UFC Fighter Faces Jail Time After Road Rage Accident

Ultimate Fighter Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has a scheduled preliminary hearing on Thursday, January 8, 2008 in the Orange County Superior Court after an incident in July in which he was arrested after leading police on a chaotic chase that caused two car accidents in Newport Beach, California.  The 30-year old combatant faces a maximum sentence of three years in prison for his road rampage.

Back on July 15, 2008 — two weeks after Jackson lost in a title fight to Forrest Griffin — Jackson led police on a high-speed car chase from Costa Mesa to Newport Beach.  He reportedly weaved his Ford pickup truck in and out of traffic on a flat tire, drove over a center divider, ran red lights, drove on sidewalks (“causing pedestrians to flee in horror,” according to authorities) and caused two auto accidents before surrendering to police at the residence of his training partner.

This incident makes our firm’s car accident attorneys concerned about professional fighters and their ability to control their anger and aggression.  Or maybe authorities ought to look into more stringent steroid testing as this seems like classic “roid rage” behavior.  They can inflict as much pain and suffering as they want to inside of the ring, but on the road, that kind of behavior leads to injuries and wrongful deaths.

In one of the auto accidents he caused, a woman involved suffered a miscarriage.  This is certainly terrible news.  Orange County law enforcement officials, however, could not find any evidence to support that Jackson’s road rage caused the miscarriage, but in either case, it is a shame that this woman lost her unborn child, even after undergoing medical treatment. 

Our car accident attorneys hope that people learn from this man’s terrible decision to wreak havoc on the roadways allegedly due to road rage.

Jackson, a native of Irvine, defeated his arch-nemesis, Wanderlei Silva, on Saturday, December 27 in the Ultimate Fighting Championship 92 in Las Vegas with a first round knockout that earned him an estimated $385,000, according to numbers released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.  While there were questions about whether or not these legal troubles would hinder him in his fight, Jackson made sure to dismiss any of those thoughts.

“My head is straight, I don’t care to talk about it,” he said of his legal woes in December.  “This is my job.  I get paid to fight.”

It is believed that Jackson will face UFC Light-Heavyweight Champ Rashad Evans, who won the title over Griffin in the Main Event of UFC 92.  Rampage is focused on regaining the title he held previously when he defeated Chuck Liddell — who you will remember guest starred on an episode of HBO’s “Entourage” a season ago — in a 2007 match.

Yet, it seems that Jackson will have to take care of a rampage he caused on California roads before he can produce any more in the ring.  Maybe in the future, he will take more care on the roads and try to avoid causing another string of car accidents.  There are certain things that should remain inside a fighting ring, and “Rampage” is certainly one of them.

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