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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on July 15, 2008, 06:47:29 PM
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Jackson arrested after police chase (http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ki-071508&prov=yhoo&type=lgns)
By Kevin Iole and Dave Meltzer, Yahoo! Sports 2 hours, 4 minutes ago
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson was arrested and held on $25,000 bail following a traffic accident Tuesday afternoon in Costa Mesa, Calif.
According to Costa Mesa police Lt. Paul Dondero, an officer observed the 30-year old Jackson driving with a flat tire on his 2008 Ford F-350 pickup truck and talking on his cell phone (which recently became illegal while driving in Calif.) and attempted to pull him over.
Dondero said Jackson, a resident of Irvine, Calif., ignored the officer and continued driving with the officer in pursuit.
Police had received a report of a vehicle involved in a collision on the 55 Freeway in Costa Mesa, which struck other vehicles and fled the scene, Dondero said.
The chase continued with the vehicle weaving in and out of traffic, including at one point driving on the wrong side of the road and even on a sidewalk, scaring pedestrians.
Dondero said Jackson hit two cars at 19th Street and Newport Boulevard at 1:13 p.m., but failed to stop. He said a Costa Mesa police officer saw the truck near 17th Street and attempted to pull it over.
Jackson fled and hit at least one more car before the five-minute chase ended with his arrest, the lieutenant said.
The officer saw the vehicle in a second collision. It is believed nobody was injured.
The car continued to Newport Beach, where the tire blew out and came off the rim and he was taken into the Orange County Central jail, where he is being held on $25,000 bail. The fighter was charged with hit-and-run driving, felony evading and reckless driving.
UFC president Dana White flew to Orange County upon learning of the arrest and said he was driving to the county jail to post bail for Jackson.
The story was initially reported by the website TMZ.com, which has photos of Jackson lying face down on the street behind his truck, a 2008 Ford F-350 turbo diesel, as a police officer has his gun drawn and is pointing it at him.
Jackson won the UFC light heavyweight title by knocking out Chuck Liddell at UFC 71 on May 26, 2007. After a successful defense against Dan Henderson on Sept. 5, Jackson lost the belt to Forrest Griffin on a controversial decision at UFC 86 on July 5 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Jackson’s manager/trainer, Juanito Ibarra, did not immediately return phone calls.
wow.
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The best thing about it was he was driving a SUV with a picture of him on it.
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fuckin idiot...probably just killed his career
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^doubt it.
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if this was a normal guy he's in jail foreverrr
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^doubt it.
might make him even more popular lol
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there goes that rematch.
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fuckin idiot...probably just killed his career
yeah right
dana white flew there so quick to bail him out..Hes way to much of a star, hed have to committ murder to kill his own career
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fuckin idiot...probably just killed his career
yeah right
dana white flew there so quick to bail him out..Hes way to much of a star, hed have to committ murder to kill his own career
i guess,just sucks that skills arent what gets you ahead in the ufc(clearly jackson has skills though) its whoever rides dana's dick the hardest
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He really takes a loss hard, huh?
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fuckin idiot...probably just killed his career
yeah right
dana white flew there so quick to bail him out..Hes way to much of a star, hed have to committ murder to kill his own career
or arrange dog fights...
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he shouldnt have got fat and out of shape
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hope homie doin good. Dats wat happens when u jack a niggas belt off a bullshit decision ya feel me?? Nigga had a Mental breakdown and literally went on a Rampage.
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The best thing about it was he was driving a SUV with a picture of him on it.
lmao!
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Da homie rampage in police cusody once again.
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has been picked up by police again.
Sources say around 4:30 PM yesterday, friends who were hanging out with Rampage, waved down an Irvine police car after they were worried about his behavior. This, of course, following the insane chase the day before in which the UFC fighter hit several cars in his monster truck and was arrested at gunpoint.
We're told Irvine cops saw Rampage, deemed him a danger to himself and others, and took him to a hospital for observation. Rampage was very coopertive with police.
Cops won't officially confirm if it's a psychiatric hold.
www.tmz.com
Dey should stop trippin and give tha nigga his title back which rightfully still belong to em.
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Bye bye career.
I expect him on Celebrity Rehab.
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^seems like nobody here remembers a guy named Mike Tyson.
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Look where he's at now.
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^Still as big a name as ever, due in large part to his antics.
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He's broke and in-and-out of rehab. What a lucky bastard.
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rampage career aint over..not by a long shot. a little bump in the road for sure, but if he gets his shit straight, he will be back in the UFC in no time. that being said, one more screw up and his shit is done.
doesnt he suffer from depression or some shit?
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Once he gets his next KO hell be back to normal :D