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Early last year after the first couple episodes of TUF 7 aired, I wrote a piece on how impressed I was with the way Rampage approached his role as a coach. He seemed genuinely interested in getting to know the members of his team and helping them to succeed. As the season went on, I recall there were a few moments that made me question if I had spoken too soon, and considering his team lost nearly every bout, he didn’t turn out to be as good at coaching as I had hoped. Nevertheless, he still left me with the impression that he cared about his guys, which to me outweighed his performance as a coach.

In case you missed it, “the most shocking twist in TUF” history did end up with one of the finalists being kicked off the show. That finalist was Jesse Taylor. From the surveillance video, it appeared someone had kicked a window out of the limousine, which turned out to be case with Taylor being the culprit. According to White, Taylor then proceeded to go to the casino bar and began to “terrorize” the females that were hanging out there. When security was called in, Taylor began to yell that he was a “UFC fighter.” This didn’t sit well with White, prompting him to kick Taylor off the finale and out of the UFC.

Current TUF cast member, Mike Dolce, had some strong words on the production of The Ultimate Fighter in his latest blog entry at MMAWeekly.com.

Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson.

No fighter in recent memory has garnered as much hatred so quickly as Jeremy May on season seven of The Ultimate Fighter. If you’ve followed this season so far, you know exactly what I’m talking about. He’s that arrogant guy that never knows when to keep his mouth shut and when to stop messing with people, especially people he’s just met.

Apologizing for the rampage

Rampage has really impressed me during this season of The Ultimate Fighter. And truthfully, he’s really the only good reason to continue to watch it. Considering how highly I thought of him as a coach after the third episode of the season, I was a little concerned he was going to prove me wrong after I saw the previews last week for last night’s episode. If you missed it, the preview showed Rampage, well, going on a rampage. I was afraid he was freaking out on his team for screwing up, but it turns out the built up frustration of losing two fights in a row capped off with a decision he felt was wrong got the best of him and he lost it.

The Rising of a Star

Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson blasted onto the American MMA scene last year when he knocked out the UFC’s biggest star, Chuck Liddell. Hardcore fans of the sport had followed Jackson for years in Japan as a fighter for the now-defunct PRIDE Fighting Championships. He’s always possessed the qualities necessary to be a superstar in the U.S. The problem was he wasn’t fighting state-side when the UFC was blowing up into the monster it is today.