UFC legend Rampage Jackson has cut contact with his son, Raja, and called for the MMA fighter to be jailed for brutally assaulting a professional wrestler.
Jackson, 47, says he hasn’t spoken with his 25-year-old son due to the vicious assault on Aug. 23, when Raja disrupted a KnokX Pro’s KnokXperience event in California and beat wrestler Syko Stu unconscious, leading to his hospitalisation (read here).
“I don’t talk to Raja no more,” Jackson told “The Ariel Helwani Show” on Wednesday, September 3. “I talked to him, I heard his story and I heard some stuff and then after I learned a whole lot of stuff about it.”
“He dishonored my name,” Jackson said. “I know he’s my f**king son. I’m not cutting him off for forever. I just haven’t talked to him. I talked to him after this s**t happened and he hid the fact that he did this s**t and you know put my other kids at danger based off what other people said. I just can’t talk to him right now.”
Jackson condemned his son’s behavior during the wrestling show, saying he was “wrong” and “went against what I told him to do” for repeatedly punching Syko Stu, a 44-year-old military veteran whose real name is Stuart Smith.
“Raja is not a pro wrestler; he is a fighter. He’s not a pro wrestler. He had no business in that ring,” Jackson told the podcast.
Raja, who was sitting ringside during the match, jumped in the ring when Smith’s back was turned and grabbed the wrestler, slamming him into the floor and throwing 22 punches, 18 of which struck the face.
Raja’s appearance at the event was scripted, and it was planned for him to pick up Smith but things went off the rails when the younger Jackson unleashed a barrage of punches and knocked the wrestler unconscious.
The former UFC light heavyweight champion, whose real name is Quinton Randi Jackson, is unsure of his son’s whereabouts, but the family is waiting for an arrest warrant to be issued for the younger Jackson.
“I was going to turn him in. We’ve been waiting for an arrest warrant or whatever,” he said.
Jackson says he got his son an attorney, but is waiting for an arrest to be made.
“I’m not surprised Raja hasn’t been arrested. I feel the police are doing a deep investigation because this is not the first time something like this has happened in pro wrestling.”
Rampage Jackson called for his son to serve “a little time” in jail as part of his punishment for his attack on Smith.
“I think he should do a little time, do a little community service and go to anger management class, see some therapy,” Jackson told the outlet.
Rampage Jackson believes his son’s attack is being treated differently because it is a “high-profile case” that was live-streamed on a different platform.
