Rampage Jackson Mad as Hell, Not Going to Take This Anymore

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Just because Quinton Jackson is returning to the Octagon to fight Rashad Evans, it doesn't mean things are all lovey-dovey between the former light-heavyweight champ and the UFC. Judging from the above video interview, Rampage still holds a serious grudge about the way he was treated during his un-authorized break to go shoot The A-Team, and he's ready to leave MMA behind and move on with his life:

"I don’t know how much I ever loved the fight game, to be honest...I'll tell you one thing, I like it a lot less than I used to. Everybody knows about the falling out I had with the UFC. Its kind of unfortunate that they're trying to blame me for doing this movie like I turned my back on them after ‘all they’ve done for me’ when I feel like I have done a lot of things for them as well. They’ve said some things and done some things that I don’t agree with. That’s not the way I do business. I'm a loyal person, so I take care of people who take care of me, but if people don't take care of me, I don't take care of them. So I am done with the UFC, they can't ask any more favors from me, nothing. I just want to finish my contract and get out if there, do my own thing.
 

And honestly, Dana lied to me. He said I didn’t have to fight Rashad, I could fight Machida [after TUF 10]. After that he told me 'Oh, you gotta fight Rashad.' All the fans were saying ‘He’s ducking Machida, that's why he did the Ultimate Fighter show’, and I didn’t say anything, because I was doing [the UFC] a favor. I was being loyal to them, I was being a team player. As soon as I want to do one thing for myself, I'm the bad guy."

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