{"id":123515,"date":"2014-12-21T10:48:18","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T18:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=123515"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:00:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:00:38","slug":"rampage-jackson-releases-official-statement-regarding-ufc-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/rampage-jackson-releases-official-statement-regarding-ufc-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"Rampage Jackson Releases Official Statement Regarding UFC Signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Rampage-again.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Rampage-again.jpg\" alt=\"Rampage again\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-123516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Rampage-again.jpg 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Rampage-again-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Rampage-again-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday it was announced that Quinton &#8216;Rampage&#8217; Jackson would be returning to the UFC, leaving Bellator MMA after going 3-0 with the promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Today Rampage sent out the following Tweet, linking to a statement on his website. <a href=\"http:\/\/rampagejackson.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rampagejackson.com.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Official statement on my UFC signing and what&#39;s happening at <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2iCm2dLQDw\">http:\/\/t.co\/2iCm2dLQDw<\/a> (so Scott Coker can shut up)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Quinton Jackson (@Rampage4real) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rampage4real\/status\/546727373337399296\">December 21, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>After five months of grueling negotiations and gray-area contract talks with Bellator MMA and parent-company Viacom, Quinton &#8220;Rampage&#8221; Jackson officially terminates his contract with the up-and-coming promotion citing multiple breaches since the removal of President and Founder Bjorn Rebney. Jackson exercises a clause in the agreement that allows for a 45-day window to satisfy any contract dispute. Bellator MMA, failing to fulfill the requests of Jackson, was put on notice, failed to respond and eventually notified that negotiations were officially terminated.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson\u2019s U.K.-based fight manager and Wolfslair Academy founder Anthony McGann confirms, late Saturday night, that &#8220;Rampage has indeed signed with the UFC.&#8221; Details of the deal have not been made public. Jackson was available for comment late Saturday night from his Laguna Hills, CA training center Rampage Family Fitness and provided the following: &#8220;I went to the UFC and we put a deal together that worked out for both of us. I\u2019m excited to be here. The UFC had nothing to do with me leaving Bellator. I was done with Bellator when I made the final call and they still didn\u2019t do what they had to do contractually. I wish those guys the best but I\u2019m where I belong.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday it was announced that Quinton &#8216;Rampage&#8217; Jackson would be returning to the UFC, leaving Bellator MMA after going 3-0 with the promotion. Today Rampage sent out the following Tweet, linking to a statement on his website. Rampagejackson.com. 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