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Rampage Jackson Injury Update

Quinton Jackson won't have to wait until January to be cleared to fight again, according to this report from Steve Sievert:

With no serious damage done to his left leg, former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson is expected back in the gym Monday.  

Jackson, who lost a hard-fought and--in the eyes of many--controversial five-round decision to Forrest Griffin at UFC 86 Saturday, had his leg examined today and was cleared to resume training next week.  He will have to avoid any immediate direct contact to the still-tender lower part of the leg.

Jackson's shin, not the knee, absorbed most of the punishment from Griffin's kicks, according to Ibarra, who believes the match should happen right away.

It will be very interesting to see Dana's next move here.  Forrest and Chuck is a money match, but Rampage-Forrest has the potential to be a series that establishes two men as legends on Chuck's level, and Chuck doesn't have much time left.  Here is my prediction:  Forrest and Quinton fight on the October or November PPV, and if Chuck beats Rashad, he fights the winner early next year.  I suspect it may depend on the main event at UFC 87, because outside of Chuck and Forrest, there is one other option for a big main event in December:  BJ Penn and Georges St. Pierre.

Also, here's an idea for the UFC:  They should air a Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin special on July 26th opposite of Elite XC on CBS.  Let a few million people see the fight and decision for themselves, the rematch will sell itself.

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I’m sure they’ll “debut” GSP vs. Hughes III or something equally yawn-worthy instead

by smoogy on Jul 9, 2008 12:24 AM EDT   0 recs

What was yawn-worthy about that fight? Sure Hughes got owned, but it was still a good fight.

by idefinecagefighter on Jul 9, 2008 3:23 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Will it be done airing on PPV by then?

by Richard on Jul 9, 2008 12:55 AM EDT   0 recs

Don’t know, my impression is that it airs for a couple of weeks. I know from my old days as a wrestling fan it can be done anyway, I remember WCW showing a PPV match the next night on the Monday night show.

They probably won’t do it, but I think it’s a way to broaden the discussion of the decision beyond just hardcores and bring it out to everyone else too.

by Michael Rome on Jul 9, 2008 1:05 AM EDT   0 recs

Once again, I’m with you, Rome.

by Popetastic on Jul 9, 2008 1:23 AM EDT   0 recs

I would much rather see Machida vs. Jackson. Then we can decide who is truly a “legend.”

by Flying Gogoplata on Jul 9, 2008 4:27 AM EDT   0 recs

Well it looks like they decided to air UFC 84 for free on Spike opposite Elite XC.

by Michael Rome on Jul 9, 2008 4:47 AM EDT   0 recs

Not a bad move either^

Nice Job Michael.

Kelvin Hunt

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by Tha Realness on Jul 9, 2008 8:45 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

It would be pretty cool if Dana got Rampage and Forrest together and they announced the rematch during the Anderson Silva card next weekend.

by Jamesag on Jul 9, 2008 9:48 AM EDT   0 recs

True^

Kelvin Hunt

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

by Tha Realness on Jul 9, 2008 9:55 AM EDT   0 recs

whewww!

Glad to hear that there is no significant damage to Rampage’s leg. This more than adds to the fuel of why he should have won the fight. Yes, his leg was hurt during the fight, but he did not sustain any other damage, and continued to fight with a hurt leg.

by lovingmma25 on Jul 9, 2008 10:39 AM EDT   0 recs

No...

...you don’t score based on if it was long term damage or just “hurt for the night” that is revisionist scoring. And you don’t score points for continuing while hurt. If a judge sees a guy can’t walk right after taking a leg kick…that leg kick is going to be scored as being very effective.

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by brentbrookhouse on Jul 9, 2008 11:30 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Rampage vs. Wandelei Silva is a $$ Maker

I think Dana would rather give Rampage a chance to avenge his loss to Silva. It serves multiple purposes and will still be an incredible undercard or main event.

by nablur on Jul 9, 2008 11:27 AM EDT   0 recs

Is it though?

Sure to us it is, but I think the UFC would really have to promote the Pride fights between Rampage and Silva in order to garner major interest.. Guys like Liddell have been with the promotion forever and will always generate money. Meanwhile Silva has only 2 fights with UFC and is 1-1 in those fights and 1-3 in his last 4.

Just thinking out loud.

by monkeyfightclub! on Jul 9, 2008 2:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I agree

It’d be an awesome fight for guys that have been around a while but maybe not so much for all UFC fans, especially new-comers.

I think that if I were Dana White I’d want Liddell/Griffin… That would put a ton of cash in my pocket and either winner is still a big draw (Liddell is more so in my opinion) and it’d still pass for a decent fight. A fight between them would be perfect so I could rest up my Boy Griffin for a while as I milk him for all i can… But that’s if I were Dana White

by MGMMMA on Jul 9, 2008 4:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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