Quinton “Rampage” Jackson did not suffer serious injury in his bout with Forrest Griffin at UFC 86, as was initially feared. Instead of waiting until January to get back in action, the former champ was cleared by a doctor to get back in the gym next week, trainer Juanito Ibarra said:
“After the fight, he had a knot the size of a cantaloupe on his shin,” Jackson’s trainer, Juanito Ibarra, told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “I’ve never seen anything like it in all the years I’ve been in the fight game. It was ugly. The next day it went down. Today, there’s no bump at all. The doctor said he’s fine. It’s a deep bone bruise now. He’s totally fine. There’s no damage. All we’re waiting for now is the rematch.”
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“Forrest said after the fight he didn’t want to do it again, but he had to, remember? He said that because he felt in his heart he didn’t win that fight. Let the kids heal, and let’s get it on.”
This is good news for the UFC, whose options just got better with so many possible light heavyweight matches at their disposal.
As for Ibarra, he insists he is not going back on his vow to retire if Jackson lost:
“I’m not going anywhere. I don’t go against my word, but look at the video. Did it say I’m retiring from the fight game? No. You know what I’m retiring from? The waterfront. I’ve been a longshoreman for 28 years. I’m retiring from the waterfront.”
Oh, you sly dog. You pulled one over on all of us, Juanito. Don’t we look the fool now?









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commentsi would actually like to see griffin and henderson if he would pop back to 205
What better than Rampage-Silva 3? It would be impossible to say that the winner of that fight doesn't deserve a shot at Forrest. Then we either get our rematch or Forrest has a chance to prove himself yet again by knocking off another of the great Pride nicknames.
quote o' the fukin day right there.
July 9th, 2008 at 11:35 am
@Aaron From Alaska-GO GET YOUR SHINE BOX!!!!
"GO GET YOUR SHINE BOX!"
You stole that from me.
Did you pay a lawyer a hefty fee to find this ridiculous loophole? At least fess up and admit that you never imagined Quinton losing to Forrest. And let this be a lesson for any future predictions you may unwisely make. In the sport of MMA, any fighter can beat another fighter on any given night!
I think the Rampage stoppage against Chuck was justified since it sided on fighter safety. I see your point about letting a man truly fight for the title but that brings up the question of whether you should ref/judge a title fight differently than any other fight (I don't think you should but thats just me).
I definitely agree with the later half of your post. I don't think anyone can be too upset at a decision, especially one as close as the Rampage-Forrest fight. I also agree that Rampage needs at least one non-title fight victory before he earns another shot.
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