Now that Quinton Jackson has resolved his legal issues with Bellator and signed a new two-fight deal, the former UFC champion has a clear path back to the cage. Yet he’s not real sure when he will fight again. And as for whom he’ll face when he does get back in there, well, that’s still to be determined as well.
In a perfect world, who would "Rampage" like to fight? His old nemesis from his coaching stint on TUF 10, Darrill Schoonover, whom he gave a unique nickname while shooting.
"Perfect world, I’m not going to lie — I’d really, really want to fight ‘Titties’ from The Ultimate Fighter, because I’ve been thinking about that," he said. "We almost got in a fight there and he really thought he could beat me.
"I wanted to beat him up on the show, but I didn’t know if I would go to jail or get kicked off the show."
Asked why Schoonover, who last fought in October (a loss) over names like Tito Ortiz,Liam McGeary or Fedor Emelianenko, Jackson said he’s just prioritizing his vendetta list.
"Listen, I know that I’m going to retire soon," he said. "I’m 38. I know that. There’s no way around it. I would love to beat up everybody that beat me and stuff like that, but there’s a lot of — I lost too many times, I guess. That would be a lot, because there’s a lot of guys that beat me. But I want to beat up some people that pissed me off along the way."
Jackson said Schoonover just got under his skin, and it’s something he’d like to resolve once and for all.
"He was just a punk on the show," he said. "He kind of came at me like he wanted to fight, like he really thought he could beat me up. He was trying to scare me, with the guys saying stupid shit like, look at his tattoos, Rampage, this guy is crazy. Look at his tattoo. And I was like, man what the f*ck is that? I don’t care if somebody can sit in a chair and get a tattoo. That don’t mean they’re tough. I know girls who have their whole backs covered, and they trying to intimidate me, look at his tattoos.
"They’re like, oh he’s crazy, he’s some sniper dude from the military, and I’m like I don’t care….he was just pulling at my last nerve on the show."
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