Rampage on Jones: He injures us

It has long been rumored that former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones’ oblique kicks on Quinton Jackson in 2011 caused knee problems that still continue to this day. During a recent appearance on AXS TV’s Inside MMA, Rampage confirmed it, and is still not happy.

I hope he comes back,” said Rampage, as transcribed by Tristen Critchfield for Sherdog. “I hope he learns from his mistake… But I’m not saying it because I’m a fan of Jon Jones because honestly I think that Jon Jones is bad for the sport. Because when he fights people, he injures us. He kicked my knee backwards; my knee is never the same. He’s done it to a couple other guys. I saw him rip one guy’s shoulder out his socket. We just try to the same thing he’s trying to do, earn a living and do the sport that we love.

We don’t go in there to try and injure people, even though I tried to fold an opponent in half, but he made me angry, it was something that he did to me…. But this guy’s doing it to every opponent. He’s kicking their knees backwards and really trying to hurt people. So I think that’s bad for the sport.

Rampage also alluded to Jones’ drug use.

For Jon Jones to be doing all the stuff that he was doing and still be one of the best fighters in the world, that says something about him,” said Jackson. “I can’t talk much about it because I don’t judge people. There’s a lot of stuff that I’ve never done in my life. There’s a lot of drugs that I’ve never done in my life. I’ve only done one drug in my whole life when I was a kid and that was marijuana. It’s an herb and I really don’t consider it a drug, but some people do. I don’t condone it and I don’t do it anymore.

The drug that he was doing I’ve heard a lot of bad things about it. People overdose. This kid was fighting and it was in his system three days before the fight.

Jackson remains in an ongoing legal dispute with Bellator MMA; it is not know which promotion he will fight for going forward.