Poll After The Jump
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has been telling anyone who will listen that it's his destiny to get his light heavyweight title back. In order to do that he will have to defeat current champion Jon "Bones" Jones tonight at UFC 135.
"The belt that I lost to Forrest Griffin, even though I should have got the decision after knocking his ass down in that fight? The belt Forrest lost to Rashad Evans? The one Rashad lost to Lyoto Machida? The one Machida lost when Maurico “Shogun” Rua beat him? The one Jon Jones took from the injured “Shogun” who couldn’t even train? That one? That belt? That belt is the unified PRIDE and UFC world title, and that belt exists because of me beating Chuck Liddell and Dan Henderson in two straight fights to win the UFC and then PRIDE titles," Rampage told mixedmartialarts.com. "Nothing felt better than becoming the first unified champ in MMA history. I plan on getting my belt back at UFC 135. That’s why I want my belt back so bad. It’s my belt."
The 24-year old Jones comes into the fight as the favorite to win. He's basically destroyed everyone in his path on the way to to a 13-1 record. The lone loss the result of being disqualified for using illegal elbows.
Rampage is looking to reclaim the belt he lost to Forrest Griffin at UFC 86. At 32-8, the 33-year old is coming off of two victories over Lyota Machida and Matt Hamill. He's been through wars in Pride and the UFC. So the question is does he still have enough gas left in the tank to beat a young, hungry fighter like Jones? He believe that he does.
"Jon Jones can think whatever he wants to think. He can talk all he wants. He hasn't fought anybody," Rampage said at a press conference this week. "Shogun is the toughest guy he fought and he was rusty. Let Jon do all his talking, I'll do my talking in the Octagon. We'll see how the old man goes down. He's never been in the championship rounds and I have."
Jones told ESPN that he will he will "vacate" his belt and "walk into the Octagon at UFC 135 not as a champion, but as a warrior attempting to fulfil his destiny."
"There is no champion in this fight," he said. "It's two guys fighting for a belt that nobody has won before. I'm destined to bring that belt home."
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