Rampage Jackson: Jon Jones Is The Dirtiest Fighter, Iconic Slams, That TUF Door, TNA Wrestling

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (@rampage4real) is a mixed martial artist and actor known for his time in Pride FC, Bellator and as the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. He joins Chris Van Vliet in the Blue Wire Studios at Wynn Las Vegas to talk about his legendary UFC career, his fights with opponents like Wanderlei Silva, Chuck Liddell, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, why he says Jon Jones is the dirtiest fighter, what happened when he signed with TNA to become a pro wrestler, his movie roles and what he learned from Liam Neeson and Bradley Cooper on "The A-Team", his viral clip destroying the door on "The Ultimate Fighter", why he thinks Jake Paul will beat Tommy Fury, his support of United Fight League and the fact that they are paying for fighters medical coverage, his plans for another fight and much more!
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00:00 Intro
00:26 Being called “Rampage”
02:38 Will he fight again?
06:25 Food
07:43 Missing Weight
10:10 The Undertaker
14:47 TNA Wrestling
17:13 WWE
17:33 MMA Powerbomb
21:00 Wanderlei Silva
21:58 Finding out about UFC
24:52 Career options
25:37 Staredown
27:10 Jon Jones
28:10 Fedor Emelianenko
29:18 Jon Jones next fight
32:34 Destroying a door on TUF
37:05 Children
42:28 ‘Life is like a fight’
44:02 How has MMA changed?
46:07 Jake Paul Boxing
51:52 United Fight League
57:54 Money
1:00:33 A-Team
1:08:27 Gratitude
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[@Project_Worm]

I love how Rampage said having a daughter would make Chris "super soft" and he tried to turn it around like, "but you have a daughter?" And he just sighs "yeah, you're gonna get soft"

[@Project_Worm]

@@elijahhill6602 100%

[@UnseenLive1]

Idk if Id say soft is the right way of putting it. You probably become more caring and aware and empathetic.

[@anasshahid224]

Facts!

[@OSCARESCAPA]

Ive never seen Rampage being so respectful, nice and humble... you really got a different side of him Chris, thank you

[@shafo4384]

Agreed.

[@thomastakesportspodcast]

One of the most entertaining fighters in MMA history. Great interview as always Chris.

[@ChrisVanVliet]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@xxmarvelknightxxgaming]

​@@ChrisVanVliet😊😊😊😊

[@xxmarvelknightxxgaming]

​@@ChrisVanVliet😊

[@spacemankad2108]

Rampage vs ariel helwani rivalry is legendary. Legit badass dude.

[@jjdbzfan18]

This was a great interview. Rampage is 100% truthful and raw and Chris makes them feel so comfortable. I hope to see more MMA fighters and personalities on here.

[@henrydavis4369]

This was an amazing interview, I could go for another TUF with coach Rampage

[@theinvaderblankman4226]

Hell no he was horrible coach lol

[@wess62373]

@@theinvaderblankman4226 still waiting for the grudge match between rampage and tittes

[@WhyTheHorseface]

@@wess62373whatever happened to titties??

[@MikeBites]

Rampage just speaks so truthfully and real, and CVV is the perfect person to converse with and keep that realness going.

[@DanielLopez-cy2tq]

Watching this dude fight back in the days was dope. Also I wish they had made a second A team movie. He was good

[@adamirishconundrum851]

You know that his fights in Japan were fake right? The referees had earpieces.

[@bhaveshsingh8931]

@@adamirishconundrum851 not all of them. His fights against sakuraba probably was but against randleman and wanderlei, nope

[@adamirishconundrum851]

@@bhaveshsingh8931 it was a worked shoot. It's been proven

[@frankcouste4785]

KZbin videos prove it all. Especially when the narrator says it’s fake. Lol

[@leeham6230]

​@@adamirishconundrum851 Some fights were faked, but not all of them, and certainly not the majority.

[@anthonydiaz3984]

That explains so much one time I was 16 year old and I saw rampage walking toward a convention and as he was walking I was in the way I said hey rampage one of his guy said he busy but rampage Gave me a fist bump class act.

[@Nah-T-EBei]

I like how respectful Chris always is with whoever he's interviewing.

[@CallMeMicahT]

I’ve seen so many clips of this that I finally had to watch it. Such a great interview.

