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Former UFC fighter Rampage Jackson’s son, Raja, has been arrested for the alleged brutal beatdown of a professional wrestler that was live streamed.
Last month, Raja Jackson climbed into the ring and body -lamb Stuart Smith, known professionally as Syko Stu, before beating the seemingly unconscious wrestler at Knokx Pro Wrestling Academy.
The assault was broadly seen online in recordings that are live streamed Saturday and communicated across social media.
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Rampage Jackson is in the ring during a match against Keith Jardine at UFC 96 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. (Jim Rinaldi/Icon Smi/Icon Sport Media via Getty Images)
Jackson was booked on a crime of crimes and is currently being held at $ 50,000 bail.
The academy said Jackson assaulted Smith during a match and went out of the normal screenplay to commit Juling. Jackson threw at least 20 strokes at the head of the seemingly unconscious wrestler.
Smith sustained a “serious head injury, … trauma to both the upper and lower jaws, a laceration for his upper lip and a fracture of the Maxilla bone, which unfortunately resulted in the loss of several teeth,” according to a post on his Instagram.
Knokx Pro Entertainment & Academy published a statement on its Facebook page that condemned Jackson’s action.
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (Black and Camo Shorts) fights Chuck Liddell (Blue Shorts) under the UFC 71 in the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 26, 2007 in Las Vegas. (Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
“What was supposed to be a planned and agreed wrestling place became a selfish, irresponsible act of violence against Mr. Smith,” the statement reads. “This irregular act is reprehensible and should never have taken place. In the 17 years of operation of Knokx Pro Wrestling Academy, there has never been anything as abominable takes place like this and we apologize for our patrons and fans.”
Rampage Jackson said the assault was part of a previously planned performance that “went wrong” after Smith apparently angry Raja Jackson by unexpectedly beating him in the side of the head earlier in the day before the match.
“Raja was told he could get his ‘refund’ in the ring,” Rampage Jackson wrote. “I thought it was part of the show. It was a bad judgment and a work that went wrong. Raja is an MMA -Fighter a pro -wrestler and had no business involved in an event like this. I didn’t condon my son’s actions at all!
Rampage Jackson is in the ring during his light heavyweight fight as part of UFC at Fox at the United Center on January 26, 2013 in Chicago. (Al Bello/Zuffa LLC/ZUFFA LLC via Getty Images)
Rampage Jackson was UFC Light Heavyweight Champion in 2007 and 2008, and he fought for several MMA campaigns until 2019. He also worked as a pro wrestler and an actor, especially BA Baracus played in the movie Restart of “The A-Team” in 2010.
