Quinton "Rampage" Jackson was born on June 20,1978 and is an American mixed martial artist, actor and former professional wrestler, who most recently fought in the Bellator MMA.
95 Facts About Quinton Jackson
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Quinton Jackson is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and unified the Pride Middleweight Championship belt.
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Quinton Jackson is from Memphis, Tennessee and had a difficult childhood.
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Quinton Jackson began selling drugs from a young age and was involved in many street fights.
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Quinton Jackson had a dysfunctional family, as his drug-addicted father disappeared when Quinton Jackson was only 10 years old, before returning to his life in 2003.
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Quinton Jackson had his first experience with combat sports as a wrestler for Raleigh-Egypt High School, enrolling at the school as a 17-year-old freshman, where his career included All-State honors in his senior year after finishing fifth in the state tournament at 189 pounds.
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In high school Quinton Jackson befriended fellow Bellator light heavyweight Jacob Noe, a karate practitioner who taught Quinton Jackson striking techniques, in exchange for wrestling techniques.
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Originally, Quinton Jackson intended to pursue a career in professional wrestling after graduating high school, but ultimately extended his amateur wrestling career at Lassen Community College in Susanville, California before being expelled after a fight with a teammate.
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Quinton Jackson built up a record of 10 wins and 1 loss fighting for a variety of smaller scale American promotions, including King of the Cage, Gladiator Challenge and Dangerzone.
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Quinton Jackson gained a reputation for lifting his opponents and slamming them to the mat.
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Quinton Jackson lost due to a rear naked choke from Sakuraba.
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Quinton Jackson captivated the Japanese fans with his exciting performance and gained their respect and admiration for his valiant effort against the much more experienced Sakuraba.
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Quinton Jackson went on to defeat Masaaki Satake, Igor Vovchanchyn, Kevin Randleman and Mikhail Illoukhine in successive Pride bouts.
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Quinton Jackson made forays into kickboxing with a pair of victories over kickboxer Cyril Abidi, under K-1 rules.
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The first kickboxing bout between Abidi and Quinton Jackson was on July 14,2002.
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Quinton Jackson then scored a hard underhand right to the chin of Abidi, knocking him out at 1:55 in the first round.
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Later in the year, Abidi wanted to prove that his loss to Quinton Jackson was a fluke, and faced him on the New Year's Eve Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye card, again under K-1 rules.
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Quinton Jackson laid a lot of criticism to rest by defeating Abidi, this time via decision.
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Around this time, Quinton Jackson began stating his intentions to capture the Pride Middleweight title from Wanderlei Silva.
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Three months later, Quinton Jackson defeated UFC fighter Chuck Liddell in the tournament's semi-finals at Pride Final Conflict 2003 by corner stoppage, putting him in place to battle Silva in the tournament finals that night.
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Quinton Jackson continued his Pride career with a TKO victory over Ikuhisa Minowa at Pride Shockwave 2003.
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Quinton Jackson then faced Ricardo Arona at Pride Critical Countdown 2004 with the winner to face Wanderlei Silva.
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Quinton Jackson scored another takedown in the second round, but Silva escaped to his feet and proceeded to knock out Quinton Jackson with multiple knee strikes to the head.
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Quinton Jackson won a split decision over Murilo "Ninja" Rua, but fell to Rua's younger brother, Shogun Rua, via TKO soccer kicks to the head.
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Quinton Jackson then defeated Hirotaka Yokoi via TKO at Pride 30.
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Quinton Jackson defeated Matt Lindland by split decision at WFA: King of the Streets on July 22,2006.
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Quinton Jackson managed to get out both times, and slammed Lindland a few times before cutting the bridge of his nose with ground and pound on his way to the win.
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Quinton Jackson said that because Ortiz was one of the biggest stars in the UFC, and that both were fighters in the same weight class, he did not want to interfere.
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Quinton Jackson made his UFC debut at UFC 67, where he knocked out Marvin Eastman, avenging an early career loss.
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At UFC 71 on May 26,2007, Quinton Jackson faced UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell in a title rematch of their 2003 Pride bout.