[@grudeman]

Rampage is a real legend of MMA! He fought in the most exciting era of MMA the pride era, and had some incredible performances, then he came to UFC and won the title. Go back and watch rampage Vs randelman from 2003 the take down defence from rampage was absolutely insane he was SO strong, the arona slam, the beating he gave Chuck, and his fights with wanderlei were all incredible. What a career and he sounds lucid and speaks perfect best of luck and health ☘️

[@willhatfield493]

I just came across this interview and damn is it good. Shit I was wanting to hear another 2 hours of this conversation, I liked hearing about his kids and how he was solo raising em. Stuff like that makes ya think too, all while he was fighting the best in the world too. What a awesome dude foreal.

[@WhyTheHorseface]

Excellent interview. Thank you!

[@James_Tn]

This was a fun convo. Rampage is great & interview was awesome. I like that it's an open conversation and not a series of question. It's great when people don't guard their answers. CVV is skilled at connecting with people

[@ChrisVanVliet]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks James!

[@adamirishconundrum851]

CVV is a great interviewer and host.

[@yo_its_javi9808]

I hope you do more movies, Rampage. Loved the A-Team 🤙🏼

[@culver3volr223]

My all time favorite fighter…. My all time favorite interviewer… couldn’t get better than this

[@brown_recidivist]

I remember watching TUF Season 10 with Rampage and Rashad that's what got me into ordering my first PPV UFC 114 lol

[@adamirishconundrum851]

Last pay per view I got was Forrest chopping him down with leg kicks. He seems like a cool guy though.

[@ThePeoplesChoicePodcast]

Such a great interview rampage was alway one of my favorites

[@anasshahid224]

Amazing interview Chris! Rampage Jackson the legend, such a humble guy, love his chill vibe. Real cool dude. Wishing him the best in his life. 👊

[@David-yj2gg]

Love Rampage!! Dude is a true bad ass in and outside the Octagon. Great interview CVV!

[@DWoods-rp5hm]

Great interview man. You brought out his best

[@LVEPablo]

When he popped up in TNA one day to start the feud against Tito, I was so hype when I was younger

[@crazydolphin33]

Rampage on A-Team was an amazing actor. He said the UFC blackballed him from Hollywood after a certain agency signed him and shelfed him. Makes sense because he showed how good he actually is in that movie.

[@pinkribbonskies5731]

Do you really believe that?

[@alex96super]

@@pinkribbonskies5731 knowing Dana, yes.

[@Dennis_Frey]

Rampage in his prime would have been awesome in BKFC

[@shel0016]

Agreed!! 😎💪

[@CLAMBAKED]

Love all your interviews Chris. You never let a moment slip /no dead air. As soon as you end one topic, boom you are right on point to the next. I appreciate your talent. With this platform flooded with similar content, you definitely stick out from the rest. Happy for your success, and I look forward to many more years of your your star rising. Take care man. Jeremy.

[@rex788]

My all time favorite MMA fighter. Watching Rampage is what got me into MMA.

[@pinkribbonskies5731]

It's a shame and almost shocking this only has less than 10k views.

[@iiSeesaw]

One of the most real dudes out there. I love this guy.

[@thechronic2699]

He would of been a massive star in his prime in this era. People who don’t know him think Derrick Lewis is funny, Rampage is the OG comedian of MMA & had better fights than Lewis. He definitely doesn’t get the recognition he deserves.

[@rickywuzzhere6200]

You got rampage you got a long time supporter!!!!

[@305dmr]

Really great episode. And loved his honesty too

[@fadirached2386]

Loved this interview

[@OurMadUniverse]

"Sometimes we feel that we even though we shouldnt" Thats raw man

[@Mikeparker_mx]

Really good interview.

[@danielkells2983]

This is a great interview dude

[@MickeyRegala]

Great interview! I love rampage.

[@alexhudson-]

Rampage checked one of Fedors leg kicks so hard I'm pretty sure Fedor at least fractured his leg. He stumbles back and goes "ahhhh" and does a little dance for a second like he was in high heels on a slippery runway.Fedor being the man fought through it though he's a real one. One of the best checks I've ever seen and people say Rampage doesn't check kicks, but the obviously aren't real fans. Shout out to Rampage for liking this comment.

[@kingwavehoe]

Rampage real asf this a good interview ⚔️

[@carlitocash]

I just found this channel. Thanks for this. I identified with his story about The Undertaker because the same thing happened to me with Kimbo Slice (RIP) I asked for a pic he declined and I wished him well, moved on and held my L lol

[@robertfattler2362]

Rampage is such a loveable person

[@shafo4384]

Hehe. Are you sure?

