Former TNA & Bellator Name Returns to UFC, Bellator Claims He is Still Under an Exclusive Deal

December 21, 2014

quinton jackson During last night’s UFC Fight Night 58 broadcast, it was announced that former TNA and Bellator talent Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has signed a deal to return to UFC.

However, Bellator President Scott Coker maintains Jackson is still under an exclusive Bellator deal, and that the company will be protecting its “contractual rights.”

During his short stint in TNA, Jackson was made a member of The Main Event Mafia and had several angles in the company, but only wrestled one bout, which was a ten man tag team match.

Jackson was pulled from TNA appearances by Bellator so he could focus on a planned fight against Tito Ortiz, who was also appearing in TNA as a member of The Aces & Eights. Jackson never returned to the company and later claimed on a podcast that he had no interest in returning.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.