Sean Strickland doesn’t consider Raja Jackson ought to do any jail time for his heinous assault on Stuart Smith.
Jackson, the son of former UFC and PRIDE FC star Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, jumped within the ring throughout a Knokx Professional Wrestling occasion in Solar Valley over the weekend and brutally battered Smith, higher identified by his in-ring identify Syko Stu.
In a video that quickly went viral on social media, Jackson slid into the ring, picked Smith up, and violently slammed him to the canvas earlier than unleashing 23 full-force punches to the unconscious entertainer.
It was just lately reported that the Los Angeles Police Division is actively investigating the altercation, although no arrests have been made.
Whereas many are calling for Jackson to face expenses of aggravated assault, and even premeditated tried homicide, former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland steered that throwing the guide at Jackson would do him no good in the long term.
“Jackson’s child shouldn’t go to jail. Jail ought to at all times be a final resort,” Strickland wrote on X. “I used to be arrested at 19 for 2 felony a GBIs. I’d of spent 5 to six years in jail if the DA had its manner.
“After 6 years in a cell popping out with nothing, being indoctrinated with gangs and violence. I assure I’d of killed somebody. There was one man telling me about how he picked up a homicide cost and I remembered being impressed by him. That may of been my future.
“As an alternative I plead and took 100 days jail or work launch. A ton of anger administration and a good quantity of sufferer restitution. After a depressing two years of court docket. Fortunately a lawyer took my case free of charge as a result of I didnt have a greenback to my identify. Backside line is its not concerning the individual in jail its about who they turn into once they’re out of jail and I consider if I wasnt provided that deal I’d be lifeless at this time and greater than possible would of resulted in another person demise as effectively.
“My two cents…. Rehabilitation over jail at all times.”
Smith going through a ‘tough restoration’ following Raja Jackson assault
The latest replace from Smith’s household revealed that the professional wrestler is aware, however can have “‘a tough restoration forward” after sustaining “extreme accidents to his head.”
Knokx Professional Wrestling Academy, a WWE ID affiliate faculty operated by WWE Corridor of Famer Rikishi, known as Jackson’s motion “heinous” and “egregious” in a statement released Sunday.
