Många blev överraskade när UFC under lördagen bekräftade att Quinton Rampage Jackson återvänder till organisationen efter att ha gått tre matcher hos konkurrenterna, Bellator. Dock verkar det som att övergången inte alls är 100% klar, i alla fall inte ur ett rättsligt perspektiv hävdar Bellators VD Scott Coker.
Så här skrev Coker på Twitter kort efter att UFC och Rampage gick ut med ”flytten”:
Rampage håller dock ej med Coker, då han i ett pressmeddelande berättar att skälet till att han flyttar tillbaks till UFC beror på att Bellator inte kunde leva upp till sin del av avtalet.
After five months of grueling negotiations and gray-area contract talks with Bellator MMA and parent-company Viacom, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson officially terminates his contract with the up-and-coming promotion citing multiple breaches since the removal of President and Founder Bjorn Rebney. Jackson exercises a clause in the agreement that allows for a 45-day window to satisfy any contract dispute. Bellator MMA, failing to fulfill the requests of Jackson, was put on notice, failed to respond and eventually notified that negotiations were officially terminated.
Jackson’s U.K.-based fight manager and Wolfslair Academy founder Anthony McGann confirms, late Saturday night, that “Rampage has indeed signed with the UFC.” Details of the deal have not been made public. Jackson was available for comment late Saturday night from his Laguna Hills, CA training center Rampage Family Fitness and provided the following: “I went to the UFC and we put a deal together that worked out for both of us. I’m excited to be here. The UFC had nothing to do with me leaving Bellator. I was done with Bellator when I made the final call and they still didn’t do what they had to do contractually. I wish those guys the best but I’m where I belong.
Rampage gick över till Bellator under 2013 och hann gå tre matcher, där han vann alla.
