- Rampage Jackson has posted a new blog on his website, discussing
The Ultimate Fighter being edited to make him look bad, Rashad being
completely fake and more. Here is that blog entry:
I just wanted to blog about the T.U.F. show so people can get an
understanding of where I'm coming from. They edited the show to make me
look like I didn't care about my team, but as you can clearly see I was
coaching against a T.U.F. show champion (Rashad) and he came from the
Ultimate Fighter so he knows how to play the camera and be fake..
The behind the scenes stuff from season 7 left a real bad taste
in my mouth. I was already salty about it and that was the main reason
I did not want to do season 10.
The first fight.
The thing they didn't show on t.v was that Abe asked John "Are
we doing this bro? Are we touching hands?" and I told him "Do not touch
his hands, he is not your friend" and he didn't listen to me. When John
pulled that fake touch hands take down move quite naturally I was
pissed. I chose Abe to fight John because during the coaches evaluation
the assistant coaches told me that his wrestling defense was ok and his
Jiu Jitsu skills were good. John didn't have stand up, but he was a
good wrestler with no Jiu Jitsu. So I thought it was a good match up.
So after that fight I was furious. But I still had one more
fighter in the locker room who I had to prepare for his fight. Wes
Shivers had a tougher fight lined up, in my opinion, and it was a more
important fight for me because I knew Wes could beat James. Also James
was one of Rashad's team mates that didn't have to try out for the
show, that's why I wanted to take him out so badly. In Wes Shivers
evaluation the coaches told me that he had the best cardio out of
everybody. He had great stand up and great BJJ so I was disappointed
when he got winded in the fight and let the game plan go out the
window. But in Wes' defense I think he won that fight, or at least
should have gone to a 3rd round, but I was trying to keep my composure
because I was already so pissed off at Abe. I didn't want to lose my
temper and go crazy. That's when I knew T.U.F was going to be the same
bullsh## as Season 7. Rashad acts so fake and cocky and he wants to act
like he cares more about my fighter than I do and brag about how he's a
better coach than I am. But I tried to explain to him that I'm not a
coach and I won't be coaching after my fighting career, like he might.
So as the fights go on and I end up losing a couple fights in a row, I
grew more pissed and I let it get to me. So, the whole time Rashad was
being a di## and cocky, I just talked to them back in the locker room,
in private. Rashad thought the show was about him, about how good of a
coach he could be and how fake he could be. But I knew what it was all
about.
The show is called the Ultimate Fighter, not the Ultimate Coach.
Rashad is so full of himself, even though he just got knocked the hell
out by Machida. It was the worst showing of his fight career. Now that
he is a one and done champion he thinks that the show is about him. It
was hard for me to do this show because I know how fake Rashad is and
what kind of person he is. Most of the real fans can tell too, that's
why he gets booed all the time. I liked everyone on my team and I chose
my team for a number of reasons. If I could do it over I would choose
all the same guys, except next time I WILL choose the camera man. My
team and I had great chemistry and we got along great. Rashad and his
team didn't even like each other. The only reason I'm blogging this is
that I want everyone to know what's really up. The show is for
entertainment and it could be edited in many different ways, which
doesn't always tell the true story. I will be posting more blogs in the
near future. If you have any questions feel free to hit me up. I will
try to answer the most popular questions in my blog!
RAMPAGE