« A note to readers about Affliction: Banned | Home | Kelvin Hunt: Making the case for Tim Sylvia beating Fedor »
New details released in media about Rampage Jackson incident
By Zach Arnold | July 17, 2008
More details are coming out regarding Quinton Jackson’s alleged hit-and-run incident and they are not pretty at all. As if the story wasn’t strange enough, the folks at Total MMA found this. The Sun in the UK asked Michael Bisping for his thoughts on the situation.
- Jason Probst: Fight of the Night – UFC vs. Affliction
- The Long Beach Press-Telegram: Cashing in on its Affliction
- The LA Times: Fedor Emelianenko prepares for ‘very important’ fight
- USA Today: Affliction packing a big punch in first MMA promotion
- The Telegraph (UK): Ticket rush for Michael Bisping UFC 89 showdown with Chris Leben
- The Canadian Press: Grappler proves he Cain do it all
- USA Today: Anderson Silva eager for ’standup war’ versus Ultimate Fighting’s Irvin
- Press Release: Former UFC champion Andrei Arlovski launches a social network
- The Baltimore Sun: He’s no Gump – UFC champion Forrest Griffin defies stereotypes
- G4TV: ‘UFC 2009 Undisputed’ details
- News 10 (Sacramento, CA): Local MMAer Joseph Benavidez lands center stage in DREAM
- The Virginian Pilot: Local martial artists are mixing it up in a big way
Topics: Affliction, DREAM, Japan, MMA, Media, UFC, UK, Zach Arnold | 7 Comments » | Permalink | Trackback | Share This
The Affliction talk seems to be getting a little louder. I’ve heard Trump on for them both yesterday on Stern and today on ESPN Radio’s Mike And Mike (which gets simulcast on ESPN2). I’m kinda interested to see if the weigh in gets any press whatsoever from ESPN Friday/Saturday morning.
How well did Trump advertise Affliction on that show? On Max Kellerman’s show he spent the majority of the time talking baseball and boxing and didn’t utter the name of his MMA promotion at all. He said tickets were sold out while in reality just over 60% are sold. He didn’t even mention who was fighting or the exact time and date of the event (he just said “this weekend”).
Anyone see this today?
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3492875
Whatever that was on Craigslist, it’s been removed. Anyone care to tell us, what was on there?
I too missed the craigslist post. Lots of strange stuff about Rampage, but when I was over in Japan he was always doing weird public stunts, almost as if his social behavior was skewed. Still seems to early to guess what actually happened.
My friend said they offered him the role of B.A. in the new A-Team movie, but he turned it down. Just hope no one got hurt and he can keep this sort of stuff inside the cage. Wish he did this in his most recent fight.
How come no one wants to talk about the narcotics problem in American MMA?
Guys
I hate to say this, but I cannot change the way I feel just because Jackson happens to be a fighter that I really like. He is a dick and a punk and f*cking bastard for doing what he did. He freaking sideswiped a car with a pregnant lady in it….and by chance, did you happen to notice that he was driving a monster truck? I saw something like this on an episode of Cops back in the day. Some guy was weaving all through traffic and hit two or three people and finally t-boned some poor lady in an intersection. I remember how much hate and contempt I had for that guy, and I was really glad when the cop was “rough” with the suspect…and right now, I am picturing Rampage as that guy right now.
Get the F*ck out of the sport…I mean, we do not need this kind if sh*t.
Honestly, if he never fights again, I will be sad, but glad that it is so. And this is coming from a fan of his from way back in Pride and K-1…I loved his fight with Silva @ Pride 28. Shameful.