Rampage talks newfound love for fighting, says he can beat Jon Jones in a rematch

we already heard from them, you posted first. douche bag.

im taking a wild guess your name is AJICHIBAN lol! anyways the rampage we love is the one that gets KNOCKED OUT or will KNOCK YOU OUT.........so more of that. thank you

Jones and Silva both do the striaght kick to the knees I thought was illagal but if not will become an issue fast like head kicks to down opponent will end a fighters career its like pressure pionts its not fighting

its such a cheap shot and leave it to the ""CHAMP"" to do some cheap ass shit

WTF.......Rampage is so full of crap he doesnt even realize it..

"I have a new love for fighting now"....Sorry Rampage...a new love for fighting will never win fights...EVER...

You should of said for the last year I have been working on my wrestling, JJ, etc. It doesnt matter how much anyone trains..It is the skill one possesses, coupled with the athleticism and then training those aspects which wins fights. Rampage is 1 or 2 dimentiional.

You called me a hate monger? You hypocritical degenerate ingrate.

Yeah, the sad thing is i reply to you trolls this way. You make statements of your own coming straight from your heart. Don't be butt hurt about someone calling you out on your stereotyped hate towards an entire nation.

If Rampage could get his mind right and actually train instead of running his mouth all the time, then I don't think there's much he can't do. He's a solid fighter, but he lets his mind and his mouth hinder his actual ability.

Let me interpret what he said for you: "I'm out of money..."

exactly: newfound love for needing cash

hey FE4 you want take name like DG1. ha! *facepolm* :-) =

Hes too old school to be very good anymore. Hes kinda boring to watch in my opinion. Lol, it must be money...lol....thats funny!!

If he wants to beat Jones he should try to get the fight in California and have Big John McCarthy for the ref. I say California because the knee strikes Jones does is not legal here :]

Not legal by the CSAC rules but the UFC uses the Unified Rules which allows strikes to the knees.



So as long as the Unified Rules stay the same, which they ave for years, Jones will be snapping back knees all day

It should be illegal. Attacks to the joints that can't be tapped out of have no place in a sport. They are for life or death combat situations and that is it IMHO.

I totally agree with you. This is a sport, an athletes need to have careers and make a living. Braking kneecaps and causing permanent damage has no place for the sport. In ral life however, thats a different thing. My Sensei has a shirt made for his Jiu Jitsu, it says....'Jiu Jitsu, not a game, not a sport!" lol I love it!!

Braking??? lol Breaking!! lol

Holy spelling errors Batman. Cant even spell real correctly!! :)

And I suppose slamming someone as hard as he can on the back of their head is less risky than a leg kick? Dunno what's going on with rampage but he sounds like a right **** for some reason. Used to like him but if he's trying to smack talk he needs to put a sock in it before Jones puts a size 18 elbow in it.

He's not talking about regular leg kicks, he's talking about the push kick to the front of the knee. And yes, that kick is far more risky than slamming someone. A concussion from a slam will end your night and put you on a 60 day suspension. If that push kick lands on the front of the knee when there's weight on the leg, it's going to blow out the knee, and a blown out knee can easily end an athlete's career.



That strike most definitely should be illegal. To me, it's much more dangerous than knees on the ground or 12-6 elbows.

The Slam he is talking about is vs Bader. He landed very awkward and looked like it could of broken a normal persons neck.

Actually it was Ricardo Arona. I put a link up. A guy who does this to another person cannot complain about sopmeone who is good at leg kicks. It's absurd yet so many morons buy this shite.

And no one seems to be complaining that arm bar that could wreck someone's career. Supposing Jones does have permanent nerve damage? MMA is dangerous. Injuries can happen in so many ways. Rampage is highlighting this one because it's a technique he had no answer for. A technique which Rogan has said repeatedly is underused but highly effective. If Rampage shut up for once and actually put effort into working out how to deal with this technique he'd be a better fighter for it.

No one complained when Aldo kicked the shite out of Faber's knee did they? No one complained when Mir snapped Nog's arm did they. It's all just because it's Jones and the idiot haters that jump on any sliver of anti Jones sentiment regardless of how stupid and absurd it may be.

