Dana White Furious At Rampage Jackson Over Playing Mr. T

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Dana White Furious At Rampage Jackson Over Playing Mr. T
Posted by: Wrestling-Radio.com

UFC president Dana White did a radio appearance today where he guaranteed a network TV deal for quarterly UFC specials by September 15, 2009. White also spoke on Quinton “Rampage” Jackson pulling out of the Dec. 12 show in Memphis against Rashad Evans so he can play Mr. T in the new A-Team movie, saying:

"I hate it. I'm so mad at Rampage over this. Rampage is a guy that we've obviously taken under our wings the last couple of years. We really like him and done a lot of good things for him. For him to do this to me, and pull out for this goofy A-Team movie, I'm not happy at all. They're not paying him jack. He's giving up literally millions of dollars to play Mr. T. If you think he's gonna go in and say, `I pity the fool,' and he's gonna become a huge serious actor off that role, give me a friggin’ break."

I wonder if Rampage's next UFC contract will have some sort of exclusitivity clause in it. He's certainly not doing himself any favours right now.

It makes me laugh that Dana White thinks he makes everyone. He didn't fucking make Rampage, as a matter of fact Rampage could do better without him. He's a big name and he is a powerful fighter, before Lesnar it is quite possible Rampage was the most marketable guy in UFC.

Except for The Ice Man.

He put big money behind him and he was suppose to fight at the end of TUF season. He was supposed to fight Evans and now that card has been blown up. They will make due, but I would be fine with Rampage going someplace else. He can go fight half rate light heavyweights in Strikeforce.

stl311 wrote:

He's a big name and he is a powerful fighter, before Lesnar it is quite possible Rampage was the most marketable guy in UFC.

He can be as marketable as he wants, but without a marketer, he's still no good to anyone.

babaganoosh wrote:

stl311 wrote:

He's a big name and he is a powerful fighter, before Lesnar it is quite possible Rampage was the most marketable guy in UFC.

He can be as marketable as he wants, but without a marketer, he's still no good to anyone.

Yeah, it isn't like he couldn't go to Strikeforce or maybe even become a wrestler.

He would sell out seats if he did either.

I have always felt his personality abrasive and annoying. He could make far more money as a fighter right now, but I could see him doing it after his fighting career is over.

stl311 wrote:

babaganoosh wrote:

stl311 wrote:

He's a big name and he is a powerful fighter, before Lesnar it is quite possible Rampage was the most marketable guy in UFC.

He can be as marketable as he wants, but without a marketer, he's still no good to anyone.

Yeah, it isn't like he couldn't go to Strikeforce or maybe even become a wrestler.

If you take out his time in the UFC and say he was marketable before then, what good would strikeforce have been? Take a known fighter by a niche audience (Pride audience), put him in a promotion that didn't get big at all until a year after he signed with the UFC, and you've just got another fighter fighting in a North American promotion that nobody cares about.