Quinton Jackson (38-14, 24) was born in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. on June 20, 1978. At the age of 21 years on November 13, 1999, he made his professional MMA debut against Mike Pyle, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
On February 3, 2007, 28-year old Quinton Jackson made his UFC debut on his 32nd professional MMA fight at UFC 67 against a 35-year old Marvin Eastman, winning the fight in the 2nd round via KO.
He became the UFC light-heavyweight champion on May 26, 2007 at age 28 on his 33rd professional MMA fight at UFC 71 after defeating a 37-year old Chuck Liddell via 1st-round KO.
Jackson's last fight was a 1st-round TKO loss to Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator 237 at age 41 on December 29, 2019. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
He has fought 13 times in the UFC, and has a record of 8 wins and 5 losses in the promotion.
Some of Quinton Jackson's best fights have been against Chuck Liddell, Dan Henderson, Wanderlei Silva, Muhammed Lawal, Marvin Eastman, Masaaki Satake and Igor Vovchanchyn.
Jackson has 14 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
52  | Dec 29, 2019 41 years, 6 months 38-14 (24) | 43 years, 3 months 38-6 (29) | Bellator | HW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
51  | Sep 29, 2018 40 years, 3 months 38-13 (24) | 42 years, 2 months 35-13-1 (28) | Bellator | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
50  | Jan 20, 2018 39 years, 7 months 37-13 (23) | 40 years, 9 months 30-15-1 (12) | Bellator | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
49  | Mar 31, 2017 38 years, 9 months 37-12 (23) | 36 years, 2 months 20-6 (13) | Bellator | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
48  | Jun 24, 2016 38 years 37-11 (23) | 29 years, 6 months 14-5-1 (6) | Bellator | HW | 3 | SD | WIN |
47  | Apr 25, 2015 36 years, 10 months 36-11 (23) | 35 years, 1 months 22-7 (16) | UFC | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN |
46 | May 17, 2014 35 years, 10 months 35-11 (23) | 33 years, 4 months 12-3 (9) | Bellator | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN Won Bellator Season 10 Tournament |
45  | Feb 28, 2014 35 years, 8 months 34-11 (23) | 36 years, 8 months 18-5-1 (15) | Bellator | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
44  | Nov 15, 2013 35 years, 4 months 33-11 (22) | 31 years, 11 months 14-9 (12) | Bellator | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
43  | Jan 26, 2013 34 years, 7 months 32-11 (21) | 33 years, 2 months 19-2 (16) | UFC | LHW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
42  | Feb 26, 2012 33 years, 8 months 32-10 (21) | 28 years, 8 months 13-2 (9) | UFC | LHW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
41  | Sep 24, 2011 33 years, 3 months 32-9 (21) | 24 years, 2 months 13-1 (11) | UFC | LHW | 4 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke For UFC light-heavyweight title |
40  | May 28, 2011 32 years, 11 months 32-8 (21) | 34 years, 7 months 10-2 (6) | UFC | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN |
39  | Nov 20, 2010 32 years, 5 months 31-8 (21) | 32 years, 5 months 16-1 (7) | UFC | LHW | 3 | SD | WIN |
38  | May 29, 2010 31 years, 11 months 30-8 (21) | 30 years, 8 months 14-1-1 (7) | UFC | LHW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
37  | Mar 7, 2009 30 years, 8 months 30-7 (21) | 33 years, 4 months 15-4-1 (9) | UFC | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN |
36 | Dec 27, 2008 30 years, 6 months 29-7 (21) | 32 years, 5 months 32-8-1 (26) | UFC | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Punch |
35  | Jul 5, 2008 30 years 28-7 (20) | 29 years 15-4 (10) | UFC | LHW | 5 | UD | LOSS Lost UFC light-heavyweight title |
34  | Sep 8, 2007 29 years, 2 months 28-6 (20) | 37 years 22-5 (10) | UFC | MD | 5 | UD | WIN Defended UFC Light Heavyweight middleweight title |
