Quinton Jackson May Fight at Heavyweight Next

Quinton Jackson spoke with the MMA Hour (via MMA Fighting) about his fight with Satoshi Ishii at Bellator 157 and more. Some highlights are below:

On fighting Ishii: “Honestly, I didn’t really know much about him because I don’t really watch a lot of fights. I didn’t know anything about him, but then I heard he’s a southpaw and a judo guy, and I was like, ‘ah, hell.’ This is going to be a good test for me because, to be honest, I don’t do well against southpaws. And judo is kind of awkward for MMA, that’s why Ronda Rousey was smashing girls so bad, so quickly. Because somebody that can do judo efficiently in MMA, can be very dangerous if you don’t know how to handle it.”

On who he may face next: “I haven’t really thought about it, but I’m thinking about maybe fighting heavyweight or something like that. I’m not going to lie, I’m too old to be cutting weight. I’m over all the cutting weight sh*t.”

On a possible fight with Fedor Emelianenko: “That would be an incredible fight. Fedor is back. He’s always been one of my favorites, and I really love his fighting style. That would be a great fight to put me in as well, but you know, Fedor and I are friends, we don’t talk to each other cause we speak different languages. But at the end of the day, like I said, my job is to fight. So if that fight comes up, I would happily take it.”

On wanting to face Darrill Schoonover over Matt Mitrione: “I’m sure Matt Mitrione’s ugly ass wants to see that fight happen too. I’m not opposed to it, but I don’t want to fight two southpaws back to back. Like I said, I f*cking hate to fight southpaws because it’s hard to find sparring partners and stuff, but hey, at the end of the day it’s my job to fight, and I’ll fight anybody. I don’t turn down fights, but i really want to fight T*tties. I have no beef with Mitrione, I had beef with T*tties. I’ve really been trying to fight T*tties, but Bellator doesn’t want to see it for some reason. I don’t understand why not. T*tties needs to get these hands all up in his face. I told T*tties, if I win, I’m going to motorboat him. And I ain’t lying.”