MMA Fighter Gives Racial, Sexually-Charged Interview to Female Reporter
- Posted on June 1, 2011 at 2:53pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Let’s preface this by saying that MMA fighter Rampage Jackson is known for his wild, and inappropriate interviews. And it’s also worth pointing out that the reporter in this case, Karyn Bryant, did introduce race into the interview by asking what the “homeboys” thought of him. But none of that seems to be an excuse for the sexually-charged, racially-tinged rant Jackson launched into after winning a recent fight.
After Jackson confirmed that by “homeboys” Bryant meant “black folk,” he let loose (albeit in a lighthearted way):
“Black folk love me and I love black folk ’cause I’m black. But you know, I love everybody, but black folks love me. Black girls love me, too. I get hit on by black girls all the time. I be like, ooooh, I be showin’ my nipple, I be doin’ my nipple dance, man black girls love me. I love them black girls back, too. Man, I be lovin’ me some black women. Are you black?”
When Bryant responds that she is part black, but also part white and part Jamaican, Jackson responds, “Jamaican me horny,” and goes on to say he’s tempted to hump her and makes a sexually suggestive motion towards her breasts:
[Content warning for suggestive language and actions]
It should be stated that Jackson’s remarks seemed to be in good fun, but that still doesn’t change the nature of them. He’s definitely entitled to his choice in women, but asking for the reporter’s race on TV and using sexually suggestive language and gestures could be considered crossing the line.
Now, if you’re expecting Bryant to be upset about all this, she’s not. She’s taken to her Twitter account to defend Jackson and the interview:
Given the nature of the comments in the interview, some may be surprised at Bryant’s blase attitude. But does that make the comments okay? Apparently, yes. UFC — the fighting organization Jackson competes in — has been silent on the issue.
(H/T: SportsGrid)
This story has been updated.
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Comments (197)
Tiny280
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:28pmRegardless of any past incidents involving that fighter, that seemed like a bit of harmless, if ill-timed, flirtation – especially by the circus standards of an MMA event (among many other circuses). As flirtation goes, it was a bit ham-handed, but harmless. The reporter had the grace to accept it in the good humor with which it was clearly intended and moved on. Hopefully, everyone else will do likewise.
Report Post »Getten
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:28pmWhere’s the latest Tiger Woods sex report? Huh? You Blaze guys are getting lazy.
Report Post »Talmid of Yeshua
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:24pmIf she put‘s herself in a man’s position, in the male locker rooms, it’s to be expected. At she understands that, unlike that whore bimbo Ines Sainz who dresses like she is working the streets, then complains when the New York Jets cat call her.
Report Post »urbanserf
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:23pmOh, so she’s “Jamaican, black, and white…” I think she may have forgotten, idiot, Caribbean, island dweller, North American/South American, and dumbass
Report Post »NuffSaid
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:23pmFinally- An educated black man who knows how to get liberal women ready for Islamic life. Good job Ramp. Get her ready for the beat down she’ll get when we are all named Moham…
Report Post »historypaper
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:22pmHere’s the key to American culture. The dust storm of racism blows from the White House and the country is flat broke and the next civil war is brewing. Just like cattle and sheep we’re herded to destruction by distraction as our priceless Constitution is being burnt behind the Obama White House.
Report Post »dirtypolitics
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:35pmVery, very good comment! Just what I was thinking. You have put it best.
Report Post »The Big Pickle
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:47pmGreat point. How many more years, in your opinion until Civil War? I’m thinking the day after the 2012 election.
Report Post »sickfreak
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 6:43pmThanks to you I now have a new signature in my email : )
Report Post »Rob
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:21pmGREAT interview! Screw political correctness… let’s get REAL back into things…
Report Post »mrmikejohnson
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:21pmMaybe we need an MMA Czar to regulate MMA interviews.
Report Post »1me2ao
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:15pmhe is a fighter and not a boyscout. really what do people expect..
Report Post »Marker12
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:14pmjournalist lol
Report Post »Gunonesis
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:12pmMust have been a slow news day…WHO CARES!!