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Quinton Jackson then defeated Pride Middleweight Champion Dan Henderson at UFC 75, on September 8,2007, in London, England via unanimous decision to unify the two organizations' titles.
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On December 9,2007, it was announced by Dana White at Spike TV's Video Game Awards show that Quinton Jackson will be one of the two coaches of The Ultimate Fighter 7.
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In later rounds Quinton Jackson managed to take Griffin down twice and work his own ground game, almost executing his signature power bomb.
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Many took note as Quinton Jackson was showing obvious discomfort from the effects of the leg kicks.
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The next three rounds were described by Sherdog as "somewhat uneventful" with Quinton Jackson searching for the knockout punch while Griffin threw whatever he could with long jabs, leg and body kicks.
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Quinton Jackson began training for his next fight at UFC 92, which would be against Wanderlei Silva, the only man to defeat Quinton Jackson twice.
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Quinton Jackson avenged his previous defeats by knocking Silva out with a vicious left hook in the first round.
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Quinton Jackson's next fight was against Keith Jardine at UFC 96 on March 7,2009.
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Quinton Jackson was on track to get his title shot but lingering injuries kept him from fighting.
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Lyoto Machida received the title shot and Evans was expected to defend his belt as the main event instead; Quinton Jackson had stated he would like to fight Rashad he suffered torn ligaments in his jaw that will require surgery and five weeks of no contact.
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Production of the tenth series of The Ultimate Fighter reality series began in June 2009 with Quinton Jackson coaching opposite former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans.
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On September 22,2009, Quinton Jackson wrote in a blog on his website that he was "done fighting", due to maltreatment by the UFC.
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On December 4,2009, Quinton Jackson informed the community via his web blog that he would return to the UFC to finish his contract and wanted to fight Rashad Evans.
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Quinton Jackson was expected to finally face Rashad Evans at UFC 113, but the bout was scheduled for May 29,2010, at UFC 114.
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Quinton Jackson ended up losing to Rashad Evans via unanimous decision.
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Quinton Jackson was tagged in the opening moments and spent the next two rounds being taken down before hurting Evans in the third, but was unable to finish him.
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On March 24,2010, Dana White announced that Quinton Jackson signed a new six fight contract with the UFC.
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Quinton Jackson's next fight was against former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida at UFC 123 on November 20,2010.
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Quinton Jackson went on to win by a controversial split decision.
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UFC president Dana White put all doubts to rest and supported the judges' decision, saying that Quinton Jackson won the first two rounds and no rematch would be needed.
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Quinton Jackson was expected to face Thiago Silva on May 28,2011, at UFC 130.
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Quinton Jackson put on a dominant display, easily defending the decorated wrestler's takedowns and winning the striking exchanges.
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Quinton Jackson faced Jon Jones for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on September 24,2011 at UFC 135.
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Quinton Jackson lost by submission in the fourth round after Jones applied a rear-naked choke.
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The loss marks the first time Quinton Jackson had been finished during his run in the UFC.
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Quinton Jackson faced Ryan Bader on February 26,2012 at UFC 144.
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Quinton Jackson cited a training injury that prevented him from doing road work.
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Quinton Jackson lost the fight via unanimous decision; it was the first time he had suffered two consecutive losses.
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Quinton Jackson was planning to face former Pride rival, Shogun Rua as his last UFC fight, but opted to have double knee surgery.
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Quinton Jackson was expected to face Glover Teixeira on October 13,2012 at UFC 153.
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However, Quinton Jackson pulled out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by Fabio Maldonado.
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Quinton Jackson fought Teixeira and lost by unanimous decision on January 26,2013 at UFC on Fox 6.
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On June 4,2013, it was announced Quinton Jackson had signed multi-year deal with the partnership of Spike TV, Bellator MMA and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
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Quinton Jackson made his Bellator debut on November 15,2013 at Bellator 108 where he faced Joey Beltran.
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Quinton Jackson won via knockout in round 1 after dropping Beltran with a left-right hook combination and following up with another right hand on the ground, stopping the action with 1 second left in the round.
