Quinton Jackson’s Latest Beef

After a crazy end of the work week, things have started to settle down in MMA land … at least for now. Once we find out when Tito Ortiz is scheduled to fight in the UFC again and what happens to a certain free agent named Fedor Emelianenko, I’ll pass the word along. But for now let’s get into some more Quinton Rampage Jackson drama.

Quinton Jackson - Image: Zuma Press

It’s never a dull time with Rampage … just a few weeks ago he made waves after dry humping an obviously uncomfortable female reporter, and let’s not forget his crazy chase from the police that resulted in a forced psych hold (also referred to as a 5150 to people who follow Hollywood starlet news) last summer.

I don’t want to imply that Jackson is getting ready to go off the deep end again, but his behavior of late has started to be somewhat odd. In addition to the reporter molestation, he also got into a shoving match with Rashad Evans at UFC 100 while sitting with UFC owners Dana White and the Fertittas (they were not impressed). And now the generally cheerful former UFC champ has another guy who’s getting him hot under the collar: up and coming MMA prospect ‘King’ Mo Lawal.

As with most things MMA related, the initial beef is caught on camera: Quinton Jackson and Mo Lawal were headed to an event held by a mutual sponsor when some friendly ribbing over records and skill levels turned serious quick.

Lawal later wrote on the Underground forums (the same forums that the fake Kimo death story came from):

“Dont worry about me…..You need to focus on Rashad Evans.  I aint gon waste no time with your ignorance. Keep on puttin on your routine and your corny over used punchlines….Our time for battle will come, You have your hands full with the former champ….I aint tryna be known for arguin with you. I feel bad for you cuz you playin yourself….You’ll see what Im talkin bout when your career end. Its a shame.”

Jackson played down the situation in a blog for Fighthype:

“This punk ass dude ‘King Mo’ is all butthurt because I don’t know who the hell he is. Straight up, if you’re not one of my friends or fighting one of my friends or a potential later opponent, I might not get a chance to watch your fight. So I didn’t know who the hell ‘King Mo’ was and now he crying like a little girl.”

Lawal is currently fighting in Japan for a company called Sengoku, so this isn’t going to be a fight that happens in the cage any time soon. But it looks like there’s a good chance these guys are going to keep jawing at eachother until it does.