‘I Wouldn’t Have Smacked Her Back’

Former UFC gentle heavyweight champion, Rampage Jackson has reacted to footage of UFC president, Dana White partaking in a bodily altercation along with his spouse on New 12 months’s Eve final, wherein the long-time promotional chief slaps his companion throughout an argument following a verbal back-and-forth.

Jackson, a former undisputed gentle heavyweight champion beneath the banner of the UFC, ended his skilled blended martial arts profession beneath the banner of Bellator MMA, struggling a one-sided first spherical knockout loss incoming title challenger, Fedor Emelianenko in December 2019. 

Successful the undisputed gentle heavyweight title in 2007, Rampage Jackson stopped Chuck Liddell earlier than unifying the Pleasure FC middleweight title with the UFC crown with a unanimous resolution win over Dan Henderson in September of that yr.

In his most up-to-date skilled victory, fan-favorite knockout artist, Jackson stopped former Pleasure FC middleweight kingpin, Wanderlei Silva with a second spherical TKO at Bellator 206 in September 2018.

Rampage Jackson shares his ideas on Dana White’s altercation along with his spouse

Reacting to footage of White – who has avoided punishment publicly from the UFC and its parent company, Endeavor for his actions, slapping his spouse throughout a New 12 months’s Eve altercation at a nightclub in Mexico, Jackson claimed he wouldn’t have retaliated and struck his companion.

“Mainly, for my part, I don’t assume a girl ought to put her fingers on a person,” Rampage Jackson mentioned on the No Jumper podcast. “Simply don’t open up that may of worms, ‘trigger we’re so much stronger and larger than them. I don’t condone home violence, however with what Dana White did – what I noticed, like kinda smack her again just a little bit.”

“Me, personally – I most likely simply would’ve thrown my drink in her face,” Rampage Jackson defined. “Like pushed her off of me, I most likely wouldn’t have smacked her again myself. I’ve been informed I’ve bought a heavy hand, I most likely would’ve knocked the b*tch out.” 

Sustaining his punishment ought to see him labelled and criticized for his actions for the rest of his life {and professional} profession, White has questioned what punishment he ought to face past response to his actions. 

“There’s plenty of issues that I’m going to need to cope with for the remainder of my life which might be far more of a punishment than what, I take a 30-day [or a] 60-day absence?” Dana White mentioned. “That’s not a punishment to me. The punishment is that I did it, and now I’ve to cope with it.”