Inside the mind of Rampage

[ArtardFiesta]

Article on SI.com

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/josh_gross/07/29/quinton.jackson/index.html?eref=T1

[Bang Bang]

= DRUGS

[Mickey]

What the fuck is wrong with that cat.
That is seriously messed up.

[Halfway]

Dayum.

[HHJ]

jesus
Silva is going to KILL him in november

[Flexwave2003]

Thats the first thing Ive read from Gross since his leaving Sherdog.


He doesnt know shit about marijuana, but is a good reporter.

[super hot]

Rampage will get destroyed a third time by Silva in November. Rampage better get his head straight, because I want to see Wandy fight soon.

[Halfway]

Jeez, you guys think Rampage is dunzo? SOunds like he lost his marbles a while back.

[Bobby Curls]

OH LAWD! He done lost his mind.

[Gasmasker]

the whole thing is pretty sad

[SuperNatural]

Hope he straightens out everything in his mind before he steps in there with Wand

[Jester Molester]

so who's he training with now that Ibarra's out?

[Bobby Curls]

With me.

[Twincest]

this is fucking sad. he needs to step off the religion and get ahold of some methadone.

[Gasmasker]

this is fucking sad. he needs to step off the religion and get ahold of some methadone.

no doubt, another example of religion fucking people up instead of helping them.

[Bang Bang]

Gods talking - he says lay of the syrup

[Decommissioner]

I don't think he'll ever fight again.

[SexeCute]

It's God's will!!!

[Meaty Portion]

It's God's will!!!http://graphics.ink19.com/magazine/screenReviews/kingdom2.jpeg

[ArtardFiesta]

Its such a bad idea for him to be fighting anytime later this year, he needs to get his shit straight before he steps back in the cage. They shouldnt be rushing this shit, give the dude time

[Wilma Fingerdo]

Side note, Josh Gross is an emo looking faggot.

[SatNav]

Sad stuff, never knew Page had so deep mental problems

[Torremalku]

I cannot follow the link can someone paste it? (can we do that?)

Reading all the comments with no story is driving me nucking futs.

[ArtardFiesta]

I cannot follow the link can someone paste it? (can we do that?)

Reading all the comments with no story is driving me nucking futs.

On July 15, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, the former UFC light heavyweight champion, lived up to his nickname. But not in a positive light.

After treating the 55 Freeway near Newport Beach, Calif., as a demolition derby, crashing into multiple cars with his raised Ford truck (which had his image emblazoned on the side), Jackson soon found himself behind prison bars.

"I was very scared for him," said a source close to Jackson who asked not to be identified.

Rampage's seismic shift from an idolized mixed martial artist began after he relinquished his title on points to Forrest Griffin UFC 86 on July 5. The decision to fire Juanito Ibarra, his trainer, manager and occasionally spiritual mentor, came shortly thereafter. A lack of food and sleep compounded unsettling behavior, and TMZ photos of Jackson face down in the street at the rear of his Bigfoot-inspired truck -- its left front tire shredded -- documented the result of a dangerous chase with police

Word of Jackson's arrest spread quickly, and within hours, Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White flew in from Las Vegas with $25,000 cash in hand. Finding a bail bondsman, Ibarra, who has ignored repeated attempts for comment since the incident, also appeared ready to bail Rampage out of jail.

Upon Jackson's release, the plan was to make the switch from a Costa Mesa jail cell to a psychiatric hospital bed. He refused help, and no one was going to convince him otherwise. The only place he was headed was home.

Rampage demanded silence when he wasn't offering words of faith. He spoke of a "wolf in sheep's clothing" and people aligned with the devil.

"Mentally he wasn't there," said the source. "It was almost as if he was possessed. He heard voices. He thought he was a God."

Talk amongst people in the house turned to the need for medical help. At first, they tried convincing Rampage to head for the hospital. That failed, tempers flared and police, thankfully, intervened. Several hours later, the fighter was under psychiatric hold.

"He went very easy" with police, said the source.

Three days later, rested and nourished, Rampage was reunited with friends.

"He would still make comments that were slightly weird," said Jackson's longtime associate. "You could tell that he wasn't all the way there, but each day you could tell he was better."

Against lawyers' advice, Jackson has gone out several times. Fan requests for autographs at a local mall have been happily fulfilled. His only other trips are to outpatient treatment, which he attends daily.

"He knows what he went through," said the source. "He knew he had an emotional breakdown that led to a mental breakdown. Not eating and not sleeping kind of helped with that."

In 2004, Jackson experienced a similar incident when he claimed he was touched by Jesus in a dream, scaring him enough to bolt from his apartment with his son D'Angelo in tow. That night he was born again.

Jackson, a Memphis native, was hardly a modest man. With his MMA success, family and friends wondered how he was going to deal with a life that now demanded giving so much to something other than himself.

In reality, the answer could have applied to D'Angelo, born from a relationship during his wrestling days at Lassen Community College in Northern California. And his faith.

The pressure to live an evangelical life weighed heavy. Jackson became celibate and focused his mental and physical energy on training for his Oct. 31, 2004 fight against Wanderlei Silva, the PRIDE 205-pound champion who had previously caved in Jackson's head with over 20 consecutive knees roughly a year prior.

