Move over Randy Couture, looks like someone else is ready to retire from MMA and jump into the movie world.
Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson told Five Knuckles that he is setting up his future after fighting and, if the movie world paid him enough money, he would retire now.
“Honestly, I’ve been known for keeping it real and I have to keep it real,” Jackson said. “As soon as movies start paying me more than I make to fight, I’m gone. It don’t hurt to make movies. It don’t hurt that bad. Everyday I train. Everyday I’m like, ‘Man, I can’t wait until I get another big movie.'”
When asked if movies were his future, Jackson didn’t shy around the question.
“Hell yeah, you can’t fight forever,” Jackson said. “I don’t have the type of blood Randy Couture has. I give it up to him. I take my hate off to that guy, but I’m not that guy. I don’t plan on fighting until I’m 40. And I’m not Chuck Liddell. I’m not coming to work inside the UFC office when I retire. That’s not me. I’m an entertainer, I like making people laugh. I like doing movies, action moves and stuff like that. I might even try to be a comedian one day, who knows?
“I wanna keep going after I get done fighting. Some fans are kinda selfish, they don’t understand I got four kids that gotta be put through college and everything. MMA don’t have an MMA pension. They don’t pay you once you retire. I got bills, I gotta keep going.”
Jackson is still a force, but I think his best days are behind him. It will be interesting to see if Jackson considers hanging it up if he is upset by Matt Hamill at UFC 130 on May 28.
