| Quinton Jackson | |
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| Born | Quinton Ramone Jackson June 20, 1978 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Other names | Rampage |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 204 lb (92.5 kg; 14.6 st) |
| Division | Light Heavyweight |
| Reach | 73 in (185 cm) |
| Style | Boxing, Wrestling |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Irvine, California, U.S. |
| Team | Team Oyama Team Punishment Wolfslair MMA Academy |
| Trainer | Colin Oyama Lance Gibson |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 2 |
| Wins | 2 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 41 |
| Wins | 32 |
| By knockout | 14 |
| By submission | 7 |
| By decision | 11 |
| Losses | 9 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By submission | 2 |
| By decision | 3 |
| By disqualification | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Notable school(s) | Raleigh-Egypt High School |
| Website | http://www.rampage-jackson.com/ |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Quinton Ramone Jackson (born June 20, 1978; Japanese: [Kuinton Rampag jakuson]), also known as Rampage Jackson, is an American mixed martial artist and actor. He is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Jackson rose to prominence in Japan's Pride Fighting Championships where he was noted for his powerful body slams including a knockout victory over Ricardo Arona. In the United States, he is known for his tenure in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Jackson is the first person to unify any of the UFC and Pride FC championship belts, defeating Pride Fighting Championships Middleweight title holder Dan Henderson in 2007. Jackson is currently ranked as the #5 Light Heavyweight fighter in the world by Sherdog,[1] MMAWeekly[2] and Yahoo! Sports.[3]
Jackson appeared for a second time as a coach on the reality series The Ultimate Fighter opposite Rashad Evans. They were scheduled to fight at UFC 107, but this bout was cancelled when Jackson took a movie role to play B. A. Baracus in The A-Team feature film.[4][5][6] Jackson guest co-hosted WWE Raw on June 7, 2010, along with his A-Team co-stars Bradley Cooper and Sharlto Copley. Jackson recently refuted any doubts to whether acting was getting in the way of his fighting by saying, “I got a whole bunch of movies coming up, they ain’t got nothing to do with my day job,” he retorted at a UFC 135 kickoff presser on July 19, 2011. “I turn down movies all the time to fight. This is my day job [fighting]. This is what pays my bills and puts my kids through college and stuff."[7]
Hailing from Memphis, Tennessee, United States, Jackson had his first taste of combat sports as a wrestler for Raleigh-Egypt High School, where his successful career included All-State honors. Originally, Jackson intended to pursue a career in professional wrestling after graduating high school, but ultimately extended his amateur career at the junior college level. After discovering mixed martial arts, Jackson trained in Las Vegas with BAMMA fighter Lewis Rumble. Jackson has stated on many occasions that he considers himself a 'moron' and could not be doing anything else other than fighting.
Impressed by the success of other wrestlers in MMA, Jackson decided to try his own hand at the sport. Jackson built up an impressive 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.
Japan's Pride organization in 2001 marketed Jackson as being a homeless person.[8] Jackson, still a relatively unknown fighter, first was matched at Pride 15 against fellow wrestler and Japanese superstar Kazushi Sakuraba, who was at that time Pride's most prominent domestic fighter.[9] Jackson lost due to a rear naked choke from Sakuraba, but his performance opened the eyes of Pride's fan base and its executive office.
After beating pro-wrestler Alexander Otsuka in a fight for the Battlarts promotion, Jackson was invited back for Pride 17 where he scored a knockout victory over Otsuka's training partner, Yuki Ishikawa. In his next fight, Jackson was disqualified for a low blow against Daijiro Matsui.
Jackson then went on to defeat Masaaki Satake, Igor Vovchanchyn, Kevin Randleman and Mikhail Illoukhine in successive Pride bouts. He also made forays into kickboxing with a pair of victories over kickboxer Cyril Abidi, under K-1 rules. The first kickboxing bout between Abidi and Jackson was on July 14, 2002. Many expected Jackson's wild style of striking would not translate into the K-1 ring, thinking he would be outclassed by such a schooled and disciplined striker as Abidi.[10] Instead, Jackson overwhelmed Abidi from the opening bell, and knocked him down less than a minute into the bout. Jackson then scored a hard underhand right to the chin of Abidi, knocking him out only 1:55 into the very first round.
