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Name:

Quinton Jackson

Nick Name:

Rampage

Height:

6'1 (185cm)

Weight:

205lbs (92.99kg)

City:

Memphis, Tennessee

Country:

USA

Birth Date:

Jun 6 1978 (33)

Association:

Wolfslair Academy

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson

Biography

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson had his first taste of combat sport as a wrestler for Raleigh-Egypt High School where his successful career was punctuated by All-State honors. Originally, Jackson had intended on pursuing a career in professional wrestling upon finishing high school, but ultimately ended up extending his amateur career in junior college before discovering mixed martial arts.

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 11 wins and 1 loss fighting for a variety of smaller scale American promotions, including King of the Cage, Gladiator Challenge and Dangerzone. For all his early successes it was not on his native soil but rather in Japan's PRIDE organization that Jackson rose to fame in the world of mixed martial arts.

Entering PRIDE in 2001 as a previously unknown fighter, Jackson was matched at PRIDE 15 against fellow wrestler and Japanese superstar Kazushi Sakuraba, who was at that time PRIDE's most prominent domestic fighter. 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. Jackson began stating his intentions to capture the PRIDE middleweight 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 knees to the head. Jackson continued his PRIDE career with victories over Ikuhisa Minowa and Ricardo Arona, finishing the latter bout with a powerbomb slam by which Jackson rendered Arona unconscious after Arona had locked Jackson in a very tight triangle choke. Jackson would then once again meet Silva in their second fight, where the results were the same, and he got TKO by knees to the head.

Rampage would go on to fight a few more times in PRIDE after the second Silva fight, winning three and losing one. He then decided to leave PRIDE and headed for the US, where he fought in the WFA, which shortly there after closed their doors and then onto the UFC, where he became the Light-Heavyweight champ after working his way through Marvin Eastman and Chuck Liddell. He defended his title the first time against Dan Henderson, but lost a decision to Forrest Griffin. In his last fight, Rampage finally found what it took to beat Wanderlei Silva and KO him in the first round with a Left Hook, wining knockout of the night.

Notable Wins: Kevin Randleman, Chuck Liddell (2x), Ricardo Arona, Murilo "Ninja" Rua, Matt Lindland, Dan Henderson, Wanderlei Silva

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