According to UK newspaper The Sun, former UFC light heavyweight champ Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is set to play the role of B.A. Baracus, made famous by Laurence “Mr. T.” Tureaud, in the upcoming remake of The A-Team. Rampage was scheduled to face off with fellow Ultimate Fighter 10 coach Rashad Evans at UFC 107 in October, but the bout was scrapped so Jackson can focus on filming. The original main event is said to have been replaced with lightweight champion B.J. Penn’s tilt with Diego Sanchez.

There were other rumored actors to play the part — Michael Clarke Duncan(too big), The Game(not sure why), Tyrese Gibson(wtf) and Ving Rhames, but Rampage is obviously a better fit… Not only in his physical stature but also his humorous attitude… They could even change Mr. T’s patented gold chains to Rampage’s patented chain. And you can’t say the Mohawk wouldn’t be fitting. Mr.T was a fighter , Rampage is a fighter — it’s perfect. And of course Rampage would do all of his own stunts making every scene he is in real.

Of course not everyone is onboard. Here’s what the UFC frontman Dana White had to say about Rampage skipping a planned UFC 107 main event bout against Rashad Evans — one that will have to be be postponed and rescheduled — for the flick.

““He wants to do this thing, and he’s like, ‘listen, man, this is really important to me…there’s some sentimental value here for me, me and my Dad grew up watching The A-Team together and we loved it,’” White told reporters at a pre-fight press conference for UFC 102. “Guess what Rashad Evans is thinking about right now,” White said. “He’s thinking about beating your f*cking ass. He’s not sitting around thinking about how him and his mom used to watch the f*cking Love Boat together and he wants to get the role of Isaac the bartender.’’

Jackson responds with,

“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,” he wrote. “I did a lot of things for them. I wish no bad blood between us but I have kids and a family back in Memphis to provide for and that’s all that matters to me!”

The movie’s scheduled release date is June 11th 2010.