Report Post »TEIN
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 4:06pmA double standard or no standard is why care…the media and NFL and a crazed tizzy when last fall at the NY Jets, some players made comments about Ines Sainz. So, is sexual comments ok or not in pro sports?? Where is the outrage that occurred like Ines Sainz with women groups and such? Why can some people be like Teflon and nothing sticks where others are roasted and reprimanded? That’s why the story is important……
Report Post »chuck_wagon
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:10pmKind of silly but I can’t say I had a real problem with it.
Report Post »moreteaplease
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:09pmJust shows how low class and tasteless you can be and people will love you for it. The moral compass of today’s society is so out of whack.
Report Post »CS_GUY
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 4:28pmMoral Compass? Looks like both gyroscopes are skewed.
Report Post »Pallamus
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 8:49pmAnother term for this is decadence.
Report Post »beckwill
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:07pmso that’s where Jesse Jackson has been lately…I was wondering.
Report Post »Grey Matter
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:06pmWonderful. Let’s just defend misogyny (not to mention illiteracy). There couldn’t possibly be a link to the media openly approving of this type of behavior and the decline in the respectful treatment of women. You know Karyn, for someone as “educated” as you say you are, you really are very stupid.
Report Post »urbanserf
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:28pmShe’s white, black, and Jamaican, you’ll never understand :)
Report Post »264win
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:06pmIf a white person acted like that Eric Holder would have us in jail.
Report Post »TumbleBumble
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:05pmEducation/resume/credibility has nothing to do with it. How about self respect?
Report Post »Does she not understand how men looked at her while she was letting this guy get sexual? I’m embarrassed for her.
Goodgriefgeezlouise
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:44pmCan you say Mike Tyson?…You can expect a ton of punchy, brain damaged MMA guys in the near future..Fun sport to watch but the pounding is just not what the human body was made for..
Report Post »KeithOlberdink
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:03pmIn the end times…What‘s right is wrong and what’s wrong is right.
Report Post »Black Manta
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:42pmYes and these are the end times..for the good will be seen as evil, and evil will be seen as good Jesus tells us thses things…God Bless…
Report Post »Havok
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:02pmRampage was always a jerk too.
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:00pmI am a HUGE MMA fan , he’s a disgrace . He’s got a long history of these encounters . Look them up on youtube .
Report Post »Havok
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:00pmAnother slow news day.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:00pmBecause that’s the way our culture is going. Too many people have been raised with trailer trash values.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:06pmHi, SilentWatcher! Haven’t seen you in a while. Doing okay?
Report Post »(I agree with you.)
silentwatcher
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:14pmHey Show,,,,yea doing good. Took the Harley out across the country for a short while. Life is good,,,,but the knuckleheads are trying to take all that away from us!!! Thought I‘d better get my ’two-cents‘ in and show my support for the good ole’ USA!!!!
Report Post »code green
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:30pmSilent that isn’t “trailer trash” that is the typical urban getto trash way of life. In other words….Basically carnal animals with out respect for anything .
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:40pmhere here….it is trash, that. Seems culture has taken a new direction these days. People used to act civilized in public,,,,,and dress accordingly. Where we once wore nice clothes in public,,,now sweats and pajama are a growing trend. Language was important, now the trend is ‘slang.’
This country has lost so much in the last few decades that I doubt we can ever get it back.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:00pmIf she doesn’t have a problem with it, I don’t, either.
God grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:06pmI dont either… got more important stuff to do !!!
Report Post »saviorammo
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 5:11pmAnimals don’t know the difference. They are just being animals.
Fed raid this past year in Grand Island, Nebraska. Grand freak’n Island Nebraska. Afican tripes going at it with knives and axes. Female Mayor, was a racist for asking for help. Finally FBI had to step in.
Big Pickle may be a tad overboard, but there is some truth to what he says. Look at our inner cities and crime. Our prisions and acitons of released criminals. Take the damn PC glasses off, it will kill us all.
