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      Rampage Jackson thinking about post-retirement plans

      May 9, 2011 /

      nullMove 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.

      Events, Fighters, News, UFC

      Your weekly MMA TV Schedule update

      May 8, 2011 /

      nullAnother Sunday night means another MMA on TV update for the week.

      This week, there is a pretty light load, but here is a look at the MMA content that will be airing:

      – On Wednesday, the seventh episode of The Ultimate Fighter will air on SpikeTV at 9 p.m. ET. The prelim fights are complete and the wild card fighters have been chosen. Now the quarterfinals will be set with the wild card match and coaches Brock Lesnar and Junior dos Santos will compete in the annual coaches’ challenge.

      – On Saturday at 9 p.m. ET on MTV2, Bellator 44 will take place from Caesar’s Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ. The main event is the Season 4 Lightweight Tournament final with Patricky “Pitbull” Freire (9-1) taking on Michael Chandler (7-0). Another featured bout pits Middleweight Champion Hector Lombard (27-2-1) taking on Falaniko Vitale (28-9) in a non-title fight.

      Bellator, Fighters, News, The Ultimate Fighter, UFC

      MMA News & Notes from the weekend

      May 8, 2011 /

      nullThis weekend was somewhat uneventful in the MMA world coming off historic UFC 129 last Saturday.

      Still, there is always some news going on, so here is a look at some news and notes from the weekend.

      – Jay Hieron won the Bellator Season 4 Welterweight Tournament on Saturday with a split decision victory over Rick Hawn. Hieron used his diverse striking to keep Hawn out of reach, but still took a good deal of punishment and looked like he took more damage when the fight was over. Still, two judges saw the fight 29-28 in his favor, giving him $100,000 and a title fight with Ben Askren in the future.

      – UFC heavyweight Antoni Hardonk retired from competition. He had just an 8-6 record in his career and never quite lived up to the potential that many thought he had. Hardonk is still considered to have some of the best kicks in all of MMA.

      – Tachi Palace 9 took place on Friday and saw a pair of former UFC contenders in action. Middleweight Gerald Harris picked up a unanimous decision win over Anthony Ruiz in his first bout after the UFC while lightweight Efrain Escudero suffered a decision loss to Fabricio Camoes.

      -Gina Carano has an opponent for her return to action as she will face Sarah D’Alelio at the Strikeforce event on June 18 in Dallas. Carano hasn’t competed since August of 2009 when she lost to Cyborg Santos.

      – In a couple of UFC injury notes, Matt Riddle will be unable to compete on June 26 against T.J. Grant, so Grant will now face Charlie Brenneman in Pittsburgh. Lightweight Cody McKenzie is out for his scheduled bout with Bart Palaszewski at UFC 130, but Gleison Tibau will step in to take on the scrappy WEC veteran.

      Bellator, Fighters, News, Strikeforce, UFC

      Diaz lined up for boxing match unless offered GSP

      May 7, 2011 /

      nullNick Diaz seems adamant about one thing. He wants to get paid.

      The Strikeforce Welterweight Champion is seeking either a high-paying super fight with UFC champion, Georges St. Pierre, or he is going to enter the boxing ring in hopes of earning a big payday.

      The good folks at MMAJunkie.com put together a story featuring boxing promoter, Don Chagrin, who has a deal in place to have Diaz face IBF super-middleweight champion, Jeff Lacy in the boxing ring.

      Today’s announcement that Diaz and Lacy will box this fall was met by a caveat from Diaz manager Cesar Gracie, who said the fight could be shelved if the UFC offered the Strikeforce welterweight champ a fight with UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre.

      “I don’t want to get into a thing,” Chagrin today told MMAjunkie.com “I’ve got a contract. If the UFC fight comes up, then we can talk.

      “But they were the ones that wanted me to go ahead, and I’ve gone and acted in good faith. I’m thinking that they will.”

      Gracie said today that he’s waiting to hear from the UFC on the potential Diaz vs. St-Pierre superfight. UFC president Dana White said this past week that he would meet with the Strikeforce champion in his hometown of Stockton, Calif., to discuss the fighter’s future.

      “Barring something like (UFC president) Dana White telling us, ‘Hey, we really need you to fight GSP at such-and-such a date and it conflicts with [boxing] – barring that, we’re going to fight Lacy,” said Gracie.

      This boxing match would be very risky for Diaz as a loss could not only hurt his future there, but it would certainly hurt his chances to fight St. Pierre.

      The choice isn’t to the same extreme as James Toney stepping into the octagon, but Diaz is entering another world. His ability to strike with MMA opponents won’t be the same as fighting a man with the boxing skills that Lacy has.

      Fighters, News, Strikeforce, UFC

      Tank Abbott: I can knock Brock Lesnar out in 10 seconds

      May 6, 2011 /

      In the news out of Imaginary Land, Tank Abbott thinks he can knock out Brock Lesnar in 10 seconds.

      Don’t believe me? Just listen to the man himself, courtesy of FightGameTV.com

      Oh Tank.

      Let’s not forget this is a guy that has a 10-14 career record and was submitted by Frank Mir from a toe hold.

      Abbott could knock out Brock Lesnar if Lesnar stood still and let Tank get one clean shot. Other than that, it ain’t happening.

      It would be like Royce Gracie saying he could submit Matt Hughes. Sure, if Hughes just laid on the ground like a dead fish. But, when the two actually got into the octagon together, it was another story.

      Hey Tank, I think Tim Sylvia is looking for an opponent. Maybe you can still knock him out in a real fight.

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