Later in the year, Abidi wanted to prove that his loss to the undisciplined Jackson was nothing more than a fluke, and faced him on the New Year's Eve Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye card, again in a K-1 rules bout. Jackson laid a lot of criticism to rest by once again defeating Abidi, this time not by early knockout, but via a clear decision. It would be Jackson's last foray with kickboxing, as he returned to full-time MMA competition after his second win over Abidi.
Around this time, Jackson began stating his intentions to capture the Pride Middleweight (205 lb/93 kg) title from Wanderlei Silva. In the opening round of Pride's 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix, Jackson won a split decision over Murilo Bustamante. Three months later, 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. Jackson fought for the championship against Silva in what was called Fight Of The Year by various MMA media. After taking Wanderlei Silva down and bloodying him, a stand-up was called by the referee and Jackson was stopped with a series of heavy knees to the head, leading to a referee stoppage.
Jackson continued his Pride career with a TKO victory over Ikuhisa Minowa at Pride Shockwave 2003. He then faced Ricardo Arona at Pride Critical Countdown 2004 with the winner to face Wanderlei Silva. Late in the first round Arona caught Jackson in a triangle choke, Jackson immediately picked up Arona and slammed him into the canvas earning the KO win.
Prior to his rematch with Silva, the notoriously brash Jackson made headlines with the public announcement of his conversion to be a Christian. In the fight itself, Jackson floored Silva in the opening round and later scored a takedown which led to a series of knees and elbows at the end of the round. Jackson scored another takedown in the second round, but Silva escaped to his feet and proceeded to knock out Jackson with multiple undefended knee strikes to the head.
Jackson fought Silva again at UFC 92 winning by knockout when he caught Silva with a hook.
Jackson's next two bouts were against Silva's Chute Boxe training camp partners. He won a split decision over Murilo "Ninja" Rua, but fell to Rua's younger brother, Shogun Rua, via TKO soccer kicks to the head [11][12]
Soon after his loss to Shogun, Jackson was contacted by veteran boxing and MMA trainer Juanito Ibarra, who saw potential in Jackson's natural abilities but viewed his profane reputation as a downfall. After a short conversation, Jackson entrusted Ibarra, a fellow born again Christian, with the managerial and training direction of his career.
Jackson then defeated Hirotaka Yokoi via TKO at Pride 30. In his final fight for Pride he won a unanimous decision over Yoon Dong-Sik at Pride 31
On May 16, 2006, the World Fighting Alliance announced it had signed Jackson to a multi-fight deal. He defeated Matt Lindland by split decision at WFA: King of the Streets on July 22, 2006. "He is a good fighter", Jackson said. "I trained hard. He is an Olympic silver medalist. So much respect to him. I knew I had to bring it." The match turned out to be a tough one for the Memphis native who got caught in guillotine choke holds twice. 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.
On December 11, 2006, Zuffa, the parent company of the UFC, announced it had acquired select assets from the World Fighting Alliance, which ceased operations as part of their sales agreement. Jackson's WFA contract was one of the assets acquired.[13]
In an interview on the UFC program Inside the UFC, Jackson said it was finally time for him to enter the organization, and that he had not before because of his friendship with UFC fighter Tito Ortiz.[14] 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.