33  | May 26, 2007 28 years, 11 months 27-6 (20) | 37 years, 5 months 20-3 (14) | UFC | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches Won UFC light-heavyweight title |
32  | Feb 3, 2007 28 years, 7 months 26-6 (19) | 35 years, 7 months 13-6-1 (6) | UFC | MD | 2 | KO | WIN Punches |
31  | Jul 22, 2006 28 years, 1 months 25-6 (18) | 36 years, 2 months 18-3 (12) | MD | 3 | SD | WIN | |
30  | Feb 26, 2006 27 years, 8 months 24-6 (18) | 33 years, 6 months 0-2 (0) | Pride | MD | 3 | UD | WIN |
29  | Oct 23, 2005 27 years, 4 months 23-6 (18) | 27 years, 4 months 10-3 (6) | Pride | MD | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches and stomps |
28  | Apr 23, 2005 26 years, 10 months 22-6 (17) | 23 years, 4 months 8-1 (8) | Pride | MD | 1 | TKO | LOSS Soccer kicks |
27  | Feb 20, 2005 26 years, 8 months 22-5 (17) | 24 years, 8 months 10-4-1 (8) | Pride | MD | 3 | SD | WIN |
26 | Oct 31, 2004 26 years, 4 months 21-5 (17) | 28 years, 3 months 26-3-1 (22) | Pride | MD | 2 | KO | LOSS Knees For Pride middleweight title |
25  | Jun 20, 2004 26 years 21-4 (17) | 25 years, 11 months 8-1 (2) | Pride | MD | 1 | KO | WIN Slam |
24  | Dec 31, 2003 25 years, 6 months 20-4 (16) | 27 years, 11 months 23-17-8 (18) | Pride | MD | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
23 | Nov 9, 2003 25 years, 4 months 19-4 (15) | 27 years, 4 months 23-3-1 (19) | Pride | MD | 1 | TKO | LOSS Knees |
22 | Nov 9, 2003 25 years, 4 months 19-3 (15) | 33 years, 10 months 13-2 (7) | Pride | MD | 2 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage |
21  | Aug 10, 2003 25 years, 1 months 18-3 (14) | 37 years 9-1-1 (8) | Pride | MD | 3 | SD | WIN |
20  | Jun 8, 2003 24 years, 11 months 17-3 (14) | 36 years, 6 months 28-11-1 (25) | Pride | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to knee to the body |
19  | Mar 16, 2003 24 years, 8 months 16-3 (13) | 31 years, 7 months 14-5 (8) | Pride | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Knee and punches |
18  | Sep 29, 2002 24 years, 3 months 15-3 (12) | 29 years, 1 months 50-6 (43) | Pride | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Injury |
17 | May 17, 2002 23 years, 10 months 14-3 (11) | Sean Gray | KOTC | LHW | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches |
16  | Apr 28, 2002 23 years, 10 months 13-3 (10) | 36 years, 8 months 1-6-1 (1) | Pride | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Slam |
15  | Dec 23, 2001 23 years, 6 months 12-3 (9) | 29 years 3-8-2 (0) | Pride | LHW | 1 | DQ | LOSS Knee to groin |
14 | Nov 3, 2001 23 years, 4 months 12-2 (9) | Yuki Ishikawa | Pride | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
13  | Oct 14, 2001 23 years, 3 months 11-2 (8) | 30 years, 2 months 2-7 (2) | LHW | 2 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage | |
12  | Jul 29, 2001 23 years, 1 months 10-2 (7) | 32 years 12-3-1 (8) | Pride | LHW | 1 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke |
11 | Jun 17, 2001 22 years, 11 months 10-1 (7) | Kenneth Williams | LHW | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
10 | Apr 29, 2001 22 years, 10 months 9-1 (6) | Bryson Haubrick | KOTC | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches |
9 | Apr 7, 2001 22 years, 9 months 8-1 (5) | Dennis Henderson | HW | 2 | SUB | WIN Kimura | |
8 | Feb 18, 2001 22 years, 7 months 7-1 (4) | Dave Taylor | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage | |
7 | Dec 9, 2000 22 years, 5 months 6-1 (3) | Charlie West | HW | 3 | UD | WIN | |
6 | Nov 29, 2000 22 years, 5 months 5-1 (3) | Rob Smith | KOTC | HW | 2 | UD | WIN |
5 | Oct 28, 2000 22 years, 4 months 4-1 (3) | Warren Owsley | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
4 | Jul 19, 2000 22 years 3-1 (2) | Ron Rumpf | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
3 | Jun 24, 2000 22 years 2-1 (1) | 29 years | KOTC | HW | 2 | UD | LOSS |
2 | May 13, 2000 21 years, 10 months 2-0 (1) | Marco Bermudaz | Pancrase | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
1 | Nov 13, 1999 21 years, 4 months 1-0 (0) | Mike Pyle | 3 | UD | WIN |
