Court decision will prevent Rampage (photo) to re-debut in the UFC. Photo: Disclosure
At least until further notice, the fight between Brazilian Fábio Maldonado and the former champion Quinton Rampage Jackson, scheduled for UFC 186, on April 25th, is suspended. A New Jersey judge granted an injunction to Bellator, a rival event to Ultimate, which prevented Rampage to fight in Canada thanks to contractual commitments with his former organization.
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The information was released by the North American website “MMA Fighting”. Rampage he had managed to leave Bellator in court a few months ago thanks to a clause in his agreement, which guaranteed him this right in the face of inadequate promotion of events or lack of opportunities. Furthermore, the fighter also claimed not to have received a copy of the income from the sale of packages pay-per-view of Bellator 120, of which he would be entitled to a portion. The termination of Rampage, however, was questioned by the organization, which, among other things, filed a lawsuit to annul the contract signed between the athlete and Ultimate, as well as prevent him from performing in the Octagon.
At 36, Quinton Rampage Jackson has a professional record of 35 wins and 11 losses. Strong name in MMA in the days of the now extinct PRIDE, where he starred in an intense rivalry against the Brazilian Wanderlei Silva, Rampage He moved to the UFC in 2007 and shortly after won the light heavyweight belt. His time with the organization lasted until 2013, when he moved to Bellator, an event for which he only played three times.
This is the second major loss suffered by the UFC 186 card. The first was the cut of the bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw, who would have his rematch against the Brazilian Renan Barao. With Dillashaw's departure, the flyweight belt dispute between Demetrious Johnson and Kyoji Horigushi was announced as the new main fight of the night in Montreal (Canada).
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