Quinton Jackson

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The hate train continued on last night's ep of The Ultimate Fighter, which opened up with the coaches mocking each other's losses. Rashad imitates Rampage getting wrecked by Wanderlei Silva in their first fight, and Rampage imitates Rashad's "stanky leg" routine against Machida. Rampage calls Rashad "Gayshad." Rashad calls Rampage a whiny bitch. God, I could watch this all day.

So, back to business. Rashad picks Matt "Meathead" Mitrione to fight Scott Junk, who is frighteningly amped up in the staredown. Dana White likes Scott in the fight, because of all his experience. By default, Mike Wessel vs. Marcus Jones will be the final fight in the round-of-16.

Directly after the picks, Rampage and Rashad get into it again. You can watch the scene here, but basically, Rashad says he's going to make Rampage quit just like he quit in the competition (!), and Rampage says that it's his fighters who have quit, not him. (Cut to a very hurt-looking Kimbo Slice.) Rampage repeats that he's not a coach, but he brought some dudes who can coach, and they're doing a great job, ain't that right? (Cut to a very confused looking Wes Shivers and Zak Jensen.) The coaches nearly come to blows. Rashad has one shoe off, totally ready for it. Rampage: "Take both shoes off. I'm in your face now. Touch me. Please."

("...I, on the other hand, look like a very intelligent and compassionate person." Photo via joblo.com.)

Most longtime fans have gone through some variation of the following experience: You spend months trying to convince your co-workers that MMA is the baddest sport ever invented, and they need to give it a chance. So they come over to your place one night to watch a UFC event, and what they see instead is sloppy brawling, boring ground-hugging, and inexplicable judges' decisions. "It's usually a lot better than this," you say desperately as they slowly file out the door. But it's too late; they're gone, they won't be back, and you'll be eating most of your lunches alone from now on. It's a humiliating feeling. Now imagine if those co-workers were Oscar-nominated actor Liam Neeson and The Hangover's Bradley Cooper, and you'll have an idea of what Quinton "Rampage" Jackson had to endure on Saturday. Sour grape warning begins now:

(Props: ET Online via MMA Mania)

There's an art to wearing a mohawk and growling insults at people. Mr. T had it. Quinton Jackson might not. Skip to the 0:17 mark of this ET fluff piece on the upcoming A-Team movie to see a very brief clip of Rampage in character as B.A. Baracus. To be honest, I'm not sure I quite believe his delivery of "damn fools, man," and I can't help but wonder what an artist like Jamie Foxx would have done with the role. Anyway, it's The Ultimate Fighter, not The Ultimate Actor, so what-evs...

Darrill Schoonover is a drunk. He has a few beers in his belly by 8 a.m., followed by a few shots of whiskey, in an attempt to exact a brutal revenge on the dog that bit him. Unfortunately, it seems to be affecting his work. Schoonover gets handled by Brendan Schaub in sparring, and James McSweeney spills the beans about Darrill's alcohol intake to Coach Rashad. Rashad and his assistant coaches tell him to cut it out, or at least wait until he's won a fight before he starts celebrating. "You can't forget why you're here," Rashad says. But he also sees the potential in Schoonover: "Darill is that little diamond in the rough...There's something in Schoonover that [Team Rampage] just don't know."

Phil Nurse stops by to work with Team Rashad, and we see that scene from yesterday, where Darrill is drunk enough to challenge Rampage to a fight. They have words; most of Rampage's words involve some reference to "titties." Schoonover wants to take on Rampage in a sparring session, or at the very least head-butt him.

The next fight is announced: Schoonover vs. Zak Jensen. We figured Darrill would get a tougher opponent, but maybe his performance in practice has made Rashad nervous. Anyway, it looks like another easy win for Team Rashad. "Titties!", Rampage shouts after Darrill's name is called. "Fuck you bitch," Darrill replies. "Got milk, bitch? Got milk?", Rampage says. Darrill nearly goes after Rampage, but Rashad breaks them up. "Walk up on me again, your ass gonna be in trouble, trust me," Rampage says. "You feel froggy, then jump."

(Mike is not taking your bullshit. No sir, not today.)

Quote of the day from Team Rashad member Mike Wessel, via an interview on Heavy.com:

Wessel went on to deny Rampage's claims that Team Rashad didn't actually like each other, and while he was in a venting mood, he figured he'd blast the TUF producers for all the special treatment given to Kimbo Slice. As the story goes, Slice got to bring an audience to his fight against Roy Nelson: