Marcus Jones Says Rampage Jackson Isn't Really A Bad Coach

by Kelvin Hunt on Oct 20, 2009 12:00 PM EDT in News Comment 15 comments

MMA heavyweight and North Carolina native Marcus Jones

Despite what you hear from Rashad and the guys in the house, my nickname is actually "The Darkness" and not "Big Baby." So if you see me in the streets, make sure you get it right.

I was in that house to fight. When Rashad mentioned that I may be the next fight, I got excited. I was in great mental and physical shape, was working hard in practice and wanted to show what I can do. I wanted the opportunity to be the guy to break the losing streak.

Rampage and the coaches really did do a great job with us. The cameras are really portraying Rampage in a different light than how we first saw him. He is a very emotional fighter and it kills him to see his guys go down. He really cared for us. Rampage and the coaches put a lot of time into our fight preparation. For each fight Rampage would develop a game plan. It was up to us to execute. It just seemed like once gloves were touched all that went out the window. I think his attitude towards his fighters is based on the expectations

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Sorry Marcus

Sounds like he’s making excuses for someone whom he likes and respects. I understand that camera tricks come into play here, but let’s get real. No camera trick (short of a green screen) can make Rampage appear to completely abandon his fighters after their losses. Rampage is absolutely, hands down, the most SELFISH fighter I’ve seen on TUF. Matt Hughes is a very close second.

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by funnytiger on Oct 20, 2009 12:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

wow

we were both thinking about hughes at the same time. scary.

by bdw on Oct 20, 2009 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

agreed…neither Rampage nor Hughes are real coaches, that’s for sure.

it’s always about them…rather than helping fighters.

by The Real T-Bone on Oct 20, 2009 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i think rampage had favorites, like big baby, and kimbo but i don’t think the camers or editing is going that far out of their way to make him look bad. it is interesting to hear a different perspective on the matter though. i don’t think rampage is just sitting back and not trying to get his fighters ready. iv’e heard he really pushed them hard. and i do think rampage cares about his fighters, he just cares about his ego ALOT more. same as hughes. hughes chastised rashad for his showboating and said “not on my team”. but once hughes fell short, he was willing to overlook these “awful traits” b/c he knew rashad was good. hughes was all about himself in the serra season, but once again lucked out by being short too many fighters, forcing serra’s team to fight each other. this is how i see rampage acting, like he is the one losing, not his fighters. him saying that he doesn’t come into the cage to console or check on his fighters after a loss b/c he’s afraid of what he might do is absurd!

by bdw on Oct 20, 2009 12:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He’s basically saying he’s a decent human being?

That’s not being a good coach, or at least not all of it.

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Oct 20, 2009 12:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

well, he was in the house and on the show, so I think that kind of lends some cred to what he’s saying

by Charles Walker on Oct 20, 2009 12:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

No denying what’s transpired though, if even the editors did all in their power to make Quinton look like a douchebag (which I doubt they did).

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Oct 20, 2009 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't underestimate the talent of TV producers

I currently work in television production. I did reality, but not so much now. When I first started out, I did logging for a high-rated reality series. Logging and viewing the raw footage and looking at a rough cut of the show, there is big difference. Producers can make you look worse than what you really are.

by The Bronzeville Bully on Oct 20, 2009 12:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Bronzeville

can you provide some examples of how they could have done this with Rampage?

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by Kelvin Hunt on Oct 20, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh mos def I’m not saying that… but they can’t make you do stuff you haven’t done.

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Oct 20, 2009 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do not underestimate the talent of television producers, editors or even freaking photo retouch artist.

Bronzevill Bully, I totally agree. While I’m sure Rampage does more than enough to cement his public image and reputation I’m not going to judge a person’s ability, character or performance based edited television footage. I don’t care if there name is War Machine, Matt Serra, Matt Hughes, Rampage, Rashad Evans, Tito Ortiz or Michael Bisping.

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by VeeisAnimated on Oct 20, 2009 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs