King Green was back in the cage at UFC 332 and he brought former UFC champion and MMA legend Quinton “Rampage” Jackson to his corner. That didn’t save him from a tough night at the office: Green was knocked down by Esteban Ribovics several times in the first round, forcing a stoppage at 4:08.
Jackson clearly didn’t enjoy the cage view of Green during the fight and explained afterward that he’s not a fan of playing the corner role.
“I don’t corner,” Jackson told Nina Drama (via Happy Punch). “Bobby asked me to corner him and all that stuff, I said, ‘Ah, I don’t want to do all that.’ But he’s such a good guy, I didn’t want to say no.
“Bobby’s an entertainer, he’ll bring it no matter what,” he added. “It’s just for me, he’s my boy, he’s like my brother. It’s just a bummer to see one of your boys get beat up, but it happens. It’s part of the job.”
Green made it clear that he felt in umpire Herb Dean ended his fight early, “Rampage” kept it real as they discussed the fight at the after party.
“You put on a show before you worry about your safety,” Jackson argued. “We don’t think about wearing our bodies down. That’s what they think about. Like, my brother, I wanted to see you win, but it might have been a bad decision. In a fight, we don’t think about s—t going down.”
“I’m not going to live long!” Green replied. “Let me go, king! I live for now and today. I’m a real gangster, n—a. I stare death straight in the face. I look at s– like Dragon Ball Z and they do this (move). I do s–, I see a cartoon, but in real life!”
You’ve got to give Green credit for being the kind of player he is even against overwhelming odds. But Jackson is right: the judge is there to save you from yourself. Green did nothing but cause more damage. If Dean hadn’t intervened, the Ribovics would have. And then maybe King wouldn’t have been out in the clubs after the fight. He might have been in the hospital.