Quinton “Rampage” Jackson was a guest on the famous Opie and Anthony Show. This is not the first time he has been a guest on the show so as many fans know, Rampage is a fighter that is full of character and he loves to talk the talk.Early in the interview with Rampage, he is asked about his 2 losses to Wanderlei Silva “The Axe Murderer”. Wand is knows for that because of the way he used to dominate his opponents in the cage. Rampage simply said I don’t know how much I can say about that. However, he did continue to talk about the referees and some unfair bias. Rampage hinted that the organization has crooked and that the refs at times seemed like they were paid. Quinton backs up this point by saying there were times that the refs stood the fighters back to their feet several times when it shouldn’t have, to give Wand the advantage. Rampage also said that Wand was the Chuck Liddell of Pride, getting beneficial treatment. He continues to say that if the two were to fight in the UFC he believes that he would beat him. Rampage also speculated that the old Pride organization may have also had the benefit of inside organizations like the government or other very influential groups. Rampage also says that Wand is the type of guy that thinks everyone should bow to him, that he thinks he is better than everyone else. He says that I am not afraid of him, and that the two are not on speaking terms.

Rampage continued the conversation and the talk about Silva. He goes to say that they call Wand “The Axe Murderer”. Quinton then said that Pride fed Wand chumps and he murdered them. Then he called Wand “The Chump Murderer”. He then talks more about Wand and their relationship. He states that when I am around Wand I speak my mind, and Wand looks at me like I am crazy. He then says that the referees took payoffs and were corrupt.

When told that street fighter extraordinaire Kimbo Slice had been calling him out, he simply said “hold on dawg, you aint even in my weight class! You don’t even fight in my organization! Why don’t you call out the Heavyweight champ?”

Quinton has been a big part of one of the deepest divisions in all of MMA. He did the unthinkable and knocked out Chuck Liddell. Since that time he has had one successful title defense against Dan Henderson. Jackson is known for his comical take to life and other fighters. Hilarious clips of him can be found all across the internet. He was a big deal in the Pride organization, but is flourishing in the American UFC. He looks to continue his championship run as he defends his title against Forrest Griffin in Vegas on July 5^th at “The Ultimate Fighter” finally. Forrest is also a very colorful fighter. The mix looks to make this if not the best season of TUF, definitely the funniest. TUF makes its debut on April 2^nd on Spike.

(Most of the comments in this article are paraphrased and not quoted)

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