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Rampage Jackson: It’s The Ultimate Fighter, Not The Ultimate Coach
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. 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.
The show is called the Ultimate Fighter, not the Ultimate Coach.
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson blogs about his highly-criticized appearance as a coach on The Ultimate Fighter 10 opposite fellow former light heavyweight champ Rashad Evans. Team Rampage fell to 0-5 on last night’s episode of TUF 10 and will need a win from their final three draft picks to avoid being swept.
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Rampage is an idiot!
here here!
True there are many ways to edit film, but I assume Dana would have the final say as to what gets aired. Maybe he does want Rampage to look bad cause of the A-Team decision?? The show is called Ultimate Fighter, but you gotta be an Ultimate Coach to have one of your guys win it all.
i’m a fan of Rampage the fighter but not the coach and i have never been and never ever will be a fan of Rashad the fighter or person but i respect the dude as a coach because he has done a gret job and does have his fighters’s best interest at heart and really wants his guys to improve as fighters and learn as much as they can from this experience and Rampage is the exact opposite camera editing or not the edits didn’t force him to not support his fighters after they lost their fights and the camera room doesn’t force you to not care about your team, dammnnn i sound like a Rampage hater
I love Rampage the fighter and would still wish him to put a hurtin on Evans because IMO Evans is fake but as far as a coach he’s pretty darn good, 2nd place to my boy Tito Ortiz in the coaching department.
The problem with Rampage’s IMPLIED assertion that the show has somehow been edited to show him in a poor light is that when this show went “into the can”, as they say in the TV biz, he was still scheduled to be headlining a major PPV with Rashad Evans.
So what POSSIBLE reason does Zuffa/TUF Guy Productions/SpikeTV have to make him look bad?
Good point dude. Damn dude rampage is really making himself look bad by all of the excuses and all of these blogs. He should learn from his mistakes shut his mouth and move on with his life. The show’s done it’s filmed, he did what he did and the past can’t be undone so he should just let it go. If he was really pissed and all that he shouldn’t have given up the chance to kick rashad’s ass and take everything out on him.
Rampage is still my boy though “hooooowwwwwwllllllllll”
Why is Rampage saying Rashad has previous TUF camera time experience when he also has spent a season in front of the camera? Why should Rashad have any reason to act fake? He is naturally confident and a little cocky in the octagon, but he brought credible coaches and trainers with him to this season. Rashad came ready and is acting like it…
Also, editing is an issue when you think of the final product we see on tv, but most of us will just never see the complete everyday happenings. with Rampage possibly looking to be swept, i wouldnt think Production has any agenda to make him look worse.
Editing is a crazy thing. Realize that the people in the backrooms working on this stuff are trying to create a TV show, not neccesarly a documentary. That means plot, tension, etc. This happens on reality TV all the time…esspecially in the interview segments. Questions are loaded and participants are asked to respond to the interviewers questions by including the question in their response.
Ex.
Interviewer: Why do you think Rampage is a bad coach? Please use the question when responding.
Rashaad: I think Rampage is a band coach because _____.
Notice you never see or hear the interviewer on the show. Now it looks like Rashaad came up with this original idea, which of course, he didn’t.
Plus, as a story teller, it’s important to have multiple plot lines. The shower incident was most likely a 30 non-issue…include each fighters 3 second comment about it, and it takes half an episode, and appears to the viewer that what happened was a major point of contention between the house-mates. I bet it really wasn’t.
I think Rampage is watching this and wondering why he’s painted in such a bad light…after all, we haven’t heard any of HIS team mates say he was a bad coach! EDITING!
Well said…
Yeah, I’m sure Rampage actually did get in the cage and make sure that Sims was ok, but they edited that out. And he actually did get in the cage and console Rogers instead of just walking away, but they edited that out. Oh, and Rampage really didn’t leave right before Rogers fight and leave him sitting alone in the locker room, he was actually there the whole time, and they just edited that out. And Rogers is now actually going to train at Wolfslair with Rampage instead of Jackson’s with Rashad, they just edited his conversation at a small time MMA show in Seattle with the guy from MMAScraps.
Oh wait, no, Rampage actually is a terrible coach and they’re just showing us that on the show.
“30 second non-issue” (sorry!)
do not forget guys they also made Tito look like less of a pr1ck , and we all know that wasn’t true. Plus from what I have read a lot of guys that have been on Rampage’s previous team have said he still keeps in touch and looks out for them. Also his guys have for the most part been pretty supportive of him and even talk about how he says he’s not much of a coach. plus lets not forget which team we saw have a guy leak info…
I’m not saying he isn’t but these shows are entertainment and with the fights being weak so far the shows have focused more on a feud between the coaches and the possibility of baby birds finally leave the nest known as Kimbo’s beard…
rampage just needs to stfu and fight.. no one will care what he does, says, or how he coaches when he goes in the cage throwing bombs..
dear rampage,
less talking, more fighting. its that easy
Love,
T3
Dear T3,
I got to get my acting/comedy career going first. Be in the cage next year some time. Enjoy the Evans/Silva fight and know I’d beat em both.
