Rampage Jackson reveals staggering multi-million dollar payout that gave him the ‘sickest contract in UFC history’

Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson didn’t often see eye to eye with UFC bosses during his time with the promotion, but once had what he feels was the best ‘sickest contract in history’.

The legendary light-heavyweight became a massive star during his run with Pride in Japan, and brought that fame to the octagon later on in his career. And when he knocked out Chuck Liddell in an historic rematch for the world title, he rocketed to another level.

In a recent podcast episode, he and co-host Bear Degidio detailed how his contract for the Liddell rematch and the subsequent bonuses gave him an astronomical payout. He even received cheques for years after the fact due to residual earnings.

Who is Dana White? All you need to know about the CEO and President of the UFCRampage Jackson details how Chuck Lidell fight earned him monster payoutIn a chat with Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold for his Jaxxon podcast, Rampage Jackson revealed that the Chuck Liddell rematch in the UFC saw him earn a whopping $7million. This was after his contract was bought from another company, giving him pay-per-view points on the show.

“After the Chuck fight that was before he knew about my pay-per-view deal,” Rampage said of Dana White, with whom he has shared a tumultuous relationship over the years.

“I guess he didn’t know, because they bought my contract from WFA when they bought that whole show. I had the sickest contract deal in UFC history, I guarantee you. It was big.”

Rockhold agreed with what Jackson had said, before Degidio blurted out that he had earned $9million for the fight all in all. He was then corrected, with Jackson adding: “It wasn’t $9million, it wasn’t nine, my family be watching this s***.

“It was $7million, it wasn’t $9million. It was over the time, the cheques came in for years with the pay-per-views.”

With the fight taking place in 2007, adjusting for inflation that would mean Rampage earned over $10million in terms of 2024 money. However, if his payments were staggered over the years that complicates how you would adjust in modern terms.

Rampage Jackson got in trouble for telling media about Dana White’s secret bonusesAfter the Liddell fight, Jackson felt he was doing the right thing by letting anybody who would listen know that Dana White had taken care of him with a major bonus on top of his purse. But publicising that information was not a good move, and caused a rift in their relationship.

At an earlier point in the podcast, Rockhold and Bisping noted that they would occasionally receive bonuses as steep as seven figures for their performances in big fights. But Rampage noted that it was not wise to be speaking about those payments.

Photo by Kent Horner/WireImage“He only gave me one bonus,” Jackson explained. “And because I said something about it Dana never gave me another one again. I asked him ‘Dana why you never give me another bonus? Is it because I said something about it?’ And he was like ‘yup’.

“He only gave me one bonus when I knocked out Chuck, and my bonus for that was more than my whole purse… I was talking Dana up because I was the outsider from Pride coming to the UFC and that was like my second fight there and he gave me a bonus.

“I thought I was doing good because he gave me a bonus and I was like ‘Dana is cool, he gave me a bonus’. He never told me I wasn’t supposed to talk about it, he just told me I wasn’t supposed to give it to my manager, he couldn’t stand my manager at the time.”

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