Jackson made his UFC debut at UFC 67, where he knocked out Marvin Eastman,[15] avenging an early career loss.[16]
At UFC 71 on May 26, 2007, Jackson faced UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell in a title rematch of their 2003 Pride bout. Approximately 90 seconds into the first round, Jackson caught Liddell with a right hook to the jaw that sent him down to the mat,[17] where Jackson landed a few more clean shots on the ground before a referee stoppage at 1:53 seconds to capture the UFC Light Heavyweight title.[18]
Jackson then defeated Pride Middleweight Champion Dan Henderson at UFC 75,[19] on September 8, 2007, in London, England via unanimous decision to unify the two organizations' titles.[20]
On December 9, 2007, it was announced by Dana White at Spike TV's Video Game Awards show that Jackson will be one of the two coaches of The Ultimate Fighter 7.[21] At the conclusion of the season, Jackson fought the other coach and number one contender Forrest Griffin at UFC 86.[22] During the show Jackson showed his temper after his fighters repeatedly lost to Team Forrest. Going into the semifinals, only two of Jackson's original fighters made the cut while Forrest had 6 of his fighters advance. In the finale Team Griffin's pick, Amir Sadollah beat Team Jackson's top fighter C.B. Dollaway via armbar in the first round.[23]
On July 5, 2008, he fought Griffin for the light heavyweight championship at UFC 86 and lost a judges' decision. In the first round of the fight Jackson wobbled Griffin with two solid power punches, and soon after knocked Griffin down. Jackson's power proved to be problematic for Griffin as Jackson tagged him throughout the fight.[24] In contrast, Griffin pushed the pace of the fight from start to finish and stayed much more aggressive than Jackson for most of the fight with multiple leg kicks and by mounting Quinton and landing elbows and punches to his head. In later rounds Jackson managed to take Griffin down twice and work his own ground game, almost executing his signature power bomb. Many took note as Jackson was showing obvious discomfort from the effects of the leg kicks. The next three rounds were described by Sherdog as "somewhat uneventful" with Jackson searching for the knockout punch while Griffin threw whatever he could with long jabs, leg and body kicks.[24][25] Griffin was awarded a unanimous decision with the scores 46–48, 46–48 and 46–49 in what many considered an upset.[26]
After the fight both Griffin and his coach Randy Couture expressed that they thought the fight was close,[25] and Jackson's coach, Juanito Ibarra, had planned to protest the unanimous decision with the Nevada State Athletic Commission.[26] However, after speaking with the commission about his complaint, he decided not to file because he was informed that even if the judges scores were changed to his satisfaction, the fight would still result in a victory for Griffin by a majority decision.[27][28] Soon after the fight, Jackson fired his long time trainer/manager Ibarra.[29] There were talks of an immediate rematch after the fight. Following the loss of his belt, Quinton was involved in a hit and run incident and a high speed police pursuit in Newport Beach, California, charges followed to which he would plead guilty.[30]
Jackson began training for his next fight at UFC 92, which would be against Wanderlei Silva, the only man to defeat Jackson twice.[31] Jackson avenged his previous defeats by knocking Silva out with a vicious left hook in the first round.[32] The fight was notable for some controversy surrounding the conclusion of the match, as Jackson followed Silva to the ground with another three punches before referee Yves Lavigne called the fight. Yves was unsuccessful at protecting Silva from the second and third punches.[33]
Jackson's next fight was against Keith Jardine at UFC 96 on March 7, 2009. It was announced before the fight that if Jackson won he would fight Rashad Evans for the Light Heavyweight Championship and if he lost Lyoto Machida would fight for the title instead. Jackson then won the fight by unanimous decision.[34] Jackson was on track to get his title shot but lingering injuries kept him from fighting. Lyoto Machida received the title shot and Evans was expected to defend his belt as the main event instead; Jackson had stated he would like to fight Rashad, however, he suffered torn ligaments in his jaw that will require surgery and five weeks of no contact.[35] Therefore, Lyoto Machida replaced Jackson, and Jackson was expected to fight the winner of the Machida vs. Evans bout, though that fight never came to fruition.[36]
Production of the tenth series of The Ultimate Fighter reality series began in June 2009 with Jackson coaching opposite former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Rashad Evans. The season, featuring 16 heavyweight competitors including internet street fighter Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson, the former IFL Heavyweight Champion Roy "Big Country" Nelson and former NFL players, made its premiere on Spike TV on September 16 with the finale scheduled for December 5.
On September 22, 2009, Jackson wrote in a blog on his website that he was "done fighting", due to maltreatment by the UFC. On December 4, 2009, 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.[37][38][39] At the UFC 107 press conference, Dana White stated that if Rashad Evans could defeat Thiago Silva at UFC 108, then a fight between Evans and Jackson would finally come to fruition.[40]
Jackson was expected to finally face Rashad Evans at UFC 113,[41] but the bout was scheduled for May 29, 2010, at UFC 114.[42] UFC President Dana White had officially confirmed that the fight against Rashad Evans would determine who would challenge Mauricio Rua in his first UFC Light Heavyweight Title defense.[43] Jackson ended up losing to Rashad Evans via unanimous decision. 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.
On March 24, 2010, Dana White announced that Jackson signed a new six fight contract with the UFC.[44] Jackson's next fight was against former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida at UFC 123 on November 20, 2010. At UFC 123, Jackson met Machida in the main event. Jackson went on to win by a controversial split decision. UFC president Dana White put all doubts to rest and supported the judges' decision, saying that Jackson won the first two rounds and no rematch would be needed.[45]
Jackson was expected to face Thiago Silva but Silva had problems in his UFC 125 drug test and was replaced by Matt Hamill on May 28, 2011, at UFC 130.[46] Jackson put on a dominant display, easily defending the decorated wrestler's takedowns and winning the striking exchanges. He won the fight via unanimous decision.
