Comments on: We Found Rampage!

By: Brandt DeLorenzo

Brandt DeLorenzo — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:21:18 +0000

Well if you look at what happened last week, it’s Rampage who needs to talk to the shrink. Nobody was uptight about the comments, just at how Rampage was attempting to market himself when he was the champ. It doesn’t really matter right now as he needs a lot of time to turn his life around before he can truly focus on fighting and the MMA media.

By: jeanine

jeanine — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:16:11 +0000

this “race thing” is stupid.Rampage is a great fighter as are most of the people in all of mma.He is having and hard time and f.u. people just like to start trouble.I’m so sick of hearing people base things on race.People say shit in the heat of the moment,Rampage is no exception.As far as I am concerned his comments were funny…..and I’m white…..If your so uptight about the comment….maybe you have a problem here is a dollar go talk to a shrink…..hehe

By: shoot or sprawl

shoot or sprawl — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:55:20 +0000

Relax.. a few months back regular people had no idea who rampage was. Now he has to watch what he says… F that.. WAR RAMPAGE

By: Brandt

Brandt — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:14:45 +0000

John: I know that _you_ don’t, but everyone else does.

When I say everyone else, I mean normal people who normally don’t spend time writing about MMA. Ya know, “normal” people.

I relate to this personally. I didn’t get into MMA before my college years because I thought it was brutal. I thought the fighters were idiots who started bar fights for fun and I thought MMA was a waste of time.

Once I was given a chance to learn about the legitimacy of the sport and the athletes, I realized that the fighters worked hard, the sport was tough, and there was a LOT more to it than two guys punching each other in a cage.

You know what Evan Tanner did by building that little playground? He gained more fans who will ultimately begin watching him train and fight. It didn’t take much to do it either.

By: John Philapavage

John Philapavage — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:55:18 +0000

It as a whole is a business, but I do not look at MMA as a corporation nor do I find corp. P.R. moves to be valid in any way. They are completely transparent, and there is a huge difference between seeing something for what it is (a means for all players to make money, be it promoter or fighter), and seeing them as a corporation (which I guess if you wanted to make that argument would be UFC or Elite XC, and not “The business”, which is what I refer to, and is a whole non-joined business). Also, a corp. is one organized function all working towards the goal where as fighters are independent contractors. They are not “part of the machine” in the same way a department of a corp. is.

By: D. Capitated

D. Capitated — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:29:25 +0000

I don’t think that the UFC needs to be trying to court the 2-11 age demographic. Rampage making a sarcastic joke that everyone knows is true to TMZ isn’t exactly some mindblowing thing that will get him blackballed. Dave Chappelle did a TV show of this kind of stuff and was enormous.

By: Brandt

Brandt — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:59:15 +0000

D. Cap: I do want Quinton to talk publically and to act like a role model for the sport. Being goofy in front of a bunch of kids or dressing up for UFC events is great. Doesn’t anyone see the correlation between positive publicity and long term success in the sport?

Maybe I just need to stay away from these HR folks at work.

By: Brandt

Brandt — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:54:24 +0000

John: “Congrats on building a park. you did something for your community, NOT MMA”

It’s funny that you mention this, Mr. “MMA isn’t just a sport, it’s a business”

Why is it that every major corporation has found ways to give back to the community? Perhaps it’s to show that the organization does indeed have a human caring side. Tito Ortiz does this and apparently quite often. He’s a busy man showing that MMA is legit, hence he is supporting and helping the sport.

The masses are easily swayed by the media. The media is lobbied by the politicians. The politicians learn about MMA from the mass media (or maybe they read MMA Opinion?!). MMA needs the masses to survive.

MMA fighters and organizations need to show their capabilities of being more than thousands of fans cheering two guys fighting in a cage if they want to continue to thrive and ultimately survive on mainstream television.

By: John Philapavage

John Philapavage — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:32:01 +0000

Being bothered by a reporter if he had the time to figure the difference between a legit reporter, gossip reporter, or someone posing as a reporter, isn’t really publicity seeking. It means he was asked a few questions and this is what was honed in on. Quinton isn’t a detective or a football player, so this question had nothing to do w/ him. His answer was what hundreds of social humorists do every day on TV and the radio, or on blogs.

As for Evan Tanner doing something for MMA…

Congrats on building a park. you did something for your community, NOT MMA. And I think paying money to be in the guys corner is kinda pathetic. If he can get the money, I’m cool w/ that. I just think it’s kinda silly to have someone pay to hang out in your corner.

y point is I don’t see him “doing something” for MMA, just that he’s doing good stuff in life. Jackson getting a good media interview and coming off well, like I’ve been yelling about for weeks now, actually does more for the sport then Tanner letting you take one of his classes on the cheap.

By: D. Capitated

D. Capitated — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:31:50 +0000

re: what you want in Quinton: It seems as if you’d like Quinton to never talk publicly about things other than fighting. What’s your opinion on Muhammad Ali? Did he not act like a role model either?