The kicks to Faber's knee (if I remember correctly) were from the side. It doesn't really matter though because I have been saying for years that kicks to the knee should be banned. I love AS but I have complained about him using them too.

Azzkiki, unfortunately for your argument, the Arona slam was actually legal, anyone willing to hold on to a triangle that long, knowing your opponent can slam you to kingdom come, deserves the consequences.



That Bader slam was borderline spiking. Which is illegal in MMA

You have the opportunity to tap out of an arm bar. It is a completely different thing.

totally dude.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOJAj-Zbu9c



You trying to tell me this ls less damgerous than a leg kick? FFS how stupid can you get. I don't even know why I bother on this site anymore because there's so many idiots ion here now any sensible discussion is impossible.

It is extremely dangerous. That doesn't change the fact that knee kicks should be banned. I will say though, when you slap a triangle on someone you have to expect a slam and brace for it.

You can dodge knee kicks too. It's a dangerous sport. Should punching to head be banned also? Vitor came a whislers width to blinding Couture permanently. Repetitive concussion can cause brain damage. **** it let's ban everything that's dangerous and forget about MMA shall we and reurn to semi contact sports that has little to do with the art of fighting.

@ Azzkika



Damage from an arm bar is a choice. You can tap.



You do not have that choice when you take a push kick to the knee.



Huge difference.

f**k yeah go rampage! if the man has got his love for fighting back and wants to keep doing it, then im a happy man...i always thought a fight with him and little nog would be a great fight, who knows maybe now it might happen

MMA became a sport, and most of fighters threat it that way, that is why they easily lost to Bones.

If they go out not to win, but to punish and destroy jones, somebody get hurt, but jones will lose.

In the first fight he couldn't even get close to Jones, so how is he going to beat him? By telekinesis?

He didn't get close and I don't see him winning a rematch BUT he did some things well in that fight. His take down defense in that fight was really good. Most people can't avoid any TD attempts from Jones and he shrugged off a couple. I think that an in shape and motivated Rampage can give Jones as good a fight as any.

Hey Rampage--glad to hear you got your love of fighting back'--but puhlease....



Stop whining about wrestling or claiming certain legal kicks are not 'honorable'.



When you were in Pride, head stomps were legal--were they dishonorable too?



Just show up to the fight in condition--and try to mix it up like you used to. If you come back as a only a boxer with Frankenstein footwork--nobody will be impressed.

@codemaster.



Spot on comment about the Frankenstein footwork. When a fighter, in this instance Rampage, gets to a certain age their legs no longer take them to where their mind knows they should be. However they still have power, I believe his footwork is designed to help him sit down into his punch and utilize his asset of power. Unfortunately for him, apart from the likes of Wanderlie... not many fighters are prepared to stand and trade.



I'm not convinced by Rampage, if he had refound his love and desire to fight, what was the reason for it? Wouldn't that be something he would want to discuss in great length?



I assume that fan feedback on the Rampage brand suggests that opinions have cooled as a lack of engagement towards the sport generally turns people off. I believe what we are seeing here is a Public Relations message, designed to re-ignite belief for that one last fight.

This guy is so over the hill and needs to retire before he gets seriously hurt.

I agree with many of the points Rampage makes. The way bader fought was boring, thats typical of wrestlers though. And Jones' knee kick is pretty cheap. Only time I see using that move as warranted is when youre on your back and the guy is standing over you but doesnt want to let you up, then go ahead and kick his knee. But aside from that move his fighting style is next level and as much as I love a Rampage KO I dont think he has a chance against Jones.

Agreed that knee kick is cheap. I wouldn't mind to see it go away. It is another fight slowing technique.

That kick is a part of MMA. How watered down do you want MMA to become? Personally I want head butts back and head stomps and early UFC rules. The further you water it down the less it becomes real fighting and more like boxing.

It is opinions like yours that are cheap. Jones' kicks are excellent, not cheap.