Much love,
Rampage
lol! :0p
Not only did the editing make Tito look like less of a prick, it made Shamrock look more like one. Rich Franklin has also previously complained about the editing process, specifically how it deleted some training scenes and made it appear as if his team was laying around, BJ Penn had the same issue not only on TUF, but in his hype show leading up to the fight with GSP. Reality shows aren’t real. Period. Rampage may not have handled his contract situation in the best manner, but I feel him on this. They can make whomever they want to be the bad guy. A football game can have edited highlights at halftime and during the closing credits of the same game. This season is a few weeks old. It kinda goes without saying that Rampage is spot on inhis statement. It’s not implied. it is a fact.
Reality tv = 1 week filming edited do to 40 minutes.
*down
ufc in va 1/11
wether or not they edited stuff to make him look bad two weeks in a row rampage did not go in to help a fallen fighter…..when Vanderlai knocked him out in pride where was his trainers?? And if they weren’t there how would that have made them look?? I have lost much respect for jackson, ive lost two fights and if that happened to me I would be embarrased and pissed off
i want to point out that part of this supposed coaching issue may also be in part to the assitants…
rampage has who in his group?
and i know rashad has greg jackson… and that could play a role in the differences with the results
One of Rampage’s assistants is Tiki Ghosn, an experienced MMA fighter [18 fights] out of the Wolfslair MMA Academy in England.
Ghosn has been in with names like Sean Sherk, Bob Cook, Robbie Lawler, Chris Lytle, and Hawaiian MMA legend Ronald Jhun, so he should have a pretty good idea of what time it is when it comes to training for a fight.
Yes, Tiki Ghosn is no Greg Jackson, however it doesn’t take a Greg Jackson-level trainer to realize that you don’t leave your fighter hanging in the cage after he’s just been knocked out or choked out, or you don’t shoot over to Pollo Loco an hour or two before your fighter [Demico Rogers] is due to step into the cage.
ESPECIALLY if he’s stepping in against a guy like Brendan Schaub, who is a BJJ purple belt, former Golden GLoves champion, and currently undefeated [4-0] MMA fighter who dual trains with Nate Marquardt and Greg Jackson…
Just to be fair to all concerned, its true that Tito Ortiz is probably a douchbag as we here at the frenZy rate such people, but by all accounts Ortiz did a solid job of coaching his TUF team, and later helped them to get in touch with trainers in their respective areas of the country to help further them in their MMA careers, according to an interivew done about 18 months ago by Matt Hamill.
I myself have not read the article, but a hearing-impaired guy in my gym is a hardcore Hamill supporter, and has mentioned this every time Ortiz’s name comes up in conversation, almost to the point of being annoying.
If the guy wasn’t an Iraq War vet, he probably would have been asked at the very least to STFU about Hamill, but y’know, when a guy puts his a$$ on the line for his country, and comes home hurt, he’s entitled to have his say IMO…
This is how I feel about Rashad recently. I had labeled him as “douchebag” especially after that whole kiss my nuts gesture he did in the ring, but seeing him on TUF makes me respect him as a coach. I probably won’t be cheering for him anytime soon, but from what we’ve seen so far this season he’s been a great instructor and leader for his team. Other than the occasional smack talkin he has been pretty damn good.
All of these emotions from Rampage… Makes me nervous considering his possible mental state and if he will ever cure my blue-balls for the Rashad fight
DUDE, Rampage!!!!
You are 0 for 5 in your fights!
You got to pick the first two fights!
Your top 2 picks were both beaten in the first 3 weeks!
You clearly don’t give a rats ass about your fighters or the team!
Seriously, noone cares about your ramblings you call blogs. Take it like a man and admit you just can’t coach or care. Now go sit down and watch your team do crab walks and somersaults for an hour.
The most blatant issue about Rampage as a coach is not supporting his fighters and boosting them when they lose. Twice now we have seen his fighters alone in the cage after a fight not getting any support. I’m not sure how you edit Rampage sitting outside the cage glaring at his fighter who is alone in the cage.
So if editing paints Rampage in a bad light…..does that mean that he was just a complete jackass most of the time then, and not all the time?
Unless Page is writing a blog about how he is gonna come back and fight, lets keep his crap off here.
Just a couple of things here:
- first, on any sort of altered mental or emotional state Rampage might be experiencing, lets remember this isn’t anything new nor should be totally unexpected.
The guy’s road rage incident after his loss to Forrest Griffin and alleged betrayal by Juanito Ibarra should’ve tipped off the MMA community in general and Jackson’s fans in particular that something wasn’t quite right with the man.
- second, and sort of connected to my first point, is that after Jackson’s road rampage that has led to a civil suit by a formerly pregnant woman named Holly Griggs; who claims that his vehicular actions caused her abdominal injuries that let to her child being stillborn.
Something like that has got to mess with your head, no matter how strong a man you might be mentally or emotionally.
