Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Rashad Evans Official for UFC 114
An anticipated matchup between former light heavyweight champions Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Rashad Evans is now official to headline UFC 114 on May 29 in Las Vegas.
UFC chairman Lorenzo Fertitta told Yahoo Sports that Jackson signed a contract for the fight on Friday in Australia, and both fighters have now formally agreed to the bout.
“Rampage” and Evans, opposing coaches on The Ultimate Fighter 10, had been set to settle their feud in December, but Jackson’s role in “The A-Team” and brief retirement which ended in December, postponed the fight.
Jackson (30-7), who lost the 205-pound title to Forrest Griffin in July 2008, is coming off back-to-back wins over Wanderlei Silva and Keith Jardine, while Evans (14-1-1) rebounded from a May loss to Lyoto Machida with a unanimous decision over Thiago Silva last month.
UFC 114, which airs live on pay-per-view from the MGM Grand Garden Arena and coincides with the second UFC Fan Expo, is also expected to include Forrest Griffin vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Amir Sadollah vs. Dong Hyun Kim.
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Pictured: Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Rashad Evans
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I don’t remember specifically which poster/s it was, but someone called this almost to the day.
No sooner do the A-Team previews drop nationwide with the new Travolta flick, From Paris With Love, but up pops Rampage signing his contract with Rashad for a fight that should have went down months ago.
Sometimes hype is a beautiful thing.
IMO this is NOT one of those times…
This is the match I have been waiting for. I like Rampage alot, and Rashad Fights out of my home town (THE 505) so i cant pick a side but very happy this fight is going to happen. Winner should get title shot or a chance at the spyder at 205.
We’ve been waiting long enough, lets get this fight settled. Im pulling for Rashad in this fight and hope he gets the job done.
Same here, never have been a fan of Rampage and he did some real damage to his rep in TUF for me.
Not a huge fan of Rashad either but he’s just the lesser evil for me.
Finally I am not much of a fan of Rashad. I can actually say I am not a fan at all. I hope rampage takes this one. Tough to call tho
Rampage KO round 2. Rashads gonna do the stankey leg again.
I think its gonna be a gud fight but I think rashas will be able 2 mix is striking wit wresting and take a close decision
Rampage is my Favorite fighter butttttt I dont believe his heart is in fighting anymore…
Makeing money the easy way acting and getting the attention from people he Rampage himself is a fan of, has got him thrown off.. He still has the skill but the drive or hunger aint there anymore.
Ex. Roger Huerta…..
I understand these guys got the personality (especially Rampage) to do acting and other stuff but they tend to forget that the only reason these people want you is because you are a awesome upcoming fighter or a champion fighter…. If Rampage loses his next two fights watch how fast hollywood dumps him and his non`acting self..
Rampage will be rusty and out of fighting shape and Rashad will be ready because this is his biggest fight EVER!! But not so much for Rampage.
If Rampage comes into the fight like he did when he fought Linland, Liddel, or Henderson he wins but if he come into the fight like he did against Forrest or Jardine he easily loses this fight.. and will quit UFC again…
I love Joe Rogans expression in that picture
rampage is in a nike commercial. crazy.
i think this will be very similar to the rashad silva fight. rashad will look good but eventually get caught. hopefully rampage puts him to sleep. That would make my year
Dont care who wins…I like both fighters and will be in Vegas for one wild Memorial day weekend…..
it’s about time for those two to square off and like every rampage’s fight, surely itìs going to be a good fight ..viva mma..
Got rashad winning this fight. Thought i love Jacksons Personality i think stylelistically the advantage goes to Rashad. Hopefully Jackson gets out of the Wolfslair and into a really good camp for this fight. He is going to need some strong Wrestlers to train him and get his A$$ in shape.
haha funny Story about Jackson BTW. So i live in sunny southern California and i listen to this little morning show called the Keven and Bean Show, on a station called KROQ. Every morning they have a segment where people call in and tell stories. Well one caller called in to talk about his experience with buddies when they met Jackson. He said that Jackson was a cool guy, signed some stuff for them and shot the chit with them. Then Jackson asked them to line up in a line from tallest to shortest so he could take a picture with them. The caller and his buddies agreed and instead of taking a picture with them he slapped them all across the face and walked away laughing hahaha.