By Jason Benfari
"You know what, during the taping of the show... We got into it every time we faced each other, you know? It got challenging for both of us to keep our hands off of each other. He don't like me and I don't like him, so it got really hard for me not to tee off on him and I'm sure he felt the same way. I think Rampage wants to be the only one. I don't know if he wants to be the only brotha. I don't know what it is. I don't know, he's just very competitive with me. I think besides all of that and the fact that he feels threatened by me, a lot happened when we got into each others face at the UFC when he fought Jardine. After that, we got into it on our own time. We got into it on our own personal time. I think that one of his biggest problems is that he's fallen in love with his power. He counts on his power. He's like Tyson after he got rid of Kevin Rooney. He just relied on his power because he knew he had it. Well that's what Rampage is doing. He's not as well-rounded as he was when he fought for Pride."
-Rashad Evans talks to FightHype why he thinks he and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson can't seem to get along. Much has been made about their rivalry on The Ultimate Fighter, many of the contestants stating that their rivalry is very real and that the two couldn't come within feet of each other with out getting physical with one another.
The conflict started with a staredown at center octagon after Jackson defeated Evan's teammate and good friend Keith Jardine at UFC 96. The two exchanged a bevy of insulting comments and had to be separated, an incident which pretty much sums up every encounter they've had since.
"You know what, during the taping of the show... We got into it every time we faced each other, you know? It got challenging for both of us to keep our hands off of each other. He don't like me and I don't like him, so it got really hard for me not to tee off on him and I'm sure he felt the same way. I think Rampage wants to be the only one. I don't know if he wants to be the only brotha. I don't know what it is. I don't know, he's just very competitive with me. I think besides all of that and the fact that he feels threatened by me, a lot happened when we got into each others face at the UFC when he fought Jardine. After that, we got into it on our own time. We got into it on our own personal time. I think that one of his biggest problems is that he's fallen in love with his power. He counts on his power. He's like Tyson after he got rid of Kevin Rooney. He just relied on his power because he knew he had it. Well that's what Rampage is doing. He's not as well-rounded as he was when he fought for Pride."
-Rashad Evans talks to FightHype why he thinks he and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson can't seem to get along. Much has been made about their rivalry on The Ultimate Fighter, many of the contestants stating that their rivalry is very real and that the two couldn't come within feet of each other with out getting physical with one another.
The conflict started with a staredown at center octagon after Jackson defeated Evan's teammate and good friend Keith Jardine at UFC 96. The two exchanged a bevy of insulting comments and had to be separated, an incident which pretty much sums up every encounter they've had since.
