Many people who know me well, know that growing up the Montreal Canadiens Goal tender of the 80’s and 90’s Patrick Roy was my idols; hell I even have 96 different collection cards just of him with the Canadiens in my closet….
This story really is not about him though, but Rather about his eldest son Jonathan Roy. Jonathan wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps but the bar was set very high. He was back-up goaltender on a Patrick Roy coached LHJMQ team with the Quebec Ramparts, On March 22nd 2008 his life changed… Jonathan was goalkeeping for his team against arch rivals the Chicoutimi Saguenéens, as expected a general fight broke out on the ice, during the altercations the goaltender decided to get involved and skated across the ice to try and fight the opposing goaltender Bobby Nadeau. Nadeau did not react but rather covered up while J. Roy took shot after shot at him. Because of this fight the league has taken the opportunity to use his situation as a way to try and ban fighting in the Junior league. Jonathan has since then been in a battle with the law accused with an assault charge. Jonathan has been exempt of these charges even though he pleads guilty. Many people are furious that J. Roy didn’t get anything for his actions; but personally I believe this was the right decision. I’m not excusing what he did but in reality, up to that point his behaviour on that day was one that was encouraged by the league, I mean he was not the only who fought on that day yet was the only one to receive a charge. So if you say that from that point on, what Jonathan did is unacceptable and subject to legal actions, you still cannot charge Jonathan with anything. I strongly believe that the LHJMQ used Jonathan status, being Patrick Roy’s son, to future their point that fighting does not belong in hockey and even to the point that they probably even gave him a plea barging. Plead guilty and you will get off the hook because it will help our league in the long run… This incident which was not uncommon in the league needed to stop. By knowing that the media would be all over the story just because Patrick Roy’s son is involved was a great opportunity for the league to see charges pressed and makes it a an even bigger media frenzy. At the end of the day Bobby was not hurt nor injured, Jonathan walks away clean and the league is able to control and avoid any other situation like it. It’s a win, win, win situation.
Like father like son…
*side Bar: Jonathan, realising that his skills as a hockey player where not those of his father, he decided to retire from the game and pursue other passions, he has since the incident released a music album titled “What I’ve become”
*Rampage’s Reaction to a brutal Knock out of Chuck Liddell in UFC 71
Quinton Ramone Jackson, Known to the World simply as RAMPAGE has decided to call it a day on his Fighting Career September 22nd, 2009. The 31 year old, who made his name on Japan’s historical fighting company “Pride”, is hanging up the gloves with an impressive record of 30 wins (14 ko’s, 7 submissions) and 7 losses.
One reason why he is retiring is because he just got a major movie roll and MMA was taking up too much time to star in it. Rampage will be playing B.A. Baracus, the role originated by Mr. T, in the 2010 remake of the A-Team.
I could see it already, Rampage as Mr. T? Hell Yeah! Well Mr. Jackson, i wish you the best of luck with your future career.
here is how Rampage told the world he was retiring on his personal blog.
“The UFC has done a lot for me but I think I have done more for them. The UFC bought WFA to get my contract & they saved my life, so I felt loyal to them. They pushed me into a fight with Chuck Liddel even when I clearly stated I wasn’t ready to fight for the belt because the American fans didn’t know me but I took the fight and didn’t complain & after I won the American fans booed me for the first time which changed the way I saw them & it hurt me deeply.
Then before I can even get out of the cage they announced that I was fighting Dan Henderson without even asking me. After I beat Dan Henderson, I made history in becoming the first undisputed champion in MMA but was never even given the pride belt in the cage & I was never promoted as the undisputed champ. Later Anderson Silva was.
Then they had me coach TUF season 7 and fight Forrest and the fight was very controversial & normally when a fight is that close & controversial there is normally an instant replay. I can name a couple of instances. Instead they offered me the Vanderlei Silva fight which I gladly accepted even though I know it was a very risky fight for me to take because of all the drama that was happening to me at the time. I fought that fight with a jaw injury and then a couple weeks later Dana called me and asked me to fight Rashad. For the first time I said no, I didn’t want to fight because it was such short notice & I wouldn’t have had a long break between camp. Dana talked me into fighting Rashad anyway but Rashad refused the fight and so I had to fight Jardine as a favor to the UFC instead of getting my belt back (which wasn’t even worth it to me financially).
Then I reinjured my jaw in the fight with Vanderlei & Jardine. Frank Mir gets hurt so they wanted to switch my fight from UFC 100 to the fight Frank couldn’t make it to but I couldn’t fight cause I needed jaw surgury. So they give Machida the fight against Rashad & they told me they want me to coach TUF season 10 against Rashad. That’s why I wanted Rashad to win so bad but when Rashad got knocked out I told them I wanted to fight Machida for the belt but Dana told me if I coach TUF against Rashad that I could fight Machida afterwards cause this was a different type of ultimate fighter show they were doing. After I signed the contract Dana then changes his mind & says I have to fight Rashad & even told me what to say in the press & so my fans think I was scared to fight Machida. After all that I still never complained & I did it all.
Then this movie role came about that I have been trying to get for over a year & as soon as I found out I was close to getting it, I called Dana right away & asked to push the Memphis fight back just a month or so. I told him what this movie role meant to me. I told him that I used to bond with my father watching the tv show as a kid when my parents where still married & it represents the memories I had with my father when we lived together. My dad became an alcohalic & addicted to drugs & we grew apart. But after my dad got his life back together, I was so proud of my dad & I told him I would always take care of him in the future & make him proud of me. My dad & I are still very big fans of the show & I am basically doing this for the childhood memories I had spending time in front of the tv with my dad. Dana went on the internet & mocked me because of that & I still did nothing. Dana & I finally talked & we made up & then after that he went back on the internet & said some bullshit & he was talking bad about the movie when information is not even supposed to be released & talking about payments which is not even true could really hurt my future acting career, which could very well last longer than my fighting career. I’m not like Randy Couture. My body has been getting so many different injuries that I wont be able to fight until my forties & neither do I want to fight that long. So I feel like my second career could be in jeopardy.. so I’m done fighting. I’ve been getting negative reviews from the dumb ass fans that don’t pay my bills or put my kids though college. So I’m hanging it up. I’m gonna miss all my loyal fans but hopefully they’ll follow me to my new career & I will gain more loyal fans along the way. & all you hater fans out there can kiss my big black hairy ass! & anybody that don’t like what I just said can come try to kick my ass!
I still feel the UFC is a great organization and I felt like I was very loyal to them but they didn’t respect my loyalty but I wish the UFC the best. I did a lot of things for them. I wish no bad blood between us but I have kids & a family back in Memphis to provide for & thats all that matters to me!”
while you soak this in, here are a few things that made him famous….
*Rampages’ devastating knockout body slam of Ricardo Arona in 2004
