‘Rampage’ Jackson on Roy Jones Jr. fight: ‘Tito f—ed all that up’

BAD MMA News — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 00:40:00 +0000

Bellator MMA light heavyweight and ex-UFC champ Quinton Jackson said he wanted to fight former boxing champ Roy Jones Jr. at the promotion’s pay-per-view event slated for winter. But UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz put the kibosh on that. Or in the words of “Rampage,” “f—ed it all up.” This past week, Bellator threw MMA fans a curveball when it announced Ortiz as Jackson’s opponent rather than Jones, who had been targeted for a boxing match with “Rampage.” Jackson (32-11 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) and Ortiz (16-11-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), who’ve been friends for over a decade, will headline the Viacom-owned promotion’s first foray into pay-per-view on Nov. 2 at Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, Calif. Jackson said he was putting together a training camp for Jones and planned to cut to 200 pounds, which is the limit for boxing cruiserweights, when he got word that Bellator was going to sign Ortiz. The rest was history. “When Tito signed, I went, ‘Damn – there goes my Roy Jones fight,’” Jackson said on a Monday call with media members in support of the fight

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‘Rampage’ Jackson on Roy Jones Jr. fight: ‘Tito f—ed all that up’