Former UFC gentle heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson could be the newest veteran to be transitioning to boxing, and he want to take one other one with him. In an interview on YouTube channel No Jumper, Rampage’expressed his need to tackle longtime rival Wanderlei Silva for a fifth time.
Quinton already owns two knockout wins over Silva, one at Bellator 206 and one at UFC 92. Earlier than the wins although, Jackson misplaced to Wanderlei twice in the course of the Delight days, getting knocked out at Delight 28 and Delight Closing Battle 2003. Now, the 44-year-old needs to settle the dispute as soon as and for all.
“There’s a few guys I personal some ass-kickings too. For one, Wanderlei (Silva). Me and him, we fought 4 occasions. We’re 2-2, I want to field him or one thing. Even the rating.”
Having seen Jackson’s statements, Silva mentioned he was open to a problem on his official Instagram account.
“It appear I’ll have to choose up my gloves once more. Would you wish to see this one?” Wanderlei requested his followers.
Each males have been away from competitors for fairly a while although. Jackson’s (38-14) final outing occurred in December 2019, when he obtained knocked out by Fedor Emelianenko. In reality, the 44-year-old’s TKO win over Wanderlei, in September 2018, is the newest win on Rampage’s document.
In the meantime, Silva (35-14-1-1 NC) has been away from the cage since his aforementioned loss to Jackson in September 2018, however he additionally dropped a unanimous resolution to Chael Sonnen earlier than that in June 2017. The 46-year-old’s most up-to-date win dates again March 2013, when he knocked out Brian Stann.
