I reported earlier last month that Bellator had filed suit against Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and the Ultimate Fighting championship to prevent him from fighting Fabio Maldonado later this month at the Bell Centre in Montreal Canada. For that story click here.
Now the time has come and the NJ court will announce Tuesday whether the card can be allowed to continue as is or will UFC matchmaker Joe Silve be scratching to find a replacement for the co-main event. Bellator alleges breach of contract on the part of Jackson as he walked away with four fights left on his contract. On the other side, Jackson claims that it was Bellator themselves who had not upheld their end of the deal. Claiming that he was not satisfied with the way they marketed/ promoted his fights.
Who breached the contract I don't know, but this creates a conundrum from the UFC and it would be interesting to see if they have someone training and preparing just in case Jackson is enjoined from fighting on the card. Because to think, otherwise, would seem highly problematic to a promotion that basically had to rescue a card last moth in Brazil that was littered with reformatting due to so many injuries.
The fight game is a fickle industry completely unpredictable, but with the roster that the UFC has it would seem likely that they are already working on a backup plan.
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