{"id":97734,"date":"2025-08-26T18:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/97734\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T18:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:26:12","slug":"who-is-rampage-jacksons-son-raja-what-to-know-about-the-mma-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/97734\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Rampage Jackson&#8217;s Son Raja? What To Know About The MMA Fighter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          How Raja Jackson Ended Up In Hot Water After Attacking A Wrestler<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published August 26, 2025 10:59 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250826_9f44abece7ae4438aa98dbf7e5f18621\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:abf7538c-d8f3-4a67-af6a-f8fd127fae85\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9f44abece7ae4438aa98dbf7e5f18621_md.jpg\" alt=\"Raja Jackson's seen standing next to a friend in a gym. He's wearing a black t-shirt and a matching durag.\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/raja-jackson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Raja Jackson<\/a> followed in the footsteps of his father, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/rampage-jackson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quinton &#8220;Rampage&#8221; Jackson<\/a>, as he&#8217;s made a name for himself for his actions in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is, the MMA fighter&#8217;s son&#8217;s appearance at a wrestling event put on by KnokX Pro Wrestling Academy in Los Angeles in August 2025 instantly became infamous, as he repeatedly punched unconscious wrestler Syko Stu in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re going to take a look into Raja&#8217;s background and see how his actions resulted in a huge public backlash.<\/p>\n<p>              Raja Followed His Father Into The MMA World<\/p>\n<p>Raja decided he wanted to follow his father into the MMA world in his early adulthood, and his first amateur bout took place in 2021, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Raja-Jackson-397459\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sherdog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The athlete won his first fight, and he went on to come out on top in his second and third amateur matchups in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Raja began competing in professional fights in 2023, and he&#8217;d racked up one win and one loss by the time he encountered Syko Stu in the wrestling ring.<\/p>\n<p>Raja&#8217;s built up 30,000 followers on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rampagejr.da_clone\/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram <\/a>account, where he&#8217;s shared various photos documenting his journey in MMA.<\/p>\n<p>              Raja And Syko Stu Had An Altercation Prior To The Show<\/p>\n<p>Jackson and Syko Stu were first seen interacting prior to the official start of the wrestling event, when Stu slammed a beer can into the MMA fighter&#8217;s head &#8230; after which they appeared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/24\/quinton-jackson-son-raja-attacks-knocked-out-wrestler\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sort things out<\/a> before the match.<\/p>\n<p>However, Raja, who live-streamed much of the event, later entered the ring, picked up the wrestler in the middle of the match and body-slammed him &#8230; then punched him a bunch of times in a row, as Stu laid motionless on the mat.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple wrestlers jumped into the ring to pull Jackson off of the unconscious Syko Stu &#8230; and Raja was dragged out of the venue.<\/p>\n<p>Wrestling reporter Sean Ross later claimed the pair&#8217;s altercation had been planned &#8230; though the punches were apparently unscripted. Syko Stu was later hospitalized, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-support-sykostus-recovery-journey\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">GoFundMe <\/a>was set up for his recovery.<\/p>\n<p>              Raja&#8217;s Actions Were Met With Widespread Disapproval<\/p>\n<p>Raja&#8217;s beatdown of Syko Stu went viral on social media, and it was met with plenty of reactions, many of which were loudly negative.<\/p>\n<p>The MMA fighter&#8217;s father, Rampage, posted a message about the incident on his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Rampage4real\/status\/1959508304792633381\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">X account<\/a> and said his son &#8220;had no business&#8221; being involved in a wrestling match. Rampage also said he didn&#8217;t &#8220;condone my son\u2019s actions AT ALL!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>KnokX Pro Wrestling Academy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/24\/raja-jackson-condemned-by-wrestling-company\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">issued a statement<\/a> of their own, describing the incident as an &#8220;irresponsible act of violence&#8221; and described Raja&#8217;s actions as &#8220;reprehensible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Raja&#8217;s beatdown of Syko Stu has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/24\/cops-investigating-raja-jackson-beatdown-wrestling-event\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">caught the attention of the LAPD<\/a>, and they&#8217;re currently looking into the violent incident.<\/p>\n<p>      <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How Raja Jackson Ended Up In Hot Water After Attacking A Wrestler Published August 26, 2025 10:59 AM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-97734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}