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25/09/08 - Exclusive: Rampage calls for Wanderlai next
Quinton ‘Rampage' Jackson wants the UFC to give him a third fight with Wanderlai Silva as soon as possible.
Speaking to Fighters Only earlier, Jackson said that, given the choice between Silva and a rematch with Griffin for his next fight, he would opt for the Brazilian.
"I guess I would pick Silva first because I don't think the UFC would have given him a title shot if I had the belt, so I'd have to choose him," he said.
Rampage was handed two heavy KO losses by Silva when the two fought for PRIDE FC and he is more keen to avenge those than his recent loss to Forrest Griffin.
"My last fight, I don't really consider it a loss, in the sense that I don't feel I lost the fight. I figure I did enough to win the fight, so I don't take it as a ‘mental' loss," he explains.
"But when I lost to Wanderlai, those were like a mental loss, in that I went home and I was like "No! I got my ass whupped!".
"Will I beat him next time? Who knows? But I'm ready to get in there and get some good stuff going down," he laughs.
"Remember, anything can happen. People don't understand that, anything can happen in a cage. But one thing for sure - things won't be the same afterwards."
Rumour has it that Rampage will be facing Wanderlai Silva at UFC 91 in Las Vegas on December 27th, but that rumor has not been confirmed by the UFC or either fighter's camp.
John Joe O'Regan
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