Getting rid of that kick does not water down MMA. It simply acknowledges that MMA is a sport NOT combat.

Martial art means the art of war. In MMA terms it means war between 2 combatants. It should be in it's purest form a fight. The more people seek to water it down the less it becomes a martial art and a niche sport. Fine if you want it as a sport just don't call it MMA because it's anything but.

It wouldn't exist outside of backyards if it wasn't made into a sport. It is a sport. That doesn't mean it has no relevance to combat. It is great practice for a life and death situation. It just isn't the same thing.

Yep,the kick is cheap. Anderson silva caught alot of hell for using that against uh...that one guy...not demian maia...



But yea causing permanent injury isn't too honorable, especially when fighting a guy like vitor. If it were a guy like chael(who has no bones about cheating in order to win any way he can) then it's like fighting fire with fire, but otherwise i don't like it really.



I realize it's legal,but lets face it extraverted thinking or rule and law making is wayyyy out on it's logical consistency sometimes.

Rampage was told by Steven Segal on how to beat Jones. He can not be stopped now.

Rampage, even at this age, is yet to fulfill is maximum potential. Should we believe that he's taken the right steps to change that? That is the question!

Rampage needs to stop talking shit like I'm done with the UFC.



The UFC is his sugar daddy and he needs to train and fight or fuk off..



He is the biggest pride live in the past fighter out there....There is always an excuse with every performance.

Rampage said he knows he can beat Jon Jones. I think he meant Jenny Jones.

BTW, they really should ban those kind of strikes rampage is talking about. Or just let everything else go.

Guest Ask Nogeria if they should ban the Kimura... or any other type of joint attack. Makes no sense to ban the knee strike Jones is doing IMO. It's a legal strike. You start banning one thing... it leads to others... then you are left with the NFL.... where you can't hit anyone or you are fined.



It's an evil strike... but... it should stay.

Hatch

If they were to start banning techniques that are in danger of causing damage, then they would have to start banning all submissions.



Hell, Jones almost had his arm broke in the first round. In all likeliness that caused more damage than Jones's kicks.

they have banned some moves, such as small joint and wrist manipulation, as well as a standing jiu jitsu arm break, which is done in a striking type motion.

Uhh if they were to start banning techniques that can cause damage, they'd have to ban fighting......



Wait, that doesn't work. The issue isn't that it "causes damage", the issue is that it can cause severe injury in a way that is not easy to defend against.The risk vs reward consideration is unbalanced,like a groin kick.



Anyways,rampage is one of those old dogs that can't learn new tricks. Work effort redoubled though, i think he could be a contender for most people since i heard he used to be able to wrestle.

you spelled Snatch wrong.

uhh what? You have to EARN a submission,in addition there are actual defenses against it. With that kick however,the only real defense is not to move forward...that doesn't really count does it? In addition to that,anyone can do that, it's self-defense 101 right up there with kicking in the groin, and atleast there are cups for that.



-1 for non sequitur fallacy,-2 for slippery slope fallacy

Well put Nemesis. I would note however, that there is a defense against the kick to the knee. If you see it coming you can shift your weight forward and bend the knee to about 45 degrees. This will prevent major damage. That said, I think this is a technique that is intended to cripple and can't be tapped out of so it should not be legal.

hatch1921; you can tap out of a joint lock, you can not tap out of a strike to a joint. Do you see the difference?

You can't tap out of a broken orbital bone, broken jaw, broken arm from a leg kick, and on and on. Those things happen....it's a fight. As mentioned above, it can be defended and Vitor did bend his leg to help absorb the blow on several occasions. It's nasty looking.. but doesn't need to be banned IMO. On another note... Rampage needs to hang it up.

...Uhhh,notice how those things aren't nearly as easy to do? Noone is telling women in self-defense classes to"break the guys jaw" because it isn't easy to do. Kicking someone in the knee so that they wind up pretty much useless, is very easy to do by comparison.



Bending your knee is a pseudo-defense. There's no possibility of a counter and the guy can just launch them all day long if he wants.Disproportionate risk vs reward like i said. It's actually easier to defend against groin kicks and those aren't legal.

