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Las Vegas \u2014 Roughly eight years after their first meeting, in which Montel Jackson made his UFC debut on short notice, Jackson and Ricky Simon ran things back at UFC Vegas 121.<\/p>\n
This time, it was Jackson (16-4) coming away with a TKO victory, avenging a decision loss in the pair\u2019s first meeting. With that in mind, it was something of a surprise to hear that Jackson was indifferent about the victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels good. I\u2019m a little bit indifferent. This one is, I\u2019m grateful for Ricky and everything that Ricky helped me get to this point. Without Ricky, I probably wouldn\u2019t be in the UFC,\u201d Jackson told media outlets including Cageside Press following the bout at the Meta Apex this past Saturday. \u201cI fought Ricky on short notice. He could have said no. He could have held out or found somebody else, but he said yeah he\u2019d fight me. I\u2019ll forever be grateful to Ricky.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, Jackson has the win, and up next, he wants \u201canybody. If anything\u2019s short notice or whatever and it makes sense, yeah, I\u2019m ready. We can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Key to Saturday\u2019s performance was turning up the volume. After losing a couple of close split decisions back-to-back, Jackson wanted to be sure that he was throwing more.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, that was one of the biggest things, was just volume. Putting the volume out there, not worrying about if they land or not, or how they land,\u201d he told Cageside Press. \u201cJust get the punches out there, give him something to think about. And hopefully the punches I do miss or I don\u2019t make great contact with, it leads then to that big one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jackson also reacted to a submission attempt, admitting that when it comes to finishes, it\u2019s the KOs that show out. That, explained Jackson, comes down to short attention spans in the modern MMA fanbase.<\/p>\n
\u201cSubmissions are okay, but the knockouts bring the money, man. The knockouts bring the viewership, the knockouts bring in \u2018I wanna see that guy fight that guy.\u2019 Submissions not that much, man,\u201d stated Jackson. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to package a submission in like a minute. Everybody\u2019s attention span is so short now, that they wanna see a clip. It\u2019s hard to get a whole trend, like, a whole, back-and-forth of a submission when you can just look at a knockout, boom, that guy\u2019s out. Which one made more sense?\u201d<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll answer that question after we watch three more reels on Instagram.<\/p>\n