Quote of the Day: Mac Danzig Trashes Rampage

by Kid Nate on Jul 8, 2008 5:47 PM EDT in MMA News

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"I might be a little biased because Forrest is a good friend and training partner, but in my opinion Forrest won the fight hands down, three rounds to two. He outworked him from beginning to end, and even though not everything he threw landed, at least he fought the whole time instead of just looking for one big shot. You know, Forrest trained hard for this fight and it showed. He was training in the gym everyday, not running around with a chain around his neck, telling people he's a thug."

-- Mac Danzig talking to Sherdog about who won Griffin vs Jackson.

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For a person who is a teammate of the winner, Danzig sounds awfully defensive…and the jab at Rampage is both cheap and completely inaccurate.

by Luke Thomas on Jul 8, 2008 6:01 PM EDT reply actions

I agree. A little on the petty side without reason.

Maybe a little racist? I’d like to think not….

by MGMMMA on Jul 8, 2008 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe a little racist?

Nah, I don’t think so, but definitely uncalled for.

by Chris Nelson on Jul 8, 2008 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Like I said, i hope not… But Danzig is an idiot. Why is he talking anyway?

by MGMMMA on Jul 8, 2008 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Well

Whenever a white person reflexively calls a black person a thug or says that the person refers to themselves as a thug without little or no evidence that that actually happens, there’s certainly a cause for concern.

by Luke Thomas on Jul 8, 2008 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Whoops

Meant “with little or no evidence”, not “without”. Apologies.

by Luke Thomas on Jul 8, 2008 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Where did that come from?

I mean really, that comment is just uncalled for.

by pud333 on Jul 9, 2008 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions

Danzig is an Idiot Anyway

He showed on TUF that he likes to run his mouth & is both agressive and overly sensitive at the same time … translation – a bully.
To his credit, he’s been able to back up most of his trash talking about his opponents, but in this case he’s simply showing his true self,,, an ill- informed, cheapshot taking fool. The only value he’s bringing to the UFC is being the guy everyone wants to hate & root against.

by toogie on Jul 8, 2008 6:22 PM EDT reply actions

Danzig probably feels safe talking shit, because he and Rampage are so far apart in size. He won’t ever have to face him in the Octagon. When he was on TUF, he always seemed so condescending. Danzig’s above quote is stupid and baseless. What else can you say?

by Cannon Jacques on Jul 8, 2008 6:44 PM EDT reply actions

Fuck Danzig..that is all.

Kelvin Hunt

I'm like those boyz on the sidelines...cause I ain't playing...

by Tha Realness on Jul 8, 2008 6:44 PM EDT reply actions

Is he contending that Rampage, in lieu of training for his fight, walked the streets with his chain on and tried to convince people he’s a thug? Shouldn’t Forrest have easily dispatched such an untrained and unfocused opponent?

What a complete idiot..

by Blackout612 on Jul 8, 2008 6:47 PM EDT reply actions

Danzig = Idiot.

Can’t wait till he’s put up against some decent competition in the UFC, he’ll get shown up as a B-level fighter, just like he was against Sakurai.

by idefinecagefighter on Jul 8, 2008 6:52 PM EDT reply actions

That’s a dumb thing to say. SILLY DANZIG.
I still can’t get over how people online will take one thing a person said, or did, and use it to sum them up as a person.

Could you live with Richie Hightower?!

by goo on Jul 8, 2008 7:48 PM EDT reply actions

This is from the same article that supposedly made up a quote by Phil Baroni that he denies up and down so…

by George Lucas on Jul 8, 2008 8:20 PM EDT reply actions

I've heard

They have video of Baroni at UFC 86. I’d be real careful on this one.

by Luke Thomas on Jul 8, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions

?

But did they video him talking to Sherdog….or they just randomly videotape him as he was speaking to someone else?

Kelvin Hunt

I'm like those boyz on the sidelines...cause I ain't playing...

by Tha Realness on Jul 8, 2008 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions

This is also true

If Danzig says he did not say this…I’ll retract my initial statement…

Kelvin Hunt

I'm like those boyz on the sidelines...cause I ain't playing...

by Tha Realness on Jul 8, 2008 8:22 PM EDT reply actions

When has Rampage ever ran around telling people he’s a thug? Maybe this vegetable eating as-hole is a closet racist?

by Tommy7 on Jul 8, 2008 8:56 PM EDT reply actions

Good thing he is friends with Forrest. Maybe he will let him hold the belt, because that is as close as Danzig will ever be to being a “UFC Beltholder”.

Some guys just can’t get out of the way of their own mouths.

"They said you was hung!!"

"And they was RIGHT!"

by BJJDenver on Jul 8, 2008 9:22 PM EDT reply actions

Danzig comes off way to pretentious and self absorbed.

by Yasnian on Jul 8, 2008 9:46 PM EDT reply actions

Hmm.. If it isn’t true, they picked an easy target; he came off as extremely pretentious in his time on TUF.

by Blackout612 on Jul 8, 2008 10:33 PM EDT reply actions

Racist? LOL not even close. Rampage does wear a chain and does act like a Thug. Just a funny Thug. Who cares.

by MrNiceGuyMMA on Jul 8, 2008 11:33 PM EDT reply actions

Hell Nah

Rampage certainly has never called himself a thug…nor does he attempt to portray himself as that.

Kelvin Hunt

I'm like those boyz on the sidelines...cause I ain't playing...

by Tha Realness on Jul 9, 2008 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions

Chain? Yes

Thug? Since when? Danzig is conflating Slice with Rampage. That’s a little bit sketch in my opinion.

by Luke Thomas on Jul 9, 2008 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions

?

How does he act like a thug?

I’ve seen him be goofy all the time… If that’s what a thug is I’m totally gangsta

by MGMMMA on Jul 9, 2008 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Danzig is a turd, who will never achieve what Rampage has achieved in his fighting career.

by Hardcharger on Jul 9, 2008 9:45 AM EDT reply actions

Funny thing is....

The funny thing is Rampage never wanted that image for himself. He has stated in several interviews that it was PRIDE that started the “homeless thug” image that has somehow stuck to him and followed him throughout his career. They were trying to create and sell a character when he came in to fight Sakuraba. Sure in the beginning he perpetrated it, you would to if you were that young and needed the money. But Rampage is one of the nicest and classiest guys in the sport, and Danzig just showed he is a classless B-level fighter. Randy should handle this situation, because it reflects badly on him and his gym as well as Danzig himself. This is a little event, btu the type of thing that we as fans and caretakers of the sport are trying to prevent happenening so the sport can continue to blossom and take on new fans.

by Nick Travaglini on Jul 9, 2008 10:39 AM EDT reply actions