Rampage Jackson turned down TUF 17 coaching job
Before Jon Jones accepted, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson was offered the TUF 17 job opposite Chael Sonnen but turned it down.
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Before Jon Jones accepted, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson was offered the TUF 17 job opposite Chael Sonnen but turned it down.
With the announcement that the UFC will be making a return to Brazil in January for UFC 156, the question has to be asked just how big can the UFC become in Brazil? It is already huge, and is set to explode next year and beyond. FuelTV’s “Ultimate Answers” poses the questions and has several UFC athletes answer it, from Michael Bisping to Jon Fitch to Tito Ortiz. Brazil is home to great champions like Anderson Silva, Junior dos Santos, and Jose Aldo, and they are respected like the top football and
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson says that UFC matchmaker Joe Silva is the reason why he plans on becoming a free agent.
The former UFC heavyweight champion thinks if Daniel Cormier can make the move down to 205, he can take out the current UFC light heavyweight champion.
UFC Hall of Famer and former dominant Welterweight champion Matt Hughes has always been outspoken, and may not be the most well-liked fighter in MMA. He noticeably came off as brash and headstrong in his tenure as coach on The Ultimate Fighter. Many were excited to see him relinquish his long-held belt to Georges St. Pierre in a changing of the guard. Recently, Hughes came out on an episode of “The MMA Hour” and discussed his feelings about his former foe GSP:
“My one criticism with Georges is
Hot on the heels of the great pay-per-view success of UFC 153 in Rio, news comes that the UFC will be making a return to Brazil sooner than later. Brazilian favorite Jose Aldo is reported to make his return to the Octagon against Frankie Edgar for the Featherweight title, tentatively set for January 19th.
Already once scheduled to fight Edgar for the 145 lb. strap as the headliner of UFC 153, those plans were nixed when the champion suffered a foot injury in a motorcycle accident.
According to Brazilian
For those hoping that Brock Lesnar one day retuns to MMA, Dana White says to not hold your breath.
Josh Koschek is out of action until 2013. But that doesn’t mean that he won’t call out a plethora of fighters that he wants to beat up.
Today, exciting news comes for the fans of the UFC’s Light Heavyweight division as Brazilian media outlet SporTV has reported that former champion Rashad Evans has verbally agreed to face Antonio Rogerio “Lil Nog” Nogueira at a Super Bowl weekend card. Evans had recently been speculating on just whom his next bout would feature, and had stated that a rematch with Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida was something he was very interested in.
Evans was also rumored to be making the cut down to
At one time, Dana White was totally against women fighting in the UFC. It’s safe to say that he is singing a different song today.