It was only a matter of time until someone got Rashad Evans, Rampage Jackson’s would-be next opponent, on the horn about Rampage’s retirement. That someone was Cagewriter’s excellent Maggie Hendricks, and it doesn’t sound like Evans is buying it:
I think that him coming out and saying stuff like that was a bit premature. He’s jumping the gun a little bit. Rampage is a very emotional fighter, a very emotional person, and he just let his emotions take over his rational thinking. I think that him and Dana White just probably need to talk it out, and get past it. I think it’s just a breakdown in communication.
Dana’s the kind of guy who is going to say what is on his mind, maybe without thinking it through all the way, before he said. Rampage is a hothead, as well. You get two tempers like that, go at each other like that, it makes the situation hard to work through.