The truth shall set you free. Torch Africa and our inner cities. The Pheonix will rise anew and hopefully will will not repeat the experiment.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 5:24pmThank goodness I don’t know who this person is. Sounds like a stupid article to me.
Report Post »Ron_WA
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:08pmNothing to see here; move on.
It’s not sexual harassment unless it’s unwanted & she was clearly fine w/ it. In this case, it’s simply good old fashion fun & games.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:00pmWellllllllllllll…if she likes it, Im Ok with that. Just two sorry human beings tryin to make it…
Report Post »chips1
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 8:05pmThe price of AZT just went up.
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 2:56pmHe has a history of sexually assaulting female interviewers .
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:08pmI love MMA and Rampage Jackson is quite a wild man but let’s contrast this with all the female celebrities wearing short skirts without underwear, flashing their beavers over and over. Even Miley Cyrus did this when she was underage. Look at the so-called dance moves they do on stage, squatting down and thrusting their butts up and down, they look like stink bugs. Too bad there are no lawyers with a sack to charge these women with sexual harassment.
Report Post »101
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:17pmHe’s an MMA fighter that just stepped out of the ring “running on adrenalin” I think it was a very funny interview and see nothing inappropriate…if you don’t like MMA fighting or the pre-interviews/aft-interviews change the channel!
Report Post »Take your racist crap somewhere where it will make a difference, not here not in the world of MMA fighting everybody is equal it’s in the octagon that sets them apart physically & mentally NOT racially…get a life!
el presidente
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:17pmIt appears that black people have become a pack of wild animals. Look at all the trouble they caused at the beaches last weekend nation wide. The black culture in this country is very trashy. They need to get civilzed like the Japanese for instance. They’re out of control and everyone is afraid to say it. But we all know it!
Report Post »Jediusetheforce
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:18pmThe reporter likes bad boys. She knows what her purpose is here on this planet. Yeah Baby!!!
Report Post »The Big Pickle
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:21pmJediusetheforce
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:18pm
The reporter likes bad boys. She knows what her purpose is here on this planet. Yeah Baby!!!
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What do you expect…she’s a quadroon.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:21pmHe is little more than a butt sniffing dog………………..
Report Post »siebegorman
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:25pmAnd this is important enough to post on The Blaze?
Report Post »FAIL
el presidente
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:30pmIt appears that black people have become a pack of wild animals. Look at all the trouble they caused at the beaches last weekend nation wide. The black culture in this country is very trashy. They need to get civilzed like the Japanese for instance. They’re out of control and everyone is afraid to say it. But we all know it! Say it if you believe it!
Report Post »justafollower
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:31pmIt’s Quinton Jackson. He’s goofy as hell. He doesn’t mean anything by it. And she was begging for it!! and enjoying every minute of it. Hell I think she bent over for him at the end of the interview
Recently theblaze has put up some MASSIVE non stories and this one is probably the biggest. They should‘ve reported on Hamill pounding on Jackson’s face. That would be more intersting.. cmon, at least combine the two stories.
Report Post »Black Manta
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:33pm@ The Big Pickle…I pray for small minde people like you…humans with small minds end up in the pit..Jesus looks at us all the same fat, skinny, rich, poor, tall, short, black, white…only at the end will you understand and hopefully it won’t be too late…there’s still hope for humans like you…God Bless…
Report Post »The Big Pickle
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:45pmBlack Manta
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:33pm
@ The Big Pickle…I pray for small minde people like you…humans with small minds end up in the pit..Jesus looks at us all the same fat, skinny, rich, poor, tall, short, black, white…only at the end will you understand and hopefully it won’t be too late…there’s still hope for humans like you…God Bless…
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I’m NOT small minded…I have been around the world, I was a Soldier of the Year Candidate in the 7th Corp, I have a college degree from a Big 10 University and I have come to the conclusion based on 40 plus years of real life experience to know that multiculturialism and political correctness are the DEATH OF AMERICA!
