Jackson and Jardine on Greasegate

Light heavyweights Quinton Jackson and Keith Jardine had different takes on the scandal du jour of greasing allegations against welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre by lightweight champ BJ Penn during their UFC 96 conference call.

As a teammate of St. Pierre's, Jardine's thoughts on the matter came as little surprise.

"I think it's pretty silly, actually," he said. "Not too many fights are dominated like that. You never see a high level fight where one guy just completely reaches in and takes the other guy. That's what happened with Georges and BJ. I think they've still got to fight because of the headlines...they've got to save some face with that. So they're trying to make a controversy with the Vaseline which is just silly. Everyone who knows Georges, knows that he would never want to win that way. He's a true competitor and a true athlete."

After initially shying away from the topic, Jackson gave his two cents.

"I've heard of fighters using Vaseline and stuff like that. I never used it. So I don't know. Most my opponents haven't used it. I never witnessed any of my opponents using it.

"Me, I'm the type of fighter, I don't deal with other types. I want to be able to whoop somebody's ass knowing that I whooped their ass because I whooped their ass, not because I needed help whooping their ass. That's the type of ass-whooper I am, you feeling me?"

Labels: BJ Penn, Georges St. Pierre, Keith Jardine, Quinton Jackson, UFC 96

posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 3:38 AM 

2 Comments:

 Anonymous said...

haha Hell Yeah we feel ya Rampage!!!!

March 3, 2009 7:57 AM  

 Anonymous said...

and Rampage is going to whoop some ass.
Sorry, Jardine, but you're out of your league. Vaseline won't help. The fight's only going to the ground when you get knocked to sleep.

March 3, 2009 2:46 PM  

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