[@jdpbk93]

@@shafo4384seems pretty cool to me

[@brandonb3174]

I remember listening to him on Opie and Anthony, very chill guy

[@wrestlingcomicsawesomeness7056]

Rampage jackson is one my favorite ufc fighters absolute legend love rampage jackson

[@Monkeysuncle123]

The greatest thing that never happened!!! Rampage is a class act and a legend!!! God Bless n stay safe brother!!!

[@MrRuipereira7]

Great story about the Undertaker.

[@benzeltser9851]

too many good things to say about this crazy dude, Thank you rampage

[@NIGameYeah]

I'm currently watching love guru and I saw you, but that was to be expected

[@josephsmithmeyer1195]

I miss UFC when rampage was there and when it was first starting I knew every fighter every weight classand I could pretty much follow every fight with the fights being on Spike the only ones I didn't get to see where the pay-per-view title fightsbut you can pretty much keep tabs on who is who now you got the free fights on ESPN you got you got like two big UFC events every month fights every weekI used to know every fighter and every weight class now there's so many fighters and I don't know every fighter in one weight class let alone every weight class the UFC has been growing every year it's so hard to keep track of who's who nowI still love the UFC but I hate watching fights when you don't know who the fighters are because now if you're ranked in the top-15 you don't usually get on a free fight fight night

[@robertalexander9365]

Dudes calmed down a LOT over the years.

[@tiggersrevenge]

I wanted nothing more for Rampage to beat Jon Jones at the time.

[@GoldenGodDennisReynolds]

“Ben Askren didn’t get knocked to the ground”. What is Chris talking about?! He got knocked down, beat the count but was in no state to continue.

[@itzchum3854]

I’ve always respected rampage since a child watchin Jim fight chuck hearing his story is incredible being a single father of 2 boys a ufc fighter a pimp and was still raising his kids shout out rampage for being a stand up man

[@christianvoorhees69]

Quinton is my Hulk Hogan. I remember watching A-Team reruns right before tuning into UFC, which was some fantistic filler in between raw & smackdown. The A-Team movie came out in High School & me n my lil brother still quote it all the time. Chris has been growing on me since the first bubba interview. I'm almost tempted to sub 😅

[@rudebwoytroy]

man, Chris Van Vliet is so knowledgeable mang!

[@sportsentertained]

Sucks to think of what could have been if Master of Pain was nicer to a young Rampage

[@bladestormviking]

as someone else who grew up in the "memphis mania" days, the old tapes and stories don't do it justice. this little rinky-dink 3 state territory was packing the mid south collossium EVERY MONDAY NIGHT for decades. they'd come to my town every friday night, that's where i saw the classic battle of Dutch Mantell and the Master of Pain vs stunning steve austin and (i want to say) frankie lancaster. when Dutch says "they wallowed around the ring for awhile..." he's not joking, that was the WORST match i've ever seen. hard to believe Austin and Master of Pain would become stone cold and undertaker.

[@timslee0618]

The way Rampage showed up to fight Fedor looked like he was only there to collect a check and seemed like he didn't try

[@omarcarranza215]

There's no shame to losing to fedor

[@timslee0618]

@@omarcarranza215 there isn't, but he showed up out of shape and looked like he didn't even try at all

[@Norkoli]

@@timslee0618 he probably needed to bulk up, there’s a huge weight difference between light heavy and heavyweight he probably has to put on like 20 kilos… and then fight Fedor. Not an easy task, but respect for trying

[@timslee0618]

@@Norkoli MMA is not the sport to bulk up because Cardio is very important. The best HW's usually were always around the 220lbs to 240lbs range. Rampage did not bulk up. He came in out of shape. Rampage did not even try. Randy Couture when he fought at HW was around the 220 lbs range.

[@xxmarvelknightxxgaming]

Yea the way he fell out 🤣🤣

[@joelfernandez536]

Anyone shocked to see a humble, respectful Rampage should watch his pride fight against Murilo Rua

[@firmanimad]

Rampage imitating Liam Neeson calling him broke me lmao

[@rudebwoytroy]

my algorithm is cats, wrestling, basketball

[@matthewchristie2186]

This is the real Rampage he's always been my favourite hey love this dude you da man Quinton

[@JuvaniMupene]

This deserves 1.5M views

[@that1hippiedude641]

Rampage going to wwe or njpw would be amazing!

