Former UFC Champion Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson has revealed he now makes a better living just from streaming on Kick than he ever did during his mixed martial arts career.
In the early 2000s, there were few names scarier than Rampage. After years terrorizing the competition in Japan’s Pride Fighting Championships, Quinton Jackson soon made his UFC debut and quickly took hold of the Light Heavyweight title.
Violently knocking out stars like Chuck Liddell and Dan Henderson, not to mention back-and-forth wars with his biggest rival Wanderlei Silva, Rampage was a force to be reckoned with.
Yet, despite his success in the ring and in the octagon, it apparently pales in comparison to his new turn as a streamer. Regularly going live on streaming platform Kick, Rampage claims to earn more today than he ever did while fighting.
Rampage Jackson now earns more by streaming his life on Kick than he did from competing in world championship MMA bouts.
Rampage Jackson makes more from Kick streams than UFC career
The topic was broached during a November 20 livestream, wherein, the 47-year-old was asked directly if he made more money from his MMA career or whether Kick was a cut above.
“I’ve only been streaming for eight months, and I’ve made more from streaming than I did in fighting for 20 years,” Rampage said.
In his prime, while the UFC was rising fast, the sport of MMA was far cry from the much more mainstream position it holds today. For his title-winning effort over Liddell, Jackson reportedly walked away with $225,000 before sponsorship revenue.
Compared to what current stars can earn in and out of the cage, it’s a meager sum. Earlier this year, Paramount and CBS inked a $7.7 billion deal to bring the UFC to its streaming services.
With a pro record of 38 wins and 14 losses, Rampage certainly fought at the highest level for a great many years, and would’ve netted a fair few similar paydays. However, all of it falls short of what he’s been able to make in just a few short months streaming on Kick, he explained.
For the most part, sponsor revenue is what’s driving the newfound income. “Sponsors f*** with me way more on stream than my fighting,” he said. “My streams… the clips get more numbers than my fights.”
Rampage’s antics on Kick eventually led to his son, Raja Jackson joining in and starting up his own channel. This turned south back in August when Raja streamed himself assaulting Syko Stu at a professional wrestling event.
Raja was arrested in September, with Rampage publicly criticizing the actions of his son and supporting his arrest. Ever since, he’s the ex-UFC Champ has been back to business as usual on stream and evidently, raking in the big bucks for doing so.
