Raja Jackson — the son of former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson” — is under police investigation after he violently assaulted a performer during a professional wrestling event in Los Angeles this past weekend.

The incident was actually live streamed and later exploded on social media after Jackson stormed the ring and picked up Stuart Smith — a pro wrestler performing under the name Syko Stu — and slammed him to the ground where Smith appeared to fall unconscious. Jackson then began unloading punches in succession on a defenseless Smith, who was later taken to the hospital, suffered “severe injuries to his head,” but he’s conscious and able to talk, according to his brother.

UFC legend Matt Brown, who isn’t much of a professional wrestling fan, was shocked by the footage that showed Jackson assaulting Smith in the unprovoked attack that was supposed to be nothing more than a scripted skit during a match.

“If this was anybody other than ‘Rampage’ Jackson’s son, I don’t think there’d be any empathy here at all but we all love ‘Rampage.’ He’s the man,” Brown said on the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer. “The fact that he’s his son, we’re all sitting here like ‘what the f*ck?’ and what do we think about this?

“If it was just anybody else in the world, it would be like ‘throw that motherf*cker in the cage and throw the key away’ and that’s probably what’s going to happen to him.”

The Los Angeles Police Department are investigating the incident with representatives telling KTLA that authorities were initially alerted about an attempted murder with detectives later classifying the altercation as “felony battery.”

As of Monday, no charges have been filed or arrests made.

That said, Brown doesn’t see how Jackson avoids serious repercussions for his actions, especially considering that he’s a trained fighter and the person he assaulted wasn’t remotely preparing for an actual fight.

“There’s not a lot to investigate,” Brown said. “There’s a video that shows it pretty godd*mn clear. What do we need to investigate here? What’s he going to get? I don’t know what attempted murder is, but he was f*cking knocked out and punching the shit out of him. I don’t know how far they go, or what the details are to get that charge. Aggravated assault for sure, battery, it’s a felony for sure. I don’t think there’s any way out of that. What a shitty move.

“You want to fight the guy, fight the guy. We watched the video right before the podcast, and the dude was preparing for a pro wrestling style takedown and motherf*cker slammed him on his head. Dude’s lucky. He’s hospitalized, but he’s lucky that’s all that happened.”

Brown doesn’t even classify what happened as a fight because Smith clearly had no idea what was happening when Jackson slammed him to the ground. From there, Jackson was just punching an unconscious victim, who had no ability whatsoever to defend himself.

“What a f*cked up situation,” Brown said. “If you’re Raja, you know you’re on camera, too. You got to know there’s people videotaping this. I’m in a pro wrestling match. If you’re going to fight the guy, at least fight him off camera and fight him like a f*cking man. I don’t respect that.

“We all love ‘Rampage.’ He’s one of the coolest dudes ever. I’ve been on his podcast, I was on the show with him, we hung out a few times. He’s a f*cking great dude. I don’t think that’s something he would ever do. I don’t know what’s going on with his son there.”

In the aftermath of the assault it was revealed that Smith is actually a military veteran who got involved in professional wrestling as a way to help him cope with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). His wife later set up a GoFundMe to help support the medical costs needed for his recovery with over $49,000 raised in just four hours.

“What a mess,” Brown said. “Hopefully the guy’s all right. That’s all you can say at the end of the day. Hopefully the guy heals up and already with PTSD and being a veteran and everything, just hope the guy turns out OK. Send the guy some positive energy and hope for the best. That’s about the most you can say.

“Other than that, love ‘Rampage’ but hopefully justice is done and his son gets what he deserves.”

In his own post on social media addressing the altercation, former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland actually advocated for Jackson to get rehabilitation rather than face potential prison time over the assault.

Strickland related back to charges he once faced as a teenager and how rehabilitation instead of prison likely saved his life.

That may have been the outcome for Strickland after he faces his own felonies, but Brown just can’t see how Jackson shouldn’t face incarceration as a result of his reckless and dangerous actions.

“I don’t agree with Sean on that at all,” Brown said. “It would be one thing if they got in a fight, and he f*cked him up and hurt him back. The dude was defenseless and then knocked out. Like f*ck him.

“The only guy who shouldn’t be saying ‘f*ck him’ is ‘Rampage’ because it’s his son. He’s the one that should be saying ‘can we get him some help or something,’ try to stick up for him. Everybody else, we have no reason to have any sympathy for that kind of behavior.”

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