Is The UFC Losing One Of It's Star Fighters? Quinton "Rampage" Jackson Wants Out Of His Contract

 

UFC President Dana White needs to do something quick or risk losing one of the most popular fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

 

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson is adamant that he will only fight one more time for the organization, then he will leave for what he hopes are greener pastures. And by greener, I mean more money. The problem for Jackson is that the UFC has a stranglehold on the sport.

 

The UFC's parent company Zuffa, LLC has bought out World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC), Pride Fighting Chamionships, Strikeforce and World Fighting Alliance (WFA). What that means is if you plan of fighting in mixed martial arts you will either fight for the UFC or starve.

 

In the past week Rampage has twice stated he's done fighting for the UFC after his next bout.

 

"I feel sorry for my next opponent, no matter who or what it is," Jackson wrote via Twitter several days ago. "I will fight whoever they put in front of me — I always have — but it will be my last fight in the UFC. I have other things on my mind. I didn't say I would be done fighting; I just said I'm not fighting for the UFC (u fight cheap)."

 

According to Yahoo Sports Jackson was paid $325,000 for UFC 96 in 2009. A win against Keith Jardine. Since that time he has fought five more times in the Octagon with only two wins. One of those losses was a championship fight against Jon "Bones" Jones.

 

It's being reported that the UFC has asked Rampage to take a pay cut because he is losing audience "appeal" which is probably what set him off.


Rampage's record now stands at 32-10. At 33-year's old his options are limited, but despite being told he has lost his "appeal" fans still like to see him fight because he goes for the knockout every time. But his temper may get the best of him. Check out his most recent Twitter rant below.



If this keeps up we may not be seeing much more of Rampage in the Octagon.


What do you MMA fans think of this situation?



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Comment by ItsTheKid22 on March 12, 2012 at 5:14pm
he talked all kinds of s*** towards jon jones he loses that fight now his income goes down !
Comment by Talk OF Holland on March 12, 2012 at 4:05pm
Rampage fights are getting boring......standing almost like 4 2 min doing s***.And the ground he sucks.And 4 the rest he just got a big mouth.If u gonna end it......don´t be like bret favre
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Comment by F***THEWORLD on March 12, 2012 at 6:23am
Rampage been wack ever since he got the acting bug.
He lost hisassion evrr since they said he was 'alright''as an actor.
Dont bash thhe Ufc.
They cant take ur passion away! Only u can do rhat...
Buissnes is buissnes but Dana is a cool dude.
And he
Et Rampage GO
Comment by John on March 12, 2012 at 5:12am
DANA IS SMART THOUGH, LISTEN, TO AVOID PAYING TONS OF MONEY, HE STRICLY ONLY PAYS TO THE FIGHTER, THEN THE FIGHTER HAS TO PAY HIS AGENT,LAWYER,MANAGER/TRANINER ECT..... USUALLY ITS THE OTHERWAY AROUND, BUT DANA DONT HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THAT BS, HE GOES DIRECTLY TO THE FIGHTER, GIVES HIM THE MONEY, AND THE FIGHER HAS TO PAY THE CAMPS/MANGERS/WHOEVER...SO IF PEOPLE ARE MIS HANDLING THERE MONEY ITS ALL ON THEM, DANA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT... BUT RAMPAGE IS 100% RIGHT ON 1 THING, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE GETTING PAID MORE, THEY DIDNT AT FIRST CUZ ONLY ME AND A FEW PEOPLE WACHED IT, NOW IT TOOK OFF LIKE WE KNEW IT WOULD, DANA SHOULD RE NEGOTIATE, BUT WOULD U GIVE PEOPLE MONEY OUT OF UR POCKET? IDK DEPENDS ON THE PERSON IM GIVING IT TO I GUESS
Comment by paul on March 12, 2012 at 3:04am
Rampage is right though, other fighters have pressed the issue of being underpaid and Dana White spews verbal diarhea to the press about it and all that s***. UFC is making billions, and I can bet a big chunk of that goes to the execs. But Rampage needs to realize where else is he gonna go to get as much $ as he did in the UFC? Bellator is second rate and I doubt they'd pay more than 200k at the very most if they could even afford it, per fight for him even if he was winning again. DREAM over in Japan's already had financial issues due to their parent company going broke, so even with his level of appeal in Japan, he probably would still get less than what he makes currently with the UFC. If he wants money, he needs to shut up, stop acting like the clown he is and resume KO'ing fools then ask for a raise. May as well transition over to boxing Quinton and hope to god you get a better paycheck there. Since it's clear outside of the UFC, MMA won't give you the paper you want. Brock was the wealthiest paid UFC fighter before he retired making as much as a million to show up and fight + a portion PPV sales. That's as high as it went for the UFC pay scale. They're too greedy up top in the UFC, Dana and his boss Lorenzo both supported SOPA, they don't give a s*** about civil liberties, they just want more money - greedy corporate f******.
Comment by JOHN on March 12, 2012 at 2:45am
lol bumb a** n****, dudes a f***** sell out, cut his b**** a**
Comment by bishop83 on March 12, 2012 at 12:37am
Retire then and stop yapping!
Comment by KEIZER SOZE on March 12, 2012 at 12:35am
hes right about the lack of PAY though DANA WHITE & THE FERTITTAS are RAPING their FIGHTERS FINANCIALLY & DANA WHITE is an EGO-MANIAC D/I/C/K HEAD
When JAMES TONEY fought RANDY COUTURE he got almost twice as much & it was his FIRST MMA FIGHT ?? WTF is that ... a BOXING CHAMP gets anywhere from 5 - 25 MILLION per fight & UFC CHAMP gets at MOST about 500,000 + whatever SKIMP PERCENTAGE they get from PAY-PER-VIEW sales & yeah its only 5 ROUND instead of 12 but so what

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