Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
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Like, I know in my locker room I'm joking and stuff up to five minutes before the fight.
And then when I start howling and stuff, like, oh, shit, Rampage is here.
My team, they knew it.
They just always say, oh, there you go.
I remember hearing them say it.
One of my coaches said that.
He said he knows people that's really good in the gym, but then when they're getting out in the lights and with the pressure, they don't perform.
I do that with the jiu-jitsu because I never really liked jiu-jitsu a whole lot.
And it was, like, my worst thing.
So I used to just start rolling with myself in guillotine chokes or get put in bad positions.
Yeah, and I wouldn't tell my sparring partner what I was doing.
Yeah, I just let them get me and stuff, and I try toβ
Worked my way out.
That's why I've always, I've only been submitted like two times with real naked chokes.
I just, those are my kryptonite.
Sakuraba got me.
John Jones.
You know, I didn't train with tall jiu-jitsu guys for him.
I had a tall guy to spar with, but I didn't have anybody long and lengthy like that.
And I didn't think they would make a difference, but after the fight, I was like, fuck.