Jackson faced Jon Jones for the UFC Light Heavyweight title on September 24, 2011 at UFC 135.[47] Jackson lost by submission in the fourth round after Jones applied a rear-naked choke. The loss marks the first time Jackson had been finished during his run in the UFC.
Jackson is expected to face Ryan Bader on February 26, 2012 at UFC 144.[48]
Jackson's style is heavily centered around powerful striking, particularly his boxing. In his Pride FC days, he would often use his wrestling background and tremendous strength to execute slams on his opponent; today he often uses his wrestling skills to defend takedowns. Being very adept at triangulation, he uses his forearms to 'slip' punches past his head and counter. Some analysts have criticized him for his lack of checking kicks; he prefers to take the kicks to his thighs in order to be able to counter with powerful punches. He is also very talented at cover-rolling, a technique that he used to beat former UFC light-heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell. He is well known for possessing tremendous knockout power (in both hands), brutal ground-and-pound, great physical strength and an iron chin.
| Professional record breakdown | ||
| 41 matches | 32 wins | 9 losses |
| By knockout | 14 | 3 |
| By submission | 7 | 2 |
| By decision | 11 | 3 |
| By disqualification | 0 | 1 |
| Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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| Loss | 32-9 | Jon Jones | Submission (rear naked choke) | UFC 135 | September 24, 2011 | 4 | 1:14 | Denver, Colorado, U.S. | For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. Fight of the Night. |
| Win | 32–8 | Matt Hamill | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 130 | May 28, 2011 | 3 | 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | UFC Light Heavyweight title eliminator. |
| Win | 31–8 | Lyoto Machida | Decision (split) | UFC 123 | November 20, 2010 | 3 | 5:00 | Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S. | |
| Loss | 30–8 | Rashad Evans | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 114 | May 29, 2010 | 3 | 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | |
| Win | 30–7 | Keith Jardine | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 96 | March 7, 2009 | 3 | 5:00 | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | Fight of the Night. |
| Win | 29–7 | Wanderlei Silva | KO (punch) | UFC 92 | December 27, 2008 | 1 | 3:21 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Knockout of the Night. |
| Loss | 28–7 | Forrest Griffin | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 86 | July 5, 2008 | 5 | 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Lost the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship; Fight of the Night; WON Fight of the Year (2008). |
| Win | 28–6 | Dan Henderson | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 75 | September 8, 2007 | 5 | 5:00 | London, England | Defended the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship; unified PRIDE Middleweight & UFC Light Heavyweight Championship's. |
| Win | 27–6 | Chuck Liddell | KO (punches) | UFC 71 | May 26, 2007 | 1 | 1:53 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Won the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship; Knockout of the Night. |
| Win | 26–6 | Marvin Eastman | KO (punches) | UFC 67 | February 3, 2007 | 2 | 3:49 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | UFC Debut. |
| Win | 25–6 | Matt Lindland | Decision (split) | WFA: King of the Streets | July 22, 2006 | 3 | 5:00 | California, U.S. | |
| Win | 24–6 | Yoon Dong-Sik | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 31 | February 26, 2006 | 3 | 5:00 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | |
| Win | 23–6 | Hirotaka Yokoi | TKO (soccer kick and stomp) | Pride 30 | October 23, 2005 | 1 | 4:05 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | |
| Loss | 22–6 | Maurício Rua | TKO (soccer kicks) | Pride Total Elimination 2005 | April 23, 2005 | 1 | 4:47 | Osaka, Osaka, Japan | Middleweight Grand Prix Opening Round. |
| Win | 22–5 | Murilo Rua | Decision (split) | Pride 29 | February 20, 2005 | 3 | 5:00 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | |
| Loss | 21–5 | Wanderlei Silva | KO (knees) | Pride 28 | October 31, 2004 | 2 | 3:26 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | For the Pride Middleweight Championship. WON Fight of the Year (2004). |