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Quinton Jackson next faced former Bellator Champion Christian M'Pumbu on February 28,2014 in the Season 10 Light Heavyweight Tournament at Bellator 110 in the semifinals.
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Quinton Jackson faced Muhammed Lawal in the tournament final for a title shot on May 17,2014, at Bellator 120.
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On December 20,2014, during the main card broadcast of UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Dollaway, it was announced that Quinton Jackson had signed a new deal to return to the UFC.
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Scott Coker, Bellator's president, alleged that Quinton Jackson was still under contract with Bellator and they would pursue legal process to ensure that.
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Quinton Jackson claimed that Bellator did not honor his contract and that's the reason he signed with the UFC.
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Quinton Jackson was scheduled to face Fabio Maldonado on April 25,2015 at UFC 186.
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However, on April 7, Quinton Jackson was removed from the card after his most recent employer Bellator MMA was granted an injunction by a New Jersey Superior Court judge preventing him from competing for the UFC after it was alleged that he breached a deal signed in June 2013.
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Quinton Jackson fought Satoshi Ishii on June 24,2016 at Bellator 157.
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Quinton Jackson faced Muhammed Lawal at Bellator 175 on March 31,2017.
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On November 9,2017, Quinton Jackson re-signed a multi-fight contract with Bellator.
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Quinton Jackson faced Chael Sonnen in the quarterfinals of the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament on January 20,2018 at Bellator 192.
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On June 25,2018, it was announced that Quinton Jackson would fight Wanderlei Silva in a rematch on September 29 at Bellator 206.
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Quinton Jackson won the fight via technical knockout in round two.
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The bout marked the last fight of his contract with Bellator, who opted not to re-sign Quinton Jackson, making him a free agent.
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Quinton Jackson made his TNA debut on the June 6,2013 episode of Impact Wrestling, getting into a verbal confrontation with Kurt Angle.
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On July 31,2014, in an interview with The Fight Nerd, Quinton Jackson stated that he was done with TNA after he saw their operations and how "they ran things".
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Quinton Jackson starred in the films The A-Team, Never Surrender, Duel of Legends, and Death Warrior.
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Quinton Jackson appeared on WWE Monday Night Raw on June 7,2010, as a guest host.
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Quinton Jackson suffers from low testosterone and undergoes testosterone replacement therapy.
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Quinton Jackson is an avid gamer, and streams in his free time on the streaming site Twitch.
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Also in 2009, in an interview with an unidentified Japanese reporter, Quinton Jackson gets on all fours and proceeds to bark, sniff, grab, grope and hump the reporter from behind, with the terrifed woman eventually squirming away.
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In 2013, Quinton Jackson directed more highly inappropriate comments toward female reporter Karyn Bryant during an interview just days after a petition was published seeking Rampage's removal from the UFC.
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Quinton Jackson has repeatedly persuaded his Asian fans to make homophobic remarks about themselves on camera.
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On July 15,2008,10 days after losing his belt to Forrest Griffin, Quinton Jackson was arrested in Costa Mesa and booked on suspicion of felony reckless driving, and felony hit and run after striking several vehicles.
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Quinton Jackson led pursuing officers on a chase while driving on the wrong side of the street and on city sidewalks in his lifted Ford F-350 with his picture painted on the side.
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Quinton Jackson was charged with one felony count of evading police while driving recklessly, one felony count of evading police and driving against traffic, three misdemeanor counts of hit and run with property damage, and one misdemeanor count of reckless driving when he nearly hit several pedestrians.
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Quinton Jackson faced up to 3 years in prison if convicted.
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One of the victims in the above police chase, filed a civil suit against Quinton Jackson and claimed that the impact of her abdomen with the steering wheel caused her amniotic fluid membranes to rupture, ultimately resulting in the stillbirth of her baby.
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Quinton Jackson requested $25,000 in damages for property damage, personal injury, and emotional distress.
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In 2014, Quinton Jackson claimed that the reason of his reckless driving was trying to reach a friend's house in order to stop him from committing suicide.