Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has made a new statement on his son Raja’s brutal assault on professional wrestler, Syko Stu, over the weekend.
During what was supposed to be a standard professional wrestling spot on a KnokXperience show, Raja Jackson — a trained mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter — powerbombed Stu (real name Stuart Smith) to the canvas, knocking him out (re-watch it here). He then unloaded more than 20 punches on the unconscious wrestler, sending him to the hospital in serious condition.
The whole thing was streamed live on Kick. And the initial on-camera reaction from “Rampage” was not received well.
“This motherf—ker that hit my son is stupid,” Jackson said in a video.
Now, the former PRIDE and UFC 205-pound champion has issued a longer statement while streaming an outing to the bowling alley on Kick.
“It’s hard it’s hard for me to to talk about it, but I’m just keeping it 100,” Jackson said. “I feel bad about what happened to Syko Stu. I don’t condone what my son did at all. Very, very unfortunate. If I was there, things wouldn’t have went that way. I wasn’t there.
“I’m a father, so I gotta have my son’s back,” he continued. “But, I’m going to let justice play out, take its course. Ain’t much I can do on that side but but be a father. Y’all know I can’t talk about this s—t. I can’t talk about any details and stuff like that. I can’t really go into nothing. I hope y’all can respect that … It’s really not my place to say anything, and we gotta let this s—t play its course.
“This s—t put me in a bad mood, you know what I’m saying?” Jackson added. “I feel bad about Syko Stu and his family. His family had to see that s—t and all that stuff that went on. I just wish I could’ve been there, but I couldn’t. I was dropping my other kid off at at college, helping her move in to the dorm and stuff like that.”
The Raja Jackson incident has blown up across the Internet, garnering attention from mainstream news outlets and massive influencers like “Mr. Beast.”
“Now s—t’s all over the Internet, so I see a lot of people editing stupid s—t for clickbaits and stuff like that and to make money and —t,” Jackson complained. “That’s not fair. A lot of racist people showing their true colors and stuff, but all this —t, you can’t stop none of this —t. I’m not taking up for my son or anything like that. I’m just telling you guys facts.”
”I’m doing what any father would do,” Jackson said. “It’s being a father in hard moments like this. Sometimes you’re proud of your kids and sometimes you not proud of your kids, but at the end of the day you still a father. Hopefully one day I can meet Syko Stu and shake his hand and have a man to man with him and stuff like that. But, who knows? I’m just gonna try to, like, get back to being myself.
“I don’t got the right words to say,” he concluded. “And I know whatever I say, the haters gonna twist try to twist my words and say whatever they wanna say. But I wasn’t there. I was learning what went on at the same rate as everybody else. Then I got down to the bottom of it and I learned there’s a lot of misinformation out there. So guys, don’t believe every edit and stuff that you see.
“Y’all need to know that I don’t condone Raja’s conduct,” Rampage finished. “And I hope Syko Stu can forgive me, myself, as a dad, not understanding everything. And let’s see what happens from here. I’m not talking about that s—t no more. I’m done with that. I’m moving on.”
Syko Stu remains in the hospital with serious injuries from the assault. A GoFundMe has been set up by his family and has raised more than $130,000 to cover medical bills and rehabilitation. Raja Jackson, meanwhile, has not appeared online since signing off from the Kick stream where he attacked Stu.
Reports have LAPD investigating the crime, but no arrest has been made … yet.
For the latest updates regarding this fluid situation click here.
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