Former UFC Champion Had Road Rampage

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson was arrested and held on $25,000 bail Tuesday afternoon in Costa Mesa, California after a hit and run incident.


Police received a report that a vehicle involved in a collision on the 55 Freeway in Costa Mesa struck another vehicle and fled the scene.

The chase continued with the vehicle weaving in and out of traffic. At one point Quinton starting driving on the wrong side of the road, then got on the sidewalk scaring pedestrians.

An officer said Jackson hit two cars at 19th Street and Newport Boulevard at 1:13 p.m., but failed to stop.

He also 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 car continued to Newport Beach, where the tire blew out and the car came to a stop. Rampage was taken to the Orange County Central jail and the fighter was charged with hit-and-run driving, felony evading and reckless driving.