Its so embarrassing UFC legend Rampage Jackson reflects on infamous door destruction in

Publish date: 2024-03-30

Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson is a bona fide UFC legend, but for some people, he’s just the guy who angrily ripped a door to shreds.

Jackson etched his name in TV history when he threw an almighty tantrum on the set of The Ultimate Fighter [TUF] season 10.

The long-running MMA reality show sees fighters live together and compete for a UFC contract while two established stars act as coaches before [usually] facing off at the end of the show.

Rampage famously lost his cool and destroyed a door after a fighter he was coaching, Scott Junk, suffered a contentious majority decision defeat against Matt Mitrione.

The former UFC light-heavyweight champion still hasn’t lived down the incident 14 years later and recently admitted his temper got the best of him.

"That door did not deserve that,” Jackson told Seconds Out.

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“I didn’t name myself Rampage. A lot of people think that I’m a fighter, and I named myself Rampage to be a fighter, that’s a nickname that was given to me as a little kid.

“I’m the nicest guy on the planet. I’m so nice because I have to stay nice because I have the worst temper ever. If I lose my temper, it’s so embarrassing, I truly hate it."

Rampage was trying to get away from the cameras when the door hit something and bounced back at him. The rest is TV history.

“So, I was trying to leave because they cheated one of my fighters. I didn’t like the way they [were] treating my team, so I was trying to leave the gym. And as soon as I threw that water,” he added.

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“I was like, ‘Let me get off camera because I don’t know what I’m going to do if I lose my temper, I don’t know what I’m going to do or what I’m going to say. I’m probably going to hurt somebody.’”

“I tried to open the door and there was a little bench there, and it bounced back, and I just said, ‘F*** this door. That’s the most embarrassing TV moment of my life.

“When I lose my temper and stuff like that, it’s embarrassing. Why do I have to do that to a door? I headbutted the door. Why do I got to do that? Why do I have to be like that?”

TUF fans will be hoping to see a similarly iconic scenes when the show returns for its 31st season with Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler in starring roles.

‘Notorious’ previously coached alongside Urijah Faber in 2015 and their series churned out several memorable moments that are still talked about today.

Teaser clips ahead of Wednesday’s debut are already circulating online and show McGregor and his next opponent getting into a scuffle that seemed to get out of hand.

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