UFC is posting videos to YouTube every day this week, documenting President Dana White's preparations for UFC 87. This video is bizarre, to say the least:
At about the 3:30 mark, White and Rampage Jackson appear together, seated at a table, joking about Rampage's watch. That is the first Rampage appearance since he was arrested last month after he sideswiped a car and led a police on a chase. Shortly after that arrest he was hospitalized for a mental health evaluation, and this week it was reported that the woman whose car he hit suffered a miscarriage.
Rampage said "I'm not stupid," and then White added, "and not crazy."
To which Rampage replied, "Not crazy. People think it. Delirium is not crazy."
Rampage then added, "I want all my fans to know, thank you for the support. Rampage will be back. I got new trainers ... my next opponent, you best watch out."
Rampage and White seemed jocular, and while I'm glad to see Rampage looking like his normal, happy self, I'm not sure it's such a good idea for Rampage to be making appearances like this. I'd advise him to keep a low profile.
Rampage Jackson Appears With Dana White, Says He's 'Not Crazy'
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8/07/2008 7:54 PM ET By Michael David Smith
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The always thoughtful, poignant, and eloquent Dana White had this to say:
“That one is out there like, ‘He hit her and she lost her baby,’ ” White said. “It was a week later. He knocked her mirror off her car. Rampage said, and he’ll tell you when you talk to him, ‘I care about everybody. I care about all life. I would never hurt anybody.’
“That’s the way he is,” White said. “Now he’s in a situation where somebody’s trying to civil sue him and make some money. Absolutely not. Absolutely not, this is not a criminal thing. No way. I’m no lawyer and I’m no judge, (but) this stuff will be worked out in the court.”
Ah, Dana. Always full of tact. I'm sure the mother appreciates your comments.