| Win | 21–4 | Ricardo Arona | KO (slam) | Pride Critical Countdown 2004 | June 20, 2004 | 1 | 7:32 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | |
| Win | 20–4 | Ikuhisa Minowa | TKO (knee) | Pride Shockwave 2003 | December 31, 2003 | 2 | 1:05 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | |
| Loss | 19–4 | Wanderlei Silva | TKO (knees) | Pride Final Conflict 2003 | November 9, 2003 | 1 | 6:28 | Tokyo, Japan | Middleweight Grand Prix Final. |
| Win | 19–3 | Chuck Liddell | TKO (corner stoppage) | Pride Final Conflict 2003 | November 9, 2003 | 2 | 3:10 | Tokyo, Japan | Middleweight Grand Prix Semifinal. |
| Win | 18–3 | Murilo Bustamante | Decision (split) | Pride Total Elimination 2003 | August 10, 2003 | 3 | 5:00 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | Middleweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal. |
| Win | 17–3 | Mikhail Illoukhine | Submission (knee to the body) | Pride 26 | June 8, 2003 | 1 | 6:26 | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | |
| Win | 16–3 | Kevin Randleman | KO (punches) | Pride 25 | March 16, 2003 | 1 | 6:58 | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | |
| Win | 15–3 | Igor Vovchanchyn | Submission (injury) | Pride 22 | September 29, 2002 | 1 | 7:17 | Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | |
| Win | 14–3 | Sean Gray | TKO (punches) | King of the Cage 13: Revolution | May 17, 2002 | 3 | 0:37 | Reno, Nevada, United States | |
| Win | 13–3 | Masaaki Satake | TKO (slam) | Pride 20 | April 28, 2002 | 1 | 7:07 | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | |
| Loss | 12–3 | Daijiro Matsui | DQ (knee to groin) | Pride 18 | December 23, 2001 | 1 | 0:14 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan | |
| Win | 12–2 | Yuki Ishikawa | KO (punches) | Pride 17 | November 3, 2001 | 1 | 1:52 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 11–2 | Alexander Otsuka | TKO (doctor stoppage) | BattlArts: BattlArts vs. the World | October 14, 2001 | 2 | 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Loss | 10–2 | Kazushi Sakuraba | Submission (rear naked choke) | Pride 15 | July 29, 2001 | 1 | 5:41 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | Pride Debut. |
| Win | 10–1 | Kenneth Williams | Submission (rear naked choke) | Gladiator Challenge 4 | June 17, 2001 | 1 | 4:40 | California, United States | |
| Win | 9–1 | Bryson Howvreck | Submission (punches) | KOTC Bombs Away | April 29, 2001 | 1 | 1:48 | California, United States | |
| Win | 8–1 | Rocko Henderson | Submission (kimura) | Gladiator Challenge 3 | April 7, 2001 | 2 | 1:15 | California, United States | |
| Win | 7–1 | Dave Taylor | TKO (corner stoppage) | Gladiator Challenge 2 | February 18, 2001 | 1 | 5:00 | California, United States | |
| Win | 6–1 | Charles West | Decision (unanimous) | Gladiator Challenge 1 | December 9, 2000 | 3 | 5:00 | California, United States | |
| Win | 5–1 | Rob Smith | Decision (unanimous) | KOTC 6: Road Warriors | November 29, 2000 | 3 | 5:00 | Michigan, United States | |
| Win | 4–1 | Warren Owsley | Submission (armbar) | Dangerzone: Night of the Beast | October 28, 2000 | 1 | 6:04 | Virginia, United States | |
| Win | 3–1 | Ron Rumpf | TKO (punches) | Continental Freefighting Alliance 2 | July 19, 2000 | 1 | 1:18 | United States | |
| Loss | 2–1 | Marvin Eastman | Decision (unanimous) | KOTC 4: Gladiators | June 24, 2000 | 2 | 5:00 | San Jacinto, California, United States | |
| Win | 2–0 | Marco Bermudaz | Submission (rear naked choke) | Huntington Beach Underground Pancrase | May 13, 2000 | 2 | 7:17 | California, United States | |
| Win | 1–0 | Mike Pyle | Decision (unanimous) | ISCF: Memphis | November 13, 1999 | 3 | 5:00 | Tennessee, United States |
| 2 Win (1 (T)KO, 1 Decision), 0 loss | |||||||
| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Method | Round | Time | |
| 2002-12-31 | Win | Cyril Abidi | Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2002, Japan | Decision | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 2002-07-14 | Win | Cyril Abidi | K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Fukuoka, Japan | KO (Punch) | 1 | 1:55 | |
