Occasionally, athletes do some pretty dumb things. But I've got to be honest, on a 1 to 10 scale of stupidity, this has to be a 17.
Yesterday, former light heavyweight UFC champion Rampage Jackson - who just recently lost his title to Forrest Griffin - got into a car crash in Newport Beach down in Los Angeles. But for some reason, despite the fact that he was driving a car that had a giant image of himself plastered on the side of it, he decided to split the scene. Truly a brilliant move.
Considering his car was easier to find than an elephant in a closet, and he hit one more car during his escape, police quickly caught up with him. Incredibly, Rampage kept driving even after a tire on his truck had blown out and he was driving on one of his rims. Look man, all you did was get into an accident. You aren't exactly the leader of some massive international drug cartel. Or at least I don't think you are.
Anyway, Rampage wound up being charged with felony hit and run and felony evading arrest. It's not all bad though. He'll still have plenty of time to keep fighting, except it'll be in jail...and for free.
I realize Rampage has taken a few punches to the head over the years, but seriously, I'd love to know what was going through his head when he decided to do this.
Ok Rampage, you've just been in an accident. I'm sure if you calmly peel out of here, no one will notice what happened at all. Oh wait, am I in my car that has my image plastered all over the outside of it? Eh, whatever.That seems about right.
Good luck with this one Rampage. You'll certainly need it.
Cops say Jackson went on Rampage [TMZ]
Police: Rampage goes on one [Daily Pilot]
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