{"id":6774,"date":"2010-05-30T01:12:42","date_gmt":"2010-05-30T06:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=6774"},"modified":"2010-05-30T01:14:15","modified_gmt":"2010-05-30T06:14:15","slug":"rampage-jackson-explains-ufc-114-says-evans-can-kiss-his-ass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/05\/30\/rampage-jackson-explains-ufc-114-says-evans-can-kiss-his-ass\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Rampage&#8221; Jackson Explains UFC 114 Loss; Says Evans Can Kiss His Ass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Save for a late fight flurry that ultimately fell short of securing victory, Quinton &#8220;Rampage&#8221; Jackson was wholly and decisively beaten by Rashad Evans at UFC 114, who used a combination of superior wrestling, better endurance and more impressive speed to score a unanimous decision victory Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging the effectiveness of Evans&#8217; game plan, &#8220;Rampage&#8221; was nonetheless quick to emphasize the role ring rust played in hindering his performance in the fight.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin-left:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=rampage&#038;iid=8945394\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/9\/0\/f\/5\/UFC_114_WeighIn_7f02.jpg?adImageId=13039481&#038;imageId=8945394\" width=\"234\" height=\"339\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"UFC 114 Weigh-In\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Referencing Evans&#8217; pre-fight trash talk about the likelihood that he would be rusty going into the fight, Jackson confirmed, &#8220;I felt it.&#8221;  He added, &#8220;I&#8217;m ashamed of myself that I fell victim to ring rust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Though Jackson was not positive the outcome would have been different, he argued, &#8220;maybe I would have done a lot better&#8221; if he not been away from the Octagon for so long.  Saturday&#8217;s event marked Jackson&#8217;s first fight since his UFC 96 battle with Keith Jardine in March of 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding Evans&#8217; display, though &#8220;Rampage&#8221; was willing to tip his hat to his rival (&#8220;He had a great game plan and it worked well for him&#8230;I&#8217;m not a sore loser&#8221;), he was not willing to take back everything he said in the pre-fight hype.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Jackson maintained &#8220;I still feel like I&#8217;m on another level [from Rashad Evans].&#8221;  He also joked, &#8220;He can still kiss my black ass.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Further, while he admitted that Evans was a great athlete and &#8220;stronger&#8221; and &#8220;faster&#8221; than he expected, he also questioned whether Saturday&#8217;s bout did anything to establish Evans as a better <i>fighter<\/i> than he expected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was more of a wrestling match than a fight,&#8221; explained Rampage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Rampage&quot; 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