Report Post »The Big Pickle
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:53pmel presidente
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:30pm
It appears that black people have become a pack of wild animals. Look at all the trouble they caused at the beaches last weekend nation wide. The black culture in this country is very trashy. They need to get civilzed like the Japanese for instance. They’re out of control and everyone is afraid to say it. But we all know it! Say it if you believe it!
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Good observation and FAT CHANCE of blacks ever acting like civilizied human beings. Which brings me to my theory of God and the Universe.
I believe in evolution….but only the blacks evolved from apes…and clearly, they are still in the evolutionary process…perhaps millions of years away from becoming fully human.
It’s also my opinon that White people were created in the Garden of Eden by the hand of God in his image.
Has anybody ever questioned why the only continient with apes is also the only continient with indigeous black population?
How come there aren’t any apes in North America or Europe?
In summary…this planet is a combination of evolution and God.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 4:00pmHey Pickle, why bother with the PC language. If you think blacks are inferior, subhuman creature, why don’t you just come out and say it.
Say, is that avatar really a picture of you?
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 4:16pmSo Peter Pickle ….aka big
if you needed a Heart Transplant .and the only one that was available was from a Black person would you take it or DIE ????
I mean since you say they are not Human
Report Post »Amadeus76
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 4:27pmNo, actually he doesn’t… But thanks for showing your ignorance. Rampage is a character and he sells himself well. Everything he does, with a few exceptions pertaining to fighters he personally dislikes, is for fun and laughs.
And for the record, he has half-Japanese kids. This is much ado about nothing.
Report Post »loadingmyclips
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 4:52pmSo blacks have a advantage over the French when it comes to sexual harassment!. Carte Blanche as it were. Well dat be da way we are. Holders people, of course these actions aren’t inappropiate!
Report Post »trueconservativeinpa
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 5:00pmI wanna go on a boat ride too. Can’t blame him one bit. MMA is not for kids or the easily offended, so if you were watching, and got offended, it’s your fault.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 5:26pmFrom my observations… watching black entertainment channels versus white entertainment channels (no such thing)…I would say black channels WAY more sexually motivated than white…like I said …my observations! next question…why do “african Americans” get such special treatment, NAACP, BET channel, united ***** fund…etc…is it because of slavery…if thats the case…wasn’t that 150 years ago….not trying to sound racist, but seems totally unfair to me…and if a white man were to treat this interviewer this way, don’t think alot of people would think its so funny.
Report Post »BSdetector
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 6:23pmIf you don’t follow MMA you may not get it, but Rampage was asked a question and he responded like Rampage. It’s part of what people like about him, myself included.
Report Post »This is a non story.
BSdetector
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 6:29pmI agree that if skin colors were different, the media would create a firestorm, but you SHOULD be able to joke around like that no matter what color your skin is without being called racist, bigot, or any of the other names they call people who don’t agree with their ideology.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 7:42pm… ignorant turd …
Report Post »Trance
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 8:32pmLOL, I love this guy. Great fighter, and great sense of humor.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 8:48pmAmadeus76, seriously who is “rampage?” Is that Pickle? His posts were so over-the-top he seemed like a troll (as opposed to someone like me who everyone calls a troll).
Report Post »Gemini22
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:01pmI’m not one to critize most of stories on this site, but C’mon…really. The guy caters to a demographic, in reality he is a faithful father and husband. “Rampage” is the character!
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:29pmHell I do that in fun all the time , but not on camera, “Race to the lawyer”!!. “Evidence’
Report Post »red1
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 1:07amI‘ve been watching Rampage’s fights for a long time. He seems to be a decent guy. They are obvioulously friends and she had no problem with it so neither do I, This interview must have been on the pay-per-view show last weekend only. If it had been on broadcast TV, I would have a problem with it but I see nothing wrong with it being on pay-per-view.
Report Post »royalstar
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 1:45amI thought the interview was great and she was a good sport. Political correctness sucks. If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Report Post »foobear
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 3:36amHow can it be assault if he didn’t even touch her?
Moral panic moral panic.
It was a funny interview and all in good humour.
Report Post »hud
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:48amMMA foreplay?
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