Former UFC champion: 'Raja Jackson shouldn't go to jail'

The video of Raja Jackson, son of former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, is difficult to watch. 

Jackson brutally attacked wrestler Stuart Smith, AKA Syko Stu, at a KnokX Pro Wrestling event delivering nearly 20 punches to Smith as he lay on the canvas unconscious. Smith was transported to a hospital where he remains.  

Fighters reacted to the video with some calling for Jackson to be jailed. Former middleweight champion Sean Strickland argued that Jackson shouldn't face jail time in a social media post.   

"Jackson's kid shouldn't go to jail. Prison should always be a last resort," Strickland wrote on X.  

"I was arrested at 19 for two felony a GBIs. I would have spent 5 to 6 years in prison if the DA had its way. 

"After 6 years in a cell coming out with nothing, being indoctrinated with gangs and violence. I guarantee I would have killed someone. There was one guy telling me about how he picked up a murder charge and I remembered being impressed by him. That would have been my future.

"Instead I plead and took 100 days jail or work release. A ton of anger management and a decent amount of victim restitution. After a miserable two years of court. 

"Luckily a lawyer took my case for free because I didnt have a dollar to my name. Bottom line is its not about the person in prison its about who they become when they're out of prison and I believe if I wasnt offered that deal I would be dead today and more than likely would of resulted in someone else death as well. 

"My two cents.... Rehabilitation over prison always."