Former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson was today arrested in Costa Mesa, Calif., on suspicion of felony evading, hit-and-run and reckless driving, according to DailyPilot.com.
Jackson — who has a massive pick-up truck with his image plastered on various sides — apparently fled the scene of an accident and then continued to weave in and out of traffic and allude police, causing at least one more collision before coming to a stop, according to a separate SI.com report.
Images show that his tire is absolutely shredded.
Here’s and account from DailyPilot.com:
“Jackson, the driver of a lifted, gray pick-up truck left crashed cars, shredded tires and sparks in his wake this afternoon when he led police on a short pursuit from the southbound 55 freeway exit onto Newport Boulevard where he hit at least three cars, police said.
The driver hit two cars at 19th Street and Newport Boulevard, then drove away at about 1:13 p.m., Lt. Paul Dondero said. A Costa Mesa police officer saw the driver southbound approaching 17th Street and tried to pull him over, police said. There, he hit at least one more car before continuing to run, now heading south toward the Balboa Peninsula, Dondero said. Some time after that, the truck blew a tire but continued to drive on its rims, Dondero said.
Jackson eventually gave up, pulled over and was arrested, police said. The whole chase lasted about five minutes, Dondero said.”
Fortunately, no one was injured throughout the incident. He is being held on $25,000 bail.
Jackson recently lost his 205-pound belt to Forrest Griffin via unanimous decision in a thrilling five-round battle at UFC 86: “Jackson vs. Griffin” at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 5. The UFC is aware of his arrest; however, has not issued a statement at this time.
Stay tuned for more details on this developing story.
Note: For more “on the scene” pics head over to TMZ.com.
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No fist bump for me? booo
On one of the pics, his front left tire is completely gone. Toyo Tires might not be too happy about that picture.
And those are some big tuff offroad tires. So for him to tear that front one up like that, he must have been hitting those cars at high speed.
Good luck on getting that instant rematch now Page. haha.
Somewhere The Iceman is smiling and laughing his ass off. He knows he’s safe for a while now
He knows he has the next shot at the title. I don’t think Evans will do a good job of standing in his way.
The only thing I can say is…WOW?
page is innocent!
He wont serve any jail time, so its not that big of a deal. He will probably just loose his license and be on probabtion. Its an ugly situation, but nothing to loose sleep over.
He might have thought that the cop was Forrest trying to blast him with some more leg kicks.
“john” - you are downplaying this situation. Look at the charges he now faces. Look at the probable punishment he faces. Then, think about the long term consequences this could/will have on his career as a professional athlete in the United States (ie. sponsorships, etc).
It’s a big deal…Rampage has not done himself any favours.
HE WONT DO ANY JAIL TIME!!! and that is the most important thing! Would it have been better if this situation didnt happen? Of Course, but it wont change much!
Any time a pro athlete gets in trouble it is magnified by a thousand. what did he really do? Crash into a couple of cars and not pull over for a few minutes…..Not that Big of a deal to me, and I guarentee that he wont do any Jail time! He will be just fine!
john, i agree he likely won’t serve any jail time, but i do think you are playing this down a tad.
the first thing i thought of was people evade the police for 1 of 3 reasons: 1. they are intoxicated or on drugs; 2. they are carrying drugs (whether they be steroids, HGH, weed, whatever); or 3. they are having a moment of crisis (flipping out, etc., which likely requires at minimum a psychiatric evaluation, or worse a vacation in South Africa, ala Dave Chappelle). people DO NOT evade the police simply because they are stupid, especially in such a recognizable car (plus, i don’t think Page is stupid).
if his blood tests clean and if he’s found psychologically normal, i still gotta wonder if he was trying to ditch drugs. i’m not accusing him, i’m just saying that i gotta wonder. this wasn’t simply a joy ride.
…or saving the world like jack bauer or john mcclain
I find it amazing that I’ve done FAR less, and done a little time. So let’s see what fame and money can do for a guy.
John are you completely insane??? Its not a big deal??? Felony hit and run IS a big deal! Jackson endangered numerous lives, including his own, for what??? I know you’re a Rampage nut hugger but now you are just being stupid. In your world, committing at least one felony and endangering peoples lives is: “Not that Big of a deal to me, and I guarentee that he wont do any Jail time! He will be just fine!”.. You have obviously never lost a family member in a traffic accident that was caused by some stupid asshole that ran from the police. Get some common sense John.
WTF!!! LMAO!! HOLY CRAP!… Rampage must’ve been high on something or just plain drunk… too bad, he really F@#K UP!
This is like a segment from COPS/STUPID CRIMINALS… what’s Rampage going to say?…. “ITSA’ BLACK THING”?
Those test better come out positive for something, because I’d hate to think he could really be that stupid.
It’s hard to know what would be better drunk or sober. At this point I hope he was on something because if not he is the dumbest dude EVER… There is a funny a$$ picture where the cops are pointing their guns at his picture on the side of his truck… KNUCKLEHEAD!!!
OPERATOR: 911 EMERGENCY.
DRIVER: A MONSTER TRUCK JUST HIT ME ON THE FREEWAY!
OPERATOR: DID YOU GET A LICENSE PLATE NUMBER?