Jackson has appeared in Confessions of a Pit Fighter, Miss March, Bad Guys and The Midnight Meat Train, as well as an episode of The King of Queens, @#!*% and Pimp My Ride. He starred in The A-Team[51] and is also set to appear in Never Surrender, Duel of Legends, and Death Warrior. He appeared in the Nike commercial, "Human Chain". Jackson also appeared on WWE Monday Night Raw on June 7, 2010, as a guest host.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | @#!*% | Himself | TV Series |
| 2005 | Confessions of a Pit Fighter | Matador (a cruel street fighter from Brazil) | Film |
| 2006 | The King of Queens | Priority Plus Driver | TV Series (Episode: "Fight Schlub")(uncredited) |
| 2008 | Bad Guys | Leroy Johnson | Film |
| 2008 | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest | Himself (Team Captain) | TV Series |
| 2008 | The Midnight Meat Train | Guardian Angel | Film |
| 2009 | Miss March | Himself | Film |
| 2009 | Never Surrender | Rampage | Film |
| 2009 | @#!*% 's Chain | Jackson | Film |
| 2009 | Death Warrior | Wolf | Film |
| 2009 | The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights | Himself (Team Captain) | TV Series |
| 2010 | Super Dave's Spike Tacular | Himself | TV Series |
| 2010 | Guy's Choice | Himself | TV Movie |
| 2010 | WWE Raw | Himself (guest host) | TV Series (Episode: dated June 7, 2010) |
| 2010 | Cubed | Rampage | TV series (Episode: #1.39) |
| 2010 | The A-Team | B.A. Baracus | Major Film |
| 2010 | The Cleveland Show | Kunta Kinte 9000 | TV Series (Episode: "How Cleveland Got His Groove Back") (Voice) |
| 2011 | The World's Worst Bodyguard | N/A | Film (short) |
| 2011 | Duel of Legends | Jackson | Film (filming) |
| 2012 | Fire with Fire | TBA | Film (post-production) |
Jackson resides in Ladera Ranch, California and has four children: D'Angelo and Raja from previous relationships and Elijah and Naname Nakia Jackson with his wife, Yuki. All three boys have the middle name "Rampage" while Naname has just "'Page". Jackson's wife, Yuki, separated from him in 2006 after a blood test proved that he had fathered a child, Raja, with another woman in 2000. Quinton and his wife have since reconciled.[52][53]
On July 15, 2008, 10 days after losing his belt to Forrest Griffin, Jackson was arrested in Costa Mesa, California and booked on suspicion of felony reckless driving, and felony hit and run after striking several vehicles. He 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. During the chase one of the tires blew out on his truck and he continued to flee while driving on his rims. On July 18, 2008, UFC President Dana White gave an interview to Yahoo! Sports in which he said that Jackson had initially been detained for a 72 hour stay, but that had been extended. White was quoted as saying, "I think it's going to be a while before we get him back." White also claimed that before the detainment, Jackson did not sleep for four days, had not been eating, and had only been drinking energy drinks and became mentally ill from dehydration. According to White, no drugs were found in Jackson's system.[54]
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. Jackson faced up to 3 years in prison if convicted.[55]
On August 28, 2008, Jackson pleaded not guilty to the all charges; however, on January 8, 2009, he pleaded guilty to one felony count of evading a police officer and driving against traffic and one misdemeanor count of driving recklessly as part of a plea agreement. A judge dismissed the charges against Jackson on January 8, 2010, citing that he had successfully completed 200 hours of community service and complied with other terms and conditions.[56]
Holly Griggs is one of the victims in the above police chase. She filed a civil suit against Jackson alleging "the impact of her abdomen with the steering wheel caused her amniotic fluid membranes (bag of waters) to rupture, ultimately resulting in the stillbirth of her baby." She is asking for $25,000 in damages for "property damage, personal injury and emotional distress. Farrah Emami, Spokesperson for the DA's office said "We reviewed all the medical records and spoke with the victim's physician, and the evidence showed that the loss of the fetus was not related to or a result of the crash caused by the defendant".[57]
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Chuck Liddell |
7th UFC Light Heavyweight Champion May 26, 2007 – July 5, 2008 |
Succeeded by Forrest Griffin |
| Preceded by Dan Henderson |
3rd Pride FC Middleweight Champion September 8, 2007 |
Title Unified with UFC Light Heavyweight Championship |
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