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UFC 144's "Rampage" Jackson goes after Joe Rogan - "I just want to tell him to shut the **** up sometimes"
Feb 20, 2012 - 3:30:17 PM UFC 144's "Rampage" Jackson goes after Joe Rogan - "I just want to tell him to shut the **** up sometimes"

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

Joe Rogan has been the UFC's color commentator for years, and for most fans and fighters he's been considered one of the best in the business. However, for at least one former Champion and star, Rogan is far from the pinnacle of MMA broadcasting.

UFC 144's Quinton "Rampage" Jackson did an interview with Fighter's Only ahead of his bout with Ryan Bader in Japan this week, and he didn't hold back his thoughts on Rogan and his commentary.

"You know he's got good jiu-jitsu because he's so biased against jiu-jitsu guys," Jackson said of Rogan (transcribed by BJPenn.com. "You can hear it in his voice. Whenever a guy is a jiu-jitsu fighter he's playing rusty trombone. I don't think you should talk down, you should be neutral."

"When I used to fight in PRIDE, watch Bas Rutten and Stephen Quadros on commentary. Those guys were my good friends and you couldn't even tell when they were doing commentary. We hung out outside of work sometimes, we were good friends but when I fought they weren't biased towards me. They did their job. They weren't biased towards skills or anything like that. That's the way it should be. Sometimes you can hear him because Joe Rogan has one of those girly high-ass voices. I just wanna tell him to shut the f*** up sometimes."

Penick's Analysis: Rogan can be seemingly biased at times, and definitely does put emphasis on certain things over others in an occasionally noticeable way, but that doesn't mean it's necessarily intentional. Still, it's clear Jackson's not a fan. He's never one to stay quiet about how he feels, though, so if he's had these thoughts for awhile it was only a matter of time before they spilled out in an interview. Now it'll be interesting to see if there's any tension with Rogan this weekend in Japan.

[Quinton "Rampage" Jackson art by Cory Gould (c) MMATorch.com]