrr
Rampage is the man I was just goofing about
What happened? Drawing a blank.
Wasnāt Rampage eating Snickers in bed and hiding the wrappers from his fitness coach? It was that bro science dude from one of the TUFās.
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Rampageās career was disappointing after losing the UFC titleā¦ I rooted for him in every fight except the Randleman match and he will always be one of my all time favorite fighters. Very happy to see him finding great success with the Jaxxon Podcast!
Ahhhh ok I definitely recall that event. Didnāt recall the timing of it though.
He Lost His PRIDE
Rampage injured his leg early against Griffin, who still couldnāt put him away.
After featuring on the UFC game cover, Griffin immediately lost his first defence to Evans and got completely humiliated by Silva. Heās the Dave Menne of the LHW division.
I was looking for the video of them showing off the first new UFC with forrest and rampage at a public thingā¦
Rampage wasnt happy with how the dev was playing grabbed the controller, runs across the cage and flatlines forrest haha.
Forrest twas not happy
ā¦thats not fairā¦
Ok thats pretty fair.
But fuck you i love forrestā¦there was dust in the room when they read the decision haha