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UFC QUOTABLES: Quinton "Rampage" Jackson says he wanted to do TUF against Machida; Machida's lack of English speaking made it not come to pass
May 14, 2010 - 9:10:49 PM UFC QUOTABLES: Quinton "Rampage" Jackson says he wanted to do TUF against Machida; Machida's lack of English speaking made it not come to pass

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"I would have preferred to have done The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) against Machida to fix the problem back in the day, from square one, just 'X' Rashad out because he don't got the damn belt, but Machida's English is not so good so I get stuck having to fight Rashad and he's all cocky thinking he did something good because he's on The Ultimate Fighter but like dude, you just got knocked the hell out! You're on The Ultimate Fighter by default because the dude that knocked you out don't speak English bro. Don't be coming here acting like that. This is the type of thing I'm dealing with. It's just annoying actually."

-Quinton "Rampage" Jackson talks to Fighter's Only about not wanting to do The Ultimate Fighter against Rashad Evans in the first place (Quote transcribed by MMAMania.com).

Penick's Analysis: It makes sense, and it's one of the reasons Jackson's been so contentious with the entire situation with what went down last year and still taking this fight, but the fact remains that he agreed to do it. Whether he had contentions with it and whether he was pressured to do it or not, the fact remains he agreed to do the show and he agreed to fight Rashad. Even if the entire feud was manufactured, what he needs to do now is get into the cage on May 29, shut Rashad up and move on to his Title shot.

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