Rashad Evans has yet to be officially informed that his UFC 107 main-event matchup with Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has been scrapped, according to his manager, Jervis Cole. FanHouse contacted Cole on Saturday to find out whether the ex-UFC light-heavyweight champion had been informed of any change in scheduling. As of yesterday afternoon, he had not.
"Haven't heard anything yet," Cole wrote in a text message to FanHouse. "As far as we know the fight is still on. Until the UFC tells us something different, Rashad Evans starts training in mid-October."
UFC President Dana White had been out of the country on business, so perhaps that explains why Evans had not yet been told of any change in plans.
The other possibility is that reports of the postponement are premature. Several reports have stated that Jackson pulled out of the Dec. 12 main event after getting the role of B.A. Baracus in a film remake of "The A-Team."
Most evidence does point to Jackson being unavailable for the fight date. The film is being shot in Vancouver, and the hometown paper The Vancouver Sun reported on Saturday that Jackson was in town, and was preparing for filming.
The paper also reported that Jackson will be shooting the movie for the next six weeks. That would mean that if the film wrapped on schedule (and many big-budget films require re-shoots), his commitment would end in mid-to-late October. Such a scenario would leave Jackson about seven weeks left for a training camp for a bout that could likely determine the next No. 1 contender in the UFC's 205-pound division. Most fighters favor an eight-week camp.
UFC 107 is to take place in Jackson's hometown of Memphis, Tenn. Lightweight champion BJ Penn recently announced on his website that his next title defense against Diego Sanchez would come there, and could serve as a main event if Evans-Jackson is postponed.
Jackson-Evans is the centerpiece feud of the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter, which begins airing on Sept. 16 and runs through Dec. 2.
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Sad sad day......
he hasnt been tol cause this story is B.S, ice cube is playing B.A, this site is retarted, remember when they claimed fedor turned down 30 million?
and if u don't believe me go to any movie site about the cast of upcoming films
hate to say it but gilly is right. rampage is not in cast to play baracus. Mike Chiappetta you really dropped the ball on this one. You should have done your homework. I hate to call authors out but you obviously didn't research enough.
better luck next time. you failed at being a reporter
is gilly turning over a new leaf?!!!
no cause i still dont think fedor is the best, and thats why everyone hates me
Everyone hates you because you troll commenters who do think Fedor is the best. There is a difference.
how?
how do i?
Like how you say people will toss Fedor's salad before they even commented in a thread about him. Thats the definition of trolling. If you don't think Fedor is the best or even one of the best thats fine. But, berating other forum members for having a different opinion and intentionally trying to cause a fight, derail discussion and be hateful is the modus operandi of being a troll.
Do you want to post actual links to the threads I'm referencing or are you finished playing dumb?
Keep it classy.
your right, that was wrong of me and I'm sorry to you and rj and the ppl i was ripping on, at first i was just trying to post funny stuff and didn't really care about this site, but now that i come here alot i want to state my opinion (with out bashing) and have discussions/debates without bashing and or name calling, there would be times where i would post something that was not offencive and would be called a moron or other things, and alot of those posts I was trying to get even with ppl who was talking junk to me, but your right its not gonna help matters if i say so-and-so is gonna toss a salad, so from now on i'm not gonna "troll" and u will see, also if i get bashed for stating my opinion maybe you will have my back? I want to be cool with you guys ok? can we start over? i am sorry
btw i do think fedor is in the top 5, i don't deny that hes good , i just dont think hes the best, fair enough?
That is exactly what we need more of on this website.
good second go gilly. nice to see you step up, but dont think anyone needs to agree with you. some of our best talks are when we dont agree. theres some really cool guys here, you'll like it.
i guess this story is true, sherdog just posted it on thier website....
i guess this story is true, sherdog just posted it on thier website.... (4th time i have tried to post this)
whoops sorry :)
it still isn't. the two top in consideration is: the game and tyrese. ving rhames(sp) is a dark horse. jackson isn't considered as of yet.