Driver: NO! BUT RAMPAGE’S LIFE SIZE PHOTO IS PLASTERED ON THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK.
That shit is hilarious!
guess he cant make fun of Chuck falling asleep on TV anymore haha
To all the cospiracy theorists saying Dana had the fight rigged to have Forrest win, Yahoo sports is reporting Dana White immediately jumped on a personal jet and flew to bail out Rampage. (’Cuz that is something you would do for a guy you fix a fight against.)
WTF?? rampage?
Rampage thought that Forrest was chasing him!!! He was scared of another (a$$ whooping)!!! Remember guys Forrest used to be a cop.
Yahoo sports is saying Dana is flying to Orange County to bail him out.
I’m speechless…. NOW MORE THEN EVER!!!!!!!!!! IS IT JULY 19TH YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The 19th? What happens that day???????????
just plain dumb.
so true.
how dumb can you be to do this while driving in a giant truck with a bigger than life size picture of you on the side? oh and we can’t forget about his name written on the side of the truck too. was he thinking the camo was going to make him blend in?
I’m officially depressed
picture link:
http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/rampage_arrested#22690
Thanks for the link
wow! i cant beleive he did all that. i have read that 1 site is reporting that so far no drug or alcohol use has been indicated, but the way he tried to evade the cops makes one think something was up. just wait this story will probably be all over espn, while hardly any of the forrest/rampage fight was. pity. lets hope he can he atleast get his life back on track and then maybe his career.
kevin iole from yahoo sports reported that DANA WHITE himself flew to orange county to post rampage’s bail. looks like dana’s got his back. does anyone think g.shaw would do the same for kimbo. lol!
I bet he would for Gina Carano.
true that. i just shudder at what he would expect in return. lol!
Shit, I would do it for Gina. haha
Gary Shaw would take an a$$ rape for Kimbo!!!
I’d take an a$$ rape for gina.
Well if your a female then cool. But if your a male then, WTF!!!
Yeah, I love Gina, but I wouldn’t go that far for anyone.
Damn Page. Stop wild’n out.
Rampage is fucking moron seriously, you can kiss that rematch with forrest good bye. won’t be until the new year now. - chuck LHW champ dec 27
Lets see if Dana gives Rampage the same treatment, that Jesse Taylor got for being an idiot???
great point.
he didn’t do all this in dana’s city or a fertitta casino
That’s true. L.A. is not Dana’s fucking town.
The self portrait on the side of his truck shows the ufc logo on his gloves. Totally agree with JV.
Randy, you can’t really be serious. Rampage hit 3 cars, and ran from the cops. On top of that, when he was arrested ,at gunpoint, it was in front of what seems to be paparazzi, and is now on various websites and probably the news. This looks MUCH worse. Not to mention he was recently a champion, not some douche bag on a tv show.
That is such a good point JV.
This is a very difficult situation for Dana to deal with will be interesting to see how he handles it.
Rampage banned for 6 months from fighting i recon (so its a ‘punishment’ but not really)
I’m guessing this will get tied into a huge race/legal battle and Rampage will be acquitted because the UFC gloves in the picture will not fit and we all know if the gloves don’t fit, you must acquit.
On a side note, who gives a shit. Rampage will be fighting in no time…
Arnold, I am with you….I just dont even care about this situation. Whenever an athlete gets in any trouble, everyone gets on there high and mighty horse and starts bashing him…..I could care less! He didnt hurt anybody, so who the F cares…. it was just bad judgement.
He wont be suspended or anything like that! Do u guys want this to turn into the NFL, where guys get suspended for everything? Brushes with the law will happen, this really is not that big of a deal, but it will be blown out of proportion by the media and bloggers.
To compare this to what JT Money did is just ridiculous!
Very true john, JT’s not that good and higher ratings are the only reasons why Dana punished him. It helped market the fight that really didn’t do so great on ratings before the “horrible” incident in Dana’s Town.
These guys beat the shit out of each other for a living. A lot of the fighters are crazy, wild, and don’t give a fuck; that’s why they fight for a living and we watch it. I don’t want to see federal regulators ruin this great sport.
BTW - what’s with Rampage being accused of being a bad role model? What type of parent wants thier kid to immulate a fighter? Fuck Dana and his action figure marketing campagn. Fighters should not be accuntable to “PG” standards.
hey John, what were you guys saying when Liddell showed up wasted on TV??? did you bash him? Rampage is your boy so your stickin up for him, thats good I respect that, but alot of people on here started bashing Chuck when he acted a fool and now that Rampage is in trouble they are tryin to back him up saying its no big deal. I would just say give the benefit of the dount to all fighters, not just for favs, or at least admit that you will give the benefit to your fav. fighters when stuff like this happens.
Please let this be some early April Fool’s joke? Rampage? This reminds me of hearing about Marvin Harrison’s deal a while back. 2 athletes I actually am surprised to hear about doing stuff like this. Sad…
~G$
is this a fucking joke???!!!??!?!
no joke! its all over the net.
haha good enough for him. You can kiss that rematch with forrest goodbye because hes gonna be too busy gettin his asshole stretched in the can… chuck LHW champ dec 27
no sense kicking a man while he’s down. this doesnt look good for all of mma.