[@jcol317]

I could listen to Rampage every day

[@beneaththeearthforever]

Crazy, The Undertaker ignored me too and gave his autograph to a white kid.

[@Ucey365]

Not a Foodie, 291 pounds. 👀

[@alex96super]

Yo Rampage is awesome. Never knew much about him. He’s an interesting character.

[@ryanmcmillan7449]

What brand of t-shirt is Rampage wearing?

[@DCXCoorexDakarCoore]

"That door" had No chance 😂😂

[@WhyTheHorseface]

It’s a travesty that Rampage didn’t become a huge action movie star. Maybe it was bad management, I don’t know. But he’s an absolute star.

[@tonyjenkins3937]

Impact Wrestling Main Event Mafia member Rampage Jackson

[@Norkoli]

That was just beautiful

[@AirLancer]

Wish Rampage's acting career could've gone places, if only for his health. From what I know he was pretty well received for his role in the A-Team, so it's unusual how the man just didn't get any other roles considering his charisma and built-in fanbase. I mean you're telling me Hollywood couldn't have at least made a few mid-budget action films starring Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, the same industry that did its hardest to turn Adrian Brody into an action star? Or at least some supporting roles. According to Rampage himself, he thinks he was sabotaged by his agency...which was the same company that ended up buying the UFC.

[@l.-._.-._.-._.-._.-.l]

My intro to the ufc was the tuf with rampage and evans. Good times watching that on a shitty crt TV 🤣

[@FlightDogg_]

I'm in a movie with Rampage called Fire With Fire, he's a cool dude...

[@TheJustin905]

not a foodie? Rampage was caught hiding chocolate bars in his pillows during a training camp before according to mike dolce LOL. Rampage is awesome though he always responded to me when I use to comment on his social media stuff and during his twitch streams, hes a super cool guy

[@alanjagroop1282]

HEY CHRIS IF U EVER DOING AN INTERVIEW WITH Y2J OR CHRISTIAN. ASK THEM ABOUT THE TIME THEY HAD TO COME DOWN THE RAMP WITH THIER TOWELS AND HAD TO LEAVE NAKED. SEEMS LIKE AN INTERESTING STORY TO HEAR ABOUT. HAVE THEM COME ON YOUR SHOW AND DO AN INTERVIEW ABOUT WWF BACK THEN. IN THAT PROMO SCENERIO

[@hrodriguez561]

Rampage is a monster in the cage but a nice guy out of it

[@juliooquendo220]

Rampage Jackson is a good fighter but also very funny as well. If he wasn't a fighter he be a stand up comic

[@adamirishconundrum851]

He wasn't as talented technically as a lot of his opponents he was just a badass.

[@nuwansampath7348]

Respect for the legend!!

[@randallsavage13]

Rampage lookin buff 💪

[@weathp]

He’s totally different than I thought.

[@LiTTLeDizZyUriNe]

Omg I totally forgot Rampage was on TNA.

[@kylecollopy9262]

You both need to try marcos pizza 🙏😂

[@bencromwell707]

Rampage Iconic Fighter #UFC

[@Junood25]

Creed to the host not all ppl cant have a good conversation with the legend rampage he is very missunderstod

[@Payseur]

How did he make 5M+ when the Gate was 4.3M? Sounds BS.

[@sly_tendencies87]

Rampage is the best.

[@Junood25]

Rampage the legend ouuuuu 🐺

[@LoneWolfe_XX]

Unfortunately I think Tyrone took a dive man,I always felt that way

[@anwarrazali4447]

A-team

[@garyhen2028]

Chris common! You have to know taker history

[@poavao6832]

He should turn up to AEW Rampage one time lol

[@rudebwoytroy]

ufc do the "local talent" thing lolol

[@vancedorsey7990]

Rampage is a living legend

[@Geordiejamie84]

So many "killers" are so mildly mannered to get them in killer mode be like a kettle boiling

[@joeschmidt246]

Great interview, but rampage has definitely drove like that before lol

[@Lemonslala]

Ngannou vs Rampage 2023

[@MagomedMagomedov4]

Rampage is til this day my favorite Fighter ever

[@fightermma]

"Train with Bob Sapp in Thailand" is code for "Im gonna take steroids". They're cheap over there.

[@tomlee1696]

Bob sapp is natural what are you talking bout

[@realrobh]

The only unified Pride and UFC champion in history