Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has had a long rivalry with Wanderlei Silva. The duo fought on three separate occasions, with Silva winning the first two, and Jackson getting his revenge in the third meeting.

While there was plenty of trash talk throughout the trilogy fights, Jackson tells Fighters Only that he never had a dislike towards Silva.

“The thing about Wanderlei, I never disliked him. He didn’t like me. I never disliked Wanderlei even after he beat me twice,” said Jackson. “I came to UFC 20 when my friend Dave Roberts fought – this was years ago, before I even had a fight – and I saw Wanderlei knock somebody out and I was a fan of his. And I was always a fan of his, I liked the way he fought, I never had nothing against him.

But last time I fought him I was just fed up with how he was talking and the stuff he was saying and it was just my time to take him out. The first two fights, it wasn’t my time to take him out. I don’t hate anybody, I have never hated any guy that I fought… I disliked a few. I disliked Wanderlei when he was talking all bad about me but I was a fan if his first so I have got no problem with him.”

Jackson’s fellow teammate Michael Bisping is slated to fight Silva at UFC 110 on February 20 at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia.

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