Rampage not excited to fight Matt Hammill
“Thiago Silva is the type of guy I would love to fight because he has great stand up and he…
“Thiago Silva is the type of guy I would love to fight because he has great stand up and he comes to fight most of the time, so I was looking forward to fighting a guy like that,” Jackson said on The MMA Hour. “Matt Hamill wasn’t on my radar at all. I wasn’t excited at all. But then again, not a whole lot gets me excited.”
Jackson’s comments about not being excited for the fight stand in contrast to the comments of Hamill, who said he plans to break Jackson’s will. But Jackson says that the difference between their public comments is simple: Hamill needs to convince himself that he can beat Jackson, while Jackson already knows that he can beat Hamill.
“He’s just got to jive himself up so he actually thinks he can stay with me. If you’ve seen my fights over history, I don’t think my will gets broken too often for anybody to even say that,” Jackson said. “Matt Hamill is a great wrestler and stuff like that, but I’ve got more experience than him and I’ve fought a lot tougher people than he’s fought. He’s got a while to go before he can say he can break anybody’s will.”