It isn't the same. None of those things (except the orbital) will end a career or leave you permanently crippled. I have had a broken jaw (two places), 13 fractures in one ankle and 5 in the other, broken wrists, a broken leg, bruised spinal chord (twice), crushed disks, two popped elbows, a couple of concussions, etc, etc. None of those things have slowed me down any. The damage from a kick to the knee is different. It can easily end a career and change a life. Anyone who doesn't understand this needs to just sit on their couch, STFU, and continue to go through their lives avoiding situations that could result in serious injury because you have no clue what you are talking about.

It isnt that easy to do actually. Otherwise you would see much more of it in MMA. Rampage got a boner over how Jones clowned him and you all got boners over something bad said about Jones. Let it go FFS. It is sad and pathetic.

It is not a pseudo defense. It has to be trained to be mastered but you can use it and quickly shift your weight back. Sure your opponent can shoot them out all day but you need to use foot work to avoid that. If you can't then you can't avoid a jab either. I agree with you other than that though.

Knee strikes could cause some major damage if the opponent is hit ideally by it, but that's much like any other strike in MMA, is it not? Elbows, slams, headkicks, liver kicks, hell any kick can do major damage if you hit the opponent when they are not defending it properly.



We have a bunch of examples in the above posts alone of techniques that could cause just as much if not more, depending on whos throwing them.



I would say Jones's LEGAL elbows are far more dangerous than the knee strikes. Just look at the damage a single one of that mans GnP elbows does, its insane. Broken orbitals, huge cuts on Rampage from a single one that even made Rampage say "wtf" when he looked in the mirror on Danas post fight blog, and look at Belforts beaten face after the first elbow strike.



But even further, how would they intend to ban that form of strike? If they were going to attempt to do that they would have to end up banning all leg strikes. Strikes to the knee - from any angle - can cause major damage. Not to mention strikes could be thrown from other angles and still hit the knee in much he same fashion.



If they end up banning this type of strike, it would be opening pandoras box and MMA would begin to become ban-happy and dumb things down so much that it wouldn't be the same anymore.



Look at Pride rules to now compared to UFC and how many people miss it, imagine in another 5 years of UFC rules are in the same spot Pride rules are in now? That would suck...

That's fine with many lowkickers spy so long as Rampage don't have to eat knee kicks and stand like a beached whale in the octagon.

I like how Rampage acted here. He was pretty chill and laid back with Ariel Helwani.

The two of them looked like they were going to need a room next.

I liked the old Rampage that acted liked a fighter. Not a fighter acting like a dancer and talking about doing videos . If he wants to step in the ring again do it but this interview was his worst ever.

what does a fighter act like?

The drunk obnoxious guy,that's how a fighter acts,watch out for that guy.

Please make up your mind already Rampage,you are worse than a chick! if you are gonna stay then stay&renew;,if not be gone for good,what not more acting offers are knocking at your door after The A-Team tanked? ;D

There are lots of leg strikes that can cause permanent damage and are hard to defend against. But nothing is "impossible" to defend against, just for certain athletes, some moves are much harder.



Palhares and his heel hooks spring to mind, and they can do way more damage than any kick Jones throws. JJ's legs are long, and he times them well, so they are very difficult to stop



But still legal. I bet Rampage wouldn't mind seeing all leg kicks banned, since he never uses them anyway.

Rampage talks crap, always has. He's nothing more than a big baby in a man's body.

The caption says it all. ”Rampage TALKS newfound love of fighting.” Stop talking and start showing.

Any Jon Jones fight currently will pay both fighters nicely. Rampage is definitely a founding father to the sport, and with no respect to his abilities because he can still defeat most fighters today; unfortunately his time has past, as it will come to all fighters. I don't think at any point in Rampage Jackson's career he could have beat Jon Jones today. Jones is a completely different type of fighter and possesses too much arsenal for Rampage to compete in addition to his length... Furthermore, I don't think Rampage even came close last time around - Jones completely dominated him. He's only talking that for hopes of sparking fans interest and getting the extra cash.