In the follow-up to his "retirement" blog post, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson addressed Thursday his feelings of disrespect from UFC president Dana White and rival Rashad Evans. 
Two years ago, Jay Silva was just a nightclub bouncer who liked watching MMA on television. Then a chance encounter with Quinton "Rampage" Jackson at UFC 78, led to him moving to California to begin his MMA career. Next week, he'll make his Octagon debut when he steps in on short notice to face CB Dollaway at UFC Fight Night 19 in Oklahoma City. Dollaway's original opponent, Dan Miller, was forced to withdraw from the bout after suffering an undisclosed infection. 
Rashad Evans has yet to be officially informed that his UFC 107 main-event matchup with Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has been scrapped, according to his manager, Jervis Cole. 
This is the UFC 102 live blog for Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva, the light heavyweight co-headliner on the pay-per-view card. 
Update: MTV is reporting Rampage will not star in the upcoming A-Team movie.
PHILADELPHIA -- From the moment he stepped in the octagon for the first time, BJ Penn was a known commodity, so talented he earned a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt in three years, so gifted that he'd won the equivalent of the jiu-jitsu world championship just weeks after his black belt ceremony despite competing against lifelong devotees. His reputation was such in the BJJ world that mixed martial arts fans had debated, analyzed and speculated about this wunderkind before he'd ever had a single MMA match. And when he finally debuted, it was not on a regional show like most, but in the UFC.
Contrast that with his UFC 101 opponent Kenny Florian. He entered the world of MMA with no fanfare, was thought to be a major underdog on his season of The Ultimate Fighter, and even after making it to the finals, he was never expected to amount to much. Fighting at 185 pounds, the former collegiate soccer player seemed outsized, outclassed and out of his element.
Yet somehow, their paths are converging Saturday night at the Wachovia Center. Such is the beauty of sports. Such is the beauty of MMA.
All 20 fighters will step on the scales on Friday at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus for the UFC 96 weigh-in, and we have the video here.
As Quinton "Rampage" Jackson prepares to fight Keith Jardine in the main event at UFC 95, he says he's not thinking of anything except getting ready for the fight.
Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champ Quinton "Rampage" Jackson defeated Pride light heavyweight champ Dan Henderson by unanimous decision at UFC 75 in London today, cementing his status as one of the elite fighters in mixed martial arts.
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