Rampage to Fight Henderson in London

Dmac

Rampage to Fight Henderson in London



Newly crowned UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson informed CBS news in Los Angeles that his fight versus PRIDE champion Dan Henderson will take place in London, England on Sept. 8.

"He has the belt that I was trying to go for that I never got," Jackson told CBS 2's Jim Hill on Thursday.

Rampage failed in his bid to win the PRIDE title in Oct. 2004, when then champion Wanderlei Silva won by knockout.

UFC 75, still unconfirmed by the promoter, will feature Henderson in the Octagon for the first time since he defeated Allan Goes and Carlos Newton to capture the UFC 17 tournament on May 15, 1998.

Credit - Sherdog

The Phantom

That's a big fight for British MMA fans. I might consider going to that, it's not too far away, and I quite fancy a weekend in London.

Dmac

For British MMA fans? That is a huge fight worldwide, we are just lucky enough to get it.

The Phantom

That's what I meant, that it'd be staged here in the UK. Obviously it's a big fight world wide. I'm just slightly supprised, but happy that the UFC are taking this one out of the US.

Dmac

Well they want to draw big crowds where ever they go and if they got a giant crowd for a card that had no title fights on it... which they did, imagine what they will get for this fight with both fighters in the bout holding titles...