Jeremy Jackson (fighter)
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Jeremy Rea Jackson is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 mixed martial artist
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 from California
California
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.

Career

Jackson's first professional MMA fight was on September 9, 2001 against Jake Shields
Jake Shields
Jake Shields is an American mixed martial artist who is currently fighting in the welterweight division of the UFC. He is the last Rumble on the Rock 175 lb champion. He is the first and last Elite XC Welterweight Champion. He is also the former Shooto Middleweight Champion and is the former...

 in the Gladiator Challenge 6: Caged Beasts. Jackson has fought in The Ultimate Fighting Championship
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

, Kage Kombat, IFC, King of the Cage
King of the Cage
King of the Cage, also known as KOTC, is a mixed martial arts promotion based in Southern California, USA.-History:KOTC was founded in 1998 by Terry Trebilcock. KOTC features up and coming MMA stars as well as experienced combat fighters....

, Ultimate Athlete, World Extreme Cagefighting, Gladiator Challenge, Ring Of Honor, and Total Combat. Jeremy Jackson lost to Nick Díaz
Nick Díaz
Nicholas Robert Diaz is an American mixed martial artist. He is the former Strikeforce Welterweight Champion, WEC and IFC Welterweight Champion. He has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Pride Fighting Championships and Elite Xtreme Combat. Diaz was promoted to black belt in Brazilian...

 in UFC 44: Undisputed. He competed as a welterweight
Welterweight (MMA)
The welterweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*The UFC's & Strikeforce's welterweight division, which groups competitors within 156 to 170 lb...

 on The Ultimate Fighter 4
The Ultimate Fighter 4
The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback is the fourth season of the mixed martial arts reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. It premiered on August 17, 2006, immediately after the conclusion of UFC Fight Night 6. The finale was aired on November 11, 2006.This series featured a change from...

 on Spike TV
Spike TV
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, but was sent home before having a chance to fight after violating the rules of the show.

Despite being ejected from the tournament, Jackson fought Pete Spratt
Pete Spratt
Aaron Pete Spratt is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He is a welterweight known for his appearances in the UFC and on The Ultimate Fighter 4 reality television show.-MMA Career:...

 in the fourth season finale of The Ultimate Fighter. Jackson was submitted in the second round and was released from the UFC.

On June 30, 2008, Jackson was arrested and taken into custody by the Ventura County Sheriff's Office. He was charged with multiple counts of aggravated rape and held on $1 million bail.

Jackson was sentenced 25 years to life after pleading guilty to the rape charges.

Mixed martial arts record

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|Win
|10-5
|Hector Carrilo
|TKO (Injury)
|TC 19 - Total Combat 19
|03/31/2007
|1
|N/A
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|-
|Loss
|9-5
|Pete Spratt
Pete Spratt
Aaron Pete Spratt is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He is a welterweight known for his appearances in the UFC and on The Ultimate Fighter 4 reality television show.-MMA Career:...


|Submission (Neck Injury)
|The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale
The Ultimate Fighter 4
The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback is the fourth season of the mixed martial arts reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. It premiered on August 17, 2006, immediately after the conclusion of UFC Fight Night 6. The finale was aired on November 11, 2006.This series featured a change from...


|11/11/2006
|2
|1:11
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|-
|Win
|9-4
|Christian Vargas
Christian Vargas
Christian Israel Vargas Claros is a Bolivian football right defender who currently plays for San José in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.His former clubs include Wilstermann, The Strongest and Blooming....


|Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
|TC 10 - Total Combat 10
|10/15/2006
|1
|3:56
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|-
|Win
|8-4
|Mark Moreno
|Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
|ROH 1 - Ring of Honor 1
|11/22/2003
|1
|1:30
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|
|-
|Loss
|7-4
|Nick Diaz
Nick Díaz
Nicholas Robert Diaz is an American mixed martial artist. He is the former Strikeforce Welterweight Champion, WEC and IFC Welterweight Champion. He has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Pride Fighting Championships and Elite Xtreme Combat. Diaz was promoted to black belt in Brazilian...


|Submission (Armbar)
|UFC 44: Undisputed
UFC 44
UFC 44: Undisputed was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 26, 2003, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada...


|09/26/2003
|3
|2:04
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|-
|Loss
|7-3
|Nick Diaz
Nick Díaz
Nicholas Robert Diaz is an American mixed martial artist. He is the former Strikeforce Welterweight Champion, WEC and IFC Welterweight Champion. He has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Pride Fighting Championships and Elite Xtreme Combat. Diaz was promoted to black belt in Brazilian...


|TKO
|IFC WC 18 - Big Valley Brawl
|07/19/2003
|1
|4:17
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|-
|Win
|6-2
|Shonie Carter
Shonie Carter
Mearion Shonie Bickhem III , better known as Shonie Carter, is an American mixed martial artist. He is a former World Extreme Cagefighting welterweight champion, an Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran, and a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 4 reality show...


|Decision (Unanimous)
|WEC 6 - Return of a Legend
|03/27/2003
|3
|5:00
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|-
|Win
|5-2
|Nick Diaz
Nick Díaz
Nicholas Robert Diaz is an American mixed martial artist. He is the former Strikeforce Welterweight Champion, WEC and IFC Welterweight Champion. He has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Pride Fighting Championships and Elite Xtreme Combat. Diaz was promoted to black belt in Brazilian...


|KO (Punches)
|UA 4 - King of the Mountain
|09/28/2002
|1
|0:49
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|-
|Win
|4-2
|Mike Penalber
|TKO (Punches)
|UA 4 - King of the Mountain
|09/28/2002
|1
|N/A
|
|
|-
|Win
|3-2
|Zach Light
Zach Light
Zach Light is an American mixed martial artist, who fights at Welterweight. He has fought in a number of organizations including the Ultimate Fighting Championship, World Extreme Cagefighting, bodogFight and Strikeforce.-Biography:...


|TKO (Punches)
|UA 4 - King of the Mountain
|09/28/2002
|2
|N/A
|
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|-
|Win
|2-2
|Eddy Ellis
|TKO
|IFC WC 17 - Warriors Challenge 17
|07/12/2002
|1
|2:24
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|
|-
|Loss
|1-2
|Joe Stevenson
Joe Stevenson
Joseph Christopher Stevenson is an American mixed martial artist fighting out of Las Vegas, Nevada. Competing as a welterweight, he won The Ultimate Fighter 2 welterweight tournament. Stevenson fought most of his UFC career as a lightweight, and made his featherweight debut at UFC Live: Kongo vs....


|Submission (Strikes)
|KOTC 15 - Bad Intentions
|06/22/2002
|1
|1:27
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|-
|Win
|1-1
|Peter Delayo
|TKO (Strikes)
|KK - Kage Kombat
|04/6/2002
|N/A
|N/A
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|-
|Loss
|0-1
|Jake Shields
Jake Shields
Jake Shields is an American mixed martial artist who is currently fighting in the welterweight division of the UFC. He is the last Rumble on the Rock 175 lb champion. He is the first and last Elite XC Welterweight Champion. He is also the former Shooto Middleweight Champion and is the former...


|Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
|GC 6 - Caged Beasts
|09/9/2001
|1
|2:03
|
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