Comments on: Quinton “Rampage” Jackson meets the police

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:36:22 +0000

I hope we don’t keep seeing this panty-waisted hand-wringing everytime a fighter gets into a legal scrap or some kind of trouble. “It’s bad for the sport! It’s bad for the sport!” Give me a break. MMA is way beyond the actions of a few fighters with bad judgment. The truth is that a certain percentage of fighters is going to have problems like this. You’re going to have your Jeremy Jacksons and your Rampage Jacksons, just like you do in any other sport.

It will NOT significantly affect MMA when the occasional knucklehead gets in trouble, so the MMA media need to quit overreacting with worry. Individual fighters may see their careers end over their indiscretions, but the sport will go on unabated. It’s time to quit mothering MMA’s “image”.

By: IceMuncher

IceMuncher — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:48:09 +0000

Contract disputes and felonies. Does this mean the UFC has finally arrived as a mainstream sport?

Dana probably has a tear in his eye.

By the way, this is a complete dud as far as PR concerns go. Nobody is going to bat an eye at a traffic violation or evading the police. .

When Chuck Liddell rapes a chick, we can worry then.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:40:28 +0000

“Since when do felonies stop you from being a fighter?”

I was about to say that having felonies would prevent you from being a fighter if you were incarcerated, but then I remembered former pro boxer James Scott.

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=2347&cat=boxer

Imagine if Rampage got incarcerated and Dana White decided on prison UFC cards? Dear lord…

By: Zack

Zack — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:25:41 +0000

The biggest loser in all of this is Toyo Tires. If a tire can’t hold up on the freeway, sidewalk, and freeway median, you won’t be me purchasing that brand anytime soon.

By: Ivan Trembow

Ivan Trembow — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:09:43 +0000

If the charges are true, he should also be suspended for at least as long as a steroids suspension would garner.

By: Robert Tindall

Robert Tindall — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:43:38 +0000

All of this just days before the UFC goes toe to toe with Affliction. T-shirt guy has to be loving this, just as long as this bad publicity doesn’t make more people tune into Spike. Lets see how Dana White spins this one in his favor, if he can.

By: Brandt

Brandt — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:41:29 +0000

I have some pics from various sources on my site for those who are interested. He’ll get everything reduced from felony and he’ll get fines/community service. No jail time, he’s a star.

By: doem

doem — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:39:23 +0000

what about the Sherk incident, where they started asking him all those questions about a bar fight that happened 10 years ago? So they started asking him those questions after a suspension, does that mean they are not going to ask anything of quinton?

By: Zach Arnold

Zach Arnold — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:23:37 +0000

The only problem it would cause is for foreign travel, so Jackson’s career would be somewhat limited.

By: Rollo the Cat

Rollo the Cat — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:18:54 +0000

Since when do felonies stop you from being a fighter?