Also, in January 2010 Jackson heads to court for sentencing in the road rage deal. He’s already on probation, serving community service, paying out damages and restitution left, right, and center, and might be looking at as much as 36 months of jail time if things go south in court.
That sort of stress can’t possbily be healthy for a man who has already demonstrated a distinct over-emotive personality.
- third, also peripherally connected with the road rage incident, is the fact that Rampage was reporetedly asked to coach TUF 10 by Dana White. I’m sure Rampage felt obligated to oblige White after all White did for Rampage after his arrest and subsequent brief stay at a mental health facility.
I blame White for a lot of what we’re seeing this season on TUF 10. White HAD to know that Rampage wasn’t exactly firing on all cylinders, yet shoved him out in front of the camera anyway, to help promote his upcoming fight with Rashad Evans, and promote a show featuring a fairly talentless group [in terms of MMA] of HWs.
I honestly think moving forward we might want to consider Rampage as not wholly in command of his mental and emotional faculties at this time, or at the time of the TUF taping, and by which extend him a lot more lattitude and understanding than we normally would…
Thank you jcohl!!!I just can’t believe how many people on this site act like they don’t know how Rampage “is”. Meaning the type of person he is. They’re acting like it’s GSP or someone like that who just gave up on his team & not giving a sh!t a/b them. But it’s Rampage: not Gregg Jackson. Rampage is at fault for excepting White’s offer to coach AGAIN knowing how they “chop” the show up to cause controversy. It’s not like he hasn’t been down that road before. The controversy outshines the purpose of the show & that’s sad. All the new UFC bandwagoniers following it just b/c of the Kimbo hype are thinking that the UFC is nothing but a soap opera like the WWE..I love MMA but can’t wait for this season to be over..
Rampage can’t coach for sh!t. He’s also evidently a horrible judge of talent as to who *can* fight (as if taking Kimbo first didn’t make that incredibly obvious).
All of the editing in the world can’t change the facts.
His team is 0-5
He’s left two fighters sitting in the ring after a loss
Notice, he never said “They edited out my going into the ring to check on XXXXXX.” Essentially, by omission, he admits to not going in and checking on his fighters.
The show is called The Ultimate Fighter, not The Ultimate Coach, you’re 1000% correct Rampage. But. A fighter needs a coach to improve. Why else would there even need to be coaches on the show? Why not just take 16 steak-heads, assign them each a number, pair them up tournament style and assign a fight date and be done with it? These fighters are here supposedly because they don’t (yet) have the talent to be in the UFC. It is YOUR job as COACH to COACH them. Do your job. Talk all the sh!t you want about Rashad being a douche, etc. but at least he is coaching and showing concern for his fighters AND yours.
Guys, reality shows are ALWAYS edited to be entertaining and rarely portray the actual events in the light the occurred. I know this as I own a company which produces reality TV show concepts and what Rampage said is very true.
Reality TV is manipulated by the producers to the extreme.. if you arn’t in the industry you literally cannot understand to what extent or most people just don’t believe it. I’m not really defending Rampage just saying what he said holds true for any reality TV show. Producers reserve the right to use any of the footage in any way they see fit.
The nicest person in the world may have only footage of them freaking out put on the air because it is entertaining or portrays that character in a specific way when in reality you have hours and hours of footage that shows that the person is completely different but it never sees the light of day.
It is meant to be entertainment not reality.
Rashad Evans is a joke and as far as him being a good coach that couldn’t be farther from the truth. One of his guys is asking to ice down his shoulder and he won’t let him, why? Does he really think he knows what is best for this guys body? I wish we could see them fight, I’m sure Rampage would DECIMATE Rashad. I LOVED watching **** talking Rashad getting KNOCKED out by Machida. The “pillows to the face” comment was PRICELESS.
Edit~ this is your WARNING for bashing, the language in question has been removed!
FR702
That’s pushing the line on possibly being fighter bashing. You need to do better on your future comments.
Doesn’t look borderline to me. Looks as clear cut as it gets. So Rashad is a worse coach because he won’t let a guy ice his shoulder, but he’s coaching two teams after each fight because Rampage is too busy looking all-crazy eyed at some truck that doesn’t have his picture on it? It’s plain bashing when there is nothing to back up saying Rashad sucks as a fighter, as a coach, and as a person. If that ain’t bashing, there has never been an incident of bashing on here – either personal or fighter.
Hell, I consider Rampage a joke as a fighter for the same reason I consider Cung Le a joke: he’d rather go act in some B movie crapfest than fight. I can’t even seriously consider him a fighter now. At least I have a concrete reason, other than “I don’t like him wah”. And THAT was borderline fighter bashing.
Ok, maybe I woke up too nice this morning…
Although we could question rampages coaching, he has a great sense of humor, and that is why we watch the show. I hope he beats rashad at the end of the season. Rampage seems to be a guy we could all hang out with.
He should have focused more on coaching his team rather than fooling around like one of the guys. I do not understand why he decided to to the show, it doesn’t seem like its his forte.