While the first month of balancing his new-found faith with everyday life was a cakewalk, the same could not be said for the second month. After reading on the Internet that fasting would keep the devil away, Jackson abstained from food for three days, ingesting only water and keeping details of his diet secretive.

What Jackson didn't realize was his fast had depleted his body and virtually killed any chance of defeating Silva. An inspired opening round gave way to fatigue in the second for Jackson, while Silva, not needing any kind of edge to begin with, brutally beat Rampage until he was unconscious and lay motionless between ropes.

But the loss in the ring did nothing to quell Rampage's relationship with the higher power. Rather, news that his father, who had abandoned him when he was 10 years old and was also born again, provided additional proof that everything happens for a reason. The loss to Silva was, therefore, easier to deal with, and the backdrop for Jackson's future relationship with Ibarra slowly unfolded.

In talking with Jackson about leading his promising career, Ibarra preached his faith as if he were leading a congregation. His gospel-like tune continued to play throughout their time together, as each training camp featured religious themes were displayed prominently around the gym. Ibarra's "son" believed in himself again, and pieces appeared to fall into place when Jackson defeated Chuck Liddell for a second time May of last year.

The victory, Rampage would tell me in a rambling late-night call from Ireland a month later, was already decided.

"Ya'll don't see how it was just perfect timing?" he asked. "Ya'll don't see that it was written? Ya'll can't see that that was planned? That that was destiny? Ya'll don't see that cause ya'll don't have the eyes that I have. You don't know what God stored in me. I'm God's street soldier. No matter what happens I will always be God's street soldier, and I always know he's going to take care of me. And everything's going to be OK."

Everything, save the pact between Jackson and Ibarra. With defeat as the impetus, Jackson responded to rough terrain by relieving the trainer of his duties, though "bottom line, somehow, someway it all involves money," said the fighter's friend.

As an Aug. 15 court date approaches for the 30-year-old father of four, a search for a new representation is underway. And, though he is only two weeks removed from an incident that allegedly sent pedestrians scurrying for their lives, the UFC is said to be interested in a November return for Rampage with a third fight against Silva.

His appearance in the cage will depend primarily on his mental state. But, as Jackson says himself, everything happens for a reason.

[Gasmasker]

I don't think he'll ever fight again.

eventually he will fight because he will need the cash. Will we ever see him at his best again? Seems unlikely now.

[Torremalku]

Thanks.

Sad to see someone with so much ability and you just know he'll ruin it.

[HHJ]

thats what ya get for puttin a black man on a reality show

[SexeCute]

http://graphics.ink19.com/magazine/screenReviews/kingdom2.jpeg

Is that from Kingdom of Heaven? That movie had some douche who would yell that randomely.

[Halfway]

Is that from Kingdom of Heaven? That movie had some douche who would yell that randomely.

It was Orlando Bloom that kept saying "all is as god wills it" or something like that.

[HHJ]

orlandos been fucking up the game since the first pirates movie

[SexeCute]

It was Orlando Bloom that kept saying "all is as god wills it" or something like that.

Not that though. There was some extra that said "It's God's Will!!!"

[strangelov]

Not that though. There was some extra that said "It's God's Will!!!"


God wills it! is what was yelled.

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[SexeCute]

Ahh yes! I am going to watch it on blu-ray tonight.

[Halfway]

I remember now, where is that scene where he stabs that arab dude in his neck. That was funny.

[strangelov]

Ahh yes! I am going to watch it on blu-ray tonight.

I need to go buy a blu-ray player.

[Halfway]

I have yet to see what blu ray even looks like.

[strangelov]

I have yet to see what blu ray even looks like.

Perfection. Everyone thinks that DVDs are HD video, but they aren't. It's just digital SD @ 480p.

I was waiting out the HD DVD vs Blu-Ray war. Now that's settled, time to get out.

[Halfway]

I just have too big of a VHS collection to make the move to blu ray.

[SexeCute]

I have yet to see what blu ray even looks like.

I got the bonus of getting it with my PS3. When I first picked it up I wasn't even concerned about blu-ray, but then I picked up Kingdom of Heaven, Planet Earth, and 300. All of them are great looking and I hate going back to dvds. Sorry James Thompson.

[Halfway]

I'll pick one up eventually. Just not anytime soon. Dvd is good enough for the time being.

[Twincest]

Side note, Josh Gross is an emo looking faggot.

QFTerribleWriter

[ArtardFiesta]

thats what ya get for puttin a black man on a reality show

thats the truth too

[Gasmasker]

I got the bonus of getting it with my PS3. When I first picked it up I wasn't even concerned about blu-ray, but then I picked up Kingdom of Heaven, Planet Earth, and 300. All of them are great looking and I hate going back to dvds. Sorry James Thompson.

yeah, i watch em on my ps3, pretty sweet.

[Meaty Portion]

Is that from Kingdom of Heaven? That movie had some douche who would yell that randomely.Yeah, I was trying to find a picture of him but Google failed.