Dana White: Rampage is no George Clooney, he’s nasty
Dana White was not impressed when former UFC light heavyweight champion ‘Rampage’ Jackson elected to put his fight with Rashad…
Dana White was not impressed when former UFC light heavyweight champion ‘Rampage’ Jackson elected to put his fight with Rashad Evans on hold in favor of portraying B.A. Baracus ion a feature-film version of “The A-Team.” Now that Jackson’s is again focused on fighting, White believes he’ll never have to deal with that situation again.
“The reality is this is where he makes his money. The money isn’t in the movie business unless you’re (George) Clooney. I think he’s taking it serious.”
“How could it not affect you traveling that much and doing all the stuff he had to do for that movie?” White said of Jackson’s losing affort against Evans at UFC 114. “Doing this stuff is hard. You train for the fight, then you have to go out and do the media, answer the same questions over and over and over again. A movie is 10 times that. He had to travel all over the world promoting that movie.”
“He looked good,” White said pfo Rampage’s pre fight condition. “The weigh-ins are tomorrow, but he looks lean. He looks like he’s in great shape.
“I saw him backstage. He didn’t really talk. He seems pretty focused to me.”
“He can knock you out with either hand. His takedowns are great. He can ground and pound you.
“As long as he’s focused on fighting and in his training camp doing what he needs to do, ‘Rampage’ is nasty.”