I don’t think he would be going to prison, but if he did, I can’t imagine anybody deciding that Rampage is a good candidate for a rape. You didn’t hear about Tyson getting raped for a reason.
Correction, he is going to stretch some a holes in the can…
Thats what you think NewGuy, remember on the countdown show Rampage said he straightened up because his uncle told him about getting raped in prison. The uncle said “maybe you can fight off 1 or 2″ “but you wont be able to fight off everybody” Rampage is lucky Dana is bailing him out.
Dude he got arrested in the OC about 10 min from my house… Yuppy city… He will be just fine. Any word if he was drunk, or he is he just that dumb?
BNF, lets hope he was drunk. Cause if he did that sober then thats not a good sign.
“He who is most high was Rampage”
Ohh sweet irony…
Haha, good one Smokes.
I don’t even know what to say. I met him in Vegas at the TUF7 Finale, got a picture and autograph with him, too. He seemed so cool, and I would never have imagined him doing this. I, too, am officially depressed now.
now he’s going to get the “do you want to be a fucking fighter” speach from dana. this sucks bad it’s a black eye on the sport. i had so much respect for him but maybe he couldn’t handle the loss. i wonder what dana will say about this and if he’ll let rampage back in the ufc after this. i mean look what happend to babalu and all he did was hold a choke too long.
Babalu could have caused major brain damage by holding a choke too long. Rampage is just an idiot for bumping into some cars and not stopping.
fuck.
now he’s going to get the “do you want to be a f**king fighter” speach from dana. this sucks bad it’s a black eye on the sport. i had so much respect for him but maybe he couldn’t handle the loss. i wonder what dana will say about this and if he’ll let rampage back in the ufc after this. i mean look what happend to babalu and all he did was hold a choke too long.
damn…
This is terrible, I had a lot of respect for this guy. He always came across intelligent, funny as hell, down to earth and calm. What the hell happened?
In that list of character traits for Rampage, I must say that I agree with funny.
I think his new found fame has gone to his head, he looked out of shape in the Forrest fight, goes out drinking a lot and now this.
LOL!
All i will say is: TNB. Now you go figure out what that means.
is it like dta? dont trust anybobody.
I thought this was a joke…….
But he could be going to jail for a while for this.
I mean its one thing to ruin your career, but when every second interview you are talkin about doing it for your kids, you think you wouldn’t be crashing your truck through traffic.
Sigh.. time to start those Liddell ads all over.
When the person thats arrested has money, they usually get a heavy fine and probation. If it was an average joe, then the jail time would be for sure.
it depends on prior offenses as well. money doesnt hurt either. i dont see jackson doing any real time for this.
lots of fines, community service and a long while of probation.
Yeah, but felony evade? I can see fines and probation if you combine reckless + hit and run, but throw in felony evasion, there has to be some jail time in there. If Chris Leben can do it, Rampage can do it too. Leben even choked some idiot out and didn’t get in trouble for it. Rampage is heading to the slammer.
rampage…whats with you??? I know you were on the receiving end of a BS decision but no need to be an idiot…
your as delusional as rampage.
Apparently, he did not take losing the title so well. Ironically, this comes only 2 blogs after Mania was showing off Rampage’s new God tattoo.
i was thinking the same thing.
That wasn’t a God tattoo. It was a weed tattoo. Couple that with pictures of him smoking a joint at his after party and I’d say the dude’s hitting the chronic a little hard.
Man wtf page, dude your a remodel
mmm, Role model.
Listen to Rampage and stay in school!
That looks like Rodney King shit right there
Hey, this will give the UFC an excellent opportunity to expand to a new demographic…inmates. They could have a show from inside the walls of the prison, and it could feature Jackson vs. Griffin 2.
Seriously though, nice knowing you Rampage. Good thing you held the belt at least once, because you won’t ever have another chance.
That looks like some Rodney King s*%$ going on there.
boo-hoo Rampage is being treated unfairly. He only crashed into cars, fled the scene, hit more cars, fled the scene, had OJ in the back seat trying to get him to the airport, his front vanity plate says “Al Cowlings is my co-pilot”, did not pay a toll, ran over a papparozzi’s foot, and Britney tried to stop him by attacking his truck with an umbrella. I heard the chase was so bad that Jesse kicked out his window trying to get out of the truck. And when he reached into his pocket for his ID all he could find was his Race Card. Iwish he would have resisted. I hope this will be on COPS!
nice
LMAO… wtf???
hahahaha
you can’t be serious?
I was refering to double6lock.
Rodney King got less than he deserved. Don’t put Rampage in the same breath (unless he also ends up positive for crack use.)
It looks like those cops are going to get a chance to “beat the champ”.
Why is it when I saw this I wanted to laugh.. and cry at the same time? I mean seriously? I guess Rampage did not know that GTA was just a video game? I wonder if he attempted to use the wanted level down cop code on his cell phone?
This is disgusting and makes MMA look TERRIBLE.
This is what it looks like when Jesse Taylor and Rampage hang out together